Felton & Bolander Question

I’m in the middle of rewatching Homicide and I’m currently on the episode where they discovered Felton took his own life. After Ned Beatty & Daniel Baldwin left the show they mentioned Bolander’s name a lot but there was barely any mention of Felton (I don’t think any of the mentions came from Howard either). Then in this episode they talk about him resigning a while back. I didn’t miss anything there did I?

I’m just curious if anyone knows why there was such a disproportionate response to their characters being gone and why Bolander was mentioned so much more than Felton? Was there maybe a better chance of Ned Beatty returning over Daniel Baldwin? Does anyone else have any clarification or theories on this?