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bunchofgrapes) wrote2010-05-23 01:04 am
bunchofgrapes) wrote2010-05-23 01:04 am
Meat Jekyll or Can Someone Please Punch a Couple of CSIs?
I just watched the Grey's Anatomy season finale. Holy crap was that intense! CSI finale? That was not intense. I have a love/hate relationship with CSI right now. The only thing I really love and the only reason I keep watching is Brass. The rest just irritates the hell out of me.
The opening sequence made me not like Catherine and Ray so much so that I was happy to see Ray get shanked at the end and I was really hoping something personal would happen to Catherine. I believe my thoughts after watching that scene were "Fuck you, Ray Langston". I can almost forgive Catherine because she and Brass go way back, although her little head-bob as Ray was talking and the fact that she did use her daddy connections to go over Jim's head made me want to punch her in the face. But Ray had no business talking to Jim like that. Other boards mention a lack of respect. Absolutely.
I will say that this episode and season makes me hate (yeah, hate) the writers even more than I already do. They give all this power to the CSIs, have them acting like cops, so really, what does Brass do? He used to show up at crime scenes and exposit. He used to go into the house/room/whatever first and not let the CSIs in until the room was clear. He used to yell at the CSIs when they did something stupid, like go in before the house was cleared. So yeah, I put all my hate on the writers. And if they want us to come back to the show, maybe they should remember what they preached in the beginning. Us fans sure as hell do.
As I said, I was pretty pissed at Ray for dissing Jim. I also hoped something bad would happen to him to make Jim right so I was happy about the ending. I really would have liked to have seen Haskell get to Vartann so Catherine would get hers too. Yeah, I'm vindictive like that. You don't mess with Brass.
- Great Brass line about them sending "a limo for him like Paul freakin' McCartney"
- Catherine called the governor and then he cleared it through the sheriff. So not only did she go over Brass's head, she also went over Ecklie's head. Nice CLM (career limiting move). Of course, since this is Catherine, nothing will happen.
- Catherine doesn't stand up well to Brass in an argument. She doesn't convey enough conviction. But she flips her hair really well. Not feeling the Catherine love.
- "What have you been doing lately on the case, Jim. Have you been developing any leads?" Ass.
- Thankfully Brass asserts himself and says he's sitting in on the interrogation with Ray. Nice that the writers FINALLY remembered that Brass is the cop. The CSIs are not.
The Brass, Ray and Haskell scene was pretty good, mostly because Bill Irwin does a great job conveying creepy. Maybe it's the glasses. Haskell tells Brass that he doesn't like him and doesn't want to play with him. Most criminals don't. Brass isn't soft and gushy like Ray. He's jaded and impatient and he doesn't like to dick around. As Haskell is talking, I have this vision of him leaping out of the chair and biting a chunk out of Ray's neck, a la Hannibal Lector. That's the whole vibe I get from this: they were trying to make Haskell out to be Hannibal.
The Vartann/Catherine scene was skeevy. I mean, yeah, I always like to overhear my co-workers (and supervisor, no less) having a conversation about sleeping together. Oh, and Catherine, remember what you said to Sara about fishing off the company pier? Yeah.
Haskell has all the great lines and I love the way Brass sits in the chair. He's such a guy.
Haskell - "It comes from a place deep inside you"
Brass - "What, like your colon?" Brass snarks, which makes Haskell say that there's a fly in the room. Brass's aggravation gets the best of him and he has to leave the room. Haskell serenades him with a buzzing noise. When Jim tells the cop to take him back and throw away the key, his voice is very deep and rough. Sounded odd.
Catherine: "Nice bad cop routine".
Brass: "Yeah, well, I wasn't acting." I love the way PG plays the scene. He only has that one line but his irritation is so obvious.
Catherine goes to see her former lap dance partner, old guy Marty Felneck. "I bet you say that to all the cops." So now Catherine is calling herself a cop?
Catherine: "I'd like to be the one to tell Brass." Wow, Catherine, just when I thought I could not like you any more. I hope Brass gets to tell you the same thing once you see what happened to Ray.
The look on Vartann and Brass's face when Mitch brings in the stripper. Hey, I hear Catherine used to do that. Note to Vartann, maybe your new girlfriend can get one for you. Better idea: maybe they could save the taxpayers some of the money they spent on the limo and get Catherine to entertain Haskell. And you know, it's always good to get a serial killer all jacked up.
Oh look, it's Jim's computer! Nice to see you again, even though it's now a laptop. It disappeared quite a few seasons ago. Oh, and those hands on the laptop? Not PG's.
Really, they couldn't tell that was prosciutto? Seemed obvious to me. I'm really liking the new, married, unpacked her baggage, Sara Sidle. She didn't have a big role in this but I liked her and I find that the show definitely lacks something when she's not around. Nick and Ray go to the restaurant. Who didn't call the token dead uniform? Who didn't see Nick getting shot? I mean, he's the perfect person for it. He can use this when he puts his name up for Emmy consideration.
Haskell calling out Barkley, the cop's name. Haskell must be a hockey fan since that's what fans do to the opposing team's goalie when the home team is winning.
Jekyll killer was lame, lame, lame. And another lame just for good measure. Guy goes serial killer because he has daddy issues? Seriously? And that whole back and forth between Ray and Jekyll was beyond boring. I mean, I thought about changing the channel, it was so boring. Oh, and note to Nick, when you hear a gunshot and then call out to the officer for the "situation" and he doesn't answer, common sense might tell you he is the situation. Shot of Jekyll getting shot was a little Peckinpah-ish.
Haskell killer not lame, lame, lame. I already said it but Bill Irwin brings the creepy. And his sweet-talking of the dumb cop (because cops on CSI are dumb and CSIs are heroic) was a lot more interesting to watch. According to Haskell, detectives strut around and get laid a lot. Good news for Brass.
Did anyone not learn anything after "For Gedda"? Team has a happy moment, Jim invites Ray for a drink at PJ's (Jim is very forgiving), this never bodes well for one member. And Ray is a stupid man. He must not be reading the CSI hero manual because he doesn't know that he shouldn't send away the cop or walk right next to the cell of a serial killer who had a police escort worthy of the president? Stupid man. He got what he deserved. Too bad he lives.
Told you I was vindictive.
The opening sequence made me not like Catherine and Ray so much so that I was happy to see Ray get shanked at the end and I was really hoping something personal would happen to Catherine. I believe my thoughts after watching that scene were "Fuck you, Ray Langston". I can almost forgive Catherine because she and Brass go way back, although her little head-bob as Ray was talking and the fact that she did use her daddy connections to go over Jim's head made me want to punch her in the face. But Ray had no business talking to Jim like that. Other boards mention a lack of respect. Absolutely.
I will say that this episode and season makes me hate (yeah, hate) the writers even more than I already do. They give all this power to the CSIs, have them acting like cops, so really, what does Brass do? He used to show up at crime scenes and exposit. He used to go into the house/room/whatever first and not let the CSIs in until the room was clear. He used to yell at the CSIs when they did something stupid, like go in before the house was cleared. So yeah, I put all my hate on the writers. And if they want us to come back to the show, maybe they should remember what they preached in the beginning. Us fans sure as hell do.
As I said, I was pretty pissed at Ray for dissing Jim. I also hoped something bad would happen to him to make Jim right so I was happy about the ending. I really would have liked to have seen Haskell get to Vartann so Catherine would get hers too. Yeah, I'm vindictive like that. You don't mess with Brass.
- Great Brass line about them sending "a limo for him like Paul freakin' McCartney"
- Catherine called the governor and then he cleared it through the sheriff. So not only did she go over Brass's head, she also went over Ecklie's head. Nice CLM (career limiting move). Of course, since this is Catherine, nothing will happen.
- Catherine doesn't stand up well to Brass in an argument. She doesn't convey enough conviction. But she flips her hair really well. Not feeling the Catherine love.
- "What have you been doing lately on the case, Jim. Have you been developing any leads?" Ass.
