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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tommie" data-source="post: 295503" data-attributes="member: 370">Exactly. If they wanted to go ahead with it they would've, fans reactions be damned. I think they just felt it was a bit too much to have both Bobby and Jock return in the same season; plus it was a left-over storyline from the old crew. Add that Steve Forrest had signed on to do the Gunsmoke movie, so he would've had to have been written out temporarily anyway. I think the storyline played out according to Paulsen's plans from initially planning the season. Maybe they had plans on possibly bringing him back in case they felt it worked well enough on set and with the press.Yes, and I think this would've tied into Jock coming back obviously.</blockquote>