Audra

The one that prefers to be unaware of the shipping and distances themselves from it

The one that encourages shipping and is approving of it.

i don't know. there's a lot of people right now who are saying a lot of things very definitively about him when the truth is that a lot of things right now lack certainty. supriya ganesh, a young southeast asian actress, found a meaningful and rare role in the character of samira mohan, and she quickly became a fan favorite. there was no real suggestion that this character was not returning for s3 in the writing of s1 and s2, so it came as quite a surprise when, on april 2nd, it was announced that she was not going to be in season three. with no doubt in my mind, i will say something foul occurred in the last month or two that resulted in this. whatever happened was not fair. the narrative that they are pushing out to the media is that this was an inevitability for the character that they had foreseen all along. this is particularly hard to believe, considering that shawn hatosy, who plays dr. abbot, admitted not knowing what was happening with this situation. if it was pre-planned, certainly someone who was at the table reads, and who had been in contact with supriya ganesh only a few month prior, would have know yeah? on top of that, supriya was set to appear at an event last night with the other cast members but pulled out, stating that she understood certain people had bought tickets to see her, and that she hoped they would understand it was not a decision she had made lightly.

where noah wyle comes to play in this is that he is the executive producer, writer and lead of the show this has all occurred on. consequently, because of his front facing position, i believe he has become somewhat of the scapegoat in this operation, taking a lot of the blows that have come from the backlash. and that's not entirely without justification; he sat there last night and dolled out a lame excuse about supriya/samira's exit was a natural occurrence due to the structure of their show and this steadfast dedication to realism that they have. he delivered what was almost a near copy and paste of what he said last year about tracy ifeachor's abrupt and much speculated about departure. it rang as untrue last night as it did the first time he said it. in doing this, he took a stance--and it wasn't a good one.

however, i really don't think noah wyle is to blame for this entire thing. supriya mentioned a scene in an interview that the audience did not get to see, but was one that noah wyle had very much written for her character. his episode was (i think?) one of the shortest of the season, and i don't think that was because he didn't write enough. i believe he did, but what he had written was for mohan and they cut it. it does seem that noah wyle had every intention of samira/supriya coming back. his character spends the season dogging on her, and i'm not sure that's something he would've committed to so wholly if he did not suspect at some point in the future that relationship would be mended.

A piece by Supriya Ganesh on being Indian in the entertainment industry, how that affects their gender identity, sexuality, and femininity.

These are just outtakes of a very important piece. I urge you to read the whole thing.