Geeno
Pathologist
Something's really not right about 'Hostage.' No matter how many times I watch there are just some absurd things, one after another. I know some of them "made sense" in the end (and in 'Veritas') but still... pretty ridiculous.
Yeah, some of the things were quite absurd, like Mac doing the autopsy while Sid is helping. What other things were absurd?
A lot. First, the man decided to stay in the bank because he wanted the police to prove that he didn't shoot the bank manager (as if taking a lot of people and a CSI hostage would keep him out of jail!). Then it turns out that his family was "kidnapped" by the real robbers. Even if it was true, the more sensible thing to do is to get out of the bank after retrieving the cellphone and bring it to the robbers. But instead Mac believed his story without confirming if there was really a kidnapping that happened. In the end, we saw the police raid the man's house and his family wasn't there (as if the kidnappers would kidnap his family at his own house!). Also, the raid happened while or after Mac escorted the man outside the bank. The raid was supposed to happen before that so that they would eventually know the man was lying and warn Mac. Another thing is that Mac didn't even bother to get the gun back from the man just before hitting the road.
In short, the man's story(ies) didn't make any sense in the first place but Mac still trusted him.