writer Ashley Lyle revealed on Sunday that the cast of the series often host “funeral parties” for each other when characters die. “Killing off a character means nothing but good story,” Lyle said during an appearance at this weekend’s . “It’s often really heartbreaking.
” , which first premiered in 2021 and follows two parallel storylines of teenagers and their adult counterparts, has harbored its fair share of gruesome and emotional character deaths. Two seasons in, Travis (Andres Soto), Adam Martin (Peter Gadiot), Laura Lee (Jane Widdop), Jessica Roberts (Rekha Sharma), Jackie (Ella Purnell), Crystal (Nuha Jes Izman), Javi (Luciano Leroux), Kevyn Tan (Charlie Wright) and Natalie (Juliette Lewis) have all bid their final adieu. “I think it’s really lovely that the actors have started having funeral parties for each other,” Lyle continued.
“I’ve attended several. It’s very sweet. They’re very closely knit, particularly our younger cast.
” Lyle pointed to parties held for Leroux and Widdop as particularly memorable. , currently in production on season three, made waves its last season for the particularly hard-to-watch cannibalism scene following the death of Jackie. “I have a pretty tough stomach, and we’ve done some weird things on the show, but I will say this season got me,” Courtney Eaton, who plays young Lottie, told at the time.
“I almost threw up on set one of the days we were eating Jackie.” Perhaps in keeping with the paradox .