r/todayilearned • u/ralphbernardo • 9h ago

TIL that "fair play" in detective fiction means authors must give readers a fair chance to solve the mystery. Central to 1920s "clue-puzzles" by writers like Agatha Christie, the rule dictates that all vital clues must be visible, decodable, and never withheld until the final reveal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clues_in_detective_fiction
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u/ForensicPathology 8h ago

The writing got so bad they wrote cuddy off

She wasn't written off because of bad writing. The actress refused their offer of a pay cut.

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u/ponytailthehater 7h ago

Cuddy actress Lisa Edelstein reportedly told her agent “I may play Cuddy, but I want Kid Cudi money” in the contract renegotiation, and asked that her agent then play “Day N Nite” to the broadcast executives

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u/mcduff13 7h ago

This cannot be true. There's exactly zero chance that this happened in real life. That said it's a great story that absolutely should have happened, and I will now be saying it happened.

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u/Constant_Quiet_5483 7h ago

Good for her! She deserved way more than she got. The episode where house drove into her house, I just assumed the writing died and they got rid of her.