How different would the series have been had Andy stayed?

[Granny Charmed]

I have *loved* some of the discussion dears in one of our threads and the question came up on if Andy had stayed?

So season 1 ends with Andy surviving Deja Vu All Over Again and Leo departs for good after Love Hurts. How different would the series be going forward if the shift continued with Andy/Darryl as supporting characters, and no Leo and whitelighters dears moving forward?

Now if Prue is still killed off at the end of season 3, since I doubt just because Shannen's character is involved in a relationship they would resist killing her off. Would Prue and Andy be the couple to get married in season 3? Since Andy was a childhood friend of the sisters, and still stayed on the show and continued to be an ally for Prue's sisters. How would this have played out dears? I don't see why he would be written out just because Prue is dead, I mean we had Darryl around always, so Andy still has a purpose given his history with the sisters in general dear. 

Looking forward dears to what everyone thinks on this one?

[Elle Em]

I'm not as sure they would kill Prue off if Andy were alive and they were together. They might, but I think at least a small reason why they kept Alyssa over Shannen is because Julian's character was so connected to Alyssa's character. I think it's more likely that if they were having issues with Shannen that they'd kill both Prue and Andy off, or end the show early, like after four seasons.

If Andy stayed and Leo left, the show would be much more grounded in reality than what we saw. The magical aspects that went along with whitelighters and elders and the like were a bit out there at times, but still handled relatively well in the first half of the show. But everything really went off the rails in the second half, and even if it didn't have to do directly with whitelighters and Leo's presence, I think those things are what led to things like fairytale creatures and magic school.

I much preferred three sisters living in the real world, struggling with work and friendships and boyfriends while dealing with magic, balanced out by Andy and Darryl dealing with human crime and struggling with the knowledge of the supernatural.

[Melinda Halliwell]

The show would be more action packed and dangerous in terms of the sisters surviving week in week out being no in house healer plus Wyatt and Chris would not exist obviously unless Piper married Dan and had them that way then.

It would mean the sisters would have to do actual research also like the Winchester brothers do and not just get info willy nilly.

Andy would've taken on the role Darryl did with the latter being second as usual.

As to whether Prue and Andy would get back together is anyone's guess I think as season 2 wise he would be getting used to the sisters being witches whilst keeping trying to keep that hidden from work and Darryl of course which would get harder as the year goes on.

Maybe if anything happened it might do season 2 end wise with Prue and he getting back together and then engaged season 3 end.

If Prue died Andy may well leave if nothing happened to him through him grieving and not wanting to stay after the funeral getting transferred to another station perhaps keeping in touch with Piper and Phoebe from time to time.

[hollowbox]

If I recall, Andy resigned from the police force to protect the sisters, so if he were to have came back in the second season, he would have to get another job, probably as a private investigator. So my guess is that Daryl would still to be needed as the police liaison for the sisters.

And then, there is the not-so-small matter of Andy being implicated in the murder of the other detective that Rodriguez killed. So that would need to be cleared up as well.

So, in the scene in Deja Vu All Over Again, in the last time loop, somehow Piper was able to freeze Rodriguez before he attacked Andy (I think Prue was unconscious by this point). So when the sisters cast the spell to accelerate time and break the loop, Andy was still alive.

So would have Andy and Prue rekindled their relationship, maybe even gotten married? I'm not sure; remember when Andy discovered Prue's secret, he did not want to be part of the supernatural world she's in. Then again, in Deja Vu, each time "time" repeated, they reveal more their innermost feelings with each other. They truly have a deep bond and I doubt neither Andy nor Prue would not let it go for long. I can see them continuing their relationship, especially if Andy takes up being a private investigator, taking on cases involving the supernatural.

I'm not sure I see the connection that if Andy returns, that means Leo does not? I'm guessing we are talking about casting decisions for Season 2, that Brian was invited back to the show because of a vacancy left by the departure of T.W. King? If that the case, and "Love Hurts" was the last time we saw Leo, then yes, definitely the show would have taken a different direction. The whole narrative of Whitelighter/Elders that dominated from season 3 on would have not developed. The "Them" alluded to in the early seasons would probably been like the aloof "Powers that Be" in the Angel tv show; high level beings that rarely interacted with humans, but set events in motion from afar and would send Whitelighters to aid the sisters only in dire circumstances. And then who would have Piper married - Dan?

