"House Of Hoarders" Discussion **Spoilers**

I'm not sure if this is going to turn out to be a "real" hoarder's house or, like they say in the video, maybe someone who did it just to hide a crime, but if it's a real hoarder I hope they don't dismiss it, because it is a real sickness for some people.

Gotta agree tho about the look on Nick's face when the lady yelled at him not to touch something. :lol: Hilarious!

 

Me too, except it reminded me of the tension in "Feeling the Heat" when she was upset with him over him believing the boy couldn't be the killer. Turn about is fair play.

I thought he was familiar too, and realized it when he said "Allisa" which sounded almost exactly like when he said "Allisia" in Harvest. :lol:

Worked for me!

That was great! Also loved when the shotgun went off, how Nick laughed at Sara's face. :lol: I'm glad they had the little talk there at the end.

And is it just me, but do they talk about Grissom like he's really gone, not like he's there with Sara?

 

I found this episode to be very interesting. It was a character study, and not one necessarily looking at Mrs. Santiago and the hoarder phenomenon . I found the reactions and interactions between the CSIs to be the most profound.

Both Nick's and Sara's responses were very in-character. Nick has shown before that he is distrustful of people that he doesn't understand. To him, everything fits neatly into categories. Anything that doesn't fall into one of his pre-set categories is going to be looked upon with suspicion - thus blinding him to the whole picture.

Likewise with Sara. She automatically sides with the woman who suffers from a mental disorder. Once again, she is blinded by her own biases.

None of this is wrong or even flaws. They're human. And that's what I loved about this episode. Both Nick and Sara were three-dimensional characters.

The neutral positions taken by Ray and Greg were also very telling. Ray appears to prefer to mediate a conflict. Greg would apparently like to not get involved. When confronted, he resorts to humor. Again, very in-character. I also liked how when Greg did decide to broach the topic of the dispute, he did it with Sara. I love the chemistry between those two.

Sorry if I'm being to analytical, but this is what I took away from the episode. I don't know much about hoarders or the mentality behind it, so I can't really say much. I did find the crime fascinating though. And the sociopathic daughter actually took me by surprise.

No Catherine or Hodges. I was okay with that. I enjoyed the focus the four got in this ep.

So far, I think this is my favorite episode shown.

 

First off - after this episode I will never watch the show Hoarding!

I just think that the tension was there because Nick seemed to have a hard time with the aspect of Hoarding.

The 'duck' reflex for all 3 (Nick, Greg, & Sara) seems to be pretty good. They all hit the floor pretty quick when the shotgun went off. :lol:

They seem to be talking about Grissom more often this season than they did last season.

AT first when I heard the sister's name of Alisa I was thinking of this one being related somehow to Harvest but then I remembered that Alicia was killed in Harvest.


I thought it was a pretty good episode. Time went by pretty quick, that's always better than having the time drag along.


Susan

 

The tension made it feel more real for me because tension and differences of opinions do happen in the workplace.

At first I though the girl looked a little like Allisia too from Harvest but I knew it was not.

Best moment of the night was Sara walking away from Ray! :lol:

Seriously. They talk like he's passed away. Is she not married to the man??

Overall this was a pretty good episode, although I will have to watch it again as I was not very focused on it tonight, not a great day. I'll have to rewatch it this weekend.

It did have nice screen time for everyone, except Cath, who was not in. No Hodges And still wonder if we will see Mandy sometime this year.

 

Good episode overall, I'll give it a A- :thumbsup:

No Catherine but it worked out just fine without her, I wished they had mentioned where she was, and if they continue to write ones like this after she leaves, I'll be one happy fan

No Hodges either deleted scene perhaps?

Greg looked really :drool: and he a had a nice amount of screentime, screentime was fairly even between the 4 CSI's

This one made me think of Harvest b/c of the same actor and the similiar name of the vic in the both episodes

Sara talking about her mother killing her father for the 2nd time and we learn her mom was schiophrinic (you know what I mean, I can't spell) I've always assumed she killed him cause of abuse and she couldn't take it anymore, I liked her scenes with Julian, the mother, and the understanding she had for them, I hope she's in many more this season

Is there a lot more character stuff this season or is it just me?

Nick and Sara butting heads, that's fine with me as long as it doesn't continue and continue for several episodes, charcters fighting once in a while keeps things interesting

The hoarding was certainly interesting and different, like Nick said I can't see how people can live like this but it is a mental illness

Mentioning Griss and the blue marble :lol: that sounds like something he would do

I'll add more tomorrow