Overview
- Fans had noted the character Susan Hargrove does not appear in the last season and the show offers no on‑screen explanation.
- Marshall says she was undergoing treatment for cancer and reports differ on timing, with accounts describing either a 2021 stage 3 melanoma diagnosis or a 2022 case that later advanced.
- She maintains she was medically able to work during production of the final season but was not called back.
- The actress says she asked to be kept in the script, even briefly, yet received no invitation to return.
- Articles report she lost union-linked medical benefits because she was not rehired, and cast comments have floated in‑universe possibilities for the character’s fate.