Kimmychu (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} csiny_sl) wrote,@ 2008-04-18 19:23:00 |
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A sorta review for CSI:NY 4x17 + Speculations for 4x18
Kristine Huntley's review does the episode more justice than any review I could write, so if ya wanna know the down low on everything that happens in it, go here to read her review! :)
However, I have some things to say about it too, in particular certain scenes I'm sure many of you are curious about. ;P
Here's a slightly longer version of my review from the TalkCSI grading thread for the episode.
Yay! Flack at the beach! Don't lie, you imagined what he'd look like in swimming trunks, didn't ya?
- Flack is snarky-awesome and his gorgeous self, as usual. Now I get the 'Abercombie twins' thing. Seriously, how the hell did the girl NOT see the shark and corpse from a mile away?! And Flack eating that chocolate after interrogating the perp = priceless. Flack, you are such a food freak! I wish the scene had shown Flack actually taking the chocolate off the tray because I was confused for a moment how he went from just standing there with Stella to walking away already eating a piece of chocolate.
Stella: Does it blow your mind?
- HAWKES. Oh my God, TPTB finally remembers the black dude of the show! So nice to see much Hawkes in this episode, even if it was him arms deep in the guts of a tiger shark. *lol* Watching him in the autopsy room reminded me of his season one days when he was still just an ME.
- Quinn ... Okay, she surprised me. I was expecting her to be the typical dislikable inspector come to pass judgement on the labs but, she played her role well. She has this mature beauty about her too, similar to Stella. I'm glad TPTB didn't cast another supermodel or something. *rolls eyes* Introducing her as somebody who has a crush on Mac was ... hmm, I didn't really care for it. It didn't make me think less of her though. To me, their conversation in Mac's office showed they're both simply human. I'm very glad the spoilers for Mac changed a lot in the final episode! Hurrah to the writers for showing Mac can make mistakes but still show he loved his wife and acknowledged his mistake.
- What the hell is with Reed suddenly becoming such a whiny brat?! That wasn't the Reed I remember from past episodes.
EDIT: For
johanirae: Reed now owns a news blog. In the screencap, he's 'making a deal' with Mac to be the first to have inside info on the murder, so to speak. Later, Reed goes to see Mac and is pissed that the newspapers already got the inside scoop when he's promised his blog readers he would be the first to report the juicy stuff. :P And yeah, he was real whiny in it. - Okay, now on to whatever's going on between Danny and Lindsay:
The speculations for this week's episode was that Lindsay was going to do her ignore-Danny thing like she did in episode 4x16 and then walk away from Danny when he tried to approach her to talk about things.
Well. The final episode went far beyond my expectations again.
On first viewing of the scene with Danny and Lindsay where they're in the labs and talking about the movie Jaws, I actually went, "What the fuck?" because after Lindsay's Monologue of Doom in the previous episode I expected at least some amount of tension between them. So it was really odd to see them acting as if nothing ever happened.
At least, that's what it looked like at first.
Danny and Lindsay are talking about Jaws because one of the cases involves a dead tiger shark. They seem fine with each other and then, Danny says, "We should rent it," referring to renting the movie to watch. He's looking at her with this ambiguous, wide-eyed expression, almost blank, to be honest. It was the first time in a long while I was unable to tell what he was trying to convey.
And then Lindsay shows her true colors.
Her face falls. She stops doing whatever evidence processing she was doing, then, without looking Danny, she says, "This is hard," and walks off without even bothering to store her evidence or anything.
The interesting point of this scene, however, is Danny's utter lack of reaction. If he was supposedly Lindsay's 'exclusive, long-term boyfriend', he would have at the very least looked at her or gone after her to talk to her or something before she was out of the scene. But no ... he just sat where he was and sighed and bit his lower lip. He was seriously giving off, "Geez, why do I get myself into these situations? I thought she'd be over it by now," vibes. I don't think it was the first time Lindsay's reacted towards him like that.
