Talk:Bryan/@comment-25412203-20170428030801/@comment-27794543-20170429060015

If I were to guess, it's due to Jonathan Whitesell's schedule. He got a regular role on Beyond, as well as several other acting roles. Similar to how Alycia Debnam-Carey choose the regular spot on Fear the Walking Dead over a guest star role on The 100, Whitesell may have made a similar decision.

And given the entire Lexa outcry (see "bury your gays" trope), the writers weren't going to go kill a gay character. Thus, they needed a way for Bryan to fade into the background while still being 'alive'.

Beyond wrapped in November, so if we're lucky (and Whitesell didn't have other projects filming in December-January), we might see Bryan in future episodes...