[Esmeralda]

I do think they would've still killed off Prue even if Andy was part of the show, simply because of the problems between Shannen and Whoever who caused her firing. I think that *if* they were going to marry them off (I don't think so, but if...) it would be the season finale with Shax interrupting the wedding and throwing Prue and her bridesmaids through the wall....

Even with Prue gone in this situation, I think Andy would've stayed - he'd want to do what Prue would want him to do - continue to help her sisters.

I'd truly prefer Prue *not* marrying, the way I'd prefer no one getting married until the flashforward (also meaning no kids). That would probably mean only a three-four season show, which would also be fine with me. I'd prefer her and Andy just remaining friends.

Not sure if I'd want Darryl to ever discover the sisters' secret or not. Yeah, it would mean he could discuss it with Andy, but I actually liked him better before he found out because then he was only part of the show if the sisters were helping innocents, not fighting demons.

[Ruth Marie]

I have to agree with other people here that Prue dying wouldn't meant Andy has to be written out too. Again he would continue to help Prue's sisters whenever he can and look out for them.

I much preferred three sisters living in the real world, struggling with work and friendships and boyfriends while dealing with magic, balanced out by Andy and Darryl dealing with human crime and struggling with the knowledge of the supernatural.

That would of been a very great balanced series and felt more grounded. We might have been treated to more non-demon episode's like Dream Sorcerer, Morality Bites, Secrets and Guys or Astral Monkey too. Which I wished we got much more of.

I am surprised Witch Hunters couldn't have posed a threat more or become a big bad for a season, or even having the Dr. Williams story being carried over several episodes. We didn't need to have a demon as the main villain every season.

[erikamarie]

The demon- mania shows a lack of ideas
I am sorry they have overlooked interesting characters like warlocks or bad witches or witches ready to use their knowledge to have powers and wealth, indeed I loved the Brotherwood, demons with cleverness and plans to rule in the human world

[Melinda Halliwell]

Or even had the four horseman as the big bands overall more in season 2.

[afroeuvre]

Season 3 is the season that I see being drastically altered because of Andy's presence. A lot of Season 3, as we all know, revolves around the dire ambiance of impending doom that Prue feels in relation to the relatively sudden emergence of the Triad and the gauntlet of demons that were threatening the Power of 3, their lineage and their Sisterhood--a tumult of emotions and psychological conflict rioting within Prue manifest themselves in episodes like "Just Harried", "Sight Unseen", "Primrose Empath", "Sin Franciso" and to a lesser extent, "Death Takes a Halliwell".

"Whoa, I haven't felt anything like that since Andy was alive." [Prue on the passion she felt between Phoebe and Cole in "Primrose Empath"] That line always gets me, as does Prue's bitter-sweet bereavement in DTAH. DTAH I think, shows Prue also grieving (again) for Andy after she her meltdown in the Season 2 premiere, but I felt that she deluged herself within her photography as a means of avoiding the heart-ache and so DTAH was some well-needed closure despite the fact that the narrative was focused on Patty.

I feel like either Prue's neurotic obsession wouldn't have been as intense as it was if he had been around in Season 3 at least--or it would have been even more so to the extent that it damages her relationship with Andy and her sisters after a relatively safe and smooth sailing Second Season to the extent where Andy is instead mortally wounded at the end of Season 3 and/or he ends up in the underworld for some strange reason.

Come to think of it, if a more competent writer were handling it (no offence to Kern, I just didn't think he was as good as the roster of writers that handled Season 3 and Season 1) and it was an official two-parter, AHBL featuring Andy would have been epic.

[Ruth Marie]

Jun 14, 2017 13:10:22 GMT -5 Melinda Halliwell said:

Or even had the four horseman as the big bands overall more in season 2.

Now that would of been cool. 

Jun 17, 2017 15:35:14 GMT -5 afroeuvre said:

I feel like either Prue's neurotic obsession wouldn't have been as intense as it was if he had been around in Season 3 at least--or it would have been even more so to the extent that it damages her relationship with Andy and her sisters after a relatively safe and smooth sailing Second Season to the extent where Andy is instead mortally wounded at the end of Season 3 and/or he ends up in the underworld for some strange reason.

Come to think of it, if a more competent writer were handling it (no offence to Kern, I just didn't think he was as good as the roster of writers that handled Season 3 and Season 1) and it was an official two-parter, AHBL featuring Andy would have been epic.

