Buh-Bye Big

 

Well, I was sad to see late last night, the news break that Chris Noth will be leaving Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

I guess I will still check in with the show when replacement Jeff Goldblum joins the cast, but it won't be anywhere as good. For me, the Logan character was the saving grace of CI. The Goren character has just become too Sherlock Holmes/unrealistic for my taste. I like the regular tough guy, street cop approach that the Logan character represented. I don't know how you could bring Goldblum in as any kind of character other than a quirky detective (wait, didn't he just play a quirky detective in a failed tv show last fall???).

Let's face facts - Christ Noth is a much bigger star these days. Since becoming Mr. Big in Sex & the City and reprising the role in the movie, he just represents that kind of new all American guy. I hear he has a movie with Renee Zellweger coming up, so it sounds like he knows where to concentrate his efforts.