Why Lindsay Must Go (Part 3)

I did forget about that...I guess what I meant is that Lindsay does it more consistently than the others really do, and when she does she doesn't get the same response from Mac and Stella as the others do.

 

While we were watching the show last week, DH asked if Lindsay was for real. He couldn't believe how dry the character seemed. And he's not a HUGE fan of the show like I am.

Just thought I would throw that out there....

 

Sorry, I wish I knew who DH was or what show you were watching, but I can't come up with anything. Please share!

 

DH is an abbreviation for 'dear husband' or something similar, I believe.

 

Thanks, Fay! That is who I was referring to!

 

There have been episodes in the past where I've watched a scene and it's like they almost forgot that Lindsay was even there. It's like they give her stuff sometimes just because she needs to be given something to do.

I'm sure that's true for all of the characters at times, when things aren't necessarily specific to them, but so much of what Lindsay says and does (aside from those dang 'demonstrations') is generic.

 

I'm starting to wonder if part of her problem isn't the writing. I haven't seen her in anything else, so it's tough to truly comment, but it just seems that the writing may be a part of the issue. How big a part is debatable (but not here!)

 

Oh! That makes much more sense. Sorry, I hadn't heard that abbreviation before, I thought it was someones initials...

I know what you mean though, I've had people in my life who don't follow NY like we tend to who've caught mere pieces of the show and in that could determine she was a sore spot for various reasons.

My girlfriend, who's opinion I respect a bit -working on a masters in english a masters in english lit.- has in passing said things like "Who's this girl? She's really struggling to keep up." She's not the only one either. My mother's mentioned it and my roommate...None of whom have watched more than a few episodes of the show at most.

 

Top, not sure if we were really spared. As I was watching it OnDemand this morning, hubby made yet another comment. He said he just doesn't like her. He also felt that he had to clarify that he was NOT referring to Melina (she was in the same scene at that moment!). No, I don't think we were spared. She said "boom" and made that face. She also looks almost spaced out when others are talking. Almost like she is just waiting to deliver her line, but isn't truly a part of the scene. It's becoming tough to watch her, even tho I do think part of the blame is with the writing for her. JMO.

 

My roomie and I chuckled about that odd little ending too. It seemed especially odd being that Lindsay's interaction with this woman prior to the flowers had seemed minimal and inconsequential.

What happened to "I'm not good at this sort of thing." I'm not saying she was good at it in this scene, but I'm confused (to say the least) at how she'd be able to make an effort with some woman she didn't exactly connect with, but not for the guy she keeps saying she loves. Where are this girl's priorities? :wtf:

 

I guess we were supposed to make the connection that the woman's husband was dead and his character was being questioned, and Lindsay's In Love with a screw-up...or something, I'm not sure.

I also thought her expression when she entered the gymnasium at the end was odd. I guess she was supposed to be reacting to the crowd (for whatever reason - like 'oh wow, what a large crowd'), but it looked like she was giving the wife a strange look.

Another thing I've noticed is how, more than once, we've had to look to the other character in the scene to know what the feelings/emotions/etc are. Lindsay may as well have worked for a flower delivery company in that scene. I didn't feel her compassion for the woman. If Stella, for example, had been the one to bring flowers, there would have been a sense of what she was feeling when she handed them over.