WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Sweet Magnolias.

Sweet Magnolias has left fans gutted by the decision to scrap a pivotal emotional storyline from the books.

The fourth season of Sweet Magnolias dropped on Netflix this year, immediately hitting fans with an unforeseen twist: the offscreen demise of Bill Townsend (played by Chris Klein), a move which wasn't in the original book series and replaced another significant plotline missing from the show.

The unexpected storyline had characters in the quaint town of Serenity reeling, prompting a period of deep reflection on their life choices.

Yet, it was Bill's untimely death, not part of the source material, that took the place of another heartfelt narrative thread—the story of Dana Sue Sullivan's (portrayed by Brooke Elliott) daughter Annie's (Anneliese Judge) struggle with anorexia—which fans had hoped to see on screen.

Fans of the Sweet Magnolias literature took to Reddit to express their letdown with one lamenting: "As someone who read the Sweet Magnolia books, I can say a lot of the show storylines were completely different, but I honestly didn't really mind except for Annie's anorexia storyline!

"It was a good storyline and I was absolutely crushed that it wasn't included, especially as someone who has a history of anorexia I was really excited for some representation of the disorder."