When something like that happens to a character (or two), I always wonder — at what time was the actor actually notified? It certainly wasn’t planned out from the start, because it can hardly be a coincidence that those were the two actresses who’ve been recently arrested for DUI, not to mention the long-standing rumors that the producers wanted to get rid of one in particular. (Because, sure, they couldn’t have been drinking and driving after their termination, but the rumors about Rodriguez had started out long before that.) So, what do they do? Do they give them the script’s last page at the very last moment, or trust their professionalism? On the one hand, when you’re getting rid of someone because they’re unmanageable, you’re unlikely to trust them to be professional on their final day; on the other, if you save the surprise for the last morning, how can you expect them to shoot their scenes rather than throw a tantrum?