Like many, I was upset when they announced that Vincent D'Onofrio was leaving and that Kathyrn Erbe was going to be phased out along with Eric Bogosian. In all honesty I probably won't continue to watch the show without these two main characters/actors. But I won't be boycotting the show or the network for that matter. In most of the interviews I've read D'Onofrio has said that he's decided to leave because they've done all that they can with his character. And I can see the reasoning behind that logic. He has given a lot to this show and this character. Anyone else remember why they brought the second team in? Because VDO collapsed on set a couple of times, he's given his all to this franchise and has decided to move on from it.
Kathyrn Erbe has also been with the show all along. Most shows don't last this long and if they do the cast usually switches out much earlier. Am I bummed out about the direction the show will probably end up taking? Of course. Am I angry? No. I like USA Network. They allowed CI to go somewhere that it never would've been able to as a lead in for SVU. We got some REALLY GREAT development with Bobby's character and Alex for that matter.
As a fan of both of these actors I'm hoping that this will give them both the opportunity to do more work. VDO has mostly done smaller roles during his years on CI and hopefully this'll mean I have to clear out some space on my D'Onofrio DVD shelf for new movies.
Plus. There's always fanfiction. Goodness knows that's what I've been using during the season break.
But again, I certainly won't be boycotting USA. Hello, Burn Notice, In Plain Sight, Psych, they do have good shows.
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Really?! How can you mention CI--D'Onofrio and Erbe in the same sentence as Psych or In Plain Sight?? Wash your mouth with soap! Yes, I will make room on my movie shelf too--I have every thing VDO has made to date pending release of the Narrows and Staten Island on DVD in a few weeks. Come March 17, 2010 we will see him do and outstanding job in the Irishman. There is still room on TV for the greatest actor it had!!
The newer episodes seem to be going in the same direction as Psych and In Plain Sight. They seem to want to make CI into a lighter show.
I adore VDO too. He's so fantastic in everything that he does. As much as I love having a constant supply through CI I'm really excited to see that what he does now that he's free of that commitment. Personally I've felt a bit gipped these last couple of years. It seemed like they gave Bobby his big peak with his mother dying, the thing with Nicole, and the suspension then it just went to a different grazing level.
I think the writers just started to focus on establishing Goldblum's character. I'd hate for them to keep VDO there just as fodder.
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