Ok, im going to say somthing about some posts that were writen in previous pages, and in this case is related to MRJ leaving or not. I think i read here someone saying that MRJ would not ask to leave, bc of hate he is to professional, and should be prepared to hate and love from fans.Then there is a friend of mine that says that she also doesnt believe that he would wanted out, because was to rush, and also if contract break ABC could even sue him. Then we arrive to the storyline reason, dont think so, bc was to rush, and to quickly and no way this was decided like between seasons, i mean ABC wouldnt want to pay an actor a whole year, and use him for only few episodes just for the writers fan, and also were A/E looking for him not the opposite, that is why i think was something decide during NVL arc, not beg, so MRJ would still had 1 season contract. Now ABC, would the network pressure them to kill neal, to make CS? maybe , but they would knew that was what the fans would think, and would look bad for the network, also was just the case of putting neal with someone else, they wouldnt need to kill him. However, what if was a conbination of all the above factors, MRJ wanted to leave, A/E didnt know what to do with Neal on Oz arc and ABC wanted to push CS as couple? An that the solution for this would be, kill him in a episode that would move the story the rest of the season( that was A/E part), pretend he was working and not look for other jobs( MRJ part), and keep him on credits and pay him until the end of the season as way to compesate the time lost on the show, avoid spoilers and could still use him in FB until the end of season,so avoid pay him per epi if was necessary(ABC part). During his twiter stament MRJ said that he loved to work with the writers, cast, crew, and network from down to top, so made me think,and i confirmed in the chat that ABC is the the last of the networks to tell shows next year, and now i wonder , probably not true, what if since MRJ couldnt look for pilots, to avoid spoilers, what if to compensate him ABC promissed him a regular place in other of their big shows? and that is why MRJ still didnt made interviews, that same with the cast that knows the deal, and only after the show ends, and ABC says the shows for next season we will find out, bc MRJ did say stay tuned. This is just a crazy idea that crossed my mind.
I find everything is just so weird at this point. None of the cast tweeted very much about the death or about MRJ. MRJ had to publicly explain himself about the writing of the episode and then Adam came into the fray (probably to avoid dealing with the onslaught of backlash) There’s just something suspicious going on behind the scenes. Because it’s unbelievable to me that they consider this bold writing. When what they wrote in season 1 is an example of actual BOLD writing.
I wish the come clean like and make things clear. Because it just made everyone even more suspicious. Like what the writers and actors did in Dowton Abbey. The actor wanted to leave. People were heartbroken but they got over it quick. I loved that show and was heartbroken the character got killed off but I accepted it. And they did it so that it MADE SENSE. They also continued the story in a manner that made sense from the aftermath of the death. The everyone was in mourning for at least 3 episodes. It was in character. The death propelled the story forwards and everything the character does was in direct result of that moment.
Neal’s just came out of left field. It did not propel the story any further then if he didn’t die. Everyone mourned him for 1 episode and seem to have quickly forgotten and moved on to the next catastrophe.