History AuthorsSavingThrow / LiveActionTV

* In the third season finale of ''Series/{{Bones}}'', [[spoiler:Zack]] is revealed to have been manipulated into becoming the apprentice to a cannibalistic serial killer, and claims to have murdered a man. During an episode of the fourth season, he says that he didn't actually kill anyone himself, he just told the Gormogon where to find a victim and claims he would have killed the victim himself if the Gormogon had told him to. In his mind, this equated to having done the deed himself.

** A number towards ''Film/StarTrek2009'', as the Hobus supernova was revealed to be just a normal supernova that ravaged Romulus and Remus as it was their sun that went up. Furthermore, it's revealed that Starfleet abandoned the Romulans to their fate after the first sign of trouble, making Nero's rants make a lot more sense.

* ''Series/GoodTimes'': The season 5 episode, "No More Mr. Nice Guy", in which JJ punishes Michael for joyriding in a stolen car with a friend, was likely a response to the viewers who believed that JJ [[UncleTomFoolery wasn't a good role model for young African Americans with his buffoonish behavior]] throughout the series. This ultimately lead to Esther Rolle, who played Florida, JJ and Michael's mother, to leave the show prior to the fifth season. JJ even explains to Michael that he didn't set a good example for him when he was his age few years earlier.

Plus for an added bonus after acting like a idiotic sociopath for most of the seventh season, he gets a HumiliationConga in jail (being the janitor cleaning up after people intentionally pissing on the floor, for one) and the {{flanderization}} getting reversed, becoming more like his season 1 self again; still doing shitty things but a lot of PetTheDog, especially with Wilson.
* In ''{{Series/Isabel}}'', the stylism of Ferdinand and Isabella resembles their real counterparts historical portraits more in the second season than in the first. Ferdinand grows his hair to mid-length (although actor Rodolfo Sancho never shaves his beard) and Isabella starts using a white cowl after suffering a miscarriage in the season premiere (which [[FridgeBrilliance fits well]] with white being the color of mourning for late 15th century queens). The latter was an explicit answer to critics who claimed that the show had modernized Isabella's look too much.

* At the end of Season 3 of ''Series/TheMentalist'', Jane [[spoiler: kills Red John]] and sits peacefully waiting to be arrested. In the first episode of Season 4, it turns out that [[spoiler: that wasn't Red John]] and he's found not guilty in a spectacular example of HollywoodLaw, so the series can continue as before.

** Actress Jeri Ryan returns to the franchise as Seven of Nine, this time being able to wear comfortable[[note]]To the actress; the character barely even had a concept of comfort[[/note]] clothing and actually showing more emotions[[note]]Which was hinted at in the finale of Voyager[[/note]].
** A number towards ''Film/StarTrek2009'', as the Hobus supernova was revealed to be just a normal supernova that ravaged Romulus and Remus as it was their sun that went up. Furthermore, it's revealed that Starfleet abandoned the Romulans to their fate once there was just one sign of trouble, making Nero's rants make a lot more sense.

** In later seasons, the show began to place more and more focus on the Dean and Castiel relationship, including deliberate subtext and occasional jokes that their friendship is not entirely platonic. Some in the fandom took this as a possible legitimate intention on the writers' part to foreshadow an actual romantic relationship between them, and were extremely excited at the prospect of the protagonist of a very popular, mainstream, genre show being openly bi. However, during season 9, one of the writers on twitter revealed that Dean being bi was an interesting idea but that they had absolutely no intention of making it canon. This caused outrage from people who claimed the show had been [[http://www.tvguide.com/news/supernatural-queerbaiting-destiel-1089286.aspx queerbaiting]] - deliberately enticing queer audience members to keep watching with the promise of dearly needed representation without any intention of actually following through. During season 10, therefore, the authors tried to smooth things over with the episode Fan Fiction, in which Dean encounters Destiel shippers and states that while it's not the ''right'' interpretation, it's totally cool that they have their own interpretation of things. Reactions to this were mixed - some shippers liked it, but those who really wanted Dean to be bi were only the more convinced that the writers never understood why people wanted Dean to be queer so much in the first place.

