Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20170115054549/@comment-1916997-20170116204016

Dan Fox wrote: Aine1989 wrote: If Emma leaves, the show ends, simple as. It would be like having Sherlock without Sherlock Holmes or Doctor Who without the Doctor That's actually a tossup because apparently the protagonist of The Vampire Diaries was put to sleep and has been gone for over a year along with Derek Shepherd from Grey's Anatomy and Abbie Mills from Sleepy Hollow, and those shows are still going. However, I can definitely see OUAT be cancelled without Emma as Castle did because they tried going on without their lead woman (Detective Kate Beckett) and the whole show got axed. One of those "Pull the plug on the fans and they will do same right back." Main character for Grey's Anatomy is Merideth Grey (thus her last name being in the title), so it was fine to write Derek off. If they tried to write Merideth off, the show would be over, but the actress already said she'll stay as long as Shonda wants to do the show.