Please Don't Kick The Writers

Hitchcock was right: Actors should be treated like cattle. From THR:

An on-set altercation in which the actor kicked a writer
on the veteran procedural sealed his fate.

Thomas Gibson's time on CBS' Criminal Minds has come to an end.

"Thomas Gibson has been dismissed from Criminal Minds. Creative details for how the character's exit will be addressed in the show will be announced at a later date," producers ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios said in a statement.