Season 9 *Spoiler Lab* Discussions P4

That's because the original CSI used to be so much more realistic. Now it seems they're on the fast track to the sensationalism and suspending disbelief stories of the other franchises.

Sure! They might do that! Just like they had Nick and Sara bond over their experiences being kidnapped. Oh....wait. Never mind.

We're smarter than they think we are. Or maybe we're giving the writers too much credit....seeing things that aren't there and assuming they put them there for a reason.

One thing I am REALLY disappointed about after BP left is that Catherine is nowhere to be found. That's ridiculous. There should have immediately been episodes where she took charge and/or showed how the new position was affecting her and/or the team.

I have been staying away from the spoilers for a while, and I see I might need to still do that. I guess I'd rather NOT be expecting something good and have it turn out sucky (Mascara) and also NOT be worrying about something for weeks and have it turn out to be nothing.

 

They could have introduced Ray as a consultant first so viewers could get familiar with the character (a little) and then given Nick and Cath a chance to run the show and if the ratings suffered too much, then they could have brought Ray in full time. They didn't even give Nick/George and Cath/Marg the chance to see if they could run the show on their own.

Look, when Kim Delaney left Miami, tptb over at Miami gave Calleigh/Emily the chance to be the leading lady and the show is still on, so... But for some reason, tptb at CSI Vegas just didn't have the guts to take the chance. I mean, sure Kim Delaney/megan wasn't on Miami that long, but she was the better known actress for probably the majority of viewers. I had never heard of Emily before Miami.

I just don't understand why tptb at Vegas couldn't have had more confidence in the fact that Marg and George could carry the show as it's main characters. It wouldn't have hurt at all to give it a small trial run. And it would have been a lot better than from the very beginning being smoothered by the "new guy".

 

I'm getting the feeling that I'm the only one who never thought Stokes on Duty was a real episode - and I never wanted it to be. It was in a list of a lot of episodes that weren't real and I just don't think it takes much to think up any old title and a couple of sentences to support it. I guess that's why I'm not disappointed that it isn't a Nick episode. I am disappointed that it looks like they decided to make the finale about Langston. I wish they would have looked back to the early seasons and tried to copy them and get an episode like the ones that made CSI what it is. A good TEAM episode!

That's actually the reason I've gotten to like Riley. She's not a screen hog. she's on no more than the other characters. I know LF is the lead male but he is a screen hog. BP was the lead male but I don't remember him being on screen as much as LF is. He never wanted it - he used to say that he didn't want CSI to be about just Grissom.

Susan

 

Well, I don't think it was a real episode, per say. But, it's a little strange to me that some of the details in some of those supposed synopsis actually came to be in some shape or form. I mean, the characters being taken hostage. Though that site said Riley and Hodges when it was Riley and Ray. And then the likeness to the "stokes on duty" thing to the season finale with Ray... although I do still hope they change the title from All In to something that's never been used as a Miami title. There are a lot of phrases they could use that have to do with casino related issues.

I agree with this. Grissom never got as many scenes in one episode as Ray has... or at least it didn't seem like it was overdone. I never felt like Grissom was being shoved down my throat. I feel that way with Ray and honestly I have to say that my throat is sore. :lol: Whether or not the majority of fans will speak up on this issue or not, I guarantee the majority do not like any one character being shoved down their throats with such blatant disregard to the other (original) characters.

And again, I like the Ray character and the actor, but if tptb keep shoving him down our throats, I fear that I will grow to resent the character. I really don't want that to happen. So ptb, if you're reading this, please tone it down some.

 

Didn't they just sign him for a year and a half contract? Maybe they will go a different direction after that is up. Or maybe they'll sign him again. Who knows?

As for the finale being centered around him....I guess what bothers me most is that the viewers haven't really had a chance to get to know him, to get to care about him....and if they don't care about him yet, then they don't care what happens to him as much and aren't as invested in the episode.

We needed more of a chance to know him before we would really care about him for an entire episode around him, I think.

 

^ I totally agree with that , Smokey. Shoving him down the viewers throats is not going to make most like him, it's going to have the opposite effect.