) love him. If each of the main characters got a few episodes to shine each season, I don't see any reason to begrudge a guest/recurring character their few minutes on the show. They should rotate who gets stuck on the back burner.
Ooooh, sounds interesting. It will be intersting to see how Mac reacts to a 'hijack' situation in light of the fact that Claire died on 9/11. It might not be a 'terrorist' thing, but he's not going to react well to anything reminiscent of the 9/11 attacks. Pissy Mac is always fun and hot to watch. As always, I'm happy to see Mac interacting with people/women outside of the team. And Stella too with the fireman (I prefer Mac and Stella as friends) and Flack with his lil sis. It shows that though they're family, they do have 'real' family and/or friendships outside of that.
drool and Flack getting distracted and hit by accident with a ball.:lol::drool:
Ooooh, sounds interesting. It will be intersting to see how Mac reacts to a 'hijack' situation in light of the fact that Claire died on 9/11. It might not be a 'terrorist' thing, but he's not going to react well to anything reminiscent of the 9/11 attacks. Pissy Mac is always fun and hot to watch. As always, I'm happy to see Mac interacting with people/women outside of the team. And Stella too with the fireman (I prefer Mac and Stella as friends) and Flack with his lil sis. It shows that though they're family, they do have 'real' family and/or friendships outside of that.
drool and Flack getting distracted and hit by accident with a ball.:lol::drool:
I don't think they need to add any more regular characters, but recurring/guest-stars should be a good thing to spice up the storylines, and especially to interact with the existing characters. Someone like Quinn can be in an episode or two and mix it up a bit, but she's not someone who has to have her own storylines or excessive amounts of screentime (win/win if you ask me). The problem with this show in particular is the uneven distribution of screentime among the main cast--if things are rotated more fairly, I don't see why someone like Quinn, Reed, Angell, etc can't be a good thing for the show (meaning it's not like he/she would ALWAYS be taking time away from, say, Hawkes).
If a guest/recurring star takes some time in one or two episodes, that shouldn't be a big deal for characters who are there EVERY week and get screentime EVERY week. *shrug* Maybe that's just me, though. There was a time when people bitched (although I'm sure some still do) that Adam would dare to take screentime away from the CSIs--now not only is he around to stay long-term, but most fans (humor me
And I'm definitely crossing my fingers for more Quinn.
As for the spoiler about the plane hijacking thingy--I'd assume it means "Turbulence". It would be stupid to have two plane-related storylines that close together.
ETA: In an attempt to clarify why I think guest/recurring characters are A Good Thing, here is a listThe show doesn't need a gazillion characters, but I wouldn't personally write anybody off automatically just because there's already a nice group there.
- Since they aren't there every week, they aren't consistently 'taking screentime' from anybody.*
- They don't require a lot of development (at the expense of the core cast).
- It's nice to see the existing characters interact with someone new--hopefully this leads to interesting dynamics that wouldn't be there among just the main cast.
- We often bitch about the characters knowing absolutely everything and being able to do absolutely every job--so guest and recurring characters are a chance to perhaps keep the regulars from knowing everything about everything.
- You never know when a guest or recurring character might add something great to the show--perhaps even something great enough to be worth keeping them around on a more regular basis.
* For example, you can't blame, say, Quinn for Hawkes not having screentime because she's only been in a few episodes and he's there every single week and never seems to get much of anything regardless of whether there are guest/recurring stars there or not.
I agree with a lot of what you're saying, and I don't have a problem with the concept of recurring characters in general. However, I do sometimes get annoyed with how they are used in this and other series. If a character shows up more than just once or twice a season and tends to interact only with Mac and/or Stella, I think that does potentially impact the time and opportunities available to develop other characters.Originally posted by Faylinn
ETA: In an attempt to clarify why I think guest/recurring characters are A Good Thing, here is a list
- Since they aren't there every week, they aren't consistently 'taking screentime' from anybody.*
- They don't require a lot of development (at the expense of the core cast).
- It's nice to see the existing characters interact with someone new--hopefully this leads to interesting dynamics that wouldn't be there among just the main cast.
- We often bitch about the characters knowing absolutely everything and being able to do absolutely every job--so guest and recurring characters are a chance to perhaps keep the regulars from knowing everything about everything.
- You never know when a guest or recurring character might add something great to the show--perhaps even something great enough to be worth keeping them around on a more regular basis.
Of the two women, I actually think Quinn has the most potential. At least her job as a CSI allows her to potentially contribute to solving cases and interacting with different members of the team beyond Mac. By contrast, Jordan is in more of a communication / liasion role, which means she typically would interact more with Mac, and I see more limitations on how they might involve her in cases. I do see your point, though, it will seem rather contrived if there are more than one or two cases a season requiring some overlap between the New York and New Jersey crime labs.
*applause* You always manage to express how you feel in such an ironic manner, that I laugh out loud. I agree 100% with you. I never liked Mac either, and I do understand that he is the main character, but enough is enough. After reading the spoilers for the plane episode, I thought that in 501 he was almost crawling (according to the spoilers). If that's not SuperMac making a comeback, I don't know what is.
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