'Utopia' Creator Gillian Flynn on Why She Killed Off THAT Character So Soon

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 2 of “Utopia.”) Despite the fact Jessica Rothe was heavily promoted as one of the leading ladies of Gillian Flynn’s “Utopia,” her character, Samantha, was shot and killed by Jessica Hyde (Sasha Lane) at the end of Episode 2, leaving behind Becky (Ashleigh LaThrop), Wilson Wilson (Desmin Borges) and Ian (Dan Byrd) to follow the crazed woman who just murdered their friend. So why did Flynn kill off Sam, the girl who knows the most about t...