 Tessa 's death occurs in the fourth episode of the second season ; " The Darkness " . The creative staff decided Tessa would die in a random carjacking incident . Tessa 's death played no role in the episode 's main storyline . It was not formulaic ; the writers wanted to shock the audience . Abramowitz said that " ... it would have been easier to kill her off in the episode , " but the writers " ... wanted it to be a surprise and show how shocking [ Tessa 's death ] was to [ them ] . " Horvath said that " ... losing a loved one to a random act of violence isn 't something that only happens to television action heroes or Immortals or people in another type of life , it happens in the real world too- totally unexpectedly , at a moment that makes no sense dramatically . " Tessa 's death scene shows MacLeod kneeling next to Tessa and cuddling her , then Richie reviving and speaking with MacLeod . 
 Tessa <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>death <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>occurs</mark></a> in the fourth episode of the second season ; " The Darkness " . The creative staff decided Tessa would die in a random carjacking incident . Tessa <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>death played no role in the episode <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>main storyline . It <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>not</mark></a>formulaic ; the writers wanted to shock the audience . Abramowitz said that " ... it would have been easier to kill her off in the episode , " but the writers " ... wanted it to be a surprise and show how shocking [ Tessa <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>death ] was to [ them ] . " Horvath said that " ... losing a loved one to a random act of violence isn 't something <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>that</mark></a>only <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>happens</mark></a> to television action heroes or Immortals or people in another type of life , it <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>happens</mark></a> in the real world too- totally unexpectedly , at a moment <a href='null_relcl' title='11'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>makes</mark></a> no sense dramatically . " Tessa <a href='null_genetive' title='13'><mark>'s</mark></a>death scene <a href='uninflect' title='14'><mark>shows</mark></a> MacLeod kneeling next to Tessa and cuddling her , then Richie reviving and speaking with MacLeod . 
Tessa  death occur in da fourth episode of tdasecond season ; " The Darkness " . The creative staff decided Tessa would die in a random carjacking incident . Tessa  death played no role in the episode  main storyline . It ain't formulaic ; the writers wanted to shock the audience . Abramowitz said that " ... it would have been easier to kill her off in thdapisode , " but the writers " ... wanted it to be a surprise and show how shocking [ Tessa  death ] was to [ em ] . " Horvath said that " ... losin a loved one to a random act of violence isn 't somethin only happen to television action heroes or Immortals or people in another type of life , it happen in the real world too- totally unexpectedly , at a moment make no sense dramatically . " Tessa  death scene show MacLeod kneeling nxt to Tessa and cuddlin her , then Richie reviving and speaking with MacLeod .