May 05 2008
Khandi Alexander is leaving CSI: Miami
Late last week, TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello reported that Khandi Alexander is leaving CSI: Miami at the end of the season. Alexander is know for her fierce but tender Medical Examiner alter ego Alexx Woods. There is no word yet about how the character will depart, but Ausiello hints strongly that the reason for the departure is some issues Alexander has with an aspect of the show.
Who knows? Cast members are leaving CSI, too (first Jorga Fox and now Gary Dourdan), so maybe there is just a limit to how long you can do this kind of show (intense, lots of blood and gore, often depressing). I haven’t followed the plots on CSI: Miami, so I don’t know what kinds of issues Alexander would have with the show.
She is a terrific actress; one of the standout episodes for me was her grief over working on the body of a child, and how she combined tears with professionalism during the episode. She will have no trouble finding other work out there.
Reportedly, there is a search for a new medical examiner, and this one will be male.
I knew Khandi many years ago before she switched from musical theater to straight acting. She blew me away in “The Corner” (HBO miniseries, in some ways a prequel to “The Wire”). Every time I’ve seen her on CSI: Kabuki, the same thought has occurred: They must be paying her an awful lot of money, or else why in the world is she staying in this role? It surely couldn’t be for the one meaty scene they’d write for her every second year.
All the best to you, my dear, from the piano player across the hall in Boston.
“Aw sugar, why’d she have to leave the show so young..”
Finally! Maybe I’ll start watching again–I couldn’t stand her character and that stupid “Aw sugar” stuff at every dead body. I was so happy years ago when they said a character was going to die–but once I saw it was Speedle, I deleted my TiVo season pass.
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7 Responses to “Khandi Alexander is leaving CSI: Miami”
No, Dexter is this.Basically, a serial killer stalks other serial killers and kills them off. Highly recommended.
Shows like this cause big problems for jury trials because people who watch them begin to expect the kind of incontrovertible physical evidence they offer (like DNA, etc.) when most trials aren’t so black-and-white.
House>cop shows. Same investigation, and you don’t have to root for cops,
Why don’t they ever turn the lights on in any CSI show?They point those flashlights at everything but never even consider turning on the fricking room light.
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Unbelievably, CSI:Miami was (and maybe still is) the No. 1 television show in the WORLD in 2006, I kid you not. I can’t even watch any of the CSI’s anymore; “Bones” is much more fun and interesting.Ever wonder why criminal forensics shows have been so popular in this decade, not just in the U.S. but around the world? IMHO, I believe the appeal lies in the frustration the average citizen feels as corrupt governments, politicians, corporations, et al get away with MURDER (literally and figuratively); watching these shows in which often monstrous criminals are brought to justice via unimpeachable forensic evidence briefly satisfies our desire for justice, albeit fictional, in a world where there is none.