pizzapie said:
^But the anger was coming from cases that hit close to home. And no one can take that kind of drama and it not affect them, yes even cops: that's why they have department counselors. That's not unrealistic, and in fact, the "out of the blue"ness is what in my opinion makes it so powerful and really begs the question: WHY?. They should have answered at least a little more concretely. In the interrogation scene in All Access, the anger was clearly building during the entire scene, and it was clear even at the beginning she was beginning to lose it. Yes, it is uncharacteristic, but that is why it's powerful. Yes maybe it's extreme, but it is an extension of something we've seen all season: when someone cops an attitude with her she cops one back. But when they don't, she doesn't (LOLD).
She actually did yell at the guy in LOLD, when she showed him the picture of Lillian. I guess I could buy one instance, but four or five to me at the end of the season seems like a complete personality change. The anger
used to be uncharacteristic of her, and I agree that if we had just seen it once, it would have been quite powerful. But the first few times we saw it, it wasn't justified, so by the time we got to "All Access" and "Stealing Home," I was just wondering when she went off and got so angry.
She has changed a lot, but the very basic qualities I think are still there: she's hard-working, conscientious (sorry if misspelled), caring, trusting in her coworkers; and anyone who changes environments so drastically is going to change or not survive. Why do people usually majorly change when going off to college, going to grad school, getting there first jobs, changing jobs? I think Anna Belknap has portrayed her admirably. She is the only character that I've liked from day one.
She is still hardworking, yes, and that has been consistant. But really, are any of the CSIs not hardworking? As for Belknap, we're just going to have to agree to disagree because the more I think about it, the more I think I'd like Lindsay much better if someone else was playing her.
It's not powerful when Danny yells at suspects, or when Stella does, because they do it all the damn time. I don't like the fact we have really no clue: but I think that is a problem with the writing, we have lots of questions, but NO concrete answers, and we do on all of the others. Lindsay is certainly the most underdeveloped character, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to like her.
I disagree here--Danny and Stella don't yell all the time. They are always tough with suspects, and aggressive in their questioning, but when Danny yells people do sit up and take notice, like so many did when he got upset in "Bad Beat." Carmine and Melina are simply better at carrying these scenes than Anna is.
As far as Lindsay and Stella- just the looks, the tones they use, and even Lindsay's willingness to come to her, frustrated. I'm not sure we're watching the same show.
Me neither, as I'm still not seeing a concrete example, at least not from you. I think towards the end of the season they worked well together, but I still didn't see signs they were friends.
AlyssaluvsDanny said:
I think that her and Stella have a great friendship. Just because they dont work every single case together doesnt mean they aren't friends. Flack anf Danny dont work every single case together, but you know they are friends.
While I don't think bonding over seeing Mac with the kid in "Necrophilia Americana" necessarily means they have a friendship, I do think it was a nice moment and shows that they are on good terms and get along well enough to share a joke.
Danny and Flack have a long-standing friendship that we've heard about since the first episode, when Danny made mention of them playing basketball together outside of work on a Saturday. I don't expect to see that from Stella and Lindsay to see that they're friends (many have mentioned the Danny and Flack friendship is unique in the CSI world), but I just don't think there's much to go on to say that they're friends. The same was true of Stella and Aiden--I thought it was telling that Stella happened to run into her and said she'd call, but neither of them did. It could be that Stella and Lindsay will get to be friends, but I think at this point it's too early to tell.
I liked the initial change, when she got more comfortable mid-season. But to change from a lighthearted, determined character to an obsessive and angry one is a pretty big change, and with no ostensible motivation, pretty baffling.
