CSI: NY Season 6 Spoiler Discussion - Bright Lights, Big City

Realistically, probably not. I freely admit to having a somewhat cyinical view of relationships but personally speaking I'm much more likely to disclose to a friend than a partner if I'm trying to avoid worrying said partner.

I certainly don't see Danny as being driven by sexism, but I do see him as being driven by his desire to provide for and to protect his family (which I guess some people might see as sexist). I agree that there is the element of Danny not seeing Lindsay as being someone he can confide in based on past history. But, I do think she's doing everything she can to be that person for him. I agree that it boils down to his deep-seated issues and that being said, I suspect he'd be that way whoever he was married to. It's interesting because thinking back to Lindsay's S4 comment of 'I feel like I lost my best friend' I wonder if she views Danny as being the only person she can confide in. It'd be interesting to see that explored in terms of how Lindsay is affected by his current tendency to protect her from his issues. I'd like to see her react to it because I think she's got to be hurt by it in some way.

I'm not sure they will show him getting injured more than he has been, if only because they seemed to want him to recover pretty quickly this time around. But, I think it'd be interesting to see a consequence of his actions affecting him or those around him and the fall out from that. If he's worried about money and 'providing for' his family then that's another route they can take. I doubt it'd be much about money though as they've gone that route with Hawkes, but I can certainly see some potential for Danny having to cut back on his hours and subsequently his pay and where that would take him in terms of his sense of responsibility. I don't for one minute think he'd do anything unethical but what comes to mind is an opportunity to bring up his shady past. Maybe Louie could return with a dodgy proposition, that while Danny's own moral code won't allow him to follow through it will put him in a difficult situation and possibly bring to light some of his family history. Of course that will depend on his family still having a dodgy history and not being full of cops as was revealed last season.

 

Ideally, your definition of a partner hits the nail on the head of what it should be like. Add my cynicism into the mix and I believe it's a rare occurence in life. That's not to say it can't happen, I just believe that the portrayal here is realistic compared with a lot of RL relationships. It does give some leeway for them to develop in their relationship but I suspect that tptb enjoy the opportunities for dramatic licence a little too much to resolve this particular issue of theirs completely. But, with Lindsay being overtly more supportive this season, there is still an opportunity to see some development.

Agreed, that's why I don't see it as sexism. But, I still believe that he's protecting her to a certain extent. He probably sees it as protecting her from himself, which brings us back to his deep-seated issues - some of which I'd like to see explored as part of this storyline.

I suspect it's a bit of both. Danny clearly has the lowest opinion of himself compared to everybody else. He expects to mess up and does things on his own in order to protect them and himself from the consequences of that. If he doesn't disclose then everybody thinks he's doing fine. The problem with that is that something almost always goes wrong which then backfires onto him and compounds his insecurities.

I suspect that's the direction they'll go in if they intend to take it further.

 

I don't know if this has been post yet

But here is a link for this wednesday episode and it's sound to be a good one. I know I said I won't watch it but well I am intrigued so

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPZX6ADZiyY

enjoy

 

the plot I posted was 6x12. I think it was me that I made the mistake but I could swear till yesterday it said 6.13 anyway.... I apologize for this....

 

I totally agree that she's not pushing hard enough. In all fairness though, I think she's come a heck of a long way and it would be unrealistic to see her pushing as hard as say Flack (has in the past) at this point. And that's the difference. I don't really agree that Danny particularly opens up to Flack or Mac any more than he does Lindsay. Flack has pushed the right buttons on a couple of occasions and has gotten more out of Danny because of it. But, I don't think Danny is ever really more willing to open up with any of them. He's not likely to go to any of them with his issues/concerns/worries. The times he has disclosed has been when it's been dragged out of him to a certain extent. The main exception to that was when he talked to Mac about marriage etc last season.

Agreed. Although I think the 'someone else' in danger because of Danny could be as much fun.

 

About episode 12

I think maybe Danny doesn't want to worry Lindsay, he often keep things not to worried people when he share it's because it's related to his job.

But what I don't get is ... a few episode ago Hawkes was pissed off because he though Danny didn't push himself enough, and that he needs pain for his precious things and now we have to buy that maybe he came to the job too earlier:alienblush::alienblush: well at least for the moment he is only taking aspirin, we don't get addict to aspirin so maybe the "put his life in danger" will be the route writters follow

Maybe they will used the last year scenario Danny in trouble and Lindsay coming to his rescue???

 

Ya I would like to see Hawkes concerned and worried because he feels himself somewhere responsable for telling Danny not to listen his pain and we will see sort of maybe a continuity of his behaviour about the loss of his money. First Danny and after the man in the park

 

oooh good, disruptive mac

 

I still don't think he freely discloses to any of them. He did with Flack in "On the Job" but that was out of sheer desperation and the fact that Flack didn't react in the way he wanted him to (as unreasonable as that was) may have compounded his insecurities. Likewise with Mac in RSRD. "Comes Around" wasn't really about him and struck me more as two friends trying to 'put the world to rights'. I agree that he still doesn't trust Lindsay, but I equally think he doesn't trust Flack or Mac (or anyone) not to think the worst of him. Also, considering the number of personal issues Danny has had over the course of the series, the times he turns to any of them are outweighed by the times he doesn't.

I hope that Danny does catch up to Lindsay being there for him, I'm hoping that will be some character growth - not just for Danny though. If he continues to shut her out then I'd really like to see her reaction to that because at the moment she's coping with it all and while she's saying the right things to him to get him to trust her he still doesn't see it. Danny is such an emotional being that I wonder if Lindsay needs to get to his level in order for him to really feel that. It will require a greater emotional investment from Lindsay than we've seen so far but I would love to see her showing him the effect his secrecy has on her (but not in a 'it's all about Lindsay' way).

I wasn't even thinking the 'who' in this case. More, that it'd be great to see Danny's reaction to any one of the team in danger because of him. In fact, I'd much rather it wasn't Lindsay.

Good point. Flack is definitely going to need a wake up call sooner or later.

I like that too! I'm still disappointed we didn't get to see that scenario last season. Maybe they could combine the Flack and Danny arcs and have Danny (with or without Lucy) in trouble because of his limitations but with Flack's actions playing into it as well. That way we get to have Lindsay going all out to the rescue and Flack getting his wake up call and getting into a spin because Danny's in trouble and it's all his fault (at least, that's the way Flack will see it). Cool.

That will definitely be an intersting storyline. I love Sheldon and his moral/ethical compass but it is a completely different scenario treating patients with similar problems to actually being the person with that huge hurdle to deal with. I'd like to see Sheldon acknowledge that because as much as I loved the ass kicking he gave Danny on so many levels, he can't possibly have known what Danny was going through on a personal/emotional level in that particular scenario.

EDT. Just spotted this;
http://www.fancast.com/blogs/the-big-bang-theory/the-big-tease-scoop-on-ncis-greys-csi-ny-and-more/

 

No apologies necessary - spoilers can be confusing sometimes.