Callie: Take off your pants.
Erica: Excuse me?
Callie: Take off your pants. We’re trying this again. - Grey’s Anatomy
Edit by R: Here are some things you can do if you wish to support Brooke Smith and the character/storyline.
• Hope for Hahn LJ
• Hope 4 Hahn: The Petition
• Callie & Erica LJ Campaign
Gosh! Just when Grey’s was truly making a turn around and become good again - okay, I’ll admit, I’m a big fan of the whole series, so I don’t entirely hate everything but the seasons have been slowly declining since the amazing season 2.
So here is the news, Dr. Haun aka Brooke Smith (yes, that “put the lotion in the basket girl” from Silence of the Lambs) is being totally fucked over big time. This Thursday’s episode of Grey’s is her last. WTF?!
EW says this was not creator Shonda Rhimes’ decision but rather an order that came down from the network. The ABC executives reportedly “had issues” with both the explicit direction Hahn’s relationship with Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) was taking and with the Hahn character in general.
I’m a huge fan of her character, Brooke is super funny and witty in general too - and yes I’m a massive Callica shipper (but I’ll admit, I’m more a shipper for Mark & Callie all together). But I’m truly pissed off by this piece of news - first they had the nerve to up and boot her character which has been a big light on the show for me (adored her season 2 episode fans will recall, so was ecstatic she was a recurring cast member) and now only is she gone, but will she not get a proper goodbye, but what makes me most angry with this is apparently they knew about this since let go since mid September and couldn’t make a real send off. And why couldn’t they just go and do a re-write before even entering this relationship if ABC didn’t like it? Hello it is a TV Show and re-writes happen often, I mean remember when a cast member up and offed another co-star for being openly gay and that drama and how the plug wasn’t yanked instantly… could we not have tried it and then ultimately write out Dr. Haun? Why do you have to go and pull the plug LIKE THAT? Honestly it would have took one little episode to give Dr. Haun a proper goodbye, it go something like this: Erika realizes she is a lesbian and is clearly madly in love with Callie, as you may have seen from last weeks episode which was evident. This love, while their is strong affection isn’t reciprocated back to her from Callie so Erika decides she’s gonna bid farewell - give her a hella surgery, let her be a hero for an episode and have her leave Seattle Grace Hospital and go back to either Mercy West or move on to another better place. That’s it. One episode… Now I might be jumping the gun as I haven’t seen this week’s episode but reports are she gets no farewell what so ever, in fact Smith herself says “I’m not written out. My final scene is just me heading to my car.” so I guess I’m not jumping ahead.
Then Shonda Rhimes came back with this:
Brooke Smith was obviously not fired for playing a lesbian. Clearly it’s not an issue as we have a lesbian character on the show – Calliope Torres.
Rhimes has the nerve to say she wasn’t fired for playing a lesbian - it’s so fucking obvious she was! Some studio exec clearly didn’t like the way her character was going so she was consequently fired for it. What’s so fucking hypocritical; they didn’t fire T.R. Knight for being gay in real life, they even stood by him with the Isaiah Washington stuff, which is good I know, but then to do this! I think thats why it’s pretty shocking to me.
I understand from the article Brooke says she doesn’t think it was Shonda’s fault, but Rhimes shouldn’t insult her audiences intelligence, she could at the least say this was why she’s being so abruptley let go. And again I go back to why ditch her all together? Studio heads must have gotten their heads out of their asses for a moment to read that a lesbian storyline was being created, hello it’s been going on for two seasons… why did they decide now it’s inappropriate? And for the record, no you don’t have a lesbian character on the show, Callie seems pretty obviously bi IMO. I do think there is a big difference for something like this. For one, I guess being a bi female would be more acceptable especially in major primetime TV, although yes there is a double standard for men to be bisexual. It’s like Sydney Tamiia Poitier’s character was originally a lesbian in the Knight Rider movie and rewrote as bi for the show. Obviously this would be to open up storylines, but I think also if there was ever real uneasiness with the dyke-side they would “go back” to just men and it would slowly be forgotten. It’s why some lesbians will say they are bi-sexual, to help “lessen the blow” to their families who might be unacceptable.
“I found out in mid-September soon after shooting the monologue that aired last week where Erica has the revelation that she’s gay. They even came down and told me it was a great scene — one of the best they ever shot on the show. So I was really, really shocked. I was floored when they told me [I was being let go]. It was the last thing I expected. In fact, when they told me I asked, “When is this happening?” And they said, “The [next episode] is your last,” which is the one that airs this Thursday. So it was very sudden.” - Brooke Smith
And now the real kicker, I probably could have gotten over the Brooke thing after a few eps but then I read something new. “E! Online just broke the news that Melissa George (fucking love her!) who was coming in as a new character, originally as a bisexual character and love interest for Callie now isn’t as they changed the script.” DAMN IT! I’m gonna be deprived from hot fucking girl on girl action (as hot as network TV allows Lol) with uber sexalicious Sara Ramirez and Melissa too. *fuck* those bastards!
Ah, oh well I need to get into fanfic sooner rather than later. Now sit back and enjoy Callica / Sara / Melissa picspam.
