There were two alleged reasons as to why Cook briefly went separate ways with Criminal Minds: the time-honored “creative differences” boilerplate, and reports of cost-cutting. On June 14, 2010, Entertainment Weekly broke news that Cook had been “fired” from Criminal Minds, with producers having “opted not to pick up” her contract for season 6. The outlet went on to report, “The decision to cut Cook […] was made for financial creative reasons.”
During an interview with Screen Rant later in July 2010, Cook’s Criminal Minds co-star Kirsten Vangsness, who played Penelope Garcia, channeled fan outrage over Cook’s firing. “It sucks when they fire your friends. I don’t know who made that decision, but I know that us as a family — the family that [executive producer] Ed Bernero made of us — are crushed and it’s awful,” she said. “It makes you very aware that it’s a job and if they need you, they keep you, and if they don’t, they fire you. Not that she’s not necessary! But, someone made a decision that she was not necessary and that’s a bad decision — in my opinion.
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Cook ultimately appeared on just two episodes of the sixth season: one to make the excuse of being transferred to the Pentagon, and the other to help assist in ending Prentiss’ storyline faking her death at the end of that season.
At the time, some fans decried the apparent sexism at hand, arguing that executives thought only one woman on the Criminal Minds cast would suffice, but Cook’s departure did come with the assurance that she would be replaced with another female cast member. That turned out to be Rachel Nichols as Ashley Seaver, who only appeared for a single season. Though Brewster stayed on for that season too, the episode count in her final contract was dropped and she didn’t return for the seventh season beyond it. For the next five seasons, the show had a bit of a revolving door for a third female co-star, eventually landing upon Aisha Tyler as Tara Lewis beginning with season 11. She became a full-time cast member along with Brewster’s return on season 12 and through the end of the series.
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