I have thoughts and questions about the plot points this season is taking. For example, what the heck are they doing with Kono? Has she really gone rogue? Is she undercover? She kicks some serious ass so it would suck if she couldn't get her badge back and join the team again.
Also I'm enjoying that they brought on Terry O'Quinn's character Lt. Commander Joe White (generic name, I'm surprised he's not just John Smith or John Doe :p ). Having a father figure type on the show actually gives Steve a bit more humanity if that makes sense. He's always being so bad ass it's nice that there is someone bad assier than him? (Not sure if bad assier is a term, but it is now. :) His bad assness being taught to him by Joe himself. Granted because it's Terry O'Quinn I don't want to trust him and I'm naturally assuming he has something to hide.
Speaking of softening the Steve McGarrett the new recruit Lori Weston could do just that although it's too early to tell. Both actors could probably have chemistry with a paper sack so they fact that they do with each other isn't shocking. However I don't want to be pummelled over the head with it, if they get together fine, but I wouldn't want the focus of Five-0 to turn into a late night soap, I do enjoy the bad assery much more than the romance. (Note to self make a list of all the 'bad ass' terms possible)
Now on to this episode...I shall commence the play by play, which is I will throw random comments out as I watch the episode, I will come back and edit before posting but if you haven't seen this episode and don't like spoilers stay away from the cut cause I will not hide any major plot point if it pertains to my play by play. :)
Read on:
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New shows, old shows...so many so little time.
I like to take new shows for a 'test ride' as it were before I really get into them. Sometimes I don't want to get into it until I know they are going to be picked up for a full season because it's not fun when you're really into a show and it gets cancelled. Really it sucks, just ask any browncoat. :)
My new plan for this particular blog is to try and do 'play by plays' of the shows that I watch. Apparently I'm amusing when I do this so I thought it might be fun to type out while I watch. We'll see how I do, there a lot of shows that I enjoy but only some where the play by play will work so I'll do a test run on these shows next week and we'll see how it goes.
So this season I've started a couple of new shows. I've still got my stand bys, Castle and CSI:NY (although to be honest I'm not sure why I watch NY right now, it's mostly out of habit). The Big Bang Theory is a good one too, very funny, it's a show DH and I can watch together. Bones is always going to be one of my faves even if it's starting later in the year. November 3rd is actually not later it's TOO LATE, I mean come on almost two months before Christmas really?? I get it, lead actress was pregnant, but still! I don't like waiting people, I like my shows to arrive like clockwork! Hawaii Five-0 was a new one last year and now that it's picked up for a second season I can get even more involved, I hope this one lasts, it's fun, gritty and sexy all the makings of a good show for me ;) Plus the characters, you gotta have characters I can get my head around (having some that are great to look at isn't a bad thing either, just saying).
I like the NCIS's but haven't kept up with them in the last year or so. Anyway new shows that I'm trying on for size. Ringer, Person of Interest and The Secret Circle.
I'm watching Ringer because I loved Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy and so far I like it. It's a bit hard to follow because so many story lines are intersecting so I hope it doesn't get so bogged down in all that's happening to forget key points in the plot. I've seen three episodes so far and it's got me interested enough to watch the fourth, I'll try to do a play by play of that when I do.
Person of Interest is, well, interesting. I like the two main characters, I find that I'm interested in learning what makes Reese tick and they've given us enough back story that I can understand why he's so dark and brooding. You know besides the obvious need to have a dark and brooding character, people seem to latch on to that for some reason. :) Finch is a little bit more mysterious, I can't seem to decide if he's being noble or if there's another reason for why he's doing what he's doing. Plus I'm very curious as to what caused him to have a limp and such a stiff neck. In short I will continue to watch this show.
The Secret Circle is another teen super natural show, from the creator of The Vampire Diaries. I'm not sure where I am with this one, in fact so far if I'm gonna drop one it'll be this one but we'll see. It's another one that could get too bogged down with multiple plot lines that it could lose it's audience, it's also one where there is forbidden love so it could gain an audience there. Who knows? Jury's still out on that one...I'll have to try a play by play on the next episode I watch of that and see what happens.
