Season 12 Spoiler Lab Discussion

I'm surprised also. I can't help but feel like it comes down to money though. LF is a movie star and movie stars expect a certain level of payment for their services when they do tv shows. With the economy and the whole Two and Half Men fiasco there probably wasn't a lot of money to go around. Or tptb probably decided that their little experiment to get more people watching failed and decided to not renew LF's contract. The fans weren't happy with the character, the writers were over-eager to make Langston work, and the producers were blissfully ignorant/optimistic about the whole situation.

Woah...wait, CSI is an ensemble cast? I totally forgot. Seriously though, I think CSI will be fine without adding new cast members. We've got this new girl, Jorja (hopefully), George (hopefully), Paulie G, Eric (hopefully), ect. The show will be fine.

 

It will be interesting to see if the ratings go significantly up, down, or stay the same. If they go up, people will be saying, "I told you so!" If they go down or stay the same, then it'll be ME saying "I told you so!" Of course, I don't wish anything bad on CSI, but I think people put way too much stock in letting the original cast sans Grissom carry the show. I think the new time slot will be a bigger factor than LF's departure and/or seeing how well what's left of the cast does. Be careful what you wish for.

 

So how many episodes will Catherine be in next series, despite the views posted above, if Catherine isnt going to be a regular I do feel the show needs a lead, and I dont think Nick or Sarah (or herself can make up her mind if she is coming or going) as leads.

 

I'm happy with this news, I think it was time for Langston to move on. I'm looking forward to seeing what they'll do now!

I expect them to bring in someone new, whether that person will be a replacement of Catherine and Langston I don't know, I hope they don't try to bring in two new characters. (+ Morgan) If they do bring in someone new, it's going to be a big name, I'd prefer them to go the Rossi (CM) route, someone thats not interested in being in charge anymore but very experienced, rather than a newbie to train up.

 

I really, really hope that Sqweegel is NOT used for Marg's exit. I was pretty upset that they would use the fiasco of the season finale as her exit making Catherine leave in a less than stellar way after she has been such a great character and has been there since the beginning. I think that she deserves a good exit storyline without dark secrets, or bad leadership skills surfacing, or being fired, or anything like that. I think that it would be a disservice to her character and hope that she goes out on a high note and because she chose to.

 

The finale is why I'm not really surprised by this news. I've been trying for weeks to figure out how they could possibly expect us to keep watching knowing that the lead is a murderer (even if he never admited it, we'd still know).

As a lot of others have said, I have nothing against LF himself - it's the character of Ray, how he was written, and especially how he got at the end. LF is a fine actor, and did a great job portraying him, but I just don't like Ray.

I saw that too (and voted George of course!). Hope they listen!

I agree about what it would mean to bring Sofia back (would it be a demotion for her character though?). I really hope Ray's departure doesn't have too many repercussions for the rest of the team, or for Brass's character in the long term - call it a momentary lapse of judgement, and move on please.

I'd love to see Wendy back though! If they need to fill another CSI spot, she would be perfect - she's a familiar face, so we wouldn't have two new people (Brody would be the other, and we've only seen her once so she's still "new"). Also Wendy would be trained, but still inexperienced enough to need to work with someone (giving lots of opportunity for the dialogue that lets the audience know what's going on, without some character saying "I know that, why are you explaining it?" :lol.

 

PraetorCorvinus, I like your thinking. If they hadn't killed Keppler I would have loved to see him back because like you said I never got the sense that Keppler was taking over the show. Granted, it was only temporary to begin with so maybe that had something to do with it.

I saw that poll on EW.com and absolutely voted for George.

What about someone like Blair Underwood? He's done tv before but his series was just cancelled so he may not want to jump back into a tv show.

 

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How about John Malkovich? Back when Billy left Laurence Fishburne, Kurt Russell, and John Malkovich were all considered for the role of Langston. I'm not sure if John would be available, but he's a terrific actor and would gel with the show nicely.