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

[wordsinviting.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you. I will miss the show; it's fun to have something to watch on Wednesdays but if I happen to miss the show these days I am not in a mad rush to find a way to watch it like I used to. Now with Prentiss gone I only have 2 characters I care anything about and even when they are front and center I am just not as engaged with them as much. Add to that the fact that I have really been BORED out of my mind with the unsubs etc. and yeah.

I do have several friends who just got in to it this season and LOVE it, so there is still hope for the show.

If it stays on I'll watch it when I get to it but if it were to go I wouldn't be bummed or anything.

[dhae_knight_1]

I miss the show where the unknown subjects were, y'know, unknown. These days we usually know who the unsub is before the titles, and it leeches the tension out of the show, becuase why should I care about the team chasing this guy? I already know who he is, and so I already know when they're on the right track. And I don't really care about the profiling, because I've already seen his face.

Unknown Subject was one of the best episodes for me, this season, because we weren't sure who the unsub was. Imagine if we'd know from the get-go. Then her capturing him and keeping him hostage wouldn't have been interesting because we already knew he was the bad guy. The tension came from her not knowing and the team not knowing AND us not knowing.

[dhae_knight_1]

And, I mean, it's an easy freaking fix. STOP SHOWING US WHO THE UNSUB IS! It's not like it's rocket-science or anything, you know?

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

I like it best when we can see the unsub, but we don't KNOW the unsub, how their mind works, and the team has to figure it out to get to the unsub.

"Uncanny Valley"


...and I like Uncanny Valley better than The Big Game and Revelations, I think it's because UV has the reveal of the True Big Bad the way the Tobias Hankel didn't. Well, it's scary that it's in his head now and won't leave, but UV reveals the nice seeming therapist was the complete monster. The WAY they revealed it was uber boss, Reid catching onto the therapist keeping the toys high out of reach.