Anyway there's a lot of TV to watch this season and since I've taken a break from facebook I think I'm gonna enjoy seeing where these seasons go, and what shows I'm still going to be watching in spring. Feel free to follow the ride if you dare. *insert evil laugh here* ;)
My new plan for this particular blog is to try and do 'play by plays' of the shows that I watch. Apparently I'm amusing when I do this so I thought it might be fun to type out while I watch. We'll see how I do, there a lot of shows that I enjoy but only some where the play by play will work so I'll do a test run on these shows next week and we'll see how it goes.
So this season I've started a couple of new shows. I've still got my stand bys, Castle and CSI:NY (although to be honest I'm not sure why I watch NY right now, it's mostly out of habit). The Big Bang Theory is a good one too, very funny, it's a show DH and I can watch together. Bones is always going to be one of my faves even if it's starting later in the year. November 3rd is actually not later it's TOO LATE, I mean come on almost two months before Christmas really?? I get it, lead actress was pregnant, but still! I don't like waiting people, I like my shows to arrive like clockwork! Hawaii Five-0 was a new one last year and now that it's picked up for a second season I can get even more involved, I hope this one lasts, it's fun, gritty and sexy all the makings of a good show for me ;) Plus the characters, you gotta have characters I can get my head around (having some that are great to look at isn't a bad thing either, just saying).
I like the NCIS's but haven't kept up with them in the last year or so. Anyway new shows that I'm trying on for size. Ringer, Person of Interest and The Secret Circle.
I'm watching Ringer because I loved Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy and so far I like it. It's a bit hard to follow because so many story lines are intersecting so I hope it doesn't get so bogged down in all that's happening to forget key points in the plot. I've seen three episodes so far and it's got me interested enough to watch the fourth, I'll try to do a play by play of that when I do.
Person of Interest is, well, interesting. I like the two main characters, I find that I'm interested in learning what makes Reese tick and they've given us enough back story that I can understand why he's so dark and brooding. You know besides the obvious need to have a dark and brooding character, people seem to latch on to that for some reason. :) Finch is a little bit more mysterious, I can't seem to decide if he's being noble or if there's another reason for why he's doing what he's doing. Plus I'm very curious as to what caused him to have a limp and such a stiff neck. In short I will continue to watch this show.
The Secret Circle is another teen super natural show, from the creator of The Vampire Diaries. I'm not sure where I am with this one, in fact so far if I'm gonna drop one it'll be this one but we'll see. It's another one that could get too bogged down with multiple plot lines that it could lose it's audience, it's also one where there is forbidden love so it could gain an audience there. Who knows? Jury's still out on that one...I'll have to try a play by play on the next episode I watch of that and see what happens.
Anyway there's a lot of TV to watch this season and since I've taken a break from facebook I think I'm gonna enjoy seeing where these seasons go, and what shows I'm still going to be watching in spring. Feel free to follow the ride if you dare. *insert evil laugh here* ;)
Please Hart Hanson....
Don't make me loathe you again.
This is a good article that will revive the shippiness in you. :) http://www.tvguide.com/News/Bones-Booth-Brennan-1017326.aspx
This is a good article that will revive the shippiness in you. :) http://www.tvguide.com/News/Bones-Booth-Brennan-1017326.aspx
The Bones on the Blue Line
Can't say too much as I know but I thought it was a really good episode. Weird product placement for a vehicle - it was just awkward - but I loved the ending and it's just because I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
The previews for next week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIky7H6MrNI is good. I think Hart Hansen is pulling another one of his tricks. I don't actually think we'll see them get together - I think it's just more slight of hand like last season's ender. Guess we'll just have to wait an see.
The previews for next week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIky7H6MrNI is good. I think Hart Hansen is pulling another one of his tricks. I don't actually think we'll see them get together - I think it's just more slight of hand like last season's ender. Guess we'll just have to wait an see.
