CSI:NY Spoiler Discussion - Bring on Season 6!

Well, if I had a choice, I would prefer Lindsay to leave instead of Stella, but really anything seems possible, especially if it´s really a matter of budget. Melina´s salaray is probably higher than that of Anna, because she is the second lead after Gary, so it could be as well Stella, who´s getting killed.
Either way, it´s surely one of the two women who´ll have to go, because I think they won´t add a third CSI-woman, but rather replace the new girl with one two current actresses.

 

My money is on Lindsay going one way or another. It would make sense financially to get rid of one recurring character and a regular who only works part-time and add one regular who will work full time. It would also make sense to get rid of one recurring character, bump a regular who works part-time to recurring and add a full-time regular.

 

The rumours I've been seeing around the message boards insist that the pay freeze is Gary Sinise's issue. The real issue being that if he decides to accept the pay freeze, they'll be able to add a new character without killing anyone off (or making them quit); if he doesn't, then one of the supporting character has to go. Can anyone else confirm this?

That's the other rumour I've been hearing, that Vaugier was doing a lot of other shows, and that's why it was getting more expensive to keep her on CSI:NY. A new, relatively unknown actress probably would be cheaper, even if she did become a regular, without replacing another regular - because her being unknown would probably mean she's also not in demand.

Agreed. It's one of the reasons D/L was such a train wreck from the beginning, but the Flack thing made me think Lindsay was starting to realize Danny needed someone to talk to, even if he wouldn't talk to her. Which would mean she might've been starting to understand him.

I think she knew it would jolt him, getting her perspective. I think she only said it because she knew it was a perspective he hadn't considered before. But I still have to think that if she meant it as a pissed-off dig, there were more direct ways she she could've gotten the message across without leaving herself that vulnerable to embarrassment. Something along the lines of "God help me, I've fallen for you." Or even if she'd said to Danny what she said to Mac: "It was stupid of me to fall for you." Something that would give her even the appearance of a shield, like she'd already realized the problem was with him, even as she was pitying herself. Danny did hang his head, but he just as easily could've told her flat out, "Yeah, you really do have to figure out how to let that go." And then it's just her who'd come out looking pathetic, in addition to looking like the clingy girlfriend she just claimed not to be. Lindsay had no way of knowing he wouldn't say something like that. To her, there was actually more chance that he would, and if you ask me, that's why she left so quickly. By that point, he was all but radiating signals that they were over.

I think if it had been self-pity, he would have. He'd already called her on letting her self-pity over what was going on between Danny and herself affect her performance in the lab.

ETA:

It most likely depends on the cost/value of the actor/actress. I mean, if the recurring character is played by a popular actress in relatively-high demand, then paying her might cost at least as much as paying two full-time, unknown regulars. Or one full-time, unknown regular and another part-time, unknown regular. Actors' values (in terms of how much they're being paid) go up in relation to how many shows/movies they're doing, don't they? Or how many shows/movies want them? I'd imagine it costs at least the regular pay of a full-time regular to get actors like Leighton Meester or Jeremy Sumpter to do just one episode (um...I'm judging from the CSI:Miami episode I saw last night). And I know Gary Sinise, Hill Harper, Eddie Cahill, and AJ Buckley have done a lot...does that mean their pay is higher than that of the other actors?

...Sorry if these are awkward questions...

 

I don't see TPTB wanting to loose Danny, but Carmine wanting out, thats a possibility. He definately hasn't been as invested in Danny this past season as before, maybe he doesn't like where the character is going and has asked to leave. I hope not as it was Dannys character that drew me into the show in the first place, but if it Carmine did want to leave I guess I could understand it.

 

i read Carmine's recent interview last month, was asked something like if he's happy or contented doing CSI and he said no and he'd like to do more other than csi and said he's currently working on something.

Id be happy if Carmine want to leave. i think, there are alot of opportunities for him to explore his talent as an actor. he can do alot of things. but as long as he's in NY, no chance.

But right now, i think he's staying in NY for a while (its hard to get ajob nowadays) but when the right projects comes along maybe next year, then adios NY.

i dont think EV was written off coz of the budget issue, the actress said so but im not buying it. the real deal? only EV and the producers know. and i think Gary's freeze salary issue was just a press release to back up EV's statement.

as for the new cast, kate something, i dont think she'll be regular, recurring maybe. maybe someone from the main cast wants some small screen time, family wise (anna b) or other business opportunties (AJ) among the CSI NY regs AJ got a lor of projects this year.

 

Also true, though I'm iffy on how quickly Danny supposedly caved. I still only remember him asking Flack "How do I do that?" [not blame myself for Ruben's death] as far as his own feelings went, though I haven't watched that episode in a while.

I'm still with you on the timing, which is why I still don't think she ever planned to say it period. She was fine holding it in until Danny set her off. It still doesn't make her slip to Danny an intentionally-cruel shot. Being set off is just more reason to phrase it in a more direct manner, if she said it to be mean.

I don't think cruelty would have had anything to do with it. I don't see Mac as a cruel person, but when that Rose person from the S1 finale asked him out on a date, he still turned her down. Gently, but I'd say it was still embarassing for her. Calleigh's not a cruel person, but when that guy (the one who shot himself in the head after pointing a gun to Calleigh's, I'm really not up to speed with the Miami storylines, so correct me if I'm wrong) came on to her, she still turned him down gently by saying she'd be honoured to know him as her "friend". And yeah, I think that was embarassing.

Danny's not mean, and I don't think he'd intentionally hurt Lindsay either. But if he thought he could never feel that way about her (as he definitely seemed not to, at least until LWFM), I totally think he would have told her, and yeah, I think it would've been embarrassing. Maybe flat-out telling her to get over him, right there in the office wouldn't be his style. I agree that seems a little mean and OOC for Danny. But you know, even his I'm sorry later in the episode sent the same basic message, and was a lot nicer. The way she looked at him when he said it made me think that's what she ran out of the office to avoid. I'd say that was humiliating.

 

Did they ask if he was happy doing CSI or if he was happy just doing CSI?

EDIT: if you were refering to this article: http://www.silive.com/entertainment/...carmine_g.html, they asked if he was happy just doing CSI, which doesn't mean he is unhappy doing it.

I guess it all depends on what else he is being offered. If it is between Carmine and Anna wanting to leave, my money would be on Anna, but like I said I wouldn't rule Carmine out completely.

 

would love to post the link but Im just using my iphone at the moment (at the airport ready to go on board)

the title of the article was Carmine Giovinazzo can act and rock

 

That is the one I have linked just above, they asked if he was happy just doing CSI, his answer implied he wanted to do other things but still do CSI.