>>80836831Well, firstly, if she was a character in the first season, it'd be an entirely different show, and she'd have to be an entirely different character. She only really works because we've gotten so used to the characters doing silly things that seeing them have to deal with a looming threat works twice a swell.
Second of all, it wouldn't have stopped the show from not being renewed, Disney's decision didn't come from ratings, but from deciding that they didn't need another season.