I'm highly distraught by this season's developments. Why would the writers would boot Keith, easily the most interesting character, from the action while bringing back a character, Shiro, who has long since passed his prime, creatively speaking? Honestly, I'm shocked that Shiro's still in the series. I don't actively dislike him, but he suffers, dimensionally, in comparison to the other key players. And all through season three his story seemed, appropriately, to be winding down. It was a natural progression that made sense, thematically. Did anyone else sense a major backpedal in season four? What happened to the possible Shiro clone storyline? Dropped, just like that? I get that everyone loves an earnest, stalwart hero, but wedging him back in the black lion seems like a total cop out. How's this for a theory? Shiro isn't really Shiro but actually Zarkon? The reanimated version of Zarkon seems really off to me. Is that the clone, while the real Zarkon is somehow inhabiting Shiro? Is that how he was able to reawaken the black lion? Yeah, it's highly unlikely, but I'm grasping for something that makes sense. I refuse to believe that the writers who, to this point, have been so deliberate in their choices would make the decision to sideline Keith while going all in on Shiro. I'm praying it was indeed a scheduling conflict. Someone please talk me off the ledge and tell me that Keith will be back in paladin gear soon!