No, I'm sorry, this is an incredible about of misinformation. Where do I even start? tl;dr goes at the bottom, by the way. And sorry if you feel targeted by this but you're coming off with this attitude of knowing everything and you're ignoring basic knowledge that we've known for a while in the fandom. If anyone else is reading this, please don't be assholes, I'll be a big enough asshole as it is.
TL;DR - We have nothing to go on that John's not returning
Sherri Davis herself answered in a Facebook answer that he's not coming back for S8. That was yesterday. A few weeks ago, Meghan Ory, John Reardon's wife, said while answering fan comments in their Youtube channel that he wasn't going to be in Newfounland and these days he was going to take care of the kids while she went away to film a movie. After being pressed about it, she answered that he'd be in the show if they'd asked. Aside from that, we have numerous confirmations about who is and who is not there.
Use some critical thinking skills and just breathe for a second. And maybe some compassion for the fact that John nearly died half a year ago.
Nearly died? Tonsil cancer is usually treatable if caught in the early or medium stage of the illness, which is what makes sense given when he started treatment (and had to leave the show, so we roughly know when that was) and when he announced he was cancer free. He must have been in horrible pain as that comes with the treatment that tonsil cancer requires, but that wasn't a near death experience. Where are you getting all this? You truly think a person who nearly died from cancer would be ready to come back to work in a couple months? Please, educate yourself before talking about cancer. That's how misconceptions are perpetuated.
(And spamming every social media account related to the show demanding answers is not going to get anyone what they want. In fact, it's highly likely to do the opposite and I'm not surprised people's comments have been deleted. Especially for all the tangential people - but even for John! - they're probably pretty miserable to get yet another contact about this.)
Oh good. The next scenario will be that it's our fault he's not coming back.
First off, let me say I'm a huge fan of the show.
We all are big fans. That's why we're here.
I would be upset if they truly did kill off Charlie Hudson, and I've been anxiously awaiting any cast news.
Erm, the news you've been waiting for happened. I'm sorry to be the one to tell you. Again, Sherri Davis confirmed it.
None of us are owed a single thing by any studio, producer, or actor, especially not on our timelines.
Incorrect. We are the people they count on to hype the show. We make videos, gifsets, edits, fanfictions, what-have-you. That's free promotion. A lot of us have bought merchandise from the show. Even DVDs (I cannot possibly fathom why at this point but to each their own). When they ask people to tune in, they mean us. And when they tell us to tune in despite a show called Hudson and Rex not having Hudson anymore, and that we should like the show regardless and not ask questions, they are talking to the same people who promoted the show free of charge and bought their merchandise. Not to mention the viewership that literally is what keeps them afloat. But that's for the general audience.
Because lemme tell ya, acting might seem glamorous, but do you know how many hours they have to put in and how physically demanding even a Hallmark movie is?
John Reardon's last Hallmark movie was filmed in 3 weeks from what I know. Surely you can't think this is long or taxing.
We basically have never been told the regular stars were coming back.
Links to mentions of the main cast by official casting details for the next season:
Mark and Sarah: https://castingbymaggie.com/job-detail/345
Joe: https://castingbymaggie.com/job-detail/348
I don't have one for Jesse but Justin Kelly has been spotted in Newfoundland playing some godawful game called disc golf with Luke Roberts. And again, John Reardon won't be back so there's no point in looking for him either way.
I looked but can't find where the show announced that any of their actors were coming back for seasons 2-7. They just said the show was returning. And… that's what's happened with season 8.
Yeah, you're not using the proper resources, that's why. But hey, that's what I'm here for. (Yes, I'm being arrogant at this point.)
We've never gotten much early promo content, just that the show was back… so why are all of these people suddenly so sure that John's been punished by the studio for having cancer?
They often do promotional videos. For last season they announced S7 with John Reardon, Justin Kelly, and Diesel. The video must be somewhere still. I'm not going to look for it.
In late December, he posted that it was his first night out since being diagnosed. (And my heart broke at the hospital picture he included because he looked so tired and sick. His "now" picture was drastically better, but you could tell he was still recovering.) Are these fans all forgetting that the man literally almost died not even 6 months ago?
Today's screenshot, hot off the press. 17 weeks ago he posted this. But you're doubting his ability to work? I don't understand, are you John Reardon or his doctor? And again, he didn't almost die. Cancer is hell but a lot of cases if caught early are treatable. That doesn't mean he doesn't deserve our respect for what he went through. But lets not exaggerate things the way the other side seems to do.
Chemo wipes out your immune system.
