I'm not sure if she knew but the Ballinger story was certainly a good story-line, even without the siege. Perhaps Anne's contract was due to expire around then anyway - they likely all signed contracts so had a rough idea when they were due to leave, unless they had been offered to renew their contracts. Perhaps Anne just felt her time was up and wanted to be written out...it would be nice to know though.
Also, the Barnhurst 5 were introduced too, and it seemed that having Nora as TD was the plan all along, so the writers at least would have known what they were planning by the time they were introduced.
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