![]() It falls right in line with the style of the show. Of course he’s coming home!” I wanted the audience to experience that with the characters, and that’s why I didn’t want to show it at the end of Act 5.ĭIGGS | I loved that. As we’re watching Spencer piece it together, I wanted us to piece it together, like, “Wait, we just saw him. I wanted us to find out when Spencer was finding out, when Laura was finding out. Tell me about that choice.ĬARROLL | For one, I wanted us to experience it and find out with our cast. TVLINE | I was struck by the decision not to show us the actual moment of Billy’s death in this episode. ![]() Var pd_tags = new Array pd_tags="poll-oembed-simple" Grade Monday’s episode of All American in our poll below, then drop a comment with your reaction to Diggs’ departure. I definitely want to see how we go out like that. I’m always pretty cool with watching myself, but I’ve watched all of All American, mainly because my son’s a huge fan, and we’ve watched it together. TVLINE | Do you think you’ll watch the episode when it airs?ĭIGGS | Sure, sure, sure. But I wasn’t factoring in that it was the end. And it was cool! I loved what was written, and it was fun acting it out. When it comes to goodbyes, whether it’s on a job or not, these things tend to hit me much later, and right now, it’s starting to settle that I’m not going to see these people next week or next month I’m not going to see them at work, you know what I mean? But in the moment, it was just another day of work. So I was just really happy to be done with it. TVLINE | Taye, what was it like filming this final episode? Were there any scenes that were especially tough to get through?ĭIGGS | I wish I could give you a better story, but on the day that I actually kicked the bucket, it was freezing outside, it was nighttime, nobody wanted to be there. Viewers didn’t see the actual moment that Billy perished, though: Instead, Grace and Jordan (who were at the scene of the bus crash) came home and broke the devastating news to Laura, Olivia, Spencer and Coop, just as Spencer was listening to a sweet voicemail from Billy that aimed to resolve their current discord over Billy potentially leaving Crenshaw for GAU.īelow, in separate interviews that have been combined and condensed, Diggs and All American showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll walk us through how Billy’s exit was crafted, including the possibility that he’ll return in some capacity during Season 5’s remaining episodes. On the way home from the event, the bus carrying Billy, Asher, Jabari and the other Crenshaw players blew a tire, causing a crash that left the bus teetering dangerously on the edge of a cliff.īilly initially got out safely and helped the rest of the passengers climb out, too - but when Billy later realized that Jabari was still trapped on the bus, he went back to help him, and that good deed ultimately led to Billy’s demise. ![]() TVLine can confirm that Taye Diggs, who has co-starred as the reliable football coach and father figure since All American‘s pilot episode, has exited the CW series, with Monday’s episode serving as his formal sendoff.ĭuring the sentimental hour, titled “Time,” Billy and the South Crenshaw football players participated in a combine that allowed the Crenshaw men to show off their skills for college coaches. The All American cast and crew has been keeping a whopper of a secret for nearly a year, and viewers were finally let in on it Monday night: Billy Baker is no more. The following post contains major spoilers for All American ‘s Feb.
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