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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pete lashmar" data-source="post: 76397" data-attributes="member: 606">Well I certainly think that can be a factor in a long running show - seasons 1-5 are pretty much one ensemble cast with regular cameo stars who grew with the show as well as each other, they experienced something that was truly groundbreaking in TV and knew their characters inside out.So after 5 years working together (and seemingly getting on very well by all accounts in interviews etc) some (like VP) only got very few scenes with the original cast and were suddenly surrounded by new actors & characters - I would imagine it's like going down a year in school or something, you still see your old friends but not as much as you used to, meanwhile you've got to get on with trying to get through it and hopefully making new friends.I also find it interesting that most of the cold/could do no wrong etc comments about VP have come from actors who came into the show after season 5.</blockquote>