I could see maybe Prue and Andy marrying. But maybe they still do some of the stories they did with Prue in season 3, and maybe her and Andy part ways or even separate. Maybe they wedding is called off because Prue and Andy have some relationship problems.


But like Es mentioned above, I do think Shax attacking the wedding would happen if Prue and Andy did get married. With that being the cliffhanger of season 3 heading into 4. 

[gzv969]

Andy and Prue get married end of season 3. Shax attacks and still kills prue. And no Leo? Interesting.

I could see season 4 playing out with piper and Andy both going after every demon in town out of rage. Daryl will probably end up still being in the dark as to what the sisters secret is and will continue to have issues with Andy about his preference of the freaky deeky cases.

Piper will eventually slow down but will take a stronger older sister position in the family in regards to fighting demons and protecting the family like Prue did but kind of in the way she did in "Hell has no fury" but in a less reckless way. And the only thing piper will be concerned with protecting is demons barging into the manor unannounced disrupting her privacy and her club. No Wyatt and Chris.

Andy will always jump at any case that allows him to kill demons and when Daryl complains he'll probably say it's a lead to prues killer. He may also end up fighting a lot with the sisters especially piper over not willing to stand down on demonic cases when they ask him to. And at some point Andy will continue to demand they summon prue so he can talk to her especially after he sees grams and patty in the attic when inspector Cortez barges in on them in season 4 which in this case Andy would be present at.

Paige will still be the same Paige we had.

[Esmeralda]

Jun 22, 2017 15:30:07 GMT -5 gzv969 said:

Andy and Prue get married end of season 3. Shax attacks and still kills prue. And no Leo? Interesting.

I could see season 4 playing out with piper and Andy both going after every demon in town out of rage. Daryl will probably end up still being in the dark as to what the sisters secret is and will continue to have issues with Andy about his preference of the freaky deeky cases.

Piper will eventually slow down but will take a stronger older sister position in the family in regards to fighting demons and protecting the family like Prue did but kind of in the way she did in "Hell has no fury" but in a less reckless way. And the only thing piper will be concerned with protecting is demons barging into the manor unannounced disrupting her privacy and her club. No Wyatt and Chris.

Andy will always jump at any case that allows him to kill demons and when Daryl complains he'll probably say it's a lead to prues killer. He may also end up fighting a lot with the sisters especially piper over not willing to stand down on demonic cases when they ask him to. And at some point Andy will continue to demand they summon prue so he can talk to her especially after he sees grams and patty in the attic when inspector Cortez barges in on them in season 4 which in this case Andy would be present at.

Paige will still be the same Paige we had.

I LOVE all of these ideas...especially if eventually Andy took Henry's place...with Prue's blessings via the spirit board, of course. Andy's and Paige's wedding would be the perfect way to end the series...much better than 'Forever Crap', I mean 'Forever Piper', I mean 'Forever Charmed'.

[craig]

You know I never thought about Andy and Paige, but I would take that over anything in the last episode. It would be a good way to close the series and bring two people together, especially because Prue's memory wouldn't be forgotten and I would much prefer Andy and Paige being married and Prue using the spirit board as a way to honour Prue than what they did in Forever Charmed.

I would love to see Paige learning more about her older sister, and Andy accepting Paige and growing closer with her as his way of grieving for her. Even having an episode with a reference back to Prue, like an innocent who happened to know of Prue from her work, or one Prue and Andy both knew, and maybe her and Andy team up to help them.

Still upsetting in the real show, they didn't bring back anybody or someone who used to know Prue, as a way of connecting back to her. Like Bane, or even an innocent who knew her. Just anything. I wasn't satisfied with the handling of Prue's death and Paige. I wanted to see Paige asking more questioning, or the sisters going oh Prue used to do that, or yeah Prue was always so passionate about so and so... It just felt like the only time she did get mentioned was just that she died, and not enough bonding moments remembering her later on post-season 5.

[Granny Charmed]

Jun 22, 2017 15:30:07 GMT -5 gzv969 said:

Andy and Prue get married end of season 3. Shax attacks and still kills prue. And no Leo? Interesting.

I could see season 4 playing out with piper and Andy both going after every demon in town out of rage. Daryl will probably end up still being in the dark as to what the sisters secret is and will continue to have issues with Andy about his preference of the freaky deeky cases.

