Common sense would say that the CSI Writers stop the bleeding and get rid of Lindsay. The honeymoon was over long ago and what could have been will
never be. I'm sure their intentions are good. It just isn't working out. The character they began with, and probably would have kicked all kinds of butt, is now:
Jessica Angell. I swear, she is probably what the writers originally wanted Lindsay to be, but two pregnancies kinda puts a damper on jumping over car hoods, kicking garbage cans to knock down perps, rescuing her partner from speeding taxi cabs and all other tough chick things she's done since she arrived. :thumbsup:
I'm thinking that because the extra exposure the other actors receive from their side ventures, which TPTB have been very supportive and flexible with, would be extra incentive to try to keep Hill Harper, AJ Buckley, Carmine Giovinazzo and Eddie Cahill. They are not hindered from doing other things.
Smart money says Lindsay...
But these are the CSI:
NY writers after all.
You have to check your sense of logic and reason at the door then bend over, grab your ankles and brace yourself because it ain't gonna be pretty.
Well said, especially about Lindsay and Angell.
Common sense ain't common, and I've long given up in trying to understand the peculiar logic of TPTB.
I tend to agree, that the show has always seemed to be flexible in accomodating other projects the cast has going on. So all that means is that perhaps a character leaving doesn't necessarily stem from the actor wanting off the show and that it's a top down decision to kick things up buzz wise in a disappointing season so far and for other changes in S6.
And yes, even with a few months of fumbling spoiler foreplay, I agree, the payoff is not likely to be pretty... :lol:
Strangely enough, my vote was cast to Danny. My logic (although at times was proven that logic was not a friend of mine) was that lately Danny looks bored. The writers changed his character, and they got him closer and closer to the actor playing him.
I know what ya mean, he does look like he's bored, as do some of the others on occasion. Like they're running thru things by rote in a way, hoping for more challenging material to be tossed their way. But on the other hand, everybody likes to work. But I don't understand all the retro-fitting done to his character and the increasing parallels between Danny and the guy that portrays him.
From day one of the pregnancy reveal, many younger posters in the sites that I lurk in have instantly come up with a fear that Ricki would kidnap the baby, because of Reuben. Being that this is fan-fiction season, I'm guessing that some evil-doers will be kidnapping babies, to sell, and will take the franchise's firstborn and daddy will fight to the death to save his bubba. Then...... I want my own brain back........ Lindsay or Hawkes will find residue of some experimental type building material that was only used in one house in the whole of New York and SuperMac will swoop to the rescue, save our firstborn and make a quirky quip towards the camera. Next season Lindsay struggles as a single mum, showing us real angst, with that dramatic expression that we all know and love.... to be continued....unless we forget.
Oi. Stoppit. :lol: Eight to five says we'll see something closely resembling that onscreen sometime soon...
PS. *puts out an APB for
fm62's brain.*
Unless Carmine wants out - it can't be Danny as he is the most interesting character on the show. In my mind's eye Stella is the odd gal out. Seeming more like Syd from Providence than a New York City Detective. Her sex appeal is played up more than any reality in her performance. They certainly have not modeled her after any NY cop I know. If they are downsizing the budget she is the one to go - but it will probably be someone less tied to the show like Angel because if it ain't broke - why fix it?
Well, I beg to differ with regards to Melina, and to each their own, yada.
I never watched
Providence and so have no other references for her. Wasn't she also on
NYPD Blue at one point or something? In any case. As far as the reality of her performances go, I find Stella believable and consistent as a character. And as for modelling her after NYPD cops, the police force numbers enough to be larger than some towns... I would think that as in all walks of life that they're all strongly individual personalities, even if some common interests and motivations may run thru. ...And, it
is fiction, all of it. The fact that whole of the show hasta be compressed into fifty minutes is both good and bad as a framework. It forces a necessary focus, but can suffer when one or two decisions in a slew of them made may be less than successfull in trying to only display and then solve a crime, but also let us get to know the people they've got doing it for our diversion. Outside certain standards, how well we think they do it is always subjective. BTW, is Monroe modelled after any cops from Montana? Sheldon after any particular ME's? They can't even make up their minds about Danny, now, either... :lol:. I hope they don't get rid of Stella, mostly because I do like her, perhaps more this season than in any previous.
Lastly, if it's truly a factor in this, there are also many other ways to trim a production budget, in addition to or instead of reducing the core cast.
I think it will be Jessica. Stella did get her involved in the Greek coin issue.
I would be just too easy to have it be Lindsay. It would be like a bad movie, the pregnant woman whom just got married to love of life dies. :angryrazz: If they keep her the stories between her and Danny will explode. It could be that Craig T. Nelson. In the interview Lenkov said it would be his final appearance.
I know there's now a theory that Angell's on the block because the Greek coin storyline has had it's own long arc this season and has led to the deaths of many involved. (I wonder if Melina ever thought getting involved in developing material for a script would lead to such a strong thruline for the whole of the season :lol: I also don't mind Melina speaking Greek, or any character speaking any language on the show if it works in context. I don't hafta literally be able to translate everything, especially for jokes etc and moments like the coffee with a lil something extra, those are fun simply because the character reverts to another mode of expression in a moment of exasperation. For the more substantial scenes between Stella and the consolate guy, sure, I'd appreciate subtitles or something, if there's something in the exchange we need to know to understand the storyline itself).
I also think, from what we've seen of Angell past and present, that she woulda leaped at the chance to pe a part of whatever's going down, in the same way that Danny volunteered to help as well. I think it would be unfair to make Stella a pariah of some sort no matter what happens. The same could be said of Mac and Stella in a larger sense in being leaders of the team, no matter who dies.
^ An alternate take on that road is that even if it leads to both Angell and Stella being put in harm's way again, that neither hasta die, that it could be equally dramatic to scrape thru and ultimately take down the diplo-immunatic baddie they've been chasing all season. Further, that if TPTB are gonna have Flack and Angell go down a couples route, that this could be a way to do up a moment for them too. Lindsay hauled Danny out after Snow Day, Danny hauled Lindsay out after the Holly-Go-Lightly's, Mac and Peyton had their moment after Snow Day as well. Nothing makes the heart grow fonder and makes for a dramatic finish than a near death slo mo montage after all...
I'd really hate for the following season to be about internal strife and resentment and blame. I'd rather conflict be individual for each character in dealing with the Job than between them, especially over something so permanently scarring as the death of a 'family' member. Black Hole of Continuity notwithstanding of course.
As for bad movies, the whole DL path this season is a case in point, complete with network created fanvids, so why not just finally wrap the f*cking thing up with a bang. Or a uh Boom even. Whichever will get rid of detritus and return the real Messer to us. An explosion between them might actually wind up being a good thing...? :lol:
