[TheFightingSpirit]

Recently I've been rewatching the final episodes of 3rd season of MMPR but there's something I've always wondered about this era of the show.

Why spend 3 seasons (with summer breaks) building up these characters only to shaft their well-loved actors out of the spot light for ten episodes at the end of MMPRs run? Weird choice.

Kind of makes you wondered whether something serious was going on behind the scenes that forced Saban and Levi's decision to cut them and come back fresh in Zeo.

We all know about David Yost's problems with the show, and how the actors always seemed to be holding out for a pay rise in line with JDF, right? It's also said that the show was in a bad way financially at that point and only really holding out on volume of toy sales. Then there's the whole Brad Hawkings thing. But again, if you want to consolidate a show and make sure it doesn't get cancelled then why oust your actors at a critical moment? Admittedly for only a week or so but still... risky or what!