Rerun from one show to another

A few weeks ago, I watched the "NCIS" episode in which Very Special Pain in the Butt Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) left the team and the show to take care of his TV daughter. I watched it on TV.

Then last night, I was watching "Criminal Minds" on Netflix and immediately realized that I was watching the episode where Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) was leaving the BAU to look after his TV wife and child. It felt almost like a rerun of the NCIS episode, although I don't know which aired first.

I have to admit I'll miss Morgan more than DiNozzo. I hated the way he treated Tim McGee (Sean Murray). And, yes, I do realize DiNozzo's character was written that way.

Morgan's character picked on Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) some on "Criminal Minds", but they were best buds. Morgan was more like a loving big brother, not a tormentor.

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More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

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• The PRESS cap and my friend Mike

• Watching TV

• No luck with Billy Sims

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!

EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Entries from The Dog Blog

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• The Dog Diary (2014)

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• OOH! OOH! The stereophonic huskies

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Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

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(the book of great NASCAR stories)

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