I think I can comfortably say that was the best part of the story. It did draw both the previous episodes together (which I really wasn't expecting because I thought the Miami story had pretty much wrapped up in one - didn't count on the tattoo actually meaning something!) and I think the ending was satisfying without being cloying which, let's face it, that ending could have been!
So. Few more thoughtythings...
-The Dr Ray epithet needs to die. Now. I didn't mention it from last week's episode but I'm with everyone else who mentioned it: UGH. At least Nick only did it once.
-Am I the only one amused by Nick being the one to freak out about a CSI not answering their phone? Yes? Okay then... *grin*
-Pimps get a con?! Well, I suppose it IS Vegas...
-MUCHLY amused by the pocket cocaine test sequence
-Not sure what I think of the Didi character, though; on the one hand, you have David presenting that video which quite clearly shows she's a VERY dizzy Blonde (with all the negative connotations that implies). On the other hand you have Diane presenting her as a verrrry canny, sharp and with-it girl who manages to fool an experienced pimp. The two do not quite go together in my mind.
-WENDY!!!!!
-The conversation with Nick and Hodges over a pay rise *giggles* For that matter, Hodges' glasses and the responses from Greg, Wendy and Catherine. I believe I've mentioned before that I AM easily amused...:lol:
-Typical Hollywood, though; when you need a bad guy playing, hire a Brit who, in this case, can't QUITE keep his accent up...though I suppose Mark Sheppard would excuse himself on the grounds his character had been living in America for quite a while
-Lastly, can anyone remember a crime scene where David's first line WASN'T "Sorry I'm late" or some variation on that theme?
Overall, then, I think I enjoyed the story as a whole, even allowing for not going so much on the Miami episode. I do think that they could have done a little more to tie the Miami episode in (like getting in the fact that the tattoo meant something so that wasn't quite so out of left field), but given you're talking three different writing teams, two of them juggling an unfamiliar character...maybe I'll let them off that. Maybe
What did anyone else think?