* ''Series/GoodTimes'': The season 5 episode, "No More Mr. Nice Guy", in which JJ punishes Michael for joyriding in a stolen car with a friend, was likely a response to the viewers who believed that JJ's [[UncleTomFoolery wasn't a good role model for young African Americans with his buffoonish behavior]] throughout the series. This ultimately lead to Esther Rolle, who played Florida, JJ and Michael's mother, to leave the show prior to the fifth season. JJ even explains to Michael that he didn't set a good example for him when he was his age few years earlier.

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E8TheImpossiblePlanet "The Impossible Planet"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit "The Satan Pit"]], the HappinessInSlavery depiction of the Ood as a happy servitor race and the Doctor's acceptance of it as unproblematic were seen by many fans as gross breaches of the series's and the character's usual moral positions. Two years later the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E3PlanetOfTheOod "Planet of the Ood"]]" story returned to the same setting and revealed that the slave Ood were only happy [[spoiler:because the evil humans had been lobotomising them]], and that the Doctor only accepted their servitude because he was a bit preoccupied with a planet orbiting a black hole and Satan trying to kill them all... [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext shut it.]]

* The third season finale of ''Series/{{Bones}}'', [[spoiler:Zack]] is revealed to have been manipulated into becoming the apprentice to a cannibalistic serial killer, and claims to have murdered a man. During an episode of the fourth season, he says that he didn't actually kill anyone himself, he just told the Gormogon where to find a victim and claims he would have killed the victim himself if the Gormogon had told him to. In his mind, this equated to having done the deed himself.

* ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy'': Arguably the most hated storyline in the first season was the romance between Alison and Luther, since it hinged on them being NotBloodSiblings. In the second season, it is finally discussed how messed-up their relationship is. [[spoiler: Also, when it's revealed that Lila was born from the same event that spawned the rest of them, and Diego had sex with her, he's wonders if this means he slept with his sister and is disturbed at the possibility.]]

* ''Series/UmbrellaAcademy2019'': Arguably the most hated storyline in the first season was the romance between Alison and Luther, since it hinged on them being NotBloodSiblings. In the second season, it is finally discussed how messed-up their relationship is. [[spoiler: Also, when it's revealed that Lila was born from the same event that spawned the rest of them, and Diego had sex with her, he's wonders if this means he slept with his sister and is disturbed at the possibility.]]

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''':

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''':
** In the fourth season, Spike schemes to break up the Scoobies by exploiting the existing tensions between the group, and then planting evidence to lure Buffy into a trap as part of Adam's plan. However, after all is said and done, Adam points out that Spike gave Willow the evidence, and Willow won't be speaking to Buffy now. Spike quickly goes out to fix his scheme. WordOfGod confirms that the writers themselves didn't think of that either and didn't realize their error until it was time for the next episode to air, so they added in Spike and Adam's exchange rather than rewrite the entire previous episode.
** In the sixth season, magic was portrayed as akin to a drug, which was highly dangerous and addictive, and could even lead to users becoming "junkies" willing to do anything for a "fix," as happened to Willow slowly over the course of the season. Creator/JossWhedon himself didn't like this development, and fans agreed; [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E1Lessons season seven's first episode]] featured a scene where Giles explicitly states that magic is not addictive, and it's explained that Willow's actions were actually due to her ''not'' using magic.

