Well, beyond the fact that every time Sam's ex Steve is on the show, not only is he played by a totally different actor (Cole Hauser played him first), the character totally different. First he's a deadbeat dad trying half-heartedly to put his life back together. Then he's a skinny bearded homeless drug addict. Now, he's a buffed up escaped convict who believes he's on a mission from God?!?!? With the path they've put this character on, I'm hoping they kill him off come season's premiere, 'cause I don't think there will be anything more to do with the character. I honestly don't know why they couldn't just keep Sam and Alex with Luka. Now Luka and Abbey are back together for seemingly no other reason than they screwed around and accidently got knocked up. It's a total shotgun wedding scenario.
Gallant's death was to be expected. After he came back, forced Neela into marriage, just to CHOOSE to go back to Iraq, I knew he was a goner. He shoulda been all about his sexy ass British wife! In any event, I'd been clamoring for her and Ray to hook ever since she moved in with him anyway. Yeah, they weren't gonna develop feelings for one another! Whatever!