I have no doubt whatsoever that VK *and* CC were let go in order to squirrel together the money for Marsters. The numbers for AtS had been down all through Season 4, and the WB pretty much blackmailed ME into bringing Marsters on board for ratings purposes. It was either, "Hire him or the show is cancelled." Yet in true WB cheap-o fashion, it wouldn't cough up the extra dough to implement any of the changes it was demanding. So ME had to get rid of two actors in order to pay for the one that the network was insisting upon.

Of course, ME did everything the network asked for, and the ratings shot up by 20 per cent, and the WB STILL cancelled the fucking show; because they were too cheap to pay the extra money that production companies traditionally demand after a five-year run, when they're officially allowed to syndicate.

Yes, I am bitter.