Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-108.200.32.235-20130912020623/@comment-6207588-20130912123852

No they didn't have to die but with the show continuing to add more characters (Ethan and Aiden) they can't just keep increasing the cast...shows that do that have very little screen time for each character and it adds to fans frustration.

Don't get me wrong...I liked both charactrers and really thought after Motel Califormia that Boyd would be sticking around since they seemed to be building his character but I think his death was more plot line driven than anything. They needed a pivotal event to drive Derek down his road to redemption....Boyd's death was it.

As for Jackson...It was really out of Jeff's control...they had already used the "Jackson lives" ending rather than the "Jackson dies" ending in the finale and didn't find out until after that Colton was leaving. It's possible had he known he might have killed Jackson off....I mean there was a lot of promised storyline that was supposed to come up in 3A about Jackson's parents and a bit payoff about the kanima that had to be scraped because Jackson was mia...might as well have just killed him off if you weren't going to be able to use that plot line anymore. But that's just my opinion.