Talk:Character appearances/@comment-5066566-20110118102414/@comment-392210-20110118110911

Max Carver was a series regular in season five, but wound up not appearing in many episodes, like the rest of the Scavo kids. So they wrote off the character of Preston for season 6, claiming he'd gone off to Europe, because there were already too many characters on the show and they could fare well with only one twin. Season 6 had already 21 series regulars without Max, so it kinda makes sense that they'd let him go. He came back in episode 6.17 and is still appearing, but they kept him as a recurring guest star most likely because they have to pay him less this way.