I actually can't get past the lack of respect shown to Peter Krause throughout this mess.
This isn't just a character who was in the show for a couple of episodes. No, this was the male lead, who has led the show proudly for eight seasons and is the literal heart of it - and who DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE.
But yet the show decided to do the following:
His death is so poorly written and rushed, that no-one is actually convinced that he's gone because of the multiple plot holes
The funeral was a mere footnote in an episode, where the main plot was a storyline that took the mick out of the fans, and the funeral scenes itself were less than five minutes long in total
Not to mention said funeral was leaked ahead of time with little to no effort it seems to stop this from happening
Created a very similar storyline in "Hotshots" and used this as a way to mock the fans
Only let Peter do the one exit interview and even that was just a two-minute pre-recorded interview
The Bobby Nash tribute video gets deleted off all of the show's social media
Oliver Stark also deletes his tribute to Peter Krause from IG
Peter Krause is referred to merely as "collateral damage" by Tim Minear
There's apparently been no wrap party for Peter, to say goodbye or pay tribute to him and his work on the show
Not to mention (again), no tribute to him on the show's social media
Pretty much have written him completely out of the show in terms of selling the Bathena house and burying him away from LA
No montage in the show to pay tribute to Bobby - even Michael Grant got a better send off and his actor was actively suing the show at the time of his departure
Allowed two cast members to leak a script onto their socials which teased Bobby returning, and for the actual scene to follow this script until literally the last bit, so no-one actually knows if this was fake or real [this is a belated edit]
Two days before the season finale, they use a poster with both Angela and Peter on it at Disney Upfront, therefore getting everyone's hopes up again that he's still on the show (& reminding everyone that he is literally one of the draws of this show lol) [another belated edit, thanks to @otherworldlydragon for pointing this out!]
Ryan Guzman only paying tribute to Pete/Bobby with a couple of memey stories [another edit, as pointed out by @captainbobbynash118]
It's all done so badly, that you can't help but think that maybe something has gone on behind the scenes - but Pete seems universally loved by his fellow cast-mates and the crew, and most of them have been just as distraught as the fans with him leaving (Kenny and Angela in particular).
Maybe it's just inexperience; you can tell that this show has never killed off a main character before with how much they've fumbled this.
The way Peter/Bobby has been treated is nothing short of insulting, disrespectful and baffling; he deserved better than this.
Peter - I’m so sorry this has happened and whilst I’m gutted to see you no longer as Cap, I can’t wait to see you truly thrive under a new project, with writers who will truly respect you.
