I just happened to look further down in the community, it was reported as well a couple of days ago on other news sources...so its not new news really... :/
Still and all its sort of par for the course for Patinkin, didn't he do the same thing at Chicago Hope?
Certainly he's one of the mainstays but at least on the surface the PTB don't seem overly concerned over losing him. Other series have lost major characters at inopportune times (John Ritter's unexpected death when he was on 8 Rules comes immediately to mind) and have still managed to solider on. Depending on who they manage to cast as a 'replacement' for Gideon it might work, if the character is enigmatic enough it should work one hopes.
If they put some 'fluff' character in though it could all go south pretty quickly. Guess we'll just have to wait and see if it all works out for the best. He will certainly be missed, surely.
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Date: Jul. 16th, 2007 10:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Jul. 16th, 2007 10:46 pm (UTC)Still and all its sort of par for the course for Patinkin, didn't he do the same thing at Chicago Hope?
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Date: Jul. 16th, 2007 11:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Jul. 16th, 2007 11:11 pm (UTC)If they put some 'fluff' character in though it could all go south pretty quickly. Guess we'll just have to wait and see if it all works out for the best. He will certainly be missed, surely.
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Date: Jul. 17th, 2007 08:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Jul. 17th, 2007 10:01 am (UTC)I hope they find a good replacement!
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Date: Jul. 17th, 2007 04:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Jul. 17th, 2007 10:02 pm (UTC)This is for certain... dammit...
I love Mandy as Gideon... I wonder what happened?