Altered review
Well this was going to be a review of last night's Vampire Diaries episode, which has finally come back after a hiatus that was too long. However this girl here thought the show was on at 9 when it was really on at 8 and so she missed it. It's not available online yet so I'll just wing it with something else.
What happened to the TV? Am I the only one who remembers when you would have a new episode from like September to May with very few interruptions in programming? I mean you'd have your break for the Holiday specials (Christmas and Easter) and that was usually just a week - maybe two at the most - then your show was back. If there was an interruption beyond that it was something that was considered a rare oddity...When did this month/two month crap of "breaks" start happening?
The other thing I miss is shows used to do "theme" episodes, for the holidays. There was the spooky one for Halloween, the Thanksgiving one, the Christmas/New Year's one...etc. What happened to that? CSI New York and Bones are the only two shows that I can think of doing it from time to time over the last four/five years. It seems like it's just faded away...
Ok one last though before I go start my day of running around. Does anyone else thing that reality tv has killed prime time? I could never seem to get on the bandwagon of RTv. Survivor just is stupid to me; seriously if they really wanted to have people "survive" strap some cameras to poles/trees/rocks and let the people be. When someone walks up to the camera and says - I'm done, I want to go home - a little boat/car/train comes, picks them up and then the game continues until no one is left. No tribal councils, no immunity games...BigBrother is just voyuerism on steriods. I can't say anything more than that. The only one that I think is half way decent (and that I will watch if I can't find anything else on and I don't have anything recorded on my DVR - which isn't often) is Dancing with the Stars - but even now seeing how they aren't being horribly selective on their "stars" aspect (Kate Gosselin - I mean, come on really? Someone really thinks she's a star because she's had 8 kids whom she's used to make a name for herself and a nasty divorce to boot? I just don't see it but she's truly a topic for another post).
Ok...One blog post down, one to go -- now it's time to get some work done around the house, run errands and try not to wake anyone in my house up for 1pm...
What happened to the TV? Am I the only one who remembers when you would have a new episode from like September to May with very few interruptions in programming? I mean you'd have your break for the Holiday specials (Christmas and Easter) and that was usually just a week - maybe two at the most - then your show was back. If there was an interruption beyond that it was something that was considered a rare oddity...When did this month/two month crap of "breaks" start happening?
The other thing I miss is shows used to do "theme" episodes, for the holidays. There was the spooky one for Halloween, the Thanksgiving one, the Christmas/New Year's one...etc. What happened to that? CSI New York and Bones are the only two shows that I can think of doing it from time to time over the last four/five years. It seems like it's just faded away...
Ok one last though before I go start my day of running around. Does anyone else thing that reality tv has killed prime time? I could never seem to get on the bandwagon of RTv. Survivor just is stupid to me; seriously if they really wanted to have people "survive" strap some cameras to poles/trees/rocks and let the people be. When someone walks up to the camera and says - I'm done, I want to go home - a little boat/car/train comes, picks them up and then the game continues until no one is left. No tribal councils, no immunity games...BigBrother is just voyuerism on steriods. I can't say anything more than that. The only one that I think is half way decent (and that I will watch if I can't find anything else on and I don't have anything recorded on my DVR - which isn't often) is Dancing with the Stars - but even now seeing how they aren't being horribly selective on their "stars" aspect (Kate Gosselin - I mean, come on really? Someone really thinks she's a star because she's had 8 kids whom she's used to make a name for herself and a nasty divorce to boot? I just don't see it but she's truly a topic for another post).
Ok...One blog post down, one to go -- now it's time to get some work done around the house, run errands and try not to wake anyone in my house up for 1pm...
Ch-ch-ch-changes :)
So we started off as a CSI blog that had our opinions of CSI and it's two spinoffs. Now, four years later, we've expanded our television viewing somewhat and I (Sheri) have decided to revive the blog so we can continue our fun dialogue about the shows we now watch. Both Krista and Holly are also authors and going to be adding their own flair and opinions about some of the same shows as me and some different ones.
