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Hey! Where Did That Elevator Shaft Come From?
Characters we really don’t miss after being written off the show.

Actors have it tough. Okay, that’s not entirely true; unsuccessful actors have it tough. Successful actors have maybe the cushiest lifestyle known to man. This is why I find it so fascinating when actors, finally basking in the success of a popular show, manage to screw it up. Whether it’s a DUI charge in Hawaii or a defamatory remark made backstage at the Golden Globes, I guarantee you, where there’s a successful show, there’s an actor one drink too many away from being written off. Sometimes it’s sad to see characters that you really like leave (Dr. Romano on ER!), but then there are times when it’s the best thing the writers could have done. The following is a list of three characters whose death or departure I cheered rather than mourned.

Ana-Lucia-Lost
Could Michele Rodriguez be more annoying? She plays the same character in every movie she’s ever been in, and yes, that includes Blue Crush. The whole “Ana-From-The-Block” thing got really old, really fast and the character brought absolutely NOTHING to the show beyond saving all of us from the ill-conceived Shannon-Sayid relationship. Although the producers denied that Rodriguez’s DUI charge had anything to do with her character being written off the show, I don’t buy it. I think she was skating on thin ice and the drunken driving charge was the straw that broke the camel’s back. In my opinion, it’s not a coincidence that the one season with Ana-Lucia was BY FAR the worst season of Lost, and at least for this viewer, her death was welcomed.

Dr Burke – Grey’s Anatomy
Well this was one of the more bizarre celebrity side stories of the year. Isaiah Washington goes to rehab, not because of drugs, not because of alcohol, but because he has a big mouth and a bad temper. Maybe instead of rehab, he should have gone back to kindergarten to learn not to call people names, especially not derogatory homophobic names. I’m happy that Isaiah Washington is no longer on Grey’s Anatomy simply because I don’t want to have to hear about this story anymore! At this point, it’s a little early to decide if the show will be better or worse for the decision but if it means putting the final nail in the Isaiah-Washington-Verbal-Diarrhea fiasco, then I’m ALL for it.

Terri Bauer-24
When I first started watching 24, I looked up the name of the actress playing Teri Bauer on IMDB to try and figure out which producer she was married to because I could not believe that she had been cast in that role by merit. First of all, she looked about 5 years older than her “daughter”. Secondly, she was just plain terrible! You have to be a pretty bad actress to not have any chemistry with Kiefer Sutherland. There’s nothing that frustrates me more than an actor who is given EVERYTHING to work with (a good cast, a great script, killer concept) and yet manages to do NOTHING with it. Thank GOD the writers decided to make Jack Bauer a little more complicated by killing his wife. Teri Bauer’s memory has much more of an impact on the show than the actress playing her ever could.