I just finished Season 7 and then watched the first disc of Season 8 and they have Linda being dead! No show to show how or why, just some discussion between Danny and a shrink....hoping they go into it a little farther....loved Linda....she was so solid in her role as wife and mother. Will miss her on the show. Rest of the cast is awesome and it is very real life acting and after years of not wanting to see Tom Selleck as anything other than the cowboy he truly is, I relented. I'm glad I did...this is an excellent show!