I always felt his role in FWwM was pretty pointless. At least they're expanding his character history in this season, not that it matters at this point.

Yeah, it was a good one. His character came back, but only as a disembodied voice. I'm guessing it wasn't Bowie's actual voice, as anyone can do that southern-type accent he had in the movie. Too bad he couldn't be around to star in this series. This season has a lot of recurring actors who recently passed on, like Bowie, Log Lady, Dr. Hayworth, Miguel Ferrer... it's sad, but it's also bad-ass that they got to be in it before they croaked. (Except Bowie, just archive footage)