I gonna post this here since, it's somewhat related. I was just musing this morening on the mysterious Burke Devlin. I know he was killed off in a plane crash near oh, what what the name of that city in Brazil? But why? To weed out some of the cast? The viewers weren't taking to the Vicki Burke romance and/or Anthony George? To facilitate the progression of the Barnabas/Vicki/Josette plot?
i believe the name of the city was belam
.i've heard that anthony george wanted out of the show.also,it's sad to say that perhaps burke no longer served a purpose on the show.remember,he was originally the show's bad-ass,but when b. arrived the collins family had a new menace and the show went in a different direction.the barnabas/burke/vicki triangle was good but only could have lasted so long.but burke's body wasn't identified at the crash site so perhaps the writers were leaving an opening for him to return at some point that never played out.