{"id":2678,"date":"2012-09-17T09:25:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2012-09-17T09:42:57","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T13:42:57","slug":"homeland-star-mandy-patinkin-reveals-why-he-left-cbs-criminal-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/09\/homeland-star-mandy-patinkin-reveals-why-he-left-cbs-criminal-minds.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Homeland&#8221; star Mandy Patinkin reveals why he left CBS&#8217; &#8220;Criminal Minds&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mandy Patinkin, my hero.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rte.ie\/ten\/2012\/0917\/patinkinm.html\">From RTI<\/a>: <em>Speaking to New York magazine he said &#8220;The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do Criminal Minds in the first place.&#8221; He added &#8220;I thought it was something very different. I never thought they were going to kill and rape all these women every night, every day, week after week, year after year. It was very destructive to my soul and my personality. After that, I didn&#8217;t think I would get to work in television again.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Comment:<\/strong> <strong><\/strong>Fortunately, the talented star is back at work on the small screen &#8212; currently starring in Showtime&#8217;s <em>Homeland<\/em>. Patinkin has been one of my favorite actors ever since his days as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on <em>Chicago Hope<\/em> in the nineties. The character, a brilliant-but-arrogant doctor, was a lot like <em>House<\/em> except he actually cared about his patients. <em>House<\/em> was just mean. Anyway, I completely sympathize with the painful position he found himself in on <em>Criminal Minds<\/em>.\u00a0 He was right to leave.<\/p>\n<p>He was also right, earlier in his career, to leave <em>Chicago Hope<\/em> &#8212; though the medical drama was a faint shadow of its former self after his departure.\u00a0 Here he is talking with the late Tom Snyder about that decision &#8212; and giving us all a real-life lesson about what&#8217;s really important in life. And it ain&#8217;t fame and fortune.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Mandy Patinkin - Tom Snyder - Chicago Hope - Concerts\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PoK7A-G4uLY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>About Dr. Jeffrey Geiger. He&#8217;s truly one of the great TV characters and he was brought brilliantly to life by Patinkin. Here he is in two scenes from a crossover episode with <em>Picket Fences<\/em>.\u00a0 Together, they demonstrate that, with good reading, it is possible to balance edge with heart. Dr. Geiger is indeed an arrogant son of a you-know-what. But he&#8217;s also essentially kind.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Mandy Patinkin on Picket Fences (Part 5)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2B4wDoi75HE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Mandy Patinkin on Picket Fences (Part 7)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SXtlG9AqJpg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>BTW, I&#8217;m also pleased to learn that, growing up, Patinkin and I were both we&#8217;re influenced by <em>The Fugitive<\/em> &#8212; and for the same reason. It was about the quest for redemptive truth. More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IdfmvNGMK9I\">here.<\/a><br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Mandy Patinkin, my hero. From RTI: Speaking to New York magazine he said &#8220;The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do Criminal Minds in the first place.&#8221; He added &#8220;I thought it was something very different. 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