Re: CSI: NY Season 5 Spoiler Dicussion - Back in the Big Apple
I kinda feel obliged to respond here, and then hope this is considered resolved to everyone's general satisfaction.
Looks like some one's got the forums mixed up...
I believe this should go here, but then I guess it's okay to post these kinds of very extended scenarios (and keep quoting them) when admins and/or mods agree with its contents
My sincere apologies, as I truly, honestly did not mean it to be offensive, but had intended it to be light hearted, done in the spirit of fun, even while being topical. And I thought it was topical.
With due tact and respect, in point of fact, my post was a response that derived directly from reading the TV Guide article previously posted in this thread, and from the discussions had here about topics therein. I thought it all fair game to comment on and poke a little.
If the article had been posted elsewhere, I would have had that response elsewhere. My comment was long (very sorry), and the format unconventional perhaps (was it the form more than the content that bothered you?) but I don't think it was off topic. Nor was it FF, but what I would have hoped was easily discernable as wider critical commentary made via the characters.
It was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek satirical poke at the
whole show, and honestly,
at TPTB. I'm chuffed some absolutely got it, and am sorry others did not find it as amusing, or felt it spoken out of turn.
Opinions are the default in a Talk forum. As for who can respond in what fashion, I should think all members, be they mods, admins, or general board users, are not only entitled to their own opinions, but to voice them, favourable or unfavourable. Whether a post is appropriate in a given thread or not is a separate issue, and I like any other member will of course abide by whatever determination is made in a given case.
I do understand sensitivities often tend to be heightened where DL, or indeed any ship is concerned, but in this instance they were a vehicle used to direct my absurdity
at TPTB, and were not in themselves the sole target of it. That said, I can understand why you feel the post in question was out of place.
Mea culpa all. I won't make it a habit, at least not here, and will use greater discretion in future.
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Originally posted by PerfectAnomoly:
I'm really interested to see how the Greek story line plays out with Stella hiding things from Mac and it appearing like Danny is helping her. I wonder if it will have ramifications on Mac and Stella's relationship and if she and Danny will have any professional effects from anything that happens.
I think it's great Stella gets a storyline that centres around a crime, one that will provide opportunity to let us in on her heritage. It's a welcome change for her, where previous Stella fodder was centred around the HIV scare, and of course Frankie.
I like the possibilities that this case provides for interaction between Stella, Mac, and Danny. I'm also interested because Melina's been deeply involved in the writing of the story. She's been quoted as saying she's hugely protective of her character, and that only makes me even more keenly interested in what the collaboration between Melina and the writers will turn out as a prime episode for Stella. Absolutely.
I think anyone within the labs who wanted to help Stella would do so voluntarily, possibly even against her counsel, and not because she's anyone's superior in the food chain. I don't see her asking that of anyone. It's precisely because of her position within the labs that all this has another layer of subtext and intrigue. I'm wondering if her 'willing to break the rules now' comment is alluding to how she will proceed with a baddie who's got diplomatic immunity, or if it's about proceeding with both the Rat Fisherman's open homicide, and the secondary investigation of the Greek coins, without informing Mac of something he'd wanna know (the threats), or both, and how the others will fare in trying to support or help her as a result, and what the fallout for each could be.
As for Mac, he's been written to have a long history of going against his superiors in the NYPD, and Gillian even specifically mentioned such when she first met him this season. Before that, there was that big scene of Mac shouting at Sinclair over the phone at how he runs his department, not Sinclair. I think Mac'll take responsibility for his team, and I don't see him as a yes man for Sinclair, wasn't for Gerrard, won't be for Gillian. Precisely the opposite, which is why there are all these managerial and office-politico conflicts. Ways to make drama.
I also think Mac and Stella have known each other long enough that it would not be so cut and dried a situation if any impropriety does arise and is confronted (and we can only speculate what Stella and/or Danny are really going to become involved in).
Stella's eppie is definitely one I'm looking forward to.
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(and, um,
aw shuckies and thankies for happy nods and Shady Intranetz Awards. I owe it all to da Show
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