ail ability . ▁Despite ▁Car bon ell ' s ▁willing ness ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁Lost , ▁CBS ▁president ▁N ina ▁T ass ler ▁ruled ▁out ▁another ▁Lost ▁guest ▁appearance . ▁ ▁C ane ▁was ▁can ce led ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 – 2 0 0 8 ▁Writ ers ▁Gu ild ▁of ▁America ▁strike , ▁free ing ▁Car bon ell ▁from ▁his ▁contract ▁with ▁CBS . ▁ ▁Executive ▁producer ▁Carl ton ▁C use ▁c ited ▁this ▁as ▁an ▁un int ended ▁positive ▁consequence ▁of ▁the ▁strike . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁When ▁Richard ▁made ▁his ▁first ▁appearance , ▁Er in ▁Mart ell ▁of ▁A OL ' s ▁TV ▁Squad ▁was ▁disappoint ed ▁Car bon ell ▁did ▁not ▁use ▁the ▁acc ent ▁he ▁used ▁in ▁Sud den ly ▁Susan . ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly s ▁Jeff ▁J ensen ▁was ▁pleased ▁when ▁Richard ▁returned ▁in ▁" One ▁of ▁Us ", ▁saying ▁"[ Car bon ell ' s ] ▁S lick ▁Wil ly ▁performance ▁as ▁Mittel os ▁exec ▁Richard ▁Al pert ▁is ▁on ▁par ▁with ▁his ▁super b ▁emb od iment ▁of ▁the ▁half - bat , ▁half - l oth ario ▁super h ero ▁known ▁as ▁Bat manuel ▁in ▁the ▁gone - to o - so on ▁sit com ▁The ▁T ick ". ▁He ▁also ▁" lo ved ▁[ Rich ard ' s ] ▁matter - of - fact ▁way ▁of ▁telling ▁Jul iet ▁he ▁had ▁sp ik ed ▁her ▁orange ▁ju ice ▁with ▁a ▁massive ▁amount ▁of ▁tran qu il izer ▁... ▁his ▁silver