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** In ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo,'' Alpha Five was replaced with Alpha Six, a TotallyRadical [[TheScrappy Scrappy]]. It... didn't go over well. At the end of ''Turbo,'' he's damaged and repaired with speech circuitry meant for Alpha Five, making him an {{Expy}} of his predecessor during ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' and ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy.''
** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'': One of the complaints from ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' was that the Samurai Rangers had Mega Mode for use in the Megazord but never explained why the Rangers couldn't use it in regular battle. So in "The Royal Rangers", Kendall introduces the Dino Drive mode, specifically stating it was just for when the Rangers use the Megazord.
* ''Series/KamenRider'':
** In the first film for ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', [[spoiler: the very serious and nihilistic Doctor Shinigami suddenly appears, after being Natsumi's rather quirky grandfather for the whole season]]. Fans didn't understand. So, in the second film, they make him that way again. But this time, they reveal that he's under the effect of a [[spoiler: "Doctor Shinigami" type Gaia Memory]]. Which is an obvious throw, as those are introduced in the ''next'', only-barely-related series, ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''.
** The series also tried to address the controversy around Tackle, the [[SixthRanger Second Rider]] from ''Series/KamenRiderStronger'', who was [[StuffedIntoTheFridge killed off]] and never officially declared a Kamen Rider, mostly due to the fact that she's a woman.
*** In ''Movie War 2010'', Decade meets an AlternateUniverse version of Tackle, whose entire backstory revolves around the fact that she was [[RealitySubtext murdered and then quickly ignored and forgotten about by everyone around her]]. Tackle ends up pulling a HeroicSacrifice near the end, but not before helping out Decade and [[TakingYouWithMe taking her killer out with her]]. She is also a much better fighter than the original, who was often a DamselInDistress.
*** ''Manga/KamenRiderSpirits'' tried to offer a non-sexist explanation as to why Tackle isn't considered a legitimate Kamen Rider.
** ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'' tried to mitigate the fan backlash over the series' LighterAndSofter tone (as well the general {{Sequelitis}} complaints from fans of the [[ToughActToFollow beloved]] ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'') by bringing back the previous Kamen Riders as part of the show's final storyline. Prior to this, both ''Black'' and ''Black RX'' were supposed to have been part of a [[ContinuityReboot new continuity]].
* A month after the ''Series/PrisonBreak'' Season 3 finale, it was announced that, in part due to fan reaction, [[spoiler:it wasn't Sara Tancredi's [[StuffedIntoTheFridge head in the box]], and she would be back next season]]. The other big part of the decision was the fact that [[spoiler:Sara had only been killed in the first place because of behind-the-scenes drama between the then-pregnant actress and the executive producers. By the fourth season, everyone was friends again so the character returned. And ironically got pregnant]].

* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': The producers originally intended for Paolo and Nikki to be major characters. After a fan revolt, they changed their plans by [[spoiler: not only killing off the characters, but doing so in an incredibly sadistic way.]]
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': Season Seven ended with Lana, having just woken up from a Brainiac-induced coma, leaving Clark a Dear John video expressing her belief that she was only holding him back. However, not only were her fans unhappy with this direction, but her actress had been absent for the final five episodes of the season due to filming ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi'', and the recent writer's strike hadn't helped matters either. The very next season, in the penultimate episode of Lana's farewell arc, Tess Mercer reveals to Clark that it was all a lie: Lex's men kidnapped Lana and forced her to make the video at gunpoint in order to throw Clark off the trail. Tess even lampshades the PlotHole of Lana somehow getting her hands on a video camera right after waking up.

