I really enjoyed this episode.
Did we really need the 'Playboy' type scenes at the beginning with all the boob-bumping and spraying of champagne? I mean
really.
Loved Sid in this episode, it was great to see a case become personal for him, and see him outside of the morgue. His scenes with Mac, and with Natalie's mother, were particularly good. We haven't seen any Mac-Sid interaction for a while, and usually it takes the form of banter, so it was nice to see a more serious, meaningful exchange between them.
Loved Mac's interview with Meredith! The look on his face when she called Kristin a 'bitch', interrogation by sexy calendar, and he got pissy with her when she started lying. I also liked his absolute disgust for Al the janitor/'doctor'. I didn't quite get what he meant when he said what Al did was worse than murder, but I guess he meant taking advantage of young girls' doubts about themselves and doing something so stupid/irresponsible as to inject them with silicone.
Danny's granddad fought in Korea? I paused the tv when there was a close up of the dogtages, and it said 'USN' on them, which I assume is US Navy. That's interesting, it's especially good to finally know where those tags come from, and I'm curious that Danny has kept them so long- his grandfather must have been important to him.
Danny's back to his Danny Ways, not telling anyone about getting his badge nicked. I can see why he wouldn't want to, but it's irresponsible, and it's so Danny. Flack's pissy reaction was interesting and different, he's always been the most tolerant of Danny's behaviour, even in 'All in the Family' he took Danny's behaviour with remarkable tolerance. We've seen Mac, Stella, Hawkes and even Lindsay pissed at Danny's behaviour, but never really Flack. I always wondered when/if we'd see a strain in Flack and Danny's relationship, and this looks like it. I'm
very interested to see where this will go.
Shane Casey? My reaction is a mix of WTF, eeeeeeeeeeeeeek, and LOOK OUT DANNY!
So some very nice character moments, and it was wonderful to finally see Robert Joy get a chance to shine. I'm crossing my fingers for more stuff like this for Sid in the future. Both Flack and Sid, prior to this season, were primarily in the roles of the CSI teams pet cop and pet coroner, and as providers of humour, but the writers have shown us a different deeper side of Flack, and with this episode, a different, deeper side of Sid, too, and I like it. It's so good to see he's more than just the creepy/quirky coroner.
A Lucy mention - nice. And Danny picking up diapers and wipes? Domesticated Danny? LOL. I wonder if he
changes the diapers too.:lol: I can just see the look on his face!
The football scene at the end was cheesy, but I liked it because we got Smiley Mac. But I thought the earlier, more serious Mac-Sid scenes were better.
I'd give it an A- with points deducted for the Playboy type opening scenes and the cheesy ending, but it gets the 'A' because of some ace character stuff, Sid, and the eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek factor with Shane Casey.
Stupid channel 5 announcer-lady called Mac 'Max'. It
was a nice catch, though!