Why Lindsay Must Go

I don't think they needed to fill a vacancy either, but as mentioned in the much earlier posts in this thread, the writers probably didn't just want there to be only one main female in the cast. It wouldn't have bothered me much. I'd rather have a mostly male cast if it meant that all the characters were fully developed. The fact that Lindsay can only exist if Danny's there is a lot more insulting to me as a female.

 

I have to agree with Top41, carrieattheprom etc., the whole concept of her character was not well thought out from day one. Why would someone, who has been through something like that, pick a career that involves the most hideous aspects of a crime, I mean she is clearly not "over" what happened to her, then move from Montana to New York. HELLO!! New York!! Way more crime and violence there. Maybe this storyline was not their original plan for the character but I have a feeling they are really not sure what to do with the character. But the direction they are going is wrong on so many levels!!!!
P.S. carrieattheprom: You are welcome!

 

carrieattheprom. I agree. It wouldn't bother me that Stella was the only female because as we found further along the line they inroduced Angell and Peyton. The cast being a male dominated one is no problem as long as the characters are fully developed and are continuing to sparkle on screen. The cast dynamic just kinda changed when they introduced Lindsay. It must be insulting to Anna to know that she is only being used for Danny' love interest.

 

I guess it makes sense that they didn't want only one main female cast member, but I agree with the above that it is more insulting if they are only going to use her as Danny's love interest or if they are going to portray her as a whiny brat who can't do her job. For me, especially when you compare her to Stella, Lindsay seems very bland.

 

The great thing about this board is that in addition to being the largest game in town, it encourages the exchange of opposing viewpoints and some of the other boards can’t say the same thing. The other great thing about Talk is that the writers have free access to the board without going through great pains and they take advantage of that by reading this board.

Lindsay as more of a surrogate, a proxy of sorts is what you’re saying, which makes sense since she really is, as someone stated above, more caricature than character.

 

JDonne, you have hugely hurt my feelings there. I'll have you know I spent a good TEN minutes on that theory, which is at least TEN TIMES what the writers put into Lindsay's dark!!sekrit!!111 story.

*offended*

 

^^ahh, poor baby!
*giggle*
:lol:If it helps, I wishfully think she should be a serial killer, too! It took me a whole 2 minutes for that, too. Hope that makes you feel better! :lol:

 

Maybe she was the one who helped Shane Casey escape at the end of Hung Out To Dry, and came rushing into the lab to tell Stella and Mac to keep the suspicion off of her.

 

:lol: :lol:

There there my sweet, I didn't mean it the way that it sounded. I'm sure you took ten, well maybe seven , minutes on that theory and I believe in it wholeheartedly. I meant that it was wishful thinking in the sense that the writers want to thwart all the brilliant ideas at every turn while inundating us with all the really cheesy crappy ones. See, we wish for brilliance some wish for cheese, all wishful thinking, but for yours I'll start a letter writing campaign. Better? Do you want a lollipop? A juicebox? I didn't mean to launch a personal attack against you but it is what I do. :lol:

 

Here in Canada we get CSI NY reruns on the History Channel. I just recently watched (again) "All Access"(the episode where Stella is attacked by her boyfriend). Now I know why I don't like Lindsay. That episode pushed me over the edge. Hey, Anna...Days of Our Lives called, they want their soap opera "over act and glare as much as possible" back.........I don't know who is responsible for her doing that, if the director is telling her to act the way she does or if that is just HER but whoever it is....STOP IT.

 

^ I don't know if I've ever bothered to post in this thread, though I do enjoy reading it. I've got to add my two cents to this -- "All Access" was a painful, painful example of how God awful and horrendous Anna's acting is. I utilized the greatness that is TiVo to rewind the interrogation scene and watch it again because my laughter proved distracting during the first viewing. On a second viewing, I laughed harder. WTF was that? It ranks up there with her reaction to a snake bite that conveyed all the fear and pain of a paper cut.

As for the director possibly misguiding her, no. I'm sure others from this board who have had the pleasure of watching CSI:NY scenes being shot can back this up as well, but I've been on the set and the actors are professionals who are given wide leeway in their interpretations of their characters. The little nuances that make or break a character are what the actor brings to the table. Any fault lies with Anna, not the director. A director is generally concerned with the bigger picture -- scene blocking, angles, how the shot looks, etc.

 

Whew, I'm glad it's not just me then. Because while I was watching "All Access" I thought is Anna's acting P---ing me off because I am PMSing or is she really that bad?. I'm going to blame it all on her now.
I never really was harsh on Anna before but now there is no denying it. I may offend but she just doesn't have it.