I knew Mandy left but wasn't aware when, another character i loved on these types of shows was Gil on the original LV CSI. Out of interest do you know roughly when the show started to go downhill for you? Obviously you never know i may like the stuff you disliked and i'll try it anyway, but it's good to know when to expect a show to lose it's quality. I watched about a Season and a half of CSI thinking it would improve .