I know RDA had been wanting to leave for a while, but felt the burden of all the people who were dependent on him for their continued employment, since at that time the show was considered a "vehicle" for RDA. I think that translated into boredom/resentment which in turn meant inappropriate adlibs and general phoning it in.
With MS, I'm always reminded of the saying about being careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. MS had been fighting for a long time for his character, both for the integrity of the character and to keep his status as co-lead, and by the end of season five was essentially told the show didn't need his character anymore, it could focus on Jack and Sam instead (both in the military and romantic sense), with Teal'c and some generic character added to give the historybabble as their backup.
Some fans pitched a fit and eventually MS did come back, but I have to wonder if he felt he "owed" the fans his time being on the show, but didn't feel it was worth fighting for anymore and just sort of went with whatever TPTB cooked up. Add onto this he had a family to support, so it was probably a lot easier to just go in, do the work and go home, leaving the work behind at the end of the day. I know a lot of fans who continued to watch just to see Daniel back, even if they didn't necessarily like where things were headed.
AT and CJ never seemed to be in "fighting" mode as much, either because they never felt the need or because they wanted to lay low and remain employed. I do know that even AT has said that one time when she made a suggestion about something, she left the room feeling lucky she still had a job.
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With MS, I'm always reminded of the saying about being careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. MS had been fighting for a long time for his character, both for the integrity of the character and to keep his status as co-lead, and by the end of season five was essentially told the show didn't need his character anymore, it could focus on Jack and Sam instead (both in the military and romantic sense), with Teal'c and some generic character added to give the historybabble as their backup.
Some fans pitched a fit and eventually MS did come back, but I have to wonder if he felt he "owed" the fans his time being on the show, but didn't feel it was worth fighting for anymore and just sort of went with whatever TPTB cooked up. Add onto this he had a family to support, so it was probably a lot easier to just go in, do the work and go home, leaving the work behind at the end of the day. I know a lot of fans who continued to watch just to see Daniel back, even if they didn't necessarily like where things were headed.
AT and CJ never seemed to be in "fighting" mode as much, either because they never felt the need or because they wanted to lay low and remain employed. I do know that even AT has said that one time when she made a suggestion about something, she left the room feeling lucky she still had a job.