Khandi Alexander exits ‘CSI: Miami’
I gave up “CSI: Miami” — the most-watched TV show in the world! — sometime around the third season. Just wasn’t enjoying the bad-acting festival that is David Caruso, and also couldn’t get on board the evolution of the show from procedural to action melodrama, with Horatio Caine doing everything but leaping tall buildings in a single bound. But I tuned in last night to see how they’d write out Khandi Alexander, an original cast member as Dr. Alexx Woods, the touchy-feely coroner. Not everybody loved Alexx and the way she talked to the dead, but she was a unique character, and I think they sent her off well, giving her a whole episode to decide to leave the team to “spend more time with the living.”
Alexander reportedly quit rather than being fired. There are lots of negatives to “Miami,” including the fact that it shoots in Miami. Caruso is reportedly, er, difficult. Shows like this have a lot of turnover anyway, because unless you’re one of the leads, the role can be limiting. And Alexander has a history of liking to move on; she left “NewsRadio” in the fourth of its five seasons. So all this added up to hitting the road, and a new coroner next season.
Gail,
I love CSI Miami, and couldn’t wait to see how they would write out Khandi Alexander, a fave of mine from HBO’s “The Corner,” a miniseries you probably didn’t like, LOL.
I loved how the episode was devoted to her, and especially the final montages/goodbyes.
She will be missed. What won’t be missed is her referring to bloody battered corpses as “babygirl/boy,” and the super-smart pant suits and glam hair pieces she wore to work to cut open bodies.
I’m glad you acknowledged her exit.
So do you think the CSI motherside will be as graceful with Gary Dourdan’s ext? I think not.
KCJ
Gail should get her facts straight - CSI: Miami is, in fact, made at Raleigh Studios, Manhattan Beach - about 5 miles south of Los Angeles airport. The show visits Miami only twice per season.
I meant to say the CSI Mothership, or Motherlode…not Motherside lol…
I agree that there is no show with worse acting. The dialogue is also atrocious; usually it consists of one of the lesser stars staring at another and stating what they are going to do.
I loved seeing Khandi act on CSI. It’s nothing wrong with (reverence)talking to the dead, they’re only sleeping. It’s a spiritual thing. By the way I appreciate the way the last episode was dedicated to her. A beautiful, caring character that should make the world know what good morals are to watch Khandi.
At first, I couldn’t figure out CSI Miami. Is it a procedural? A serial? A festival of bad actors spouting monsyllabic exposition written by 100 monkeys sitting at 100 typewriters? I really thought that the whole was being performed tongue-in-cheek by the cast. How else to explain David Caruso’s signature sunglass-removing quip at each show’s cold opening? How else to explain the designer duds worn by the entire CSI crew? Even the CSI Vegas and NY crews wear regular clothes!
That being said, Khandi Alexander was probably the best actor on the lunatic miasma that passes for this show.
But it looks great in High Definition!
I really enjoyed Alexx and I will miss her, as a matter of fact it was the only reason I TiVoed
the show. Now that she’s gone I can no longer afford the space in the TiVo queue.
Good Bye Alexx and CSI Miami.