Out of all the L&O series, CI has been my favorite. I do enjoy SVU, I have been a Munch fan since Homicide LOTS, and was happy to see him continue his character in SVU.

Out of all the teams L&O has thrown at us, Goren ( Vincent D’Onofrio) and Eames (Kathryn Erbe) have been the most interesting. They make CI in my opinion. After loosing Det Logan for the second time, we are now loosing Goren and Eames… (I miss Wheeler!! (Julianne Nicholson)).

Don’t get me wrong, I think Jeff Goldblum is a brilliant and fun actor, I just DO NOT like his character Det Zach Nichols. Although, I guess its good to ride on the coat tails of a show that has been a success for so long before the “big” name came in?

Zach Nichols, as portrayed by Jeff Goldblum, is an analytical and quirky character.

Read more at Suite101: Jeff Goldblum Talks About Law and Order CI: Detective Zach Nichols Introduced on L&O Criminal Intent on USA

http://prime-time-dramas.suite101.com/article.cfm/jeff_goldblum_talks_about_law_and_order_ci#ixzz0k9RqLPan

I didn’t like the series Monk, and here we are with another “Monk” clone in Zach Nichols…. I find that Zach goes off tangent a little too reminiscent of “Monk”, and the logic that Goren brings has been forgotten in this character. When watching the episodes with Goldblum, I am waiting at any moment for him to be afraid to touch a door handle because he doesn’t know who touched it last.. It irritates me to the point, after the first 10 mins, I turn it off. I tried to watch Monk, I couldn’t get into it. (No offense to Tony Shalhoub).

Tuesday night will be the end for me. I will see what they have in store for Goren and Eames. I hope that both go out in the kind of glory that Capt Ross (Eric Bogosian) did. I hope they don’t pull the Speedle departure type thing that was pulled on CSI Miami… LAME!!!!!!! (I haven’t watched that show since, you don’t take a brilliant mind and turn him into a reckless, dumb ass to kill him off a show…).

This coming Tuesday will be the last we see of Goren, I highly doubt after seeing the following quote that he will be back from time to time.

“L&O:CI” is a USA Network show now after running on sister channel NBC. And USA, insiders point out, likes lighter fare when it comes to its shows. Goldblum is more in the tradition of Tony Shalhoub’s “Monk” than D’Onofrio.

While USA likes “lighter fare”, they tend to overwhelm in the useless and chronically moronic… Maybe they do not realize that a lot of their ratings came from the Goren and Eames fans they picked up when CI went to USA from NBC?.. I never watched that channel before CI went to it, I mean come on Monk? Psych? Give me a break! THATS SOME GOOD TV!!!!!!!!!!! NOT!!!!!!!!! I won’t even begin to talk about Burn Notice, I don’t care if they have the ALMIGHTY Bruce Campbell or not! I tried to watch that show once…. can you all give Jeffrey Donovan (Michael Westen) some acting lessons please??

I would also like to point out, USA Network, if you wanted to keep Monk, why did you end the series? Let’s keep the Monk clones in the closet, and come up with creativity. If we wanted to watch Monk, we would watch the reruns. (OK, I didn’t watch the originals, forget the reruns. )

All these changes raise again the larger question of where the whole franchise is headed. Meanwhile, Detectives Nichols and Stevens should make “Criminal Intent” different, and maybe that’s not a bad thing.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/03/30/2010-03-30_shifts_like_vincent_donofrios_departure_from_law__order_criminal_intent_choppy.html#ixzz0k9Y97oQy

Where is the franchise headed?? Hell in a hand basket, full of teens and those who like everything spelled out for them with out having to have a thought process going on while watching tv? The true boob toobers?? *SMIRK*

But.. IT’S OK!! They got Saffron Burrows!!! USA.. you might want to throw in Megan Fox while you are at it, I think with them two, your target audience of the walking hormone will be captured totally!

Saffron Burrows - Do we really want an anorexic being in the spot light? I guess this is the kind of projection USA thinks is a GOOD IDEA???!!

You remember the stories about girls as young as 6 years old starving themselves to be “perfect”? I think Saffron Burrows is a spokeswoman for that campaign….

Kathryn Erbe - A better choice for TV.... Thin but healthy! Beauty with out glitz, a role model type for those little 6 year olds who think they need to starve themselves to be beautiful... proof they don't have to.

Julianne Nicholson - Another perfect choice for TV.. Thin but healthy looking, your girl next door; the NORMAL woman.. another advocate that you can be thin and don't have to starve yourself to do it...

Makes you wonder what the message the USA Network is really sending doesn’t it?

And the Chronically Moronic Award goes to……… THE USA NETWORK for breaking something that was already perfect…

Chronically Moronic Award

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