Paget Brewster will not renew her contract

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/66586834.html

Potentially unpopular opinion, now that Brewster is gone too, I kinda wish the entire CM cast would quit CM, and then meet up again in a comedy show. I just don't know what. Bunnies anyone?

ETA: What happened:
- CBS kicked Paget out
- Fans revolt
- CBS forced Paget to come back, because of the contract...
- Now that Paget's contract is up, she will leave.


...and wow, 121 comments, I thought this was unshocking news, ouch my inbox. I wish Paget the best.

ETA:



ETA: On the subject of awesome female characters and actresses, but terrible terrible bosses...any of you Star Trek TNG fans here? Remember when Dr.Crusher all of a sudden got replaced before the collective outrage of fans and Patrick Stewart speaking on Gates McFadden's behalf got her back? The rumoured cause of her leaving was that she refused to sleep with one of the producers - a rumor given merit since Grace Lee Whitney (Janice Rand, TOS), was assaulted by two producters she didn't feel comfortable naming, before HER character was given the sudden-off. Ditto for the career of the actress in The Birds, Tippi Hedren, she signed a 7 contract with Hitchcock, who used it to keep her from working after she refused him. The BS that actresses have to put up with and all the things thrown at them is deplorable. If I stopped watching Criminal Minds after Paget leaves, it will less because of No Emily (though I will miss her so), but because of WHY she left. It's a sour taste in my mouth accented by the last weekk's episode, where Garcia thought something sexual happened between her and Morgan even though she was so drunk she couldn't remember any of it, and the writer is unaware of the unfortunate implication of.

Comments

[dhae_knight_1]

I know what it's like to realize that there's just no way but out. I love Paget, and I respect her decision. And, hey, at least she isn't pulling a Mandy and just not showing up for shooting one day, out of the blue. That would have sucked mightily.

Now, Mandy is the reason I can't watch Homeland with sanguinity. He's done it twice. I wonder if he's going to do it to Homeland, too, and I don't want to get involved in a show only to have him break it up because he... gets bored, or something.

[citjara.livejournal.com]

Which other show did he walk out on? I know he left CH rather suddenly... but don't know if he really walked out on them

[dhae_knight_1]

I don't remember. I looked it up because someone mentioned it in passing. Apparently he just didn't show up for shooting at the beginning of season 3, and it took a lot of work to convince him to come in for the few scenes that made a transition possible.

I think the most telling is actually the way everybody talks about Joe in the extras of season 3. I have no doubt he is all those nice things they say about him, but there is a very definite sense of it being prefaced by 'as opposed to Mandy'. :-D

[citjara.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I thought that was very interesting, especially in comparison to the S1 box set that I have. Lots about Mandy, and then, on the S3 box set, lots about Joe and only really nice things to say about Joe. Also, the duck hunter analogy was erm... obvious. I guess it shows that they felt betrayed and left behind just like the team did on screen.

[thecowboycliche.livejournal.com]

Dead Like Me, maybe?

[citjara.livejournal.com]

Whatever, he's been a repeat offender!

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

...Mandy was still dealing with the psychological aftermath of cancer when he quit, which was very shortly after the bike trip he took to Israel to celebrate his recovery. Keep in mind that cancer is really really scary because you can never be sure if it was really gone. It happened to a teacher of mine, she was cured for 6 months and then she had to go back - thankfully the second time around seem to have gotten rid of it for good.

...AND the cancer thing came after his eyes got so bad, he had to pull over in the middle of driving once (the eye thing also happened around Chicago Hope, the ONE other show he quit out of the millions of shows he did that gave him a reputation for quitting).

[citjara.livejournal.com]

I think she was referring to my post about Chicago Hope.

[dhae_knight_1]

I would love to see a source for that?

And I'd still say that just not showing up after the break is not okay. If it had happened mid-season, okay. But with absolutely no prior warning? That's just being an ass, in my book. :-/

[citjara.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm not going to argue with that, I'M certain he had his reasons for quitting every time. I didn't miss him on CH because I didn't like Jeffrey Geiger, and Jason Gideon has made me tolerate, even like Mandy. He doesn't have to be my favorite character, though and I think the stunt he pulled on CM in S3 wasn't exactly polite.