Thanks to streaming I can watch my shows more at my convenience while working it around my schedule. I consider this part of my me time...something to do just for me...and whoever might want to read this.
Shows I like to watch and might comment on are as follows, in no particular order:
Castle
CSI:NY
Flash Forward
Fringe
The Vampire Diaries
Bones
Wow a top six...didn't realize there were that many...haha. Anyway we'll see where this takes us, stay tuned.
Thanks to streaming I can watch my shows more at my convenience while working it around my schedule. I consider this part of my me time...something to do just for me...and whoever might want to read this.
Shows I like to watch and might comment on are as follows, in no particular order:
Castle
CSI:NY
Flash Forward
Fringe
The Vampire Diaries
Bones
Wow a top six...didn't realize there were that many...haha. Anyway we'll see where this takes us, stay tuned.
Now THAT is what I'm talking about!
See last night...that was fantastic. I thought it was some of the best New York had to offer I really did. I almost wish it was a two hour special because that much could have been done with it. However they did well with one hour and I'm glad both victims conntected to the other. At first I was thinking that a second case wasn't needed, but the fact that they were connected worked for me.
Edward Furlong was creepy and yet sad. At the end there when Danny shows him that his brother Ian actually shot the bartender you could see the different stages of emotion that Shane went through right to the defeat when he slid down the wall and dropped the gun. That was such a great moment and I'm glad they let Danny run with it. I wish they would have said more about Louie, cause honestly I'm a bit miffed that we still don't know if Louie is alive, dead or still in a coma. More info on that would have been nice, but getting to Danny by talking about a younger brother having to take care of his older brother was a nice touch. I love it when they delve into that man's character.
OOOH and the burn for Peyten...FIRST Mac pushes her hand off his face and THEN he calls her Claire...holy crap...that was...wow...I can imagine Peyten was beyond hurt that was mean. I mean it wasn't a shock for me that in the wake of finding Claire's son that she would be foremost on Mac's mind but my goodness that's a low blow. And uh did anyone think that Peyten looked a lot like the pics of Claire that Mac had? Maybe I was reaching but that week that he went to see Claire's kid (his name escapes me) I thought the pics looked similar. Either way I wonder if they will continue at all with the Peyten storyline or if it'll just die down. Probably the latter.
I wish there could have been a bit more with Hawkes, but I LOVED the scene with Mac barelling into the precinct to talk to Hawkes AND that Flack went to bat for him even though last week he was questioning if he should trust Mac. That whole scene was fantastic I just loved it. The Chief is an ass yet you could tell he wasn't all bad...just probably doesn't really understand the CSI's work and probably is of the 'they aren't real cops' mindset.
Stella's comment to the chief about going after one of her guys was awesome! I loved it 'I will make it my business to have your badge' or something to that affect. Oh wow that was amazing. And we got to have our reactionary Danny back! So good! I just loved him this ep...more than normal...when he confronted the bouncer and then when he talked it out with Mac and Stella and Stella was the one to come at him about how it would effect Hawkes. It just.
Yeah I loved this ep...I'm sorry that this may be the end of the Shane Casey thing...although there was that FBI murder last week that will obviously come back in the new year since I think they are probably going into repeats over the month of December. Fine with me...I hope they are consistent with eps next season too...I look forward to it!
I think I've almost given up on Miami...I just...yeah...H is too much. The over dramatics almost always pains me...can't do it. Vegas is like old faithful...it just makes me all happy to watch it. I'll be sad to see Griss go (whenever that is) and interested to see how that plays out.
I'm done now...gonna go do the work thing. Anyone else have comments?
Edward Furlong was creepy and yet sad. At the end there when Danny shows him that his brother Ian actually shot the bartender you could see the different stages of emotion that Shane went through right to the defeat when he slid down the wall and dropped the gun. That was such a great moment and I'm glad they let Danny run with it. I wish they would have said more about Louie, cause honestly I'm a bit miffed that we still don't know if Louie is alive, dead or still in a coma. More info on that would have been nice, but getting to Danny by talking about a younger brother having to take care of his older brother was a nice touch. I love it when they delve into that man's character.
