Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-112155-20151209000111/@comment-24675861-20151217223737

But you must understand that "Ward" had many fans. Now the writers can test if they are Dalton fans or Ward fans. I think somehow, someway, the writers are trying to decide which to further his contract. Everyone else who died had somewhere else to go (Triplett, Raina); I have not read that about Dalton, yet. Maybe the writers are testing his renegotiation...