Series 9 Rumours & Speculation

[JHyde]

What really worries me is the same thing that has been worrying me since I first heard about this a few months back - this is the project Ben Richards is developing. As in Ben Richards whom I love who has been writing for the show since season 3. ( I only knew about Outcasts because I was stalking BR's imdb page. I didn't know all these cool people were in it.) He is the closest to a through line this show has apart from Peter Firth.

If Neil Cross (writer seasons 5 - 7) is anything to go by, he won't be pulling double duty.

On the plus side, the show could be really good.

Some people might be really happy about this though, given how many people were dissatisfied with the writing in season 8. It's easy to just talk about writers so dismissively, but Ben Richards has given his all to this show for more than five years and, with very few exceptions, has done a bloody amazing job.

What I'm trying to say is, if he IS gone, I think the show will be the less for losing him.