I feel very vindicated with my feelings towards Catherine because except for the very pro-Catherine's-poop-doesn't-stink fans, the gen pop view is that she needs to nut up and apologize to Brass. Now, was he wrong to accuse her of being responsible for the two cops who died at the cemetery? Probably. But he was also still pissed at her for going over his head and her attitude towards him hasn't exactly been apologetic. And then you have Vartann as the enabling, nutless, BF. He comes across as entirely whipped.
I also liked seeing Jim being very sympathetic towards Nick. Of course I also feel a little miffed that we never got to see that kind of aftermath for Jim with regards to shooting Bell or getting shot. But the nod to Nick that he knew what he was feeling was good.
Someone else's episode post that said "Brass is just - what" and I totally get what she means. He was part of the team for six maybe seven seasons, then all of a sudden Brass was no longer part of the team. He wasn't in the desert looking for Sara, he wasn't with them for go-carts or bowling, and until this episode, he was rarely ever in the lab. They completely alienated him. Now it seems like they are trying to bring him back into the team but he's not the same Brass. And if they now try to make him out to be the bad guy in this Catherine thing, that is so not cool. Especially since it's Catherine and PW vs. Brass.
What I've really come to appreciate is how well PG and WP played off each other because Brass seems to have lost a lot of his snark and spark when Grissom left. He used to butt heads and snark with Grissom. Now he just bends over backwards to kiss up to Ray. Brass should be just as pissed at him as he is at Catherine but I think he feels betrayed by Catherine because they were supposed to be friends who had each other's back. Grissom would have never done anything like that.
I'll take that bet on PW's first name. Tony was from one of the CSI Companion books. Fan fic writers latched onto it, ignoring that Greg called him Lou in the episode where the girl was killed by a pork chop because they liked Tony better. Until then, he was always mentioned by his last name.
Anyway, overall, I agree that this was a much better Brass episode than I thought it would be and hopefully that's due to Zuiker's return. I just hope he and Catherine come to terms because I do not want to see Brass made to be the bad guy just because CM likes Catherine more.
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I also liked seeing Jim being very sympathetic towards Nick. Of course I also feel a little miffed that we never got to see that kind of aftermath for Jim with regards to shooting Bell or getting shot. But the nod to Nick that he knew what he was feeling was good.
Someone else's episode post that said "Brass is just - what" and I totally get what she means. He was part of the team for six maybe seven seasons, then all of a sudden Brass was no longer part of the team. He wasn't in the desert looking for Sara, he wasn't with them for go-carts or bowling, and until this episode, he was rarely ever in the lab. They completely alienated him. Now it seems like they are trying to bring him back into the team but he's not the same Brass. And if they now try to make him out to be the bad guy in this Catherine thing, that is so not cool. Especially since it's Catherine and PW vs. Brass.
What I've really come to appreciate is how well PG and WP played off each other because Brass seems to have lost a lot of his snark and spark when Grissom left. He used to butt heads and snark with Grissom. Now he just bends over backwards to kiss up to Ray. Brass should be just as pissed at him as he is at Catherine but I think he feels betrayed by Catherine because they were supposed to be friends who had each other's back. Grissom would have never done anything like that.
I'll take that bet on PW's first name. Tony was from one of the CSI Companion books. Fan fic writers latched onto it, ignoring that Greg called him Lou in the episode where the girl was killed by a pork chop because they liked Tony better. Until then, he was always mentioned by his last name.
Anyway, overall, I agree that this was a much better Brass episode than I thought it would be and hopefully that's due to Zuiker's return. I just hope he and Catherine come to terms because I do not want to see Brass made to be the bad guy just because CM likes Catherine more.