User blog comment:Maria Trimble/Death in Supernatural Shows/@comment-98.220.46.212-20130619165210/@comment-5436198-20130619193501

You make a very valid point. They had her at the TIME and they could have filmed an onscreen death. Jeff said that under all that makeup it was Gage so why not go with something a little more dramatic. It would make the fans miss her more and cause a little more grieving, but the death would have felt more impactful and important to the characters and to the fans as a whole.