User blog comment:Chameleon-Guy/Predictions for the next season (after Pahkitew)/@comment-1708265-20140516223825/@comment-24152851-20140517065211

Not everyone hated ROTI with a passion. And the toxic waste theme was pretty clever, although I think it would've work better with the original cast.

And as for producer/writers pets, that's precisely the reason why Owen made it so far. Because Tom McGills loved him, and openly stated it. Every director and writer in the studio probably has their favourite character whom they keep pledging to feature more. That's why it's important to have a more versatile set of writers (what TDAS did not do).