I was jotting things down as I watched tonight and some pretty interesting stuff was brought up, so here's my take on this one.
Overall great ep. Light. Fun. Character exploration. A+
Nicky
Undo harshness. His words could have been snarky and still well intentioned, but his tone really seemed like there was unnecessary attitude here. What's up with that, Nick?
I love Hodges imagination though, but he needs to stop smelling Wendy! That is a touch on the creepy side.
it's kind of an uncomfortable position for the audience at first... I mean the writers seem very aware that we as CSI geeks have a lot in common with their hordes of nerdy suspects. But I still feel they tend to portray the geeks as your typical socially awkward, obsession driven, wannabe with no life outside their fandom. As an audience to CSI we are Hodges. We are Wendy. And we are their kin. But for a show that lives and breathes on their ratings, our attention, it feels like an honest indication of how TPTB regard us.
That is until Nick speaks to the bartender and after a shot but impacting story about his tour in Iraq, Nick's shown he's not quite giving these dorks the credit they deserve. Bonus points for later, when he gave Nick a dvd and Nick was good enough to rise above the social cliches and just accept it as a nice gesture. Wonder if he would have felt the same if the geek in question hadn't served his country.
I'm glad they thought to include Nick, as well as the others, actually watching the dvd Nick was given, and the fact that Langston is a bit of a fan already bodes well for offering the counter point that you can be a normal person, a social/professional success and still indulge in some hardcore nerdity.
Typically we view them all as geeks, and nerds after a sort since they're kind of the geek squad of the police department, but really there's a visible difference between the kind of nerd Nick is, the kind of nerd Greg is and the kind of nerd Hodges is and I'm still undecided as to whether or not I feel like they just reinforced a normative agenda or if they really did manage to insist upon understanding above all.
Liz Vassey is a brave girl for some of those outfits.. but what the hell, she's amazing looking so why not work it.
Anybody think Patrick Bristow looks like the Mythbusters guy?
Oh Hodges, just when I'm starting to sympathize with you, you go and act like a jag off. Blaming Eve for the sins of Adam, is tiring. Especially for a vivacious, and smart woman like Wendy. But I have to say Wendy's reaction is one of the best I've seen from female character and I'm GLAD she's amicable, but not exactly willing to pretend like he hadn't just behaved like the douche nozzle he is. I admire that she's not making up with him so quickly. Boy, needs to get his act together to be deserving of a woman like her.
Bonus for Henry hilarity. <3
Media semiotics! One of my favorite subjects!
The vic does represent everything I hate about TPTB. So, naturally, I can't help but feel like I'm being pandered to when he's killed by his maker.
My biggest criticism was the startling lack of Greg, but hopefully that's not going to become a trend.
kaylyne said:
- This episode just reinforces my stand that they need to give Liz Vassey a much larger role in this series – every week, not just occasionally. I didn’t really care for the extra Hodges stuff, but it was great to see a big Wendy episode.
I totally agree. I have so much untapped love for Wendy and her comment about loving the AstroQuest character who was under written makes me think maybe they're going to try not to let that happen to Wendy!