Actually, if caught early, tonsil cancer does not require chemotherapy, just radiation. Which may explain why his hair is still there, as chemotherapy is more vicious.
How are people demanding he turn around and come back to an extremely physically demanding role and spend 20+ hours a day on a set for weeks?
Again, he's the one who says he's ready to work. I'm actually surprised you wrote an entire thesis without making research. I expected more.
John's doctors might not have even cleared him yet and the studio is waiting it out or John may have just recently decided if he was well enough to come back.
And, here we go again. Look above.
John's likely still dealing with a lot with having lost Diesel. They were incredibly close. All of the interviews I've seen talk about how much they bonded (they were co-stars for 6.5 seasons!).
Yikes. Well, I guess tell that to the person who trashed him a couple weeks ago on Reddit anonymously? Or tell that to Sherri Davis who with her post insinuated that Luke Roberts is a better fit than a man who has six years of experience with doing this. I don't agree with her but that's what she claims. Aside from everything, this is very naive. That's what co-stars do, they try to prove how bonded they are in interviews, that's what the production tells them, and I'm not just talking about our show. That's classic PR.
I remember one where they talked about how they had to keep Rex off-set when they filmed scenes where Charlie was in danger or got hurt because Diesel wanted to tear people apart for touching him. So then consider that John's fighting cancer, and then Diesel gets sick and passes away - and John probably couldn't even really see him much if at all because of him also being sick. (How hard must it be to have your co-star die of the same thing you're fighting? And not even be able to grieve properly because of the sheer amount of energy you're expending just trying to stay alive yourself?)
This is fanfiction. You have to know this deep inside. Not the part about Sherri Davis (yep, she's the one who said it, now she clearly wants to claim otherwise) saying that Diesel was being protective of John Reardon. The rest of it.
Luke joining the cast has 0 bearing on if John's staying.
Except that in the real world there's a thing called budget.
Maybe they'll be partners long-term. Who knows. NONE OF US DO. That's kinda my whole point here.
Eh, some of us know better than others, that much is clear.
(And yeah, the show is called Hudson & Rex, not just Inspector Rex, but I have a feeling these fans would've still lost their minds when the original show changed their human cast multiple times.)
I'm a Kommissar Rex fan. I watched the German and Italian version. Yeah, those changes were extremely hard (and ultimately the reason for cancellation). I did not lose my mind. I would never think of doing this, even if it was during the age of social media. I'm doing this now because it's fucking embarrassing how they're willing to go on without their lead and ruin EVERY single storyline in the process, while still calling it Hudson and Rex.
The only thing that the show starting to film season 8 means is they have a required schedule to stick to in order to meet legal requirements with the studio. Which could also have a lot to do with why Luke was added as a series regular.
They started filming in May 20. It's not an abstract concept. They've already filmed like 2 episodes (depending on how long each will take). But I'll give you that they did need to announce at least pre-production because it's a requirement to get certain tax cuts and funds from Newfoundland.
Can we all just calm down and find our thinking caps? I'm aware that might be too much to ask from the internet at large, but I'm also really tired of all the panicking fans I've seen posts from lately.
I love the sarcasm. I hope you're okay with it being directed back at you. Fair's fair. Also, you confuse panic with information. Which... is... strange.
At the end of the day, this is a television show that does not actually control any of our lives, and demanding they cancel it and end everyone's jobs in a very competitive industry just because you're upset about something that may not actually be happening just feels really self-centered and unfair to me.
Oh, my favorite "but what about the people who work there" part. Nope. If I don't do a good enough job anymore, I'll lose my job. So should they. Add to it almost a year of cover-ups and disinformation and you might not give a damn about them too. No, it doesn't control my life. But either you care about the show as much as you claim or you don't. I'm not the one who pulled out the fan-o-meter and proclaimed to be a huge fan while literally proving to everyone knowing the actual information that I have no idea what I'm talking about just a few sentences below.
Maybe John's leaving after all (and if he is, I'll be sad). Maybe he's coming back eventually. But also maybe don't harass every single person related to the show and contribute to making all of them miserable just because you feel like you're owed an answer and a specific outcome?
Harassment. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. And I don't think you understand how much it wasn't his decision to not come back.
Also, if you're not going to do anything about it, at least don't try to dissuade people when you don't know what you're talking about.
tl;dr I am being a condescending jerk but it comes from a place of knowledge and will to educate. And to be fair, you started it. Still, I apologize but I cannot abide with the unbelievable amount of misinformation in this post and sarcasm is my go-to when I read that much of it in one post. Next time, do a bit of research. Or ask. You didn't have to write all that.
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