So she was edged out due to her protest at the shape of the show or she most likely negotiated an out with the network?

Yes because the internet hates John Noble.

There's no need to pit two excellent actors against each other.

God I hope so - I fell hard for Mison and it makes me cringe to think he is supportive of these machinations by the show to undermine the black characters.

Good friends should fuck, that's what I've always said. Also it's Bonzo, not Benzo, so says me!

I wonder what his take on this is? I thought He and Behari had become friends but this is weird. I cannot WAIT for Orly Jones' tell-all!

I would have assumed that she signed the standard six year contract that every new actor has to. So she wanted out so bad that she broke her contract. That has to be major.
I read that Mison re-negotiated to work less hours so maybe at that point Beharie also re-negotiated… but FUCK. This is bad. I'm going to buy the…

I really felt Bonnie's reaction to Damon"s casketing last ep and I thought that kind of writing and renewed emphasis on character boded well for this ep (which I really really waited for impatiently) but instead we don't even see Bonnie!!! This show!??
Also I like that Somerhalder saw the dreck of a script they'd given…

He is someone who is the antithesis of the heroic male (Gale). She makes the choice that is the most about having a better life. They collaborate on an illustrated book of medicinal plants. Gale and she collaborate on hunting.

I love this book series - I think it is beautiful too. It isn't pleasant in any way.

Did anyone else think young Dean looked like Ian Somerhalder as vampire Damon?

Damn I love this show.

Surely SturmDrumpfers?

I know! That's Maggie Smith's son in there!

East of Eden is lovely- those opening sections describing the farming of poor land are magnificent.

Never Let me Go - but you will cry and hold your beloved closely and tenderly.

Oh, I thought there was something wrong with me, because I couldn't get into him as a writer (and into how he approaches subjects) either. There's is a quality to his writing that jangles my nerves.

The Golem and the Djinni by Helen Wecker (?)- great story, well written.

A thousand stars to you!

Very late but Lord of Light by Zelazny.
Magnifico!