* For the first three seasons of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', the show was criticised for wasting the potential of its prequel setting by neglecting the Romulans as recurring villains (rather than properly leading up to the known canonical Romulan War) and instead embarking on a long confused MythArc involving a "Temporal Cold War" which soon fell prey to TheChrisCarterEffect, as well as for depicting the Vulcans as a race of hypocritical {{Jerkass}}es. When Manny Coto took over as showrunner for the fourth season, multiple Saving Throws were given: the Temporal Cold War was resolved in the two-part premiere, a three-part story involved a major spiritual revolution in Vulcan society that brought them closer to the aliens we knew and loved, and a major story arc throughout the season involved a resurgence in Romulan aggression which also served to forge alliances between the future founding members of the Federation. The Enterprise relaunch books manage to take this even further by [[spoiler:retconning Trip's death into a faked death]], as well as dealing with the Romulan War and founding of the Federation.
* Dr. Bashir of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' was never the most popular character on the series. With a personality that seemed to vary from episode to episode, inconsistencies with his background, and the infamous "Mistook a preganglionic fiber for a postganglionic nerve" error (which is akin to an engineering student mixing up a wrench with a screwdriver). So midway through season 5, the writing team rolled out a full-on {{Retcon}} to explain it all: [[spoiler:That he was an Augment, an illegal product of genetic engineering. And that he'd been acting the fool to fly under the radar.]] Unlike most retcons, it ''worked'', with the Bashir for the remainder of the show being much better received by fans.
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': The Season 3 episode "Unity" was the series' first appearance of the Borg…and audiences found it disappointing. Series co-creator Jeri Taylor revealed that they canceled their planned season finale and wrote "Scorpion" to give fans what they were looking for. From the May 10-16, 1997 issue of ''TV Guide'':
--> ''Taylor hopes the May 21 cliffhanger (part 2 airs in late August) will "keep the audience from feeling cheated" by the Borg's ''Voyager'' appearance in February's much hyped, but ultimately disappointing, episode called "Unity", which was really more about a band of ex-Borg drones. Admits Taylor, "we were concerned that maybe that wasn't a big enough dose for the viewers, so we dropped the two-parter we had planned, and decided to write an all-out, slam-bang, Borg-as-villain adventure.''
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' does a number of these:
** Actress Jeri Ryan returns to the franchise as Seven of Nine, this time being able to wear comfortable clothing and actually showing more emotions.
** A number towards ''Film/StarTrek2009'', as the Hobus supernova was revealed to be just a normal supernova that ravaged Romulus and Remus as it was their sun that went up. Furthermore, it's revealed that Starfleet abandoned the Romulans to their fate once there was just one sign of trouble, making Nero's rants make a lot more sense.
* At the end of Season 3 of ''Series/TheMentalist'', Jane [[spoiler: kills Red John]] and sits peacefully waiting to be arrested. In the first episode of Season 4, it turns out that [[spoiler: that wasn't Red John]] and he's found not guilty in a spectacular example of HollywoodLaw, so the series can continue as before.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** In the fourth season, Sam was revealed to be in a sexual relationship with the demon Ruby. Even putting {{Shipping}} aside, the fanbase took a major issue with this. As Ruby was a demon with no corporeal body of her own, she had to [[DemonicPossession possess]] another woman to use for her, uh, interactions with Sam. By having sex with her, Sam was either raping the host (who had not given consent) or engaging in necrophilia (if the host was a corpse). The writers [[TakeAThirdOption took a third option]] by revealing that Ruby's host was a comatose girl about to be taken off life support, whose body was still alive but spirit had moved on to the afterlife. Mileage varied as to whether or not this made the situation any less squicky.
** In later seasons, the show began to place more and more focus on the Dean and Castiel relationship, including deliberate subtext and occasional jokes that their friendship is not entirely platonic. Some in the fandom took this as a possible legitimate intention on the writers' part to foreshadow an actual romantic relationship between them, and were extremely excited at the prospect of the protagonist of a very popular, mainstream, genre show being openly bi. However, during season 9, one of the writers on twitter revealed that Dean being bi was an interesting idea but that they had absolutely no intention of making it canon. This caused outrage from people who claimed the show had been [[http://www.tvguide.com/news/supernatural-queerbaiting-destiel-1089286.aspx queerbaiting]] - deliberately enticing queer audience members to keep watching with the promise of dearly needed representation without any intention of actually following through. During season 10, therefore, the authors tried to smooth things over with the episode Fan Fiction, in which Dean encounters Destiel shippers and states that while it's not the ''right'' interpretation, it's totally cool that they have their own interpretation of things. Reactions to this were mixed - some shippers liked it, but those who really wanted Dean to be bi were only the more convinced that the writers never understood why people wanted Dean to be queer so much in the first place.
* In the crossover movie between ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' and ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'', we're given the first cameo appearance of the Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger, who transform into all Red Rangers. However, it's revealed in the first episode of ''Gokaiger'' that the only reason they could do that was because of the Ranger Keys, which they wouldn't get until the time between Gosei and Gokai. How do they solve that? Reveal that the team had been sent back in time on a mission by Domon of the Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger and they decided to give the two teams a hand while no one was looking. On the other hand, we're still not sure how it is that the Gokaigers ''keep'' their ability to turn into other Rangers after the past Rangers' powers were restored at the end of the regular series. [[RuleOfCool Not that anyone is complaining.]]

