Claire Danes was the one who wanted `` My So-Called Life '' to end . The show is a comedy about two women in their early 30s whose lives are turned upside down when they discover that their husbands have been having an affair. killed off Marissa Cooper in the season finale of season three , most people assumed it was because Mischa Barton wanted to move on . to kill off her character . Heigl 's publicist says she 's leaving the show to spend more time with her daughter .
Claire Danes was the one who wanted `` My So-Called Life '' to end . The show is a comedy about two women in their early 30s whose lives are turned upside down when they discover that their husbands have been having an affair. to kill off her character . Heigl 's publicist says she 's leaving the show to spend more time with her daughter .