Post by Jemma on Jul 23, 2009 11:48:41 GMT -5
The 'CSI' Franchise Case File: Someone's Returning and Someone's Not
And the case file is back! Sure, we're intermittent, and we're off-season (which explains all those standalone articles), but here's why. Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello had unleashed a boatload of spoilers for CSI and CSI: Miami, something that I believe will sway how we watch upcoming episodes from those two in a pretty profound way. I just had to put them together. So, if you're ready, here's the obligatory spoiler alert. If you don't want to see them, it's been nice seeing you. If you do, then come on in!
Item one: It won't be that much of a flashback. We've known for weeks that the eighth season of CSI: Miami will begin with a flashback, going back twelve years to see how exactly the MDPD team came together. We know that Khandi Alexander will reprise her role as Alexx Woods in the episode, and we know that the rest of the crew are trying to bring back Rory Cochrane for the episode.
That, it seems, won't be happening. He reportedly turned down offers from the producers to guest star, again, in the eighth season premiere. So much for all that talk earlier--from Cochrane himself--hinting that he's open to the possibility. Maybe he didn't like the script, maybe he was busy, I don't know. He better remember that his "return" to the show isn't as supernatural as Delko's (Adam Rodriguez) imagination. Which, by the way, powers this entire episode--remember that he'll be in a coma after getting a bullet somewhere critical.
Executive producer Ann Donahue also hinted that we'll see Tripp (Rex Linn) with hair. And, well, we'll also know how he lost all that hair. "We'll see Tripp with a combover and Calleigh (Emily Procter) says something like, 'You know, bald men are really sexy,'" she said. "And then the next time we see him he's shaved his head."
Item two: It won't be that much of a reunion.
Item one: It won't be that much of a flashback. We've known for weeks that the eighth season of CSI: Miami will begin with a flashback, going back twelve years to see how exactly the MDPD team came together. We know that Khandi Alexander will reprise her role as Alexx Woods in the episode, and we know that the rest of the crew are trying to bring back Rory Cochrane for the episode.
That, it seems, won't be happening. He reportedly turned down offers from the producers to guest star, again, in the eighth season premiere. So much for all that talk earlier--from Cochrane himself--hinting that he's open to the possibility. Maybe he didn't like the script, maybe he was busy, I don't know. He better remember that his "return" to the show isn't as supernatural as Delko's (Adam Rodriguez) imagination. Which, by the way, powers this entire episode--remember that he'll be in a coma after getting a bullet somewhere critical.
Executive producer Ann Donahue also hinted that we'll see Tripp (Rex Linn) with hair. And, well, we'll also know how he lost all that hair. "We'll see Tripp with a combover and Calleigh (Emily Procter) says something like, 'You know, bald men are really sexy,'" she said. "And then the next time we see him he's shaved his head."
Item two: It won't be that much of a reunion.