* The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Repilot" dismisses the entirety of the widely-hated Season 4 (the only season not overseen by Creator/DanHarmon) by claiming that the school had suffered a massive gas leak, explaining everyone's inconsistent and decidedly OutOfCharacter behavior.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' removed the new members of the Glee Club in Season 5 because of the fans who ''hated'' the new characters and direction old club members had taken. Instead, the show began to focus on what the old cast was doing out of the club.
* In ''{{Series/Isabel}}'', the stylism of Ferdinand and Isabella resembles their real counterparts historical portraits more in the second season than in the first. Ferdinand grows his hair to mid-length (although actor Rodolfo Sancho never shaves his beard) and Isabella starts using a white cowl after suffering a miscarriage in the season premiere (which [[FridgeBrilliance fits well]] with white being the color of mourning for late 15th century queens). The latter was an explicit answer to critics who claimed that the show had modernized Isabella's look too much.
* The first season of ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' ends with the revelation that Jimmy's brother Chuck has been actively fighting his efforts to get a real job as a lawyer. This led to a lot of fans stating that if it hadn't been for Chuck's sabotage, that Jimmy would have never become the amoral Saul Goodman. The writers disagreed and had Jimmy change his mind about taking a job that Kim and Howard had arranged for him with a different firm (in the first season finale he had given up on his legal career and was planning to go back to being a con-man). It quickly becomes obvious that Jimmy never could have made it as a straight-arrow lawyer, and he's back to his old tricks a few episodes later.
* The third ''Series/MidnightCaller'' episode was heavily criticized by LGBT and HIV/AIDS advocacy groups for its portrayal of a bisexual man who knowingly infects people with HIV. While researching the follow-up episode, "Someone to Love," writer Stephen Zito talked to some of the people who protested "After it Happened." He and guest star Kay Lenz also talked to a support group for women with AIDS, and some of their stories were used in the episode. As a result, "Someone to Love" was much better received, and was praised by many of the people who had criticized "After it Happened."

* Dr. Bashir of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' was never the most popular character on the series. With a personality that seemed to vary from episode to episode, inconsistencies with his background, and the infamous "Mistook a preganglionic fiber for a postganglionic nerve" error (Which is akin to an engineering student mixing up a wrench with a screwdriver). So midway through season 5, the writing team rolled out a full-on {{Retcon}} to explain it all: [[spoiler:That he was an Augment, an illegal product of genetic engineering. And that he'd been acting the fool to fly under the radar.]] Unlike most retcons, it ''worked''. With the Bashir for the remainder of the show being much better received by fans.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': The Season 3 episode "Unity" was the series' first appearance of the Borg…and audiences found it disappointing. Series co-creator Jeri Taylor admitted that they canceled their planned season finale and wrote "Scorpion" to give fans what they were looking for. From the May 10-16, 1997 issue of ''TV Guide'':

* ''Series/GoodTimes'': The season 5 episode, "No More Mr. Nice Guy", in which JJ punishes Michael for joyriding in a stolen car with a friend, was likely a response to the viewers who believed that JJ's [[UncleTomFoolery wasn't a good role model for young African Americans with his buffoonish behavior]]throughout the series. This ultimately lead to Esther Rolle, who played Florida, JJ and Michael's mother, to leave the show prior to the fifth season. JJ even explains to Michael that he didn't set a good example for him when he was his age few years earlier.

* ''Series/GoodTimes'': The season 5 episode, "No More Mr. Nice Guy, in which JJ punishes Michael for joyriding in a stolen car with a friend, was likely a response to the viewers who believed the JJ character wasn't a good role model for young African Americans. JJ had been displaying buffoonish behavior throughout the series. this ultimately lead to Esther Rolle, who played Florida, JJ and Michael's mother, to leave the show. JJ even explains to Michael that he didn't set a good example for him when he was his age few years earlier.