- Thankfully Brass asserts himself and says he's sitting in on the interrogation with Ray. Nice that the writers FINALLY remembered that Brass is the cop. The CSIs are not.
The Brass, Ray and Haskell scene was pretty good, mostly because Bill Irwin does a great job conveying creepy. Maybe it's the glasses. Haskell tells Brass that he doesn't like him and doesn't want to play with him. Most criminals don't. Brass isn't soft and gushy like Ray. He's jaded and impatient and he doesn't like to dick around. As Haskell is talking, I have this vision of him leaping out of the chair and biting a chunk out of Ray's neck, a la Hannibal Lector. That's the whole vibe I get from this: they were trying to make Haskell out to be Hannibal.
The Vartann/Catherine scene was skeevy. I mean, yeah, I always like to overhear my co-workers (and supervisor, no less) having a conversation about sleeping together. Oh, and Catherine, remember what you said to Sara about fishing off the company pier? Yeah.
Haskell has all the great lines and I love the way Brass sits in the chair. He's such a guy.
Haskell - "It comes from a place deep inside you"
Brass - "What, like your colon?" Brass snarks, which makes Haskell say that there's a fly in the room. Brass's aggravation gets the best of him and he has to leave the room. Haskell serenades him with a buzzing noise. When Jim tells the cop to take him back and throw away the key, his voice is very deep and rough. Sounded odd.
Catherine: "Nice bad cop routine".
Brass: "Yeah, well, I wasn't acting." I love the way PG plays the scene. He only has that one line but his irritation is so obvious.
Catherine goes to see her former lap dance partner, old guy Marty Felneck. "I bet you say that to all the cops." So now Catherine is calling herself a cop?
Catherine: "I'd like to be the one to tell Brass." Wow, Catherine, just when I thought I could not like you any more. I hope Brass gets to tell you the same thing once you see what happened to Ray.
The look on Vartann and Brass's face when Mitch brings in the stripper. Hey, I hear Catherine used to do that. Note to Vartann, maybe your new girlfriend can get one for you. Better idea: maybe they could save the taxpayers some of the money they spent on the limo and get Catherine to entertain Haskell. And you know, it's always good to get a serial killer all jacked up.
Oh look, it's Jim's computer! Nice to see you again, even though it's now a laptop. It disappeared quite a few seasons ago. Oh, and those hands on the laptop? Not PG's.
Really, they couldn't tell that was prosciutto? Seemed obvious to me. I'm really liking the new, married, unpacked her baggage, Sara Sidle. She didn't have a big role in this but I liked her and I find that the show definitely lacks something when she's not around. Nick and Ray go to the restaurant. Who didn't call the token dead uniform? Who didn't see Nick getting shot? I mean, he's the perfect person for it. He can use this when he puts his name up for Emmy consideration.
Haskell calling out Barkley, the cop's name. Haskell must be a hockey fan since that's what fans do to the opposing team's goalie when the home team is winning.
Jekyll killer was lame, lame, lame. And another lame just for good measure. Guy goes serial killer because he has daddy issues? Seriously? And that whole back and forth between Ray and Jekyll was beyond boring. I mean, I thought about changing the channel, it was so boring. Oh, and note to Nick, when you hear a gunshot and then call out to the officer for the "situation" and he doesn't answer, common sense might tell you he is the situation. Shot of Jekyll getting shot was a little Peckinpah-ish.
Haskell killer not lame, lame, lame. I already said it but Bill Irwin brings the creepy. And his sweet-talking of the dumb cop (because cops on CSI are dumb and CSIs are heroic) was a lot more interesting to watch. According to Haskell, detectives strut around and get laid a lot. Good news for Brass.
Did anyone not learn anything after "For Gedda"? Team has a happy moment, Jim invites Ray for a drink at PJ's (Jim is very forgiving), this never bodes well for one member. And Ray is a stupid man. He must not be reading the CSI hero manual because he doesn't know that he shouldn't send away the cop or walk right next to the cell of a serial killer who had a police escort worthy of the president? Stupid man. He got what he deserved. Too bad he lives.
Told you I was vindictive.