The magic word means that if someone says, 'that's not why Torri quit', then they can say, 'it was speculation'. I use words like 'guess', 'suppose', 'maybe', 'perhaps' and so on to cover my butt all the time, because I'm not stating a fact, I'm stating my opinion. However, those qualifiers don't mean that they can say what they want, no matter how disrespectful it is. I don't have a problem with people speculating, it's when they say crap like that then I want to rip heads off. I don't know how many times the mods have come into the anti threads and said not to make comments about actors- Amanda and Jewel in particular- but they don't seem to worry about things against Torri's reputation.

And I agree with your guess, btw. ;) I wouldn't want to hang around, hoping to be called into work for what is probably another 30 second, two line scene. You're right, it hurts her work schedule if she's looking to commit to something else, to have SGA lurking in the background, and the writers assuming they can get her in whenever they snap their fingers. It was hilarious, someone asked on Joe's blog a while back whether they'd talked to Torri yet about confirming she'd do the new ep, and he said no, they hadn't called her, but he was certain she'd do it- WRONG. It's like they think she's available at their convenience. Pfft.

Awwww, Paul would've been perfect as Scottie! I looked through the list of actors signed onto the prequel, and apart from Zachary Quinto, who plays Sylar on Heroes, I don't know any of them. I wonder if Paul auditioned? Maybe he had work somewhere else and couldn't commit to it?