Agreed. If Josh and Ginny decided not to renew their contracts, I think A&E would be hard-pressed to end the show. I hear that Ginny is expecting her second child, which does leave a question in my mind as to whether she’d continue to work full time with two small children at home. I could see her stepping down as a series regular while Josh continues to work full time. She might just become a reappearing guest star or something (or else have fewer scenes like she did in S3b).
Agreed. I would assume Ginny would have told A&E that she wanted no part of a sixth season by now, and if that was the case, A&E would have wanted to wrap it up this season I feel. And if that’s true, we as fans would know if this was the last season or not by now. Since ABC hasn’t said anything, I’m assuming at the very least, there will be a season 6 and Ginny will be part of it, even if it is in a guest role until they need her for the very end.
I will say however, I expect Snow and Charming to be pivotal at the end of this. With this whole sharing a heart thing, my prediction has always been that the two of them would bite the dust together in a last moment of glory to save Emma and or save baby Neal, which would mirror the pilot. And right now, the characters are just in limbo until the writers need them for the end. And if A&E let Ginny and Josh know there future plans for them, maybe that’s incentive enough for the two to stick around.
And as Rumples Girl corrected, ABC let fans know way before season 6 of LOST started that it would be the final season. And I think the show benefited a ton from announcing an end date in advance. Gosh I miss Lost…