The revelation came at the end of a tense episode which saw Army veteran and close protection officer Sergeant David Budd, played by Richard Madden, himself strapped into a suicide vest. Budd finally presents himself for counselling for his PTSD, and the finale hinted at a happy ending for the bodyguard and his wife.

Does David live in The Bodyguard?

Speaking to Vulture, Jed confessed that David almost didn't survive - and that he was tempted to kill the central character off to prove to viewers that anything could happen after he killed off the show's other focal character, Julia Montague, played by Keeley Hawes.

Do David and Julia get together?

But while viewers were left reeling by the vast majority of the show's plot turns, some felt it was a tad predictable when the two leads – politician Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes) and her bodyguard David Budd (Richard Madden) – ended up sleeping together.