* In the seventh season finale of ''Series/{{House}}'' the title character drives his car through Cuddy's dining room window in revenge for breaking up with him and escaping to a tropical beach. This caused a full-blown fan revolt with claims that House became no better than a psychotic murderous {{Domestic Abuse}}r and that his stunt could have ended with the deaths of several people. The creators responded to this on Twitter claiming that House had made sure that everyone was gone by looking through the window which prompted the fans to point out that ''Cuddy's daughter'' was likely in the room and she wasn't tall enough to be seen. Come the season 8 premiere and we get a scene where House turns himself in to the authorities and explains that he had made sure that everyone in the room had left and that he knew that Cuddy's daughter was at a sleepover.

* The ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[{{Recap/AngelS05E20TheGirlInQuestion}} The Girl in Question]]" was reviled by the fans for many reasons but mostly because Buffy was revealed to be dating an [[TheGhost unseen]] figure named "The Immortal" who happened to be an old rival of Buffy's previous lovers Angel and Spike. This was for a long time the last thing known about her in the entire Buffyverse. The comic continuation revealed that this Buffy was actually another slayer impersonating her and that Andrew Wells lied to Angel and Spike as a prank.

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Season 5 fixed many problems fans had with earlier seasons. It kept the focus on the main cast and stopped the new characters been a SpotlightStealingSquad as fans had been complaining about in previous seasons, fixed some plot holes, and made Belle more than just Rumplestiltskin's SatelliteLoveInterest. It also acknowledged that Rumple and Belle's relationship had turned toxic and become a YoYoPlotPoint. The finale threw the biggest though; after years of Regina been seen as an UnintentionallyUnsympathetic KarmaHoudini that showed no remorse for her actions as the Evil Queen, Regina reveals that her previous lack of remorse was due to repressing it and her entire character arc in the finale revolves around her desire to be free of the baggage that comes from her actions. She then [[spoiler: splits herself into her light and dark sides leaving us with a good Regina that can have a fresh start and the Evil Queen who can receive proper punishment]].

* The first season of ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' ends with the revelation that Jimmy's brother Chuck has been actively fighting his efforts to get a real job as a lawyer. This lead to a lot of fans stating that if it hadn't been for Chuck's sabotage, that Jimmy would have never become the amoral Saul Goodman. The writers disagreed and had Jimmy change his mind about taking a job that Kim and Howard had arranged for him with a different firm (in the first season finale he had given up on his legal career and was planning to go back to being a con-man). It quickly becomes obvious that Jimmy never could have made it as a straight-arrow lawyer, and he's back to his old tricks a few episodes later.

** The treatment given Peri in "Trial of a Time Lord" can be considered an [[InvertedTrope inverted]] "Author's Ruining Throw": in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E2Mindwarp Mindwarp]]" Peri has [[spoiler:a spectacular death, having the brain of one of the villains transplanted into her (shaved) head before being gunned down by a horrified ally who liked her, King Yrcarnos]], but several episodes later in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe the season finale]] this was cravenly undone as having been false evidence, with Peri [[spoiler:having run off to be King Yrcarnos's queen]]. This was apparently intended to placate fans who would be upset at Peri's fate, but instead the retcon was decried by almost everyone, including Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant (who didn't even know this had been done to her character until long after the fact).

** The treatment given Peri in "Trial of a Time Lord" can be considered an [[InvertedTrope inverted]] "Author's Ruining Throw": in "[[DoctorWhoS23E2Mindwarp Minwarp]]" Peri has [[spoiler:a spectacular death, having the brain of one of the villains transplanted into her (shaved) head before being gunned down by a horrified ally who liked her, King Yrcarnos]], but several episodes later in "[[DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe the season finale]]" this was cravenly undone as having been false evidence, with Peri [[spoiler:having run off to be King Yrcarnos's queen]]. This was apparently intended to placate fans who would be upset at Peri's fate, but instead the retcon was decried by almost everyone, including Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant (who didn't even know this had been done to her character until long after the fact).

* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'''s sixth season, magic was portrayed as akin to a drug, which was highly dangerous and addictive, and could even lead to users becoming "junkies" willing to do anything for a "fix," as happened to Willow slowly over the course of the season. Creator/JossWhedon himself didn't like this development, and fans agreed; [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E1Lessons season seven's first episode]] featured a scene where Giles explicitly states that magic is not addictive, and it's explained that Willow's actions were actually due to her ''not'' using magic.