Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-25178327-20140116033806/@comment-13965604-20140117023100

None of that had to happen for the story, in fact the only reason any of it happened at all was that Gage left the show unexpectedly, so they had to kill Erica, substitute someone else in, and Boyd got killed because his storyline was too ingrained with Erica's. Do we know if Derek's redemption arc was planned before or after Gage left?