I had a feeling Derek's fate was sealed when, after hardly seeing the character, all of a sudden, he was in the thick of a storyline that was destined to culminate in some sort of bloodshed.
In Season 1, I was thinking that Ben, Jen Jacobs and Alex Alegría should all go recurring but it appeared to me that, when paired with actors other than Jen, Ben seemed to have improved and was performing well. I actually thought he had forged way ahead of Alex, in terms of how much he had improved and his screen presence overall. Oh well. Good luck to Ben.
And yes, I glimpsed those closing credits when I watched last night. Sigh. Whether it's a retcon flashback, fantasy or a real time "reunion", I wish we could actually have room for total surprise, I guess those days are in the past?
I vote for switching in some writers. I really enjoyed the last 2-3 episodes but the fact remains that Anita's BRCA storyline has been the only storyline so far that has had a genuine story arc. The Hayley "Kill Bill" storyline is in a holding pattern and up until the last two days of the plasma ring story, it's been a mess and some characters who are supposed to be intelligent, consistently making decisions that defy logic. It would be great not to have to wait for the next big event or health crisis to get some satisfying storytelling. Since Season One, almost all of the least experienced actors have shown so much improvement. It's time to give everyone more complex stories. Interestingly enough, some ideas have already been seeded in the first season but, for whatever reason, haven't yet been pursued.
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