The following put up accommodates main spoilers for All American‘s Feb. 13 episode. Proceed with warning!
The All American forged and crew has been protecting a whopper of a secret for practically a 12 months, and viewers have been lastly let in on it Monday evening: Billy Baker isn’t any extra.
TVLine can verify that Taye Diggs, who has co-starred because the dependable soccer coach and father determine since All American‘s pilot episode, has exited the CW series, with Monday’s episode serving as his formal sendoff.
During the sentimental hour, titled “Time,” Billy and the South Crenshaw soccer gamers participated in a mix that allowed the Crenshaw males to point out off their expertise for school coaches. On the way in which house from the occasion, the bus carrying Billy, Asher, Jabari and the opposite Crenshaw gamers blew a tire, inflicting a crash that left the bus teetering dangerously on the sting of a cliff.
Billy initially obtained out safely and helped the remainder of the passengers climb out, too — however when Billy later realized that Jabari was nonetheless trapped on the bus, he went again to assist him, and that good deed finally led to Billy’s demise. Viewers didn’t see the precise second that Billy perished, although: Instead, Grace and Jordan (who have been on the scene of the bus crash) got here house and broke the devastating information to Laura, Olivia, Spencer and Coop, simply as Spencer was listening to a candy voicemail from Billy that aimed to resolve their present discord over Billy probably leaving Crenshaw for GAU.
Below, in separate interviews which were mixed and condensed, Diggs and All American showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll stroll us via how Billy’s exit was crafted, together with the likelihood that he’ll return in some capability throughout Season 5’s remaining episodes.
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