"Art Imitates Life" Discussion *SPOILERS*

byline said:
MBGrissom said:
One other thing: It's glaringly obvious that they are showing virtually no emotional reaction from Nick over Warrick's death. It's so out of character for Nick that I have to believe it's deliberate, that he's burying himself in work and in complete denial of his feelings about the death of his friend, and we're going to see more ramifications of this later on. At least, I hope so.
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Its part of his charater, while he's emotional, he doesn't seem to allow himself to let things get in the way of his work. Think of when half the team got sick in season 8. Grissom was sensible, took time off work, did what needed to be done for him to get better. Greg fussed, moaned and sulked at the first sign of a cold. Nick, affected one of the worst as the episode progressed didn't stop working. He admitted that he felt bad to Warrick but said he could 'work through it'. Warrick had to practically drag him away from work in order for him to get some rest.

I really liked this episode. I thought there was no way i would like riley because i've known the others for so long, but she just fit so well. I think theres some good potential for interactions between the charaters with her, hope she'll bring out some humor in greg. I like that not everyone loves her to start off with, though it would have been really out of charater for cath to get 100 percent on with her from the get go. Only have to look back on how she treated new sara for evidence of that.

What i'm loving so far is that their showing more of the labrats and the detectives. Personally hoping for more Mandy screentime, but i'll see how that goes.

The humor in this episode was spot on and it seemed to have regained something i wasn't even sure it was missing till now. Everyone was shown as being more human, not sure how to explain it, but less 2d charaters around. Hoping that they've got something interesting planned for Nick's emotions.

Problem is Warrick and Sara were the ones to speak to him about how he's acting. Greg always seemed quite closed off about emotions, just seems like a teenager at times, sulking and closing off when bad things have happened. Grissom seems pretty dense when it comes to human emotions, unless it affects his work i doubt he'd notice. Catherine is the obvious choice, and i really hope they actually make something of his emotions. Sure, he pointed the gun at McKeen, but Warrick and him have been pretty much joined at the hip since they were littlen csi level one's.
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Did anyone else notice the small timing blooper at the beginning when Catherine arrives at the scene? When the camera pans down to Gil's level, then moves over to see Catherine arriving, she's actually standing still for an extra second or two before getting into action and going under the tape and start talking about why she's late. They should have had her starting from farther away and walking earlier because that would be a hard one to judge from an actor's point of view to figure out just exactly where the camera is focused and when to start walking/talking so she looks like she's actually arriving instead of standing still until waiting for her cue.
 
kaylyne said:
Did anyone else notice the small timing blooper at the beginning when Catherine arrives at the scene? When the camera pans down to Gil's level, then moves over to see Catherine arriving, she's actually standing still for an extra second or two before getting into action and going under the tape and start talking about why she's late. They should have had her starting from farther away and walking earlier because that would be a hard one to judge from an actor's point of view to figure out just exactly where the camera is focused and when to start walking/talking so she looks like she's actually arriving instead of standing still until waiting for her cue.
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I could be wrong, but I didn't see that delay as an error. I interpreted that to be her pausing, looking around for the body, not finding one and then walking toward Gil trying to figure out where she was supposed to be.
 
well, that could be - but since when does Catherine stop to think on the outside edge of a crime scene? Normally she'd be one to go right up to Grissom first, then ask about the body. At this time though, her mind was on the subject of being overworked and not having enough help (as she made mention of right away), so she wouldn't be thinking of the body at that precise time. I still think it was a timing error. (that's my story & I'm sticking to it!!:lol:)
 
I certainly wouldn't say Greg sulks. He does shut off parts of himself because he has to - we know he's a sensitive emotional guy and he does need to shut down to process his feelings and protect himself while he works out how to react. I do this too.
 
I agree, I don't think Greg sulks. I think he's a sensitive and emotional guy - and quite probably that persona we get of crazy Greg is part of him too - the part he projects to the outside world. I do it sometimes as well.
 
REPEATING DECEMBER 18, 2008

HopeAndDestiny said:
Orginial Air Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#903) "Art Imitates Life"

THE CSI TEAM INVESTIGATES A SERIES OF VICTIMS FOUND SEEMINGLY FLASH FROZEN IN PLACE AFTER DEATH. - When a series of victims are found deceased seemingly in the middle of everyday activities, the CSIs must determine what is causing them to remain upright after death. -- The team investigates the murders of woman found in the park posed. An artist becomes one of the suspects when they find out he has his models pose as dead bodies for his pictures. Also being two CSI's short Ecklie hires a new CSI Riley Adams (Lauren Lee Smith) joins the team, and a Peer Counselor named Patricia Martin comes to the lab to help Warrick's former colleagues deal with his death.
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For more info such as guest list and links see page/post one.
 
I just watched a re-run of "Art Imitates Life" and thought it was one of the best season 9 episodes so far. Especially because Riley Adams was introduced.:)
 
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