Overview
- Scorsone will be off-screen for eight consecutive episodes with a planned return next year, according to trade reports.
- Deadline first reported the hiatus, which Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, People and other outlets corroborated.
- Producers have cut minimum guarantees for long-tenured actors to 14 of 18 episodes per season as a cost-saving measure used by many long-running dramas.
- Scorsone remains a series regular and is expected to appear in roughly 10 of this season’s 18 episodes, per reporting.
- The Oct. 16 installment marked the series’ 450th hour and set up new arcs as the season continues to explore repercussions from an earlier crisis.