While there has been all sorts of buzz surrounding Alicia (Julianna Margulies) win as State's Attorney and the big changes that might be afoot in her life, it is important to bring another important character arc into focus.

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Kalinda (Archie Panjabi) will be exiting the legal drama in this chapter of The Good Wife, and killing the character off has not been necessarily ruled out.

This is likely as Kalinda's life seems to be in danger with Lemond Bishop (Mike Colter) putting immense pressure on her, and asking of her to be the middle woman between him and Alicia, so that Alicia might be able to do him favors in her new position of power as State's Attorney. Either Kalinda might choose to just quit everything and run away, or she might have to take the bullet for choosing not to play by Bishop's rules.

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In an interview with TVLine, showrunners Michelle and Robert King didn't reject the idea of Kalinda being killed off, even though, they had recently staged a very dramatic death with Will (Josh Gardner). Also, the way things have been set up, with Kalinda having messed with Lemond Bishop, her life has already been put at risk.

"I would say that nothing is off the table and unfortunately, all we can say is that we are hoping to make it seem inevitable yet surprising," Michelle said.

Robert suggested that they were very keyed into how fans' emotions in relation to the characters, and that that would play in to Kalinda's exit in someway. They also said that things were very different with Josh Charles's exit, as the information was leaked and wasn't announced in the press the way Archie Panjabi's exit has, which might affect the way they conclude her character arc.

"The job is a little more difficult this year. We had luck and very good CBS information control in that we were able to hide that Josh Charles was leaving the show [last season]. We don't have that advantage this year," he said. "So, a lot of what we're doing is playing with audience expectations of how [Kalinda's exit] might happen. We're only maybe seven or eight weeks ahead of the audience in what we're shooting and writing, and what's really good about that is you can take into account what their feelings are about episodes, what their feelings are about the arc of the season, and you can even vary it a little. We can't turn water into wine, or black into white, but we can vary the expectations."

The next episode, titled 'Undiclosed Clients', of The Good Wife 

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