Originally Posted by jessicalynn:
I totally know what you mean. Lindsay and Stella seem like the only two female colleagues in the entire franchise that appear to genuinely care about each other outside of the job. And not just when something bad happens. I really like that about the characters. I would love to see them work together again.
I know, right? I love both Sara and Catherine from the original CSI, but their relationship, funny as it often was, always left me going
I mean, they didn't seem
that different from one another - they had more in common with each other than I think Stella and Lindsay have - but it was like every few episodes they were at each other's throats over something. And from what I've seen from CSI Miami, Calleigh and Natalia appear to get along, but aren't really friends either. Although I kind of get the feeling that was another "lost opportunity" female friendship. I feel like Stella and Lindsay, as shaky as they sometimes are, are the "third-times-the-charm" attempt from the franchise :lol: They need to develop that!
I would also love to see Lindsay work with Hawkes on a case. Just the two of them. They don't have many scenes together anyway and it would be nice to get to see them work a case together. I think it would be interesting, because both of them seem to always have random trivia to share with everyone else.
Ooh, I love the Hawkes/Lindsay dynamic! They haven't had as many scenes together lately as they used to have, but I do feel like after Danny, Hawkes is the one on the team that Lindsay is closest to. I mean, she seems to frequently have an easy rapport with him, he calls her nicknames, which again, no one outside of Danny does (well, Flack and Stella do on occasion, but not nearly as often), and she seems to tell him things about herself that she doesn't really let slip with other people. We need more cases with them together - one of my favourite things about Season 3 was how often we saw them working together.
Originally Posted by Brinchen:
Indeed! They shared a lot of fantastic scenes. I think the most so far I loved the way Stella supported Lindsay in season 3 and in season 5. I love how she tried to make her talk about what's bothering her in season 3. Wasn't Stella the first person who found out what happened to Lindsay's friends? This says a lot about their relationship in my eyes, because Lindsay really tried to keep people away from that secret. And in season 5 it was Stella who Lindsay asked about what to do when she was afraid because of the chemicals. Even though she used the 'my friend' way to ask, it didn't take Stella a second to understand what was meant. And I love how she calmed Lindsay down when they were in the hospital. To only name a few moments I love.
Stella is always the one showing the overt support of Lindsay...and then Lindsay always seems to be the one who
wants to show support of Stella only rarely does it properly. Like, I keep remembering the way we saw Lindsay being all off-kilter throughout "All Access", which told me she really cared about what Stella went through, but I wonder if she ever actually
did go talk to Stella after the events of "All Access" were over. I didn't find it too surprising that Stella was the first to know about Lindsay's "secret", because Stella just kind of invites secrets that way, but I found it really telling about their friendship that aside from Mac, Lindsay was the only other one to know about Creepy-Drew before the sh*t hit the fan. It seems to me like Lindsay really wants to drop her walls for Stella (and Stella is always open and ready to accept it whenever she does), but a lot of the time she can't. A lot of my favourite Stella/Lindsay moments come from early-Season 4, because that was the only real time you could really see the walls coming down.
Yeah, I think Eva was a very interesting character, again with a lot of different sides. Anna is great with portraying many different sides of the same character.
Exactly! I mean, calculating-bombshell-media-shark-Eva-Rossi is about as far as you can get from the character of Lindsay Monroe, so I guess it makes sense that if Anna really liked Lindsay from the start, she wouldn't have been as fond of Eva from the start (although I like them both). What I find impressive is that she made it work
anyway. So, if they ever were to take Lindsay's character in more complex directions, I could totally see it working in the same way (hint hint TPTB
).
Oh yes! She rocked both scenes. I love how she reacted to the officer's comment. Yeah, you better not mess with her! :lol: And how about the interrogation of the wife of the victim where she explains bruises to her? I love those moments so much, I could watch them over and over again. She's great with interrogations, so we definitely need to see a lot of those again.
Oh, poor Officer Murphy :guffaw: (and yeah, those "don't mess with me" scenes of hers are totally DVD-rewind-moments). I mean, he so got what was coming to him as far as Lindsay's reaction went...she's really tough, but what made me especially fond of her in that scene was how, well, different a reaction it seemed in comparison to how the other characters would've reacted. It seemed almost touchy, and then she got really snarky afterward, even when he wasn't really saying anything mean. Anyone else might've just ignored the "Dorothy" comment or returned it with a joke. We need more Lindsay moments like that! I mean, I'm half-convinced that's how the snark-fest relationship between Lindsay and Flack got started. She maybe got the feeling he didn't like her, and started returning the hostility tenfold. I think they like each other plenty now, but I could believe that they didn't at first.
More interrogations would be just the thing! I'm still optimistic - I think half the reason we didn't see Lindsay in as many interrogations in Season 5 was because of Anna Belknap's pregnancy.
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Originally Posted by Brinchen:
Agree! Oh, I almost forgot about the Buzzkill scene. :lol: That was very cool as well. Even though I wonder why that cat didn't make Flack sneeze. But it was a cool scene indeed. I also love the other scenes you mentioned. I love it when she shows emotions.
Yeah, all those pics are from The Handler I think. She looks hot in them, if you ask me.
Originally Posted by Andie:
I like the longer hair too. I like her haricut but I prefered it longer. But I loved the darker color from MI. I wonder if they'll ever change it on the show.
I totally forgot about the cat and Flack's allergies :lol: Oh, consistency. "Buzzkill", though, is another favourite episode, especially from Season 4.
Long hair definitely suits her, although I think I'm a fan of long
straight hair for her. I don't know, I liked her curls from Season 2, and even from early Season 3, but I wasn't that happy with them in mid-to-late Season 3. I was pretty glad to see the haircut in S4 (I didn't like it as much when it got really, really short, but toward the beginning it was really nice). However, I think they've got a specific look in mind when it comes to Lindsay on CSI:NY - "girl next door".
Originally Posted by Andie"
I remember that scene in DWTF. I feel like I just saw it for some reason. But what I didn't get was why he came on her like that in the first place. I personally thought it was fairly rude. Bus she still handled her own. And I think she did a damn good job.
I got the feeling that Officer Murphy was just having a bad day, to be honest :lol: And, well, uniformed officers (at least in the early seasons) tended to be somewhat derogatory to CSIs in general - Stella had to deal with her fair share of rude remarks from unis in Season 1, as did Danny and Aiden.
Originally Posted by Brinchen:
I also love that Lindsay doesn't hesitate to chase and tackle suspects. Like in Zoo York, like in Risk. Oh, and she's cool with her gun, like in Boo. I remember we once had a list when all the weapons she can use. :lol: The list is long.
Yeah, I do wish they would show that tackling-side of her more often -
I could somewhat understand not showing her with a gun as often, since we're supposed to believe she's suffered lasting trauma from the Season 3 ordeal, but still. That's why they need to return to the two-case deals, so we can see more diversity in the CSIs' abilities (And Lindsay's in particular!). Not to mention I can't really believe that for a crime show that takes place in New York City, a team of about seven people is only having to deal with one murder case a night/day.