OOOH and the burn for Peyten...FIRST Mac pushes her hand off his face and THEN he calls her Claire...holy crap...that was...wow...I can imagine Peyten was beyond hurt that was mean. I mean it wasn't a shock for me that in the wake of finding Claire's son that she would be foremost on Mac's mind but my goodness that's a low blow. And uh did anyone think that Peyten looked a lot like the pics of Claire that Mac had? Maybe I was reaching but that week that he went to see Claire's kid (his name escapes me) I thought the pics looked similar. Either way I wonder if they will continue at all with the Peyten storyline or if it'll just die down. Probably the latter.
I wish there could have been a bit more with Hawkes, but I LOVED the scene with Mac barelling into the precinct to talk to Hawkes AND that Flack went to bat for him even though last week he was questioning if he should trust Mac. That whole scene was fantastic I just loved it. The Chief is an ass yet you could tell he wasn't all bad...just probably doesn't really understand the CSI's work and probably is of the 'they aren't real cops' mindset.
Stella's comment to the chief about going after one of her guys was awesome! I loved it 'I will make it my business to have your badge' or something to that affect. Oh wow that was amazing. And we got to have our reactionary Danny back! So good! I just loved him this ep...more than normal...when he confronted the bouncer and then when he talked it out with Mac and Stella and Stella was the one to come at him about how it would effect Hawkes. It just.
Yeah I loved this ep...I'm sorry that this may be the end of the Shane Casey thing...although there was that FBI murder last week that will obviously come back in the new year since I think they are probably going into repeats over the month of December. Fine with me...I hope they are consistent with eps next season too...I look forward to it!
I think I've almost given up on Miami...I just...yeah...H is too much. The over dramatics almost always pains me...can't do it. Vegas is like old faithful...it just makes me all happy to watch it. I'll be sad to see Griss go (whenever that is) and interested to see how that plays out.
I'm done now...gonna go do the work thing. Anyone else have comments?
A Walk Down Memory Lane
As I sit here on this night before Thanksgiving, watching a mini-marathon of CSI: Miami past. One thing that I have discovered on this historic journey is that the whole "let's take a walk on the beach just to show how much of a team we are" isn't something new from this specific season. It's something that has been going on from atleast season 2, possibly even from season 1. It seems like they started using it, either discovered it made no sense or just didn't like it, phased it out and are test driving it again this season.
Also, H seems to have upped his Super Hero-esque ego. The writers need to get him to be more 3 dimensional. I mean I loved that when Marisol was a factor they showed his softer side (though she needed to be save like every third episode), that he had something outside of work. Maybe his character is intended to be this way, to be "All about the job" and the hero of the world.
It just seems like Miami is the wild child of the CSI series. Everything is bigger and more flashy in Miami. I wonder if that's the way they meant it to be or it's just evolved that way...Things that make you go hmmmm....lol...
As a side note, how many hilarious lines is Mac getting this season? He's had more than in the last two seasons combined so far! But more on that tomorrow....
Night night....
Also, H seems to have upped his Super Hero-esque ego. The writers need to get him to be more 3 dimensional. I mean I loved that when Marisol was a factor they showed his softer side (though she needed to be save like every third episode), that he had something outside of work. Maybe his character is intended to be this way, to be "All about the job" and the hero of the world.
It just seems like Miami is the wild child of the CSI series. Everything is bigger and more flashy in Miami. I wonder if that's the way they meant it to be or it's just evolved that way...Things that make you go hmmmm....lol...
As a side note, how many hilarious lines is Mac getting this season? He's had more than in the last two seasons combined so far! But more on that tomorrow....
Night night....
Oh the pain!
