Why did cochrane leave csi

Cochrane sat down with CSI Files to tell us why he decided to leave the hit show and why he's unhappy with the way his character was dispatched. Rory Cochrane: Doing a one-hour drama is very long. I'm originally from New York and my family's back here, and a lot of my friends. I felt [the show] was never-ending and the grind was a lot. It's nice being on a hit show and the viewers are very supportive, but I couldn't really take it anymore.

It's hard to sit there and complain when the pay is good and most people make what we make in an episode, in a year. It wasn't a money thing. I didn't like someone having control of my life for most of the year. Cochrane: No, I actually thought it was pretty lame to be honest with you.

They have all these creative ways that people die [in Miami ]. A main character on the show--I thought they could have come up with something a little more imaginative. Getting shot--anybody can think of that. CSI Files: Did you have any ideas that you suggested to the writers about how to write your character out? Cochrane: I suggested something to them. I forgot what it was, but it got shot down.

It was like I'm the one who wants to leave, so I couldn't really ask. And I was like, "Can I at least get to shoot somebody? Cochrane: I gotta be honest with you, I thought it was totally lame, but what can you do? It's not up to me. Cochrane: No. CSI Files: Did you have any input in shaping your character?

He changed a great deal in the first season, from a more laid-back, casual type, to a cooler, edgier professional. Did you have anything to do with that, or was that just the writers tweaking the character?

Cochrane: It was sort of like a free-for-all in the beginning and they were just trying to put things together. We had a really great technical advisor named John Haynes , and I'd ask him questions.

I'd say, "would I be wearing this Grateful Dead shirt? Does this make any sense to you? Of course, we're driving Hummers and things like that--that's out of my control--but for my character I wanted to at least try to go by the book and not take the liberty of being able to wear t-shirts or tye dyes or whatever.

CSI Files: Do you think you'll keep in touch with any of the cast members? Cochrane: I still keep in touch with those guys. The cast is great. Speed had a cavalier attitude about his work, and this resulted in improper maintenance of his equipment.

One time he borrowed Callie's UV light and forgot to recharge it, which predictably irritated the latter character. He also apparently failed to properly maintain his sidearm, which wound up leading to his death. In "Lost Son," the CSI team gets caught up in a robbery in progress at a jewelry shop, and Speed's gun jams, giving one of the robbers a chance to shoot him in the chest.

Alas, after a mere 10 episodes, Delaney left the series, with her character being written off-screen. It's not directly known why she left, other than the explanation given by the network and producers that her character was becoming "less integral to the series. In any case, Delaney didn't stay long. Alas, his stay on CSI: Miami wasn't meant to last.

In the Season 3 premiere, Speedle gets distracted and gets shot in the heart and chest, later dying in his colleague Horatio Caine's arms. After making guest star appearances throughout the latter half of season one and the majority of season two, Sofia Milos was promoted to series regular in CSI: Miami 's third season in the role of Detective Yelina Salas.

Alas, the character wasn't a main character on Miami for long, however. Her character abruptly leaves for Brazil in the season finale, while only making scattered guest star appearances throughout the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons of the hit CBS procedural program. Despite the odd circumstances of Milos' stay on the show, it appears that this was a creative decision. Alas, that changed towards the end of the sixth season. But in Season 6, the character decides to leave her CSI position.

From what's been reported , it was Alexander's choice to leave the series. Alexx Woods wasn't gone for good after that, however. Alexander did make brief appearances in both Season 7 and 8. Specifically, she joined the hit dramatic series in its seventh season as coroner Dr.