The distrust in the network and the mothership was already there and the announcement of a singular character’s return when they are a package deal, amplifies that distrust, thus the negative reaction. They basically hung Michael out to dry.
One thing is for sure and that is the complete mishandling of this announcement by the network. If Cote will be joining him, do not string people along. You cannot do a project where everyone watched the characters end up together happily and then announce only one returning.
@Jay_Ray_1989TV@realityxash Well considering how many years we spent asking for the show to begin with- how about you come back in 5 years & we’ll let you know if we give up.
@TLTPGallery@M_Weatherly I mean, like, obviously to that first bit.
The point was me trying to be hopeful that for the first time in the history of the mothership that they don’t f*ck this up. They’ve never actually cared for these characters on the show before. It’s why we’re trying to #SaveTonyAndZiva
My brain says “trust the process” while the rest of me is screaming “NOBODY WANTED THEM BACK ON THE MOTHERSHIP”
But hope.
I HOPE that they know what they’re doing.
I HOPE that the writers take this seriously.
I HOPE that I’m not being a dumbarse who will cry about this later.
This! It does not make you a bad fan to call out the bullshit right now.
We all listened to two people say that they didn’t want to do the procedural 20 eps again and that they wanted the creative freedom for their characters for WHAT THEIR CHARACTERS DESERVED ‼️
Can someone explain to me how you sign up to go back to a place, within months of them killing your baby, and then watch your own supporting cast and crew beg, waste money and time, with the fans FOR MONTHS to get the baby back? Like that is nasty work???
Y’all can keep pushing but istg the riots if Cote isn’t with him…. It’s torturous enough with just him being announced…. If it stays this way, like- sorry but we’ve been gutted enough.
The last time CBS declined comment on whether Cote would join Michael for an arc (his exit) they strung us along for months, teased the fans, she outed them by confirming she was not returning, and they killed Ziva over it. So you can imagine why this might not feel great.
@BCarvalhei45495 It lost everything when Cote left, & then they just used Michael for window dressing & that was all kinds of ugh… now I’m having a hard time imagining that they understand what they did was terrible and change it.
I cannot believe they want us to watch the mothership. Like I sound like a broken record, I know! BUUUUUT, the audacity to ask this of us when we have been screaming #SaveTonyAndZiva… Sorry we didn’t know that wasn’t specific enough for them.