Character Development/Screentime Discussion

Sorry, I was off on when Riley left, I do remember her and Ray working together. I just think the writers had a bigger vision in mind, when letting this character go, and bringing in the "big guns" so to speak. And also Grissom offered Ray the position to join the lab. and even stated "not much money" but Ray said "it wasn't about the money". Ray as this character did replace WP/Grissom as the lead we all know that by now. So if he's in most of the scenes, so was Grissom. And the "your not required to wear a tie" was Ray's first day out in the field and later at the crime scene he had to cut off his tie, cause it had evidence on it

RAYS FIRST DAY

 

Hugs accepted for the post sharp, back at ya!
I didn't know about Marg's divorce, and I forgot about George's back issues at the time I made my post. I guess I am somewhat unusual on this board in the fact that I never started watching until last summer (S10 reruns). I started the franchise with NY, which I've watched for a few seasons now. Since the beginning of this year I have powered through the entire 11 seasons, so I have not had to endure the weekly wait, nor had to suffer through a cliff hanger, thank God. But it does give a different perspective when you see the whole series like that. The only weekly wait that has been torturing me has been since the start of S11, I have caught it totally from the beginning, and finally became the CSI nut that I harbored inside. :lol:

 

TPTB didn't pay Laurence Fishburne $14 million buckos, for 2 seasons and 350,000 per ep. to stand around in the background. I've totally embraced him as this character Dr. Ray, and think he's doing an exceptional job, as the team has, and am glad he's in the forefront.:bolian:He's a doctor an author and a pathologist and has brought his brilliant expertise to the lab, and on the "fingerprints" hes a quick study and a fast learner. He's got mega medical experience and didn't just walk in of the street. What makes me the happiest on this show is how everyone gets along. The crime scenes are so brutal and gruesome, it's charming and delightful to see the team so in tune while working these cases~

 

The reason TPTB gave for the departures of Lauren Lee Smith (Riley) and Liz Vassey (Wendy) were pretty much the same--they were going in a new creative direction. Yeah, pretty lame.

Wendy went to be a CSI in Portland, not Seattle.

 

Former showrunner Naren Shankar said, "No matter what we did, it was going to be wrong."

Ain't that the truth!

 

On the Riley issue, fans were clamoring for the return of Jorja as Sara, and they [the honches] decided to bring her back, They must of made her an offer she couldn't refuse. On any poll anywhere Sara would win hands down over this character Riley. And bringing her back and letting Lauren go had absoutely nothing to do with Ray. Also she wasn't the lead, he was.

On Dr. Langston, he's run the gamut of strong emotions and characteristics, from rookie to expert. Nick showing him how to correctly fingerprint, him staying after his shift was over to teach himself. He was cooperative with the team from the onset. We saw him as low-key soft spoken, cool & smooth, then his frustrations, his anger. Some also suspected he was Dr. Jekyll was he? NO. Nick "go home man we'll take care of this" His insubordination with Cath, his full on rage when he went home WOW,:wtf: Nick coming over to comfort him "we're a team", and Sara and Greg bringing him food. His funny side in "Field Mice" with Hodges and Henry the "glue" jokes. His heartbreak and being upset over his ex. getting remarried. And the continual tormenting by freak-show Haskell. But still he maintains his camraderie with his co-workers, and still focuses on the case at hand. He's ENIGMATIC He's got great range, and he's a great character. Thanks to Carol and staff for choosing him:bolian:

 

Jorja/Sara is not the reason for Riley/Lauren going, Jorja is not even in every episode and with Marg leaving they could have kept both Riley and Wendy.

 

Yeah they could have, but they didn't. And bringing back Jorja was the reason, it was all over the news at the time. It said "she'd have limited episodes" which she did. Who knows what TPTB 's reasoning is, they only let the fans know what they want them to know There's probably so much secrecy and their probably sworn to keep it~

 

Raynn, glad to see someone else like me
I've had such a cram course of catching up that I know I have a teeny different perspective that the regulars that have been watching since the beginning.

Smokey, I also agree with your opinion of "The Grave Shift". That was a really good episode the way it was depicted! :thumbsup:

I do miss Wendy though, and I was reminded how much again last night after re-watching "Bull". The parts with her, Nick and Greg had me in stitches, especially since I knew all that before the "viewer" was introduced to all things PBR and breeding :lol:

 

DESERTWIND what was all over the news? I do not belive Jorja/Sara was the reason for Riley and Wendy leaving I did not see anyone from CSI suggest it was. As I said even with Sara they badly need more female presence on the show .

 

It was on our own forum news in the day, and Wendy had nothing to do with the exit of Riley and the entrance of Jorja and if you want to research it yourself, go on GOOGLE, and put in whatever you want pertaining to this subject, and there are all kinds of links. We just had a power outage, I was looking for a link, but you can do this at your convience. And you'd have to ask the head honches "why" I know that Zuiker said, "she wasn't a fit or didn't add to the ensemble" or something to that effect. I will give it a try agan, but meanwhile you can do this yourself. And then there's vegaslights he knows all the in's and outs of CSI:bolian:

I did find one link about Lauren/Riley~

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/07/lauren-lee-smith-leaves-csi.html