Okay I'll say it Carmine Giovinazzo has a beautiful body. It's true. This is a fact so I shall not deny. HOWEVER, he is also an extremely talented actor who is being over shadowed by his beautiful body. This pains me. *sigh*
There was no point for his nakedness this past episode. Now it is a first for him to be seen sans shirt including no beater and like I said pretty sight. It is difficult for me to enjoy this sight, however, when I KNOW that it is just to appease the horny fans. It makes me sad that an obviously talented roster of writers feel the need to strip him for good ratings.
ESPECIALLY when in that scene the focus should have been more on Hawkes. A person is hard pressed to remember when Hawkes is contemplating when his co-workers are stripping do to coffee related mishaps. (How many D/L fans do you think are gonna have him and Lindsay going at it as a reason for the coffee spillage? Not me I can assure you.)
Aside from my combination of enjoying/hating the nekkid I actually kinda liked this episode. I loved the focus on Hawkes. Hill Harper excelled in this ep. Points to the talent of that actor. I wish they'd let Carmine do more of the talent end to his acting...but I'll digress. The tension between Sheldon and the Attending was palatable. I liked it, I felt it, it worked.
The end was quite cheesy with the Baywatch/CSI:Miami walk that they did and I was a bit distracted by the ways to hide Anna's growing belly. The moment between Stella, Mac and the mother who killed her own daughter was amazing. That actress when she was saying 'she tried to tell me'...wow that was amazingly done.
All in all I liked the episode...and will admitedly look for screen caps...I mean come on he's hot!
There was no point for his nakedness this past episode. Now it is a first for him to be seen sans shirt including no beater and like I said pretty sight. It is difficult for me to enjoy this sight, however, when I KNOW that it is just to appease the horny fans. It makes me sad that an obviously talented roster of writers feel the need to strip him for good ratings.
ESPECIALLY when in that scene the focus should have been more on Hawkes. A person is hard pressed to remember when Hawkes is contemplating when his co-workers are stripping do to coffee related mishaps. (How many D/L fans do you think are gonna have him and Lindsay going at it as a reason for the coffee spillage? Not me I can assure you.)
Aside from my combination of enjoying/hating the nekkid I actually kinda liked this episode. I loved the focus on Hawkes. Hill Harper excelled in this ep. Points to the talent of that actor. I wish they'd let Carmine do more of the talent end to his acting...but I'll digress. The tension between Sheldon and the Attending was palatable. I liked it, I felt it, it worked.
The end was quite cheesy with the Baywatch/CSI:Miami walk that they did and I was a bit distracted by the ways to hide Anna's growing belly. The moment between Stella, Mac and the mother who killed her own daughter was amazing. That actress when she was saying 'she tried to tell me'...wow that was amazingly done.
All in all I liked the episode...and will admitedly look for screen caps...I mean come on he's hot!
The stoicism of Mac Taylor
Well I'm convinced of one thing after finally watching "Murder Sings the Blues" Peyten Driscoll definitely is majorly smittin' with Mac Taylor.
Mac on the other hand looks at her like he's wondering why she's touching him. You know I'm all for Mac having a relationship and moving on from Claire but if I'm supposed to believe that they have feelings for each other it would help if Mac didn't look like he was being forced to escort his long lost cousin to the opera. (By the way getting called out of the opera for a case is SO something I wrote in a fic before this...I swear TPTB owe me...lol) He just doesn’t look like he’s into it NEARLY as much as she is. There is no chemistry that I can see. Even though I like both characters I just don’t see them really into it, it’s contrived and devoid of passion. It would make more sense to pair him with Stella and I don’t think I’d want that either. So yeah that’s my take on that.
Then we have Hawkes and his connection to the victim. I am so excited that Hawkes is getting more storyline this season. I'm even willing to give up seeing Danny for it. It seemed a BIT of a far stretch that he met her a few months ago and she still had the post it note that he wrote his number on in her purse. She looked the type to change her purse and it's contents many times a week so I don't get how his number always seemed to be with her, even though she never called it. Point of interest only, still loved seeing more of Hawkes!
