Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-14066471-20140114172238/@comment-13965604-20140114231701

DManCO wrote: LadyX wrote: Good point, I wasn't factoring in actual screen time, just sheer number. So, instead of having 'the token black guy' we have the 'token homosexual' now?...crap...that just reminded me we don't have a token black guy anymore, we need to replace Boyd, quick!

Except for Harris, who is gone now, Danny is the only extra that actually had any sort of screen time isn't he? Or is Chris considered an extra?

Anyway, I really like Danny, and hope he gets some development, next Darach or not...ok I hope he isn't evil, I don't want to start disliking him, and he just doesn't have that bad boy/evil sexy thing going for him.

Someone once did a tally and came up with 12 minutes as the total amount of screen time that Danny had appeared in both seasons one and two. I don't know how much that increased in 3a, as I don't have leisure time to rewatch and count. But I don't believe that it was that much in total.

In terms of sheer number of lines, I think that Coach Finstock and Victoria Argent are ahead of Danny. So were Boyd and Erica. Chris is a secondary character, not an extra (and has a LOT more screen time and lines than Danny).

The weird part is that Danny is a fan favorite character, but Jeff does nothing to develop him. Hence the allegations of gay baiting. The show has a diversity problem generally, but this one is particularly glaring. At least Boyd got a storyline.

3a gave us a little bit of hope, with the relationship, the scene in Motel California where we found out he had surgery to keep his chest from collapsing, and the hospital scene (which really could've just been a device to set Melissa up as a healer and put Danny in a place for Stiles to steal his paper) but I'm trying not to hold my breath for anything more until we actually see it.