Bennett wrote:Perhaps they simply met a new guy that sounded a lot more like the old Whit then Paul Herlinger did, and they simply decided to let him go during this "break".
JF777 already said that focus was unable to continue using Herlinger for some unknown reasons
Bennett wrote:
You know, with the Washingtons gone, and the Straussbergs gone, things are sure going to be different. I mean, what confuses me about the straussbergs is that I'm nearly certain that this is it for them; except on their very last episode, they made the conscious decision to keep them around because they weren't finished telling their story. Strange. Bart with a different voice, and Tom completely absent. I really feel Connie Eugene and Wooton will be the show's center. And Jason, I felt, that that was really his goodbye from the program. One of my favorite characters, Nick Mulligan, I feel, might get the plug pulled on too. And new families as well? Who knows if Bernard will even be around? Are they saving from having to do more death episodes and/or voice changes by just letting these characters disappear? Wow, sure is a lot for me to handle...
Jason will be back, we don't know when or where or how but he will be back.
I don't remember ever hearing that they are done with the Straussbergs, so they may be back, might not we really don't know
I seem to remember something on an official podcast where they thought that they had someone who they thought could replace Tom but he didn't feel comfortable doing it so soon after walker's death.
And about Nick, both the character and the actor haven't been heard from since 561: Lost by a Nose, in Feb. 2005, so I think they may have been done with him before the hiatus