IMO, this was one of the most misleading promos I have ever seen. The episode was no where near what the promo led us to believe. Kind of annoying. A good, not great episode full of action.
Random thoughts:
Although it was kind of cool to see Jesse and Walter playing basketball off duty (hopefully if the situation warrants it, next time we will see what the other CSIs and Frank do off the clock), I thought it was a bit unrealistic and a bit unsafe for their weapons in the duffle bags. Which leads me...
When exactly was Walter issued a weapon?! The last lab rat (Natalia) we saw qualifying and poof Walter has one?! Something at least could have been mentioned.
I loved Calleigh dealing with the bitchy lady, tough and not taking any garbage. I actually cheered when Calleigh had her arrested. You go girl!!
When Horatio said in that tone "don't lie to me" I decided I never would want him mad at me.
Knowing how complicated bombs could be and how Walter mentioned to turn off cell phones to prevent a spark (which added to the excitement when Ryan and H couldn't get a hold of them), I cringed when Jesse shot the bomb clock, but it seemed to work out (I knew he wasn't shooting at Walter
)
Ryan: I loved pretty much every scene he was in. He's back to Ryan (hopefully the dumbing down is done) and he looked hot in that leather coat and red tshirt. I was a little concerned; should he have busted down the house door (if they didn't enter they wouldn't have been in the explosion
) but Natalia didn't object and she would have if she thought Ryan was wrong. Nat and Ryan's friendship really showed through in the eppie. I loved it that he wouldn't leave her even when she told him to and his determination before and after H's arrival to free her from the wreakage. Nat thanked him and told him he was brave and he returned the compliment, he was so modest!! And in the lab Ryan showed Nat the right amount of concern; he wasn't too pushy about it but he let her know he was concerned (I think he figured out she was having problems hearing from moment one) It was so nice to see him in a heroic stance.
It was Ryan who also figured out the meth bomb. Whoa, Ryan in a white tshirt----yowza:devil:
And plenty of Natalia. ELR rocks and she will handle this story arc well. I wonder for awhile if she really didn't know she was having problems at first. She looked scared at the end and I liked the way she didn't let Jesse off the hook for standing her up; she really didn't want to deal with him.
Not the best episode, but not bad. I hope tptb do a better job of representing the next episode with their promos. One can build tension without misleading.
