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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kesh" data-source="post: 3570481" data-attributes="member: 1308">From interviews I've read, it was apparently an executive decision to boost ratings. Beckett was originally just a recurring role, but he had so many appearances in the first season and got such a following online that he became main-cast in season 2. My reading-between-the-lines is that the executives still considered him a second-string character, but popular enough to have an impact if he died. And killing a main-cast character often boosts ratings. With SG-1 ending, they wanted Atlantis to get that boost and grab as many extra viewers as possible, so they decided to write him out.However, the head writer saw the fan response and made a deal: get the death mentioned on major network television, and he'd bring Beckett back for a two-parter in season 4. The folks at <a href="http://www.savecarsonbeckett.com" target="_blank">SaveCarsonBeckett.com</a> managed to get the story on the Today show, so the writer is honoring the deal. He also said it won't be just a hologram or a flashback, but Beckett "in flesh and blood" and that a clue as to how he'll come back is going to be in late Season 3.</blockquote>