Ambush Part 1
First things first, I honestly don’t like the way they keep creating little places in which they can plonk Natalia. To be honest, I think the character is more or less superfluous when it comes to the concept of the show, because all the jobs she does do could be done by others, yet she just flits from one to the other, as if she is an expert of all the jobs, and for me, because I keep thinking well such-n-such should be doing that, I am automatically pulled out of the scene, which then means I stop being entertained. Also I’m still not liking the cock-sure attitude they are giving Natalia either. Not only does it show your hand and make you look stupid when you're completely wrong (which I think Natalia is yet to be right when she's adopted such an attitude), but it is annoying as hell for me!!!
Not a fan of Elizabeth Berkley I’m afraid and the clothes she wears are an eyesore and off-putting. She makes me cringe in a big way and also pulls me out of scenes and into the real world.
I had high expectations for this episode and yet because I was getting bugged by being pulled out of scenes, well, it spoilt it a bit for me.
Does Horatio now own only black coloured suits? Bring back the subtle colours he wore in the earlier seasons and also the designer too. Much Much better clothing and DC looked great in them. Black does nothing for him at alllllllll...
Big BIG goof right at the beginning of the episode. We saw a floating arm in the water and yet both arms were attached to the victim when she was still in the car. Then we see a stump when she was on Alexx’s table.
If I had been Calleigh I would have slapped Ryan for such a crass comment about the camera cap.
Why was Calleigh and Ryan arresting those two blokes? Surely they should have been brought in for questioning? I have always been under the impression that you only make an arrest when you have evidence corroborating the suspect(s) involvement, which if that is the case they had no evidence whatsoever only suspicion. And wouldn’t a pre-law student be aware of that?
What happened to Eric? He was at the scene with Calleigh and then promptly disappeared to make room for Ryan.
Given what they give Natalia to do, it pisses me off no end to see Valera appear simply to be nothing more than a sounding board for Ryan and yet earlier she should have been the one doing the blood DNA analysis and
not Natalia!!!! Grrrrrr! So f-ing annoying.
I don’t know what everyone’s gripe about Stetler is, because he has shown concern for Horatio in the past. When Horatio explained to Stetler the reason he had been subpoenaed in New York for one. I liked that brief scene they shared. I also adored Calleigh’s look of concern for Horatio and much preferred that to the short speech she gave about how all of them would be there for him. Sometimes you just don’t need words.
In all honesty this thing with Cooper is just downright ridiculous. I hate it. Cooper was not pathetic or mean, or childish and I think it is ridiculous to suddenly show him harbouring a dislike for Calleigh. How long has it been since they caught Cooper using Speed’s card? Pffft! I had a feeling this storyline was not going to be good but for completely different reasons to why I don’t like it now.
I’m really pleased that they didn’t show
how Calleigh was captured (Thankfully they left that fanfic moment on the drawing board), but her going out on her own? Throughout this episode she has been shown to be with someone else, mostly with either Ryan or Eric, but then when it came to visiting a possible lead, she goes out on her own? Contrived in the worst possible way.
All in all, I was really looking forward to this one, given last week’s episode, but it did not deliver at all. I was so constantly being jarred out of scenes that I couldn’t settle down and just enjoy it.
I am pleased however that they are dealing with what happened in Rio, that, hopefully, there will be an absolute closure one way or the other.
In all honesty, I never expected there to be a trial, not only because it screamed set-up from the very beginning, but also because despite Horatio effectively murdering Riaz, Riaz was a drug Lord and I think there would have been a lot of officials happy about his demise. As for the extradition and how it wouldn’t happen, who knows what can be achieved when politics are involved. It could have been a goodwill gesture from America to the Brazilian Governemnt, or something that would appease them, or whatever, so because of that, the extradition didn’t bother me at all.
I'll be back with a review of the second part, but I don't hold much hope for me Woo hoo-ing about it.
Oh and what would have possessed those blokes to jimmie the lock on the boot of the car in the first place? He swam down saw the body and what? Forgot his fright of seeing a dead body in a car, thoughtthere might be something of value in the boot of it, so swam round the back of the car and forced it open with a fish-hook? Pahleeeeease. But most importantly, what was he doing swimming down there anyway? Would you go diving after seeing a disembodied limb floating on the surface of the water?
