^10.10 is freakin' ridiculous! I know they have it on at 10 in some states in America (right?) but at least that's consistent, as far as I know they don't p*ss about with the times like Five do.
Five do air those ridiculously long films that run from like 3pm till 7pm, and make everything else run late.
I read the spoilers. Though it means I'm not surprised by the big storylines (say the D/L baby) I always find myself surprised/interested by the way the episodes actually play out, often there is more to them than just what the spoilers mentioned, nice little character moments etc.
It was a really good eppy, though, I thought.
OMG, non-white people involved in crimes in NYC! It's been a while since we saw that. Seeing Chinatown again reminded me of the good old days of NY when we really saw the cultural diversity of New York. The case reminded me of that too, it was a lot darker and grittier in terms of subject matter than episodes have been for a long time. Those scenes where the girls were being drugged and beaten were hard to watch. Also, the episode was really sad in a way we haven't seen in quite a while. I felt so sad for Roni's dad and Tara's dad and all the young girls who had been tricked into the sex trade. Also for Gillian. The episode was quite hard-hitting in that way, and it's been a while since we've seen a 'darker side of New York' episode like that.
Human trafficking is coming up in loads of crime shows lately, they had it in the latest season of Without a Trace (s6), they had a story on CSI Miami a while back, and was there one on CSI Vegas too?
I really liked how all the team were really hit hard by the case, and reacted emotionally to it, not just Gillian who had the personal stake in it. Mac seemed shocked/saddened when Lindsay revealed how young the girls were, and by Gillian's story about her niece. Stella seemed really upset by Tara's father, and Roni's (sp?). Even Flack was really, really pissed off and disgusted when he was interviewing Willie, none of his usual snark, he was really angry. Even Willie, who wasn't exactly the most upstanding of civilians, was disgusted by the idea of treating women that way.
Loved Flack and Danny chasing down the suspects at the beginning (the ones who tried to rob Ronnie's dad) and LOL at Danny pushing the locker over with the woman inside and sitting on it and saying 'I'm on the phone' and 'Shut up!':lol:
LOL at Flack's face when he was leaping over something to chase Chen(?). :lol:
Loved Flack and Mac interrogating that Chen(?) guy, and the way the laughed when he dissed Flack's suit.:lol: I love Mac and Flack in interrogation together.
Yay that Roni's dad fought back when Chen and that woman tried to rob him. Good for him!
Stella looked really, really, pale/white in that first lab scene with Danny. I think it was just that harsh lab lighting washing her out, but she looked really pale.
Sid and Lindsay tag-teaming....I dunno. Lindsay just seemed annoying. I would have preferred just Sid on his own.
I liked how both Mac and Stella knew Katy was lying. But when they let her use the bathroom, I was like 'Nooooo. She's gonna do a runner!' though I thought it would be because she was scared, not because she was in on it. I like how Mac and Stella were the ones to catch her as well, and Mac said 'not this time'. Sorry, witch, you don't get one past Mac and Stella twice. (Swap the 'w' for a 'b' on witch.) And that girl really was a witch.
I liked how Mac went after Gillian 'cause he knew something was up with her, and listened to her story about her niece.
Loved Pissy!Mac telling that guy not to move, or he'd shoot him. I like Pissy Mac, and that guy was scum.
Danny needs his glasses back! Though I suppose contacts are better in case you get hit in the head with a broom or whatever. But he needs his specs back. Maybe he broke them? He should have gone to Specsavers!:lol::lol: Sorry, I had to say that.
