Was CSI's Finale Only for Shock Value? Did Bones' Twist Betray Fans? What's In Housewives' Future? And More!
Gary Dourdan, CSI
Question: I just had to write to you about the
CSI season finale. I found the episode devastating and feel the need to commiserate with another TV fan about this very, very shocking end to
Gary Dourdan's wonderful run as Warrick. I, and many other fans, are terribly upset about this horrific turn of events and can't believe how the producers have slammed shut the door on this character. I know Dourdan probably has some serious real-life problems but, wow, what a way to go. Just had to talk about it to somebody, and I knew you'd understand my pain.
— Farley C.
Matt Roush: Getting to the end of this season has certainly felt like a death march, hasn't it? So much carnage, so many downers. But probably none with the grim finality of Warrick's execution in the bleak final moments of CSI. We'll tackle the bigger implications of this trend later in the column, but in this case, the fact you feel pain tells me the show did its job. If Warrick had just slinked off in disgrace, we might feel sad for him and for the actor, but we could easily have shrugged it off as TV business as usual. Taking this extreme twist, turning him into the victim of a truly evil bad cop, ensures that we won't soon forget Warrick or Gary Dourdan. That's not such a bad thing, but without doubt, it was hard for me to shift gears last Thursday and keep watching other shows in the wake of this jolting tragedy.
