Kathryn Morris, who plays Detective Lilly Rush on CBS' Cold Case, doesn't sound like she's particularly enjoying her time on the show right now and wants a change.
The show is coming up on its 100th episode, and Morris doesn't like the fact that what's happening on the show is top secret and under the radar, which she says leads to the show not being nominated for Emmys (I have no idea what she's talking about here). Lilly was in the hospital, the victim of a gunshot, on the season ender last year. She wants the show to be sexier and edgier, like The Wire or The Sopranos.
Of course, The Wire and The Sopranos are on cable, and Cold Case is on CBS.
"I feel like Lilly has gotten bogged down in the last few years. I started to worry whether she's going to make it. ... I'd like her to be more than this feminist icon, more like real women I know. She needs to go to the movies, have a friend. ... Lilly became more of a bitch on board in the third season, and that's kind of a drag."
I do understand what she's talking about here though. But I don't think it's just happening on Cold Case. A lot of TV shows - especially the police procedurals - are all about plot and resolution, and you hardly ever see charcacter development or the ordinary rhythms of life on the show.
The new season of Cold Case starts September 23.
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7-31-2007 @ 9:25AM
Joe stalin said...
If you want pointless sub-stories about the characters, go watch a soap. I for one am glad that at least some shows can focus on the plots.
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7-31-2007 @ 10:27AM
Finkenwalde said...
Joe - television can be about plot AND character development. Great shows (The Wire, The Shield, and Rescue Me for example) have proven that the genre can be not only about what gets resolved in 58 minutes, but about the life of the character as well. Don't assume that they are mutually exclusive.
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7-31-2007 @ 10:33AM
Televinita said...
Oh, shut up Morris. I don't want sexy and "edgy" (a word which tends to mean "boundary pushing," which some of this show's cases do already) from this show. I want straight up casefiles, because this is one of the few procedurals that still lets its cases take center stage over personal storylines.
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8-01-2007 @ 12:28AM
J Sim said...
Considering that Kathryn Morris is the weakest part of the show her comments look all the more humorous. The problem with this show is that it wasn't satisfied with "cold cases" from 10 to 25 years ago. It started trying to make use of political and cultural issues from more interesting times. I'm sorry but you can only suspend disbelief so long. Throw in an alcoholic mom and I'm just tired of the show.
CBS may not have canceled it but I've left it off of my fall TV viewing schedule as I'll keep "Without A Trace" instead.
CBS seems to be the biggest loser in the off season as I'm sure a lot of people will be dropping "Criminal Minds" as well. If the CSI franchise starts to disappoint what will be left?
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