but I'm a little more skeptical about that. It doesn't make as much sense to me thematically.

*eyebrow raise* Yeah, color me skeptical as well...but it does kind of fit that helicopter stuff. Hell, it might be true. I daresay it actually makes sense given his re-introduction in 7-13.

Then Emma Caulfield asked to be written out.

Yeah, that was a Fox thing. Apparently they weren't big on letting actors do side projects or something.