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I mean I can see why fans were pissed, but the actors leaving really put the show in a difficult position because of the limited ways of explaining their absence.
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I mean I can see why fans were pissed, but the actors leaving really put the show in a difficult position because of the limited ways of explaining their absence.
Incidentally, the actress playing O\\\'Brien also decided to leave and so the character was written as accepting a job offer with hire status and giving no notice (something pretty in-character). In the fourth season, the characters mention [[RealitySubtext how it created problems/was rude for her to leave so suddenly]].
Incidentally, the actress playing O\\\'Brien also decided to leave and so the character was written as accepting a job offer with hire status and giving no notice (something pretty in-character). In the fourth season, the characters mention [[RealitySubtext how it created problems/was rude for her to leave so suddenly]].
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Good call. RE Sybil\'s situation, the issue was that her actress wanted to leave the show and Tom\'s actor didn\'t (and by extension the showrunners didn\'t want him to leave). This created some problems because contrary to the above poster, it wouldn\'t make sense for Tom to be at Downton and Sybil offstage in Ireland, as they were happily married and Sybil and Sybil was kind of what was keeping Tom in England/why the Crawley\'s would keep him around at that point.
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Good call. RE Sybil\\\'s situation, the issue was that her actress wanted to leave the show and Tom\\\'s actor didn\\\'t (and by extension the showrunners didn\\\'t want him to leave). This created some problems because contrary to the above poster, it wouldn\\\'t make sense for Tom to be at Downton and Sybil offstage in Ireland, as they were happily married and Sybil and Sybil was kind of what was keeping Tom in England/why the Crawleys would keep him around at that point.
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If the opposite had been true and Tom\'s actor had decided to leave while Sybil\'s actress stayed it probably would have been a lot easier if somewhat derailing of Tom\'s character (i.e. something like his running off and joining Irish partisans).
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And with Mathew, there\\\'s really no in-character reason for him to have no longer been in the show outside of the character being killed off.
