I'm torn on the MS and RDA situations because I can empathize but as a fan I hate the outcome, whatever the reasons. On the one hand, I've heard background info that makes me sympathetic to them. I know RDA wanted to leave far earlier and I was pretty clear that MS came back because it was a steady paycheck and because it allowed him to be in Vancouver with his not-yet wife. I'm sure he returned to the show knowing he'd lost and would be doing whatever they told him. Like filming a nude scene in Vancouver in February in a public park. He was but one of a long line of people who loved Stargate and were screwed by Bridge.

But I had a lot invested in Jack and Daniel and the team and I feel let down as a fan that they let real life issues intrude on their performances. It's entirely human and I don't know that I could have worked for years under a grueling schedule of filming a show that didn't interest me while being a parent and done even a tenth as well. I'm just very sorry that my passionate and compassionate Daniel devolved into grimaces and that my competent and wily colonel devolved into Homer Simpson.