Jump The Shark🦈: TV Programs That Weren't Cancelled Soon Enough 📺

[Proud Liberal Dem]

42. I think that sort of thing ruins most shows

Internal consistency is necessary to tell a good story IMHO. OTOH sometimes the writers have to deal with unexpected situations with actors coming or going and sometimes they write themselves into corners they can't escape. In S2, the sisters find out that there mother had been with a Whitelighter. Was that supposed to have been the origin of RMG's character (though she wasn't hinted at at the time)? I don't think that Doherty's departure was necessarily planned. I feel like I heard that there had been some conflict between her and management?

The main writer/creator for one of my favorite shows, Babylon 5, purposely wrote "escape hatches" and other ways to handle the unexpected loss or absence of a particular character, which he turned out to have to use more than once during the run of the show.