NCIS & Female Characters

[gonzai]

As news travels down the pike that the NCIS:LA spinoff has dropped Louise Lombard as the team leader/main cast member, I find myself pondering the women of NCIS. The women of NCIS are all strong, capable, usually tough and physically strong - and they all wind up dead. Or missing.

Kate Todd - Secret Service - Presidential Detail, then NCIS.  Shot.
Paula Cassidy - NCIS - blown up in a self-sacrificial act.
Jenny - top level agent, first female director of NCIS - killed in a gunfight.
Col Hollis Mann - high ranked Army officer - character written out without explanation.
Ziva David - kick ass Mossad agent - dismissed from NCIS and last seen as a terrorist's hostage.
Macy - top NCIS agent and team leader - written out. No explanation yet.

It's rather disturbing that such good characters are created, but except for Abby, they all get kicked to the curb. What gives, NCIS?

Comments

[jslinder.livejournal.com]

And it could always be a simple matter of contracts or other obligations. Sadly, actresses are often cheaper to start, and their salaries tend to escalate a little faster, leading to more turnover..

[gonzai55.livejournal.com]

*smack* I did forget Agent Lee.

In the case of Col Mann, the actress retired from the biz. There's some talk Cote de Pablo is pregnant and this is how they'll keep her character off screen until she has the baby.

[onlyonechoice.livejournal.com]

In the case of Kate, the actress left the show because she didn't realize how crazy the schedule would be (it was mentioned on one of the special features or commentarie on the S2 DVDs), which is odd considering she was on Dawson's Creek, another crazy popular weekly series.

*grins* Just keep feeding me Gibbs and Tony and I'll be eating out of the palms of their hands.

[jslinder.livejournal.com]

That would make sense. Give a temporary role to someone and then have Gibbs and co find out and go for the rescue. Another option would be that Ziva was pregnant via Rivkin, but that would not fit the character.