Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24114452-20160511113326/@comment-6175354-20160615141107

Eskaver wrote: He's justified in my eyes. He pretty much uprooted his life (moved his family) when recieving word that he would be a "series regular". It is on the writers to tell people what is in store for the character.

My short view:

Sometime in May (probably), Sean, after recurring frequently, gets an upgrade. He moves his family, etc.

Season 5 filming starts in July and all the way up to the holidays. Sean has played a rather small part in the season thus far. But to be fair, so did Rebecca.

After the holidays (probably spent with his family that he moved for this job), A&E tell him that he will be "killed" off. Sean then plays a very insignificant role in the early part of 5b, then not seen during the middle, and then swiftly relevant and killed off after returning to filming.

Now, I'm likely wrong about somethings and I don't know all the details, but I think he's justified in being mad. Especially since even he sees that these writers killed off hm without regards to his children. Sean goes "What about the children?" while the writers go "What about Regina? What children?" Even in interviews with seeing a Robin backstory and not going forward with it should be frustrating.

He's an actor, but he's a person too. If he doesn't want to return, then it's his choice. You can't tell Sean to "do your job" when:

1. He doesn't work for them.

2. He has free will.

3. Adam and Eddy's realm of influence is small and they should have thought ahead of time and should have done a better job at dealing with this.

If I get a job which isn't what I'd like it to be, then gets axed, I'm not going to go back and work for those people, even if they asked and even if I was an important part in some business process, just because someone says I should return.

Side-note: I don't think he is saying he won't return, but that he has other prioities on the table, just like any actor should. I agree 100%.... it seems some fans forget, that acting is a job like any other. Most of them are private contractors, who essentially work for themselves.