I liked that they showed Mac as not always being right. The fact that he tore a strip off Hawkes in front of everyone and wouldn’t let Lindsay leave was poignant and showed that Mac doesn’t always have it together. It was also brilliant how Hawkes dealt with it by calmly making a very good point before leaving the lab. Their moment at the end even if it didn't have a formal apology worked for me. They are professional men probably not big on long drawn out I'm sorrys. They were talking again and understanding each other and that's all that matters.
I find it interesting though that someone who is SO about the evidence would go so hard against that one guy just because he had a criminal record. Isn’t that prejudice? Sort of like guilty in spite of? I mean it shows that Mac isn’t perfect but if he’s gonna fire Aiden for tampering and get Danny off the promotion grid because he went with his gut then it doesn’t seem to ring true to me that Mac should be able to push for a guy who has no evidence against him. And again, second week in a row, Lindsay actually following the evidence is shot down. I’m still wondering at how they are dealing with her character but throw her a bone. Are you gonna get her in trouble for following her instincts AND for following the evidence? Where the heck is she supposed to go then?
Danny wasn't in the ep much so he was pretty but character wise I didn't get much. LoL I do love it when he and Flack get to have those funny dialogue moments and his 'I hate rich people I really do' plus Flack calling him Dan-o made for a really fun interaction which lightened the episode for sure.
Anyway that's my take on last week. I'm still a bit confused as to where they are going this season but I do like the new character development. Now just make Lindsay believable to me! Hell steal how I write her I don't care just give us something! I'm done now...really I am. :)
Mac on the other hand looks at her like he's wondering why she's touching him. You know I'm all for Mac having a relationship and moving on from Claire but if I'm supposed to believe that they have feelings for each other it would help if Mac didn't look like he was being forced to escort his long lost cousin to the opera. (By the way getting called out of the opera for a case is SO something I wrote in a fic before this...I swear TPTB owe me...lol) He just doesn’t look like he’s into it NEARLY as much as she is. There is no chemistry that I can see. Even though I like both characters I just don’t see them really into it, it’s contrived and devoid of passion. It would make more sense to pair him with Stella and I don’t think I’d want that either. So yeah that’s my take on that.
Then we have Hawkes and his connection to the victim. I am so excited that Hawkes is getting more storyline this season. I'm even willing to give up seeing Danny for it. It seemed a BIT of a far stretch that he met her a few months ago and she still had the post it note that he wrote his number on in her purse. She looked the type to change her purse and it's contents many times a week so I don't get how his number always seemed to be with her, even though she never called it. Point of interest only, still loved seeing more of Hawkes!
I liked that they showed Mac as not always being right. The fact that he tore a strip off Hawkes in front of everyone and wouldn’t let Lindsay leave was poignant and showed that Mac doesn’t always have it together. It was also brilliant how Hawkes dealt with it by calmly making a very good point before leaving the lab. Their moment at the end even if it didn't have a formal apology worked for me. They are professional men probably not big on long drawn out I'm sorrys. They were talking again and understanding each other and that's all that matters.
I find it interesting though that someone who is SO about the evidence would go so hard against that one guy just because he had a criminal record. Isn’t that prejudice? Sort of like guilty in spite of? I mean it shows that Mac isn’t perfect but if he’s gonna fire Aiden for tampering and get Danny off the promotion grid because he went with his gut then it doesn’t seem to ring true to me that Mac should be able to push for a guy who has no evidence against him. And again, second week in a row, Lindsay actually following the evidence is shot down. I’m still wondering at how they are dealing with her character but throw her a bone. Are you gonna get her in trouble for following her instincts AND for following the evidence? Where the heck is she supposed to go then?
Danny wasn't in the ep much so he was pretty but character wise I didn't get much. LoL I do love it when he and Flack get to have those funny dialogue moments and his 'I hate rich people I really do' plus Flack calling him Dan-o made for a really fun interaction which lightened the episode for sure.
Anyway that's my take on last week. I'm still a bit confused as to where they are going this season but I do like the new character development. Now just make Lindsay believable to me! Hell steal how I write her I don't care just give us something! I'm done now...really I am. :)