Piper will eventually slow down but will take a stronger older sister position in the family in regards to fighting demons and protecting the family like Prue did but kind of in the way she did in "Hell has no fury" but in a less reckless way. And the only thing piper will be concerned with protecting is demons barging into the manor unannounced disrupting her privacy and her club. No Wyatt and Chris.

Andy will always jump at any case that allows him to kill demons and when Daryl complains he'll probably say it's a lead to prues killer. He may also end up fighting a lot with the sisters especially piper over not willing to stand down on demonic cases when they ask him to. And at some point Andy will continue to demand they summon prue so he can talk to her especially after he sees grams and patty in the attic when inspector Cortez barges in on them in season 4 which in this case Andy would be present at.

Paige will still be the same Paige we had.

Jun 23, 2017 6:48:01 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Jun 22, 2017 15:30:07 GMT -5 gzv969 said:

Andy and Prue get married end of season 3. Shax attacks and still kills prue. And no Leo? Interesting.

I could see season 4 playing out with piper and Andy both going after every demon in town out of rage. Daryl will probably end up still being in the dark as to what the sisters secret is and will continue to have issues with Andy about his preference of the freaky deeky cases.

Piper will eventually slow down but will take a stronger older sister position in the family in regards to fighting demons and protecting the family like Prue did but kind of in the way she did in "Hell has no fury" but in a less reckless way. And the only thing piper will be concerned with protecting is demons barging into the manor unannounced disrupting her privacy and her club. No Wyatt and Chris.

Andy will always jump at any case that allows him to kill demons and when Daryl complains he'll probably say it's a lead to prues killer. He may also end up fighting a lot with the sisters especially piper over not willing to stand down on demonic cases when they ask him to. And at some point Andy will continue to demand they summon prue so he can talk to her especially after he sees grams and patty in the attic when inspector Cortez barges in on them in season 4 which in this case Andy would be present at.

Paige will still be the same Paige we had.

I LOVE all of these ideas...especially if eventually Andy took Henry's place...with Prue's blessings via the spirit board, of course. Andy's and Paige's wedding would be the perfect way to end the series...much better than 'Forever Crap', I mean 'Forever Piper', I mean 'Forever Charmed'.

Jun 23, 2017 7:05:24 GMT -5 craig said:

You know I never thought about Andy and Paige, but I would take that over anything in the last episode. It would be a good way to close the series and bring two people together, especially because Prue's memory wouldn't be forgotten and I would much prefer Andy and Paige being married and Prue using the spirit board as a way to honour Prue than what they did in Forever Charmed.

I would love to see Paige learning more about her older sister, and Andy accepting Paige and growing closer with her as his way of grieving for her. Even having an episode with a reference back to Prue, like an innocent who happened to know of Prue from her work, or one Prue and Andy both knew, and maybe her and Andy team up to help them.

Still upsetting in the real show, they didn't bring back anybody or someone who used to know Prue, as a way of connecting back to her. Like Bane, or even an innocent who knew her. Just anything. I wasn't satisfied with the handling of Prue's death and Paige. I wanted to see Paige asking more questioning, or the sisters going oh Prue used to do that, or yeah Prue was always so passionate about so and so... It just felt like the only time she did get mentioned was just that she died, and not enough bonding moments remembering her later on post-season 5.

I *love* all of these ideas dears...

I do see Darryl being in the dark. It might add more for Darryl to know, so Andy would be able to talk to someone about it. But, It might make Darryl's character dears have a different story, being an ally who is in the dark and save us the horrible storyline's he had in season 6. Now I don't know how long they could keep that going though. I think he might still leave town, maybe after learning the truth.

[Esmeralda]

Jun 23, 2017 7:05:24 GMT -5 craig said:

You know I never thought about Andy and Paige, but I would take that over anything in the last episode. It would be a good way to close the series and bring two people together, especially because Prue's memory wouldn't be forgotten and I would much prefer Andy and Paige being married and Prue using the spirit board as a way to honour Prue than what they did in Forever Charmed.

I would love to see Paige learning more about her older sister, and Andy accepting Paige and growing closer with her as his way of grieving for her. Even having an episode with a reference back to Prue, like an innocent who happened to know of Prue from her work, or one Prue and Andy both knew, and maybe her and Andy team up to help them.

Still upsetting in the real show, they didn't bring back anybody or someone who used to know Prue, as a way of connecting back to her. Like Bane, or even an innocent who knew her. Just anything. I wasn't satisfied with the handling of Prue's death and Paige. I wanted to see Paige asking more questioning, or the sisters going oh Prue used to do that, or yeah Prue was always so passionate about so and so... It just felt like the only time she did get mentioned was just that she died, and not enough bonding moments remembering her later on post-season 5.

