3.1. What happened to David Garrison (Steve Rhoades)?

David left the show to further his Broadway career. He was not fired, he
bought out his own contract.

The last show that aired with Steve Rhoades as a regular character was
_Rock and Roll Girl_. This was slightly confusing to some viewers, since
R&RG was not written to be his last show. _A Taxing Problem_ was
actually the last regular Steve Rhoades episode to be shot, and sets up
his departure better.

In _You Gotta Know When To Fold 'Em_, Steve's disappearance is explained
-- he left Marcy to become a forest ranger in Yosemite national park.


He has returned 4 times, in "The Egg And I", "Peggy and the Pirates",
"Get the Dodge out of Hell", and "Radio Free Trumaine".