BODY & SOUL (Mondays, 9 P.M./ET, premieres September 16) Stars: Peter Strauss, Larissa Laskin. The Pax File: Culture clash in scrubs, as Rich Man, Poor Man's Strauss plays a by-the-book surgeon who's dismayed to learn his former protégé (Laskin, a replacement for original star Daphne Zuniga) has returned from a fellowship in the Far East, brimming with alternative-medicine ideas. They say: "She looks at the patient who happens to have a problem or disease, whereas Peter's character, and most doctors, just look at the problem," says executive producer John Whelpley. "Anybody that comes through the doors of this hospital has an effect on our staff as much as our staff has an effect on them." We say: This conflict may get us through one episode, but an entire series? |
I'm curious as to why she was replaced.