{"id":86596,"date":"2026-04-29T12:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/r-j-decker-kills-crucial-character-in-finale-before-renewal\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:02:12","slug":"r-j-decker-kills-crucial-character-in-finale-before-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/r-j-decker-kills-crucial-character-in-finale-before-renewal\/","title":{"rendered":"R.J. Decker Kills Crucial Character in Finale Before Renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"


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R.J. Decker<\/em> ended season 1 with a shocking death \u2014 despite the show not being renewed for more episodes yet.<\/p>\n

During the Tuesday, April 28, episode Emi\u2019s (Jaina Lee Ortiz<\/strong>) father, Victor (David Zayas<\/strong>), was killed after being put behind bars. The shocking twist wrapped up the first season while teasing what R.J. (Scott Speedman<\/strong>) could be up against in a second season.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictor was constructed to go away in a ninth and final episode, just as we kind of looked \u2014 I don\u2019t know when we settled on it. It was probably sort of the midpoint of our season that it felt appropriate,\u201d creator Robert Doherty told TV Insider<\/em>. \u201cIt felt like a good punctuation mark at the end of our various first-season arcs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doherty hoped the death would \u201copen\u201d the show up to \u201csome bigger things.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span>Meet the Cast of ABC\u2018s \u2018RJ Decker\u2019: Who Does Scott Speedman Play?<\/span>
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\u201cI will cop to having second thoughts after we cast David Zayas, who is just a remarkable person and actor,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe was just so much fun to watch and interact with. In my book, he\u2019s TV royalty. Ultimately, though, we had to say goodbye to Victor, but we\u2019ll miss David.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While Doherty didn\u2019t reveal who killed off Victor, he hinted at the fallout, adding, \u201cI think the people closest to him will have to find themselves under a magnifying glass. I think Emi in our finale was part of a cabal to bring him down. If you look at that from another angle, it could look like she was acting against him, and maybe this was something. Certain parties may come to believe that Emi had a hand in what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cBeyond that, as we mentioned in the finale, Victor copped to being a shady politician, which I hear is a very rare thing. But he confessed to Emi that he maintains relationships with a lot of people that on paper he should not, but he has decided that it\u2019s for the greater good. It makes Fort Lauderdale a safer city and Florida a safer state. So we\u2019ll have to pick our way through some of those people, too. That\u2019ll take some digging for sure. Who was Victor in bed with, and could they have done him in?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span>Where Is Scott Speedman\u2018s \u2018RJ Decker\u2018 Filmed? Show\u2018s Location Explained<\/span>
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\n\t\t\tScott Speedman is making the move from Grey\u2019s Anatomy\u2019s Seattle to RJ Decker\u2018s South Florida \u2014 but where is his show actually filmed? Based on Carl Hiaasen\u2018s novel Double Whammy, RJ Decker, focuses on a disgraced newspaper photographer and ex-con who \u201cstarts over as a private investigator in the colorful-if-crime-filled world of South Florida, tackling [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Doherty noted that the onscreen murder \u201chas to change things.\u201d<\/p>\n

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