Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-25178327-20140116033806/@comment-5322646-20140117135446

^ I'm sure they had the outline for his Redemption/Hero Arc in 3b, but then had to change the smaller bits of it. For example, I think they only thought up Cora to replace Erica. So that means Erica, originally, might have been the one who was supposed to be saved.