Overview
- The actor, who played Max’s mother in earlier seasons, says she was not invited back for the finale and that qualifying work would have preserved union health coverage.
- She has told followers that a brief scene for her character was filmed earlier in the series’ run but was ultimately cut.
- In a statement to People, she called a potential return a financial and emotional lift after cancer treatment and expressed gratitude for her time on the show.
- Fans have rallied online with petitions and posts questioning the decision and asking for unused footage to be released.
- Netflix and the show’s creators have not offered a public explanation, while co-star Sadie Sink has floated an in-universe theory about the character’s fate.