Conflicted

So it's the end. Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe and Eric Bogosian will all be exiting LOCI at some point in season 9. Found it in my Google Alerts - thanks to the heads up from BobbyG and maherjunkie. I suppose that means the season opener with all of them and then one by one they go? Goldblum is returning. Nicholson is not. So some new nubile young thing will join Jeff. Sad, isn't it? That LOCI should come to such an end?

USA can kiss Vincent's fans goodbye because none of us will continue watching the mess the show has become. Although Goldblum has done a pretty good job with what they gave him. I hope his fans are as loyal as Vincent's are.

I have mixed feelings about this news. On one hand, I'm going to miss seeing Vincent on a regular basis since he has a preference for indie films and while I love indie films as well, they aren't easy to come by and I'll have to wait to find them on the Independent Film Channel. :-/

On the other hand, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off me as I no longer have to stress over what the awful writers will do to them next season. I am hoping the Goldblum crew are staying and the Walon Green crew will be leaving. Goldblum's writers were so much better.

So I suppose I can just watch and hope the exit is handled well. Once Goren, Eames and Ross have all exited, I'll be done. I am also a huge fan of Kathryn Erbe and Eric Bogosian so if they're on for an episode or two beyond Goren's departure, I'll watch. I like Jeff Goldblum and all but not enough to watch on a regular basis. It's no longer must see TV for me.

I'm sure most have heard the news but just in case, here is the full story. Read and weep or rejoice depending on your POV. I'd post photos but Blogger isn't cooperating so I'll just have to wait to do it later.

Having a weekend off from grandparent duties so will probably complain or rejoice more about this depending on how I end up feeling by the time I post.

I will probably post more on this later but wanted to mention that after a couple of years of not watching House because it was so formulaic and House was becoming more of a curmudgeon than even I liked, it came back with a powerful 2 hour season opener with Andre Braugher as guest star. Andre Braugher and Hugh Laurie gave performances worthy of an Emmy.


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