It was no secret at all that Erinn Hayes would be leaving Kevin Can Wait, with her character dying over hiatus and the show picking up again after a time jump.
Blue Bloods and Amy Carlson herself keeping the secret of what happened to Linda guaranteed that the show delivered one of the biggest surprise departures on the small screen in Fall 2017.
She wasn’t the only major actor to depart a series over the summer hiatus, but the others made a lot more noise ahead of time.
Meanwhile, over on Hawaii Five-0, the show returned without Chin Ho and Kono on board, as Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park had decided not to renew their contracts with CBS for another season.