Billy is leaving CSI after the tenth ep.
It makes it sound like Grissom will leave with Sara. I hope to god they don't have them ride off into the sunset together and get married. I will seriously puke! But, since he's leaving, it looks like we won't get anymore Gil/Cath scenes.
I guess I'll have to switch to shipping Cath/Vartann. Wish they'd bring Vartann back as a full time cast member. They're adding Wendy (Liz Vassey) to the full time cast. So now we'll have Billy (up to ep 10), Marg, George, Lauren Lee Smith, Eric, Wallace Langham, Liz Vassey, Doc Robbins, David Berman and Paul Guilfoyle in the opening credits.
Some suggestions for Billy's replacement have been:
Andre Braugher - cool actor, not sure he'd fit with the CSI cast though, Laurence
Fishbourne- Morpheous on CSI? :lol: I dunno how that'd work...
Keanu maybe, but that will never happen. :lol:
John Malkovich- maybe as a guest star, but not regular, wouldn't fit with rest of them. I could see him playing a villian though.
Kurt Russell- would be cool, but I can't see him agreeing to do the show as a regular.
Bill Pullman- oh heck yeah, please! Loved him ever since I saw "Spaceballs". :lol: And we know he can play strong in charge characters cause he did it in ID4!
John Schneider- Love this idea too! I miss him on Smallville so much. :lol: He's like a fine wine, gets better with age (actually, I don't drink wine, so I wouldn't know about that. :lol: ).
Eric Roberts- maybe... could work. Like him.
Jonathan Frakes - hmm... maybe, I dunno if he'd fit in with the cast. :lol:
Maybe that guy that played Sledge Hammer... can't think of his name, but he was hilarious on that show. :lol:
Forrest Whitaker- can't see him as a regular. Who is
Jay Karnes? Who is
Brian J. White? The only Bryan White I know is the country singer. :lol:
Alex O'Lauglin- Mitch from Moonlight... well, he's free now that Moonlight has been cancelled. I could see him on there. Maybe
Michael Landes (Nick from Special Unit 2) as CSI in Warrick's slot. Then we'd have two people from SU2 as regulars in the CSI franchise (Jonathan Togo who plays Ryan on Miami was also a regular on SU2). They could also bring
Sophia back and make her supervisor in Gil's place... since she was demoted before for taking Gil's side (she was supervisor of the dayshift I think).
I'd love it if the show brought in Vincent Ventresca (Invisible Man) as the new CSI to fill Warrick's position. I think he'd fit in great with the rest of the cast. I can see him and Nick and him and Greg getting along really well. I think his character could be like a cross between Nick and Greg. Kind of serious like Nick, yet great sense of humor like Greg... and playful like Greg.
Here's the links to some info about Billy's departure if you want to check it out:
Ausiello files
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