I'm not positive if I'd like that reaction towards Prue unless Paige isn't part of the story. Otherwise you're going to give Paige even more of an inferiority complex than she already had.

Now Andy talking about Prue while the other two sisters EVENTUALLY (not right away!) accept Paige as a sister would be the way I'd like to see it done.

Actually it would be fun if rather than the way it was done in 'Charmed Again', if Andy ended up going to SBSS to seek counseling in learning how to cope with Prue's death and Paige is the social service worker (not assistant, and she never gives up that job...) and it's through talking about Prue that they become close. That way we can get to know Paige that way, while Piper and Phoebe (with Andy and Cole's help) start saving innocents again with only a power of two since the Source isn't worried about them now that the Power of Three is gone. Phoebe gets premonitions of innocents in trouble and since the bad guys (demons, warlocks, whatever) are just low-level, Piper explodes them...this, saving innocents and NOT vanquishing the Source...was always their true destiny. This would also allow them to react the way you suggested.

During this time, Paige has no powers since the Elders didn't know about her and hadn't given her any.

This also means that Rose McGowan would *not* be one of the stars right away - it would be Starring Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs, with T. King, Dorian Gregory, Rose McGowan and Julian McMahon.

BUT when the Shadow who lives beneath the Manor which sits on the nexus of both the wiccan and spiritual pentagram (not the Source or the Hollow, but Phoebe's Woogeyman...I HATE Good working with Evil! That just makes Good as evil as Evil and doesn't make Evil all that evil.) takes over Cole in the mid-season finale and the sisters find they need the Power of Three to exorcise it for good, that's when (via Prue via the spirit board...she remains part of the family throughout the entire series with Piper asking her what she should do thanks to the spirit board, letting Prue remain the Oldest, Piper the Middle and Heart of the family and Phoebe the Baby - when Paige joins, she remains the Only Child she was raised as) they find out about Paige...and she receives Prue's power (which works EXACTLY like Prue's - and she has no whitelighter powers since she's still alive) when the three stand under the chandelier. This also, of course, puts them back on the Source's [no Seer...I LOVED her as a character - one of a number of villains who I loved to hate like Rex and Barbas and Zankou), but would prefer if the Source *didn't* find out about Paige right away] list.

And during the first episode after the break, THAT'S when the credits would change to Starring Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan and Holly Marie Combs With T. King, Dorian Gregory and Julian McMahon.

How's that??

[craig]

Jun 23, 2017 7:43:51 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Jun 23, 2017 7:05:24 GMT -5 craig said:

You know I never thought about Andy and Paige, but I would take that over anything in the last episode. It would be a good way to close the series and bring two people together, especially because Prue's memory wouldn't be forgotten and I would much prefer Andy and Paige being married and Prue using the spirit board as a way to honour Prue than what they did in Forever Charmed.

I would love to see Paige learning more about her older sister, and Andy accepting Paige and growing closer with her as his way of grieving for her. Even having an episode with a reference back to Prue, like an innocent who happened to know of Prue from her work, or one Prue and Andy both knew, and maybe her and Andy team up to help them.

Still upsetting in the real show, they didn't bring back anybody or someone who used to know Prue, as a way of connecting back to her. Like Bane, or even an innocent who knew her. Just anything. I wasn't satisfied with the handling of Prue's death and Paige. I wanted to see Paige asking more questioning, or the sisters going oh Prue used to do that, or yeah Prue was always so passionate about so and so... It just felt like the only time she did get mentioned was just that she died, and not enough bonding moments remembering her later on post-season 5.

I'm not positive if I'd like that reaction towards Prue unless Paige isn't part of the story. Otherwise you're going to give Paige even more of an inferiority complex than she already had.

Now Andy talking about Prue while the other two sisters EVENTUALLY (not right away!) accept Paige as a sister would be the way I'd like to see it done.

Actually it would be fun if rather than the way it was done in 'Charmed Again', if Andy ended up going to SBSS to seek counseling in learning how to cope with Prue's death and Paige is the social service worker (not assistant, and she never gives up that job...) and it's through talking about Prue that they become close. That way we can get to know Paige that way, while Piper and Phoebe (with Andy and Cole's help) start saving innocents again with only a power of two since the Source isn't worried about them now that the Power of Three is gone. Phoebe gets premonitions of innocents in trouble and since the bad guys (demons, warlocks, whatever) are just low-level, Piper explodes them...this, saving innocents and NOT vanquishing the Source...was always their true destiny. This would also allow them to react the way you suggested.

