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Lost’s executive producer Carlton Cuse has explained the decision to kill off the popular character of Charlie Pace at the end of the third season.
In an interview with TV Guide Cuse stated that axing Dominic Monaghan from the show was dictated by the narrative: "We felt like we needed to pay off Desmond's prognostications. We thought about various ways in which that could pay off, but, ultimately, we came to the conclusion that the best version of the story was for Charlie to die."
"We gave Charlie a death that was distinctive from any of the other," Cuse added. "He willingly chooses to sacrifice himself, and does it in an incredibly noble and heroic way. It felt to us like that was the necessary story culmination for Season 3 to feel complete.”
Branding Monaghan a "wonderful guy and a terrific actor," Cuse admitted that it was "very hard to say goodbye to Dominic."
