while no one knew that crystal reed wanted to get out of dodge until after the episode aired, the death would have felt a lot more 'sudden' if it hadn't been relentlessly teased since before the first episode of the season even aired, leading most viewers to put their bets on allison dying about midway through the…

this article is actually giving way to much credit to the show. the paragraph listing out the numerous flaws in the writing doesn't even begin to cover the scope of the plot holes, character inconsistencies from scene to scene let alone episode to episode, the habit of changing the mythology on a whim to do whatever…