Re: Dislike A Character?
I think all the actors are doing bang-up jobs of portraying their characters, warts & all, but realistically I can find things that I alternately love and hate about many of them, given their situations and reactions.
Most of the time I adore Cath, but during season 5 she literally made me squirming with her power trip. Glad that seems to be over. Sometimes I think Grissom is the greatest thing since sliced bread, and other times I want to b!tch-slap him into next week and yell "Wake Up, you freakin' zombie!" LOL. The writers haven't really given me much opportunity to dislike Nick, Warrick or Doc, they all seem to be on a pretty even keel through the years. Same with Sofia, she hasn't been on very long, but so far I haven't found a single reason to do anything but love what I see. Brass has gotten sassy or judgemental a few times, and it's momentarily irked me, but that's just...well, it's Brass. He can be curmudgeonly, but lovably so. Sara, well she's by far my least favorite of the bunch, but Jorja does such a damn amazing job of portraying her, and yes, I do find many instances where I actually like Sara alot. Usually when she's not anywhere near Grissom, he seems to bring out the basest of her emotions and behavior, and it's not always pretty or easy to watch.
Hodges and Ecklie... well, Ecklie was purposely brought on as the bad guy we love to hate in the earlier seasons, and I'm happy to see they have made him more human, less one-dimensional of late. He couldn't have gotten where he is by being a totally worthless twerp, smart politics aside, and I'm glad they're bringing out a more diverse side of him. Hodges, he can be annoying as hell, and makes me cringe sometimes, but he still manages to make me laugh every time. He can be mean-spirited, which I normally hate in a person or character, but he's also so blatant in his attempts at ingratiating himself into what he obviously views as "the cool crowd", which makes me think he doesn't view himself deep down as "cool" at all, so I forgive him.
Almost forgot about Greg! I've loved watching him grow through the years. Eric has done a superb job with his role.