During this time, Paige has no powers since the Elders didn't know about her and hadn't given her any.

This also means that Rose McGowan would *not* be one of the stars right away - it would be Starring Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs, T. King, Dorian Gregory, Rose McGowan and Julian McMahon.

BUT when the Shadow who lives beneath the Manor which sits on the nexus of both the wiccan and spiritual pentagram (not the Source or the Hollow, but Phoebe's Woogeyman...I HATE Good working with Evil! That just makes Good as evil as Evil) takes over Cole in the mid-season finale and the sisters find they need the Power of Three to exorcise it for good, that's when (via Prue via the spirit board...she remains part of the family throughout the entire series with Piper asking her what she should do thanks to the spirit board) they find out about Paige...and she receives Prue's power (which works EXACTLY like Prue's - and she has no whitelighter powers) when the three stand under the chandelier. This also, of course, puts them back on the Source's [no Seer...I LOVED her as a character - one of a number of villains who I loved to hate like Rex and Barbas and Zankou), but would prefer if the Source *didn't* find out about Paige right away] list.

And during the first episode after the break, THAT'S when the credits would change to Starring Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan and Holly Marie Combs With T. King, Dorian Gregory and Julian McMahon.

How's that??

Wow Es you took my ideas and managed to come up something even better than mine. 

I do like that Rose would not be a star right away. I am one of those people, who doesn't like new regulars coming right away, and they stay a guest star and get a promotion later. I guess, I don't like someone being forced on me. 

[Ruth Marie]

Jun 22, 2017 15:30:07 GMT -5 gzv969 said:

Andy and Prue get married end of season 3. Shax attacks and still kills prue. And no Leo? Interesting.

I could see season 4 playing out with piper and Andy both going after every demon in town out of rage. Daryl will probably end up still being in the dark as to what the sisters secret is and will continue to have issues with Andy about his preference of the freaky deeky cases.

Piper will eventually slow down but will take a stronger older sister position in the family in regards to fighting demons and protecting the family like Prue did but kind of in the way she did in "Hell has no fury" but in a less reckless way. And the only thing piper will be concerned with protecting is demons barging into the manor unannounced disrupting her privacy and her club. No Wyatt and Chris.

Andy will always jump at any case that allows him to kill demons and when Daryl complains he'll probably say it's a lead to prues killer. He may also end up fighting a lot with the sisters especially piper over not willing to stand down on demonic cases when they ask him to. And at some point Andy will continue to demand they summon prue so he can talk to her especially after he sees grams and patty in the attic when inspector Cortez barges in on them in season 4 which in this case Andy would be present at.

Paige will still be the same Paige we had.

I really like your set up gzv969.  

[Esmeralda]

One thing to remember when having fun with all of this is that if Ted King was not going to leave so Andy would be part of the entire series, the end of Season One would've been totally different, since it was set up in order to write Andy out. So I firmly believe that had this happened, Andy would *not* have been the one who would've been indicted for Rodriguez's death (they would've figured a different way around that or that whole scenario never would've happened or they might have introduced someone else who they would've gotten rid of in that episode) and more likely than not would've remained on the police force the entire series. That would've been fantastic, since it would've helped keep the emphasis on protecting innocents rather than vanquishing demons.

[Ruth Marie]

Your right Es. The end of season 1 storyline would play out differently. Maybe another character would die, or even Darryl.

[Miranda Turner]

If Andy stayed, I actually would of liked the idea of Cole being a new detective at the police station as his cover. Now if had happened, maybe Darryl could be the one killed off or maybe he just get's written out at some point after learning the sisters secret. Andy get's a new partner in Cole, and Andy could be suspicious of Cole.

Now when Prue dies, Andy can still stay on wanting to help innocents and look out for Prue's sisters. Him and Paige getting together actually isn't that bad, if it was a natural progression that happens over the next five seasons. Maybe Prue and Andy never really get together and married during the next two years leading up to Prue's death. Maybe, as other posters above have said Shax ruins the wedding.

Maybe the pair just get back together shortly before Prue's death, and we just never know what could of been.