When Adam Goldberg’s crush suddenly ceased looking like Rowan Blanchard and turned into Alexis G. Zall in Season 6, viewers took notice… and came after the series’ creator.

“I did not recast anyone. [Blanchard] passed for the season,” Adam F. Goldberg explained on Twitter. As for the new Goth look that theoretically masked the switch-up, he maintained, “Adam and Jackie will always be Adam and Jackie.”

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