There has to be something more interesting to ask about. *sigh*
I need scoop on CSI: NY's Danny and Lindsay! — Meg
MegaBuzz: Even though conventional TV wisdom suggests otherwise, executive producer Pam Veasey promises that this couple will remain rock-solid. "We're not going to go the typical [route]," Veasey says. "They went through a lot to get together, and they will now go through things
together. Something will happen — something has to happen in their lives. But it won't be anything tragic."
You know, I get and even admire the fact that they're not going the typical dramatic route with this, to have Danny and Lindsay constantly at odds still even though they're married. I will say this is a trend in TV now--over on Grey's Anatomy, Meredith and Derek are now happily married, and the same is true of Mike and Susan on Desperate Housewives. And it's not a bad thing--I think it will get old after a while, but it's not a bad angle right now.
I can't say I'm unhappy about this. My wish from the beginning has been that they stop all the will they/won't they back and forth and either marry them or break them up. I'm glad they made a decision and are willing to stick by it. Doesn't mean that Danny won't have to sleep on the couch once in a while because he did something dumb that flowers won't fix but at least maybe the lion's share of the drama can be centered around the case or others in the show instead of focusing so heavily on these two.
The problem is that it's pretty much eliminating drama for Danny and Lindsay separately. Danny's ordeal of getting shot and learning how to walk should have been much more dramatic and compelling than it was, but because Danny and Lindsay are married, a lot of those dramatic moments are devoted to them as a couple--her boosting his spirits, him holding the baby--rather than to Danny's specific struggle. And I think that's a shame, because Danny was and still is a compelling character in his own right.
While I don't agree that they can't have drama for them separately, I will say that Danny's storyline did seem rushed and very centered around them as a couple. It appeared to me that Pam V. had a lot to settle in the first few episodes concerning DL. Personally, I was glad they got Danny out of the chair quickly and back on the streets with Flack because I really missed Danny. If the show were of a different type I would have been frustrated that they didn't delve more deeply into the psychological aspects of what he was going through but I didn't really expect that from this show.
I've never had much use for Lindsay, so I can't say I care about her getting her own storylines--indeed, I'm kind of relieved we're not subjected to Anna's bad acting because the loving wife and mother seems to work in her limited range--but I think Danny's struggle with getting shot and the repercussions of that, both physically and emotionally, would have been dramatized with more depth had it not been for the marriage.
Can't say that I agree with this either. Having him lie to his wife (brand new wife at that) about his chances of recovery and being found out had a lot more dramatic effect for me than having a co-worker or supervisor find out that same thing. With the trust issues these two have had I was surprised Lindsay didn't run, but that's also when I got the feeling that Pam V. had an agenda with this storyline.
As for the constant questions about Danny and Lindsay, well, that kind of makes my case about Anna being on the show. The pairing has appealed to younger viewers from the start, and younger viewers are the ones who get on the internet and generate buzz. And shows generate buzz from romance most of the time. If you look at any show, the majority of the questions come from people wanting to know when "so and so will hook up" or "will there be any moments for so and so?" NY isn't going to give up that kind of buzz, even if one of the players is hopelessly weak. They found a way to work around it and please a lot of the fans. I just hope they can bring some good storylines back for Danny.
The bummer of all of these questions about DL is that we're not getting any really juicy spoilers about anything on the show. There's no drama coming up for DL--we know that. No matter how many times the question is asked, it seems like that's the same answer. I'm sure it frustrates the columnists, too--they want dirt! Personally, I'd like to know if Danny's back pain is going to have any repercussions for him, if Flack's guilt is going to flare up again, and when Hawkes is going to get a love interest!!
So is anyone actually asking the questions we want answered outside of DL? I know I don't get on the TV entertainment sites so I can't really complain about what they have to choose from. Unfortunately, DL is easy to answer because the things fans are asking about them don't really have much to do with major developments on the show. It's a way to keep interest hyped without giving much of anything away.
I'm looking forward to that one way more than I am 6.11, too, because a) the title and summary makes it sound like a belated Halloween episode, and b) Ella's back. I was wondering when they were going to dust off that plotline.
