Rachel Confirms s7 Casting Spoilers

[x-forgetromeo.livejournal.com]

 


I'd like to take this opportunity to say that whether or not you loved/hated Ashley Seaver, Rachel Nichols as an actress is a human being who did not deserve to be sidelined liked this. She obviously loved her job and her co-workers, and is justifiably upset about this. 

CBS pulled the same stunt with Rachel that they did with AJ and Paget last year. Please keep that in mind. CBS might have fixed one of the symptoms by bringing AJ and Paget back, but they have in no way solved the problem of treating their actresses as disposable.

If you can, please send Rachel some love on twitter. 

Comments

[dysfunkshunell1.livejournal.com]

No. Considering that I am a woman who has served in the military and have relatives and friends in law enforcement, I'm speaking from a place called the real world. As I said in another comment that addressed this specific portion, what has been set up for CM is already pressing the fictional envelope--anymore and it would be a joke to watch. Even shows that center around female characters do not have this ratio of women.

Rossi had an intelligent insertion and played a role in the team, even if initially protagonist. I hated Rossi when he started--I actually felt something. With Seaver, I felt she had absolutely no purpose and made no sense for her to be a regular member of the team. I'm seriously hoping the show comes to its senses and explains her departure as being fitted with her permanent unit because you don't graduate from the academy then head directly to a special unit unless you have special credentials.

[a_blackpanther]

I really find that CM presses the fictional envelope a lot less than shows like say Bones (or CSI, for that matter). There have been shows that centred around women in law enforcement (one, I believe, was called The Division). The ratio of women to men that show was somewhere above 1. Considering that the women get less screen time than their male peers anyway, I doubt anyone would have found CM "hard to watch".

I believe Seaver should have been given a chance to grow into her role on the team. I'd hate to point it out but Reid became an agent at an unlikely young age and as far as we know went straight to the BAU as well. I'm sure they could have found some sort of plausible explanation for her to stay.