Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25551215-20160315233708/@comment-25926288-20160923190258

Farerb wrote:

Eskaver wrote: I'd argue that the "seed planted" in 102 was meaningless. More or less, I'm sure if Kristen was available they'd do Mal in season 2 or 3 etc. In terms of secondary characters, I'd say that Mal edges over slightly joining the likes of Cora and Pan, but Lily, not so much. Lily appeared in only 3 episodes FCOL. They could have taken her character into interesting places, playing with the Anti-Savior aspect (kind of like Faith from Buffy - This show wants to be Buffy so bad but they fail..), but they got tired of that toy and it was off to the next thing, only question is why was that small stupid line about finding her father was inserted only to do it two years later and even that is uncertain, just wrap things up and go on to the next pointless character aka Guinevere (only to leave her story open because more pointless characters). You're too nice. The whole Camelot crew (except maybe Arthur) were pointless. No need to single out Guinevere. XD

I think they regret the whole "Lily's father" thing. They could just solve that with an offscreen mention. I know if I were them, I would. (Or perhaps make one of the US people be her father and give several blatant hints.) Lily had potential, but the way she was set up, she wasn't going anywhere once 5x01 passed.