Yeah, I personally don't think she gave us much to celebrate this season. Not counting the fact that she skipped NY, she wasn't at a number of high profile shows, even some that she has been a regular at. The only positive is that she closed 3 shows.
I mean, I hope she had good reasons and it was her decision, rather than just failing to get cast, because that would make me very sad.
Oh well... nothing we can do about it.