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Beginning with the third season, Munch's role on the show started to shrink.

While a few episodes in season three attempt to explain his diminished role ( in one, he is on jury duty ; in another, he is on crutches following an accident ), these are on the whole exceptions.

A 2007 news item notes that the character " has slowly disappeared from plotlines ," and quotes Belzer as saying " t's mystifying to me ," admitting his feelings to be " slightly hurt.

" Following season nine, in which Munch appeared in just over half of the episodes, Belzer reiterated his mystification at the development, but also seemed to want to tone it down: " It's like yanking the tonsils out of the gift horse if I complain too much.

I've been lucky over the years [...] c ' est la vie: I'm not starving.