Not entirely true. The fans spoke and indicated they preferred Eric over Jesse. CBS responded to the feedback. You can be assured that if Eddie had done a better job with his character, and the fans had fallen in love with him, Adam would not have been allowed to return.
No what the fans did was trash and bash Eddie before his character even appeared on the show saying that he was a stupid replacement, dragging in his personal life, and saying he didn't belong and that his character was crap before they even see his character in the show. You should see the reaction on the CBS message boards, they were so nasty and insulting that you'd think Eddie killed their pets or something.....
They never gave him a chance, in fact, from the very beginning a campaign built up to get rid of him before he even started appearing. The fans put all their anger in Eric leaving and blamed Eddie and his new character for all of it. They intended to hate him and bash him for as long as they can, they never intended to like him because they love their Eric so much.
Eddie came into a hostile environment where he had to bear the brunt of all that anger and hate, yet he was able to do with his head held high and he didn't say anything blaming anyone, he was humble, and he did his job.
This was never about if Eddie had done a better job, this was about the fans never gave him a chance, they wanted to hate him from the very start, and nothing Eddie did was gonna make them feel better because they just want to hate him for Eric leaving. So they took ever chance and every reason to bash his character and talk about how bad he is. What Eddie had to go through was unfair.
And the fact that Eric was constantly hovering around and it was clear that CBS favored their golden boy, didn't help the transition. With Eric popping in and out, people just want their Eric back, they see their Eric and they just hate Jesse.
I'm sorry but I just don't believe this was ever about Eddie doing a better job and Adam would not have come back. That's just being naive. Adam came back because he needed to and the network were so thrilled they just kept on putting him in more episodes and kicking Eddie into the background because now they have their Eric back. And considering that Eric's fanbase was much bigger than Jesse's (gee I wonder why?
) they just killed Jesse since now they have their golden boy back.
I don't mean to sound rude or harsh, but this is the simple truth, it was all about CBS wanting Adam back, and Eddie suffered the price.
BTW, cerebral hemorrahage from a simple fall is a quite common cause of death.
But he was the ONLY one who fell and hit his head?
You mean to tell me out of a whole lab full of people falling down, Jesse was the ONLY one to hit his head? Really? I find it hard to believe...:shifty:
Firstly, I want to say I really liked the episode and it made an excellent start to the season. I didn't have time to read everyone's posts thoroughly but I read that some people thought Jesse died by hitting his head which I agree would have been really lame, and then others said that he died because he fell near the gas. I agree with the latter view cos I think they showed a scene with him fallen just near the vent and so he must have inhaled a stronger dose of gas, which like any substance in excessive quantity, would have been lethal.
The problem is they never gave a clear cause of death, they just threw out a bunch of theories and then specifically stated that Jesse possibly could not have been revived from the gas because he was the ONLY one who hit his head and suffered internal bleeding in the head.
If they had just clearly stated that he died because he was too close to the vent and inhaled too much gas. That would have been fine.
I agree he shouldn't have died at all and if the people who make the show wanted to get rid of him, they could have just had him say bye in the first episode and move to a different city (Stella in CSI NY didn't even get to say bye but at least she didn't die!). but death by inhaling gas is more plausible than death by hitting your head I guess.
They could have just downgraded him to recurring character and send him back to LA or something, the death scene was stupid.
And as for Stella, well, she didn't get a goodbye because Melina did not come to film it.
