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Yes, I've seen the BTS. spoiler

From: K_StillNotOver2016 Find all posts by K_StillNotOver2016 Send private message to K_StillNotOver2016
Date: Sun, 16-Mar-2025 4:48:47 PM PDT
Where: SoapZone Community Message Board
In topic: -Week Of March 10th TV Post 📺📺 posted by Leia
In reply to: The fandom.... posted by The_Cat_Did_It
The fandom for this show takes BSC to a whole new level. I've never been happier to just be a lurker. I've really only ever talked about it here and in a group chat with some others. No way am I venturing further than that, especially if RG's departure is announced soon. Stuff is really going to hit the fan then.

Ha. I am debating whether or not I'll lurk on the 911 subreddit if that happens. Usually neutral sites at least try to stay within the realm of canon even while shipping a fanon couple but the takes there were wild as hell. I'm truly curious how they're going to reconcile their certainty of Buck and Eddie getting together with Eddie leaving.

RG has not been seen filming any of the 118 rescue scenes since they returned from winter break. I guess they could be filming some "Eddie is in Texas" scenes on their interior sets but that facial hair RG is sporting does not scream Eddie. Some "insiders" have also said that RG and JLH's contracts were up this season. Let's be honest, they will prioritize re-signing JLH. She's a bigger name, third billed, she's the resident dispatcher and writing Maddie off would be much harder than Eddie. Eddie can just move to Texas to be closer to his son who's already left town. Maddie has a husband who's a main character and a child with another on the way. It'd be messier letting her go, assuming budget concerns were an issue in re-signing actors which it usually is unless the show is insanely popular and cheap to film which 911 isn't (cheap). Have you see some of the BTS videos for this upcoming two parter? They got like 3 helicopters, filming for hours with them in the sky. That's alot of $$$$$$$$.

When I say pop up, I meant I could see him appearing in the season finale. Maybe have him visit after Maddie's baby is born or something like that.

As for contracts, most initial contracts these days are for six seasons. For hits, there's usually a renegotiation where the cast gets more money to add a year onto their deals. That would have put contracts up at the end of last season for the original group.

RG and JLH started a year later but there's no guarantee that they were offered six seasons too. Since they started later, they could have been offered fewer years. Or maybe they were given six seasons but no renegotiation. From what I've read, Angela, Peter and JLH are paid more per episode but Kenny, Aisha, Oliver and Ryan all made the same amount. Even if RG tried to negotiate, they wouldn't pay him more than they were willing to pay the rest of them.

The thing about contracts that doesn't make sense is that he should be under contract even if he's currently negotiating. Leaving midseason is pretty strange for a long term cast member.

It has happened before but it makes me think of The Good Wife or Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. In both of those situations, an actor (Josh Charles and Santino Fontana) both had contracts that ended the season before they left. Both shorter than normal. In both cases, the actors agreed to stay for some additional episodes in the following season so the creators could write them out.

I do wonder if Ryan's contract was actually up last season and he let them know that he was ready to leave. Then they worked out a scenario where he'd appear in some episodes this season for a midseason departure. Sending Chris to TX was possibly the first step.

It's just a theory. And yes, I have seen the sunset shots.


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