My understanding was that Wesley was supposed to have much less screen time, but due to how syndicated series were run combined with a writer strike what was a

My understanding was that Wesley was supposed to have much less screen time, but due to how syndicated series were run combined with a writer strike what was a bunch of unpolished early drafts (that normally would end up condensed into fewer episodes after a lot of editing and polish) ended going straight to screen due to lack of finished scripts. Have no proper confirmation of this, though.