Yeah, but last season, and maybe the one before, I forget, he, and his name were in the opening credits. What I heard was that he was a big enough draw that they were going to use him as often as they can, and they managed to wedge him into almost every episode.
OTOH, I didn’t see the premiere (I know, I know), and this week was pre-empted by the playoffs. So his not being in the first two episodes doesn’t necessarily mean he’s vanished.
Hmm, apparantly there will be no new episodes till after the World Series. So that might have effected why when I looked for spoiler sites which carry info on upcoming episodes by people who’ve attended the filming I had no luck.
I love that scene where he and red sit down to talk about hyde(after hyde gets busted with Jackie’s pot). It ends with Leo streching out on Reds couch to take a nap.