Oh, Danny. You and your issues. *lol*
And the way he looked hard at her when he casually mentioned renting Jaws? I think it was him testing the waters, to see whether she really is getting over her feelings for him or not. I guess he's not pleased she hasn't. *lol*
At this point, I will be very shocked if it's revealed next week they were boyfriend-girlfriend. In this Jaws scene, it definitely looked to me like both of them are trying their best to just be friends, which is a pleasantly surprising route for the writers to take. I doubt Danny's actually spoken to Lindsay about their situation though. If Lindsay knew about Rikki, I think she would be a lot more upset.
There's the possibility Danny may not see any reason to tell Lindsay about Rikki since Lindsay herself already told him she wants to get over her feelings for him. It is also possible Danny's waiting to tell Lindsay about Rikki when he's sure Lindsay can handle the news. So if the spoilers are true ... we may be seeing that very soon.
- And then there's the scene with Mac and Lindsay. Okay, I get why people thought she was a little annoying in there. *lol* Even Mac was giving her a, "Oh great, is she going to do one of her demonstrations again?" look.
I think that can qualify as Mac's official WTF face.
Her reaction to Mac calling her out on abandoning her evidence made me go WTF big time. Her, "What?" made her look ... stupid. No offense, but it really did. It was like she didn't even remember how irresponsible she was until Mac reminded her and then, instead of apologizing, she immediately lobs the blame/responsibility onto Danny by saying that Danny would have cleaned up after her. That was very unprofessional. It also implied to me that she assumes Danny will clean up whatever mess she leaves behind as if it's his obligation to do it. Again, very unprofessional and presumptuous of Lindsay about Danny.
But! I am glad she actually *gasp* acknowledged it was a lame excuse after saying it. Maybe there's hope for you, after all, Lindsay. Heh, I don't think she ever knew Danny at all, or vice versa. I agree with the CSI Files review that it was gratifying to finally see Lindsay being called out on a wrongdoing, even though she still got off with nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
And if Danny's lack of reaction and nonchalance towards Lindsay wasn't enough that any D/L relationship is over before it even began ...
Lindsay: I should have never gotten involved with someone I work with. It was stupid. Really stupid.
Yes.
She actually said that, word for word, to Mac.
Lindsay saying that is practically the last nail in the coffin for D/L. Should TPTB hook them up any time soon, both Danny and Lindsay will look really moronic, especially Lindsay. After what she said to Mac? I'll have ZERO respect for her character if she jumps into the sack with Danny again, or anyone else on the team working with her.
I really hope this means TPTB is FINALLY going to stop using Danny as a prop for Lindsay and make Lindsay an independent character who will stand on her own. Three seasons is a very long time to do that, and it may very well be too late to undo the damage caused to her character but ... better late than never, I suppose.
Okay, things get mighty spoilerish for the next episode from here onwards!
So what are my speculations for next week's episode?
I got nada. *lol* Danny and Lindsay already trying to be just friends and Lindsay pretty much making a vow to never get involved with a co-worker again was very, very unexpected.
I can't quite figure out how Lindsay finding out about Rikki will cause tension between her and Danny if they're not in a relationship, other than her being jealous of Rikki and Danny already having another woman in his life when she's still trying to get over her feelings for him. That one seems the most logical and likely to me.
What interests me is how she's going to find out. Is Danny going to tell her? What would prompt him to tell her if he hasn't done so so far? Will Lindsay approach him next week to tell him she can't get over her feelings for him and ask him to consider a serious relationship even though he doesn't feel the same anyway? I can't see that happening, knowing what she's said to Mac about 'being stupid for getting involved with someone she works with'. She'll just make herself look like an idiot with no willpower whatsoever.
Perhaps Lindsay will overhear Danny talking to Rikki on the phone early in the episode and realize Danny's become very close to Rikki.
Or perhaps Lindsay will keep trying to just be friends with Danny and ask him out for lunch or dinner again, and then Danny tells her he already has plans with Rikki.
I dunno. I just love that anything goes right now. :D
What are your speculations for next week?
P.S. Since next week's episode is a repeat, there'll be a couple of Danny/Flack one-shots popping up soon!
