Thats a long long discussion that this situation is only a dent in. I do think both characters were portrayed a lot better than most females on television, which is why i liked them both so much. I find most female characters on TV unrelatable for the most part--they're either too tough or too whimpy--CM's girls managed to have a nice balance of strength and femininity and I applaud them for that. My thought is that J.J was the most expendable because she wasn't a profiler. Paget is getting a slight reduction, so I'm happy about that, and they are bringing another female on the show...so I don't know.

The audience is to blame as well, and I know I'm partly guilty, because when it comes down to it, the mere fact that I'm female makes the male characters appeal to me more than the female, because there's the attraction factor. Whether its human nature or not i have no idea, but whatever it is, CBS does not shoulder the blame for all of it.

The way they did it sucked, but its a corporation, how many people arrive at work on a Friday morning to be told to clean out their desks with no warning.