Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5154975-20140830155800/@comment-1916997-20150216063713

Hmcooper4 wrote: Generally speaking, the Deleted scenes are not, in and of themselves, canon. We don't always know why the scene ended up on the cutting room floor. Some may have been cut due to time constraints, some may have been cut because the producers decided that the particular details did not make sense in the story, or did not otherwise move the plot forward. The second type of deleted scene is definitly NOT canon (imho), since the don't do anything for the story, and the information contained is never brought into the main story line.

I would pose the question what about the particular scenes that were aired the next day on Good Morning America? While they did not actually air with the show, they were released and shown on air. and the impression that I got was that the only reason these particular scenes were cut is that they needed to trim the episode down to fit in the time slot. (The scene that I am thinking of specifically is the one with Henry and Gold having the conversation in his Pawn Shop). Should we, maybe, give these scenes a second thought, or is that opening up a really big can of worms? Well, it is opening up a big can of worms, but that's okay, lol. Here's my thought: Any scene that was actually far enough through the creative process to be filmed is probably canon. They had plenty of time during writing and before filming to say: "No don't film that scene, we don't want it seen" (See what I did there?) Furthermore, the deleted scenes we see are only ones that are choosen to be shown to us via the DVD/Blu-ray and/or GMA/other official outlits. The fact that they decide to show us these scenes tells me they want us to know they exist, and so that they are most likely canon, but just happen "off screen" for the actual episodes. Plus, I don't think they have even ever retconed something in a deleted scene that has been shown to us, if I'm mistaken, please somebody let me know, but I don't think I am. So I think the safest assumption is to say all deleted scenes are in fact canon, unless proven otherwise, which so far has not happened.