Episode 7x24 'Dissolved' ***CONTAINS SPOILERS***

[vsuga]

Wow, this epi was interesting. Ryan and Eric working together w/o all that tension was a nice change, yay :thumbsup:.

Spoiler: Finale

I'm not going to jump to conclusions this time around. Playing around with words and scenes seems to be a CSI franchise MO.

I don't think this is the last we'll see of Tara.

 

[MiamiWolfe]

I am kind of annoyed. I have logged in, tried to post and it told me I needed to log in again and I would lose 10 minutes of typing. Ugh. I hate it when that happens.

A pretty intense episode.

What I liked:

--Ryan (natch). Damn, did he look hot in that suit. Blue is a good color on him:drool:
-His scene with Eric. I loved the light-hearted banter. Eric to Ryan: "just like the leather pants you like to wear" (gotta see these leather pants:devil. Glad to see them getting along.

-Ryan's whole involvement with Tara's situation. He did the right thing and handled it well eveh though it obviously bothered him. He tried to warn her and gave her every chance but she blew him off. Glad he got to mention his gambling to her. He followed through on his ultimatium from last week, and handled the investigation very professionally. Surprised and glad to see H there when Ryan searched her locker. Ryan was shocked when he realized the situation was worse than he first thought. His response to Tara's apology reminded me of his conversation with Calleigh right after he got fired. I wonder is he found it weird to be on the giving end of that conversation.

--Mike Travers out of the lab. Love this guy!!

--Bye bye Tara. I highly doubt she will be back in the morgue if we see her at all. With the charges against her, I don't see how she could come back. She will probably lose her license and even if she didn't I don't think H could trust her again. Maybe Alexx will be back?!

--Ron is now my favorite villain. He plays so well off of H. I was a little surprised that he had nothing to do with that death in the pool.

--Poor Kyle needs a hug.

--Frank is slowly replacing H as the one-liner king. My favorite Frankism: "you're crazy but you already knew that"

What I wasn't so crazy about:

--Little Natalia

--The story line was a bit confusing. Why did the two couples die?

--Although I am starting to warm up to Rick Statler, I hated his shirt/tie combo.

I liked the episode and looking forward to the finale.

 

[califan]

I'm still catching up, but from what I've gathered the ME job has been cursed. It's reminds me of Harry Potter because the job of the dark arts class was cursed no teacher made it more than a year. But it would be hard to fill Khandi's shoes what I have seen she was wonderful, plus I was a fan of hers on News Radio.

 

[arcadian7]

I haven't even seen this epi yet and I have to say that I am sad for H because he's so desperate for a family of his own that he's forgetting his earlier dealings with Julia - she's a criminal and that's all there is to it - meds or not - the lady's a sneaky con artist like her latest flame Ron Saris... I don't know why TPTB would remove all of this history and make H a total sap when he's stood firm for what's right and what's wrong in the past - heck, he dumped a girlfriend (Attorney Nivens) because she decided to cut a deal with a cop killer - why in heaven's name would H protect Julia? Just because she bore him a son??? OH pulleeaazzzeee!! H, you are disappointing me!!! Sure, I'm glad they are trying to make H the character he was in earlier seasons but this is nuts! Julia doesn't deserve him - and honestly - give me a break that the writers are more or less just repeating the woes of the Marisol storyline again. Are they really determined to curse poor Horatio that badly to give him yet another broken woman in his life? I liked Julia when she first came on - a con artist coniving woman who was solely out for herself no matter who she screwed over to get what she wanted. I felt sorry for her in Bombshell but now as I see the course of this storyline - I'm terribly disappointed that she has an illness to lay all blame on for her conduct in life... sorry, I think the writers could do better with this one - there was so much more potential to it keeping Julia as just a "B" and running with her self-centeredness instead of making her another woman with an illness (and yes, I know bipolar disorder is a very real thing but I thought the storyline could be better)... H deserves a storyline that's dramatic but another ill woman in his life has been done already... he doesn't need a repeat performance of Marisol to break his heart again...

 

[Nightrider]

I haven't even seen this epi yet and I have to say that I am sad for H because he's so desperate for a family of his own that he's forgetting his earlier dealings with Julia - she's a criminal and that's all there is to it - meds or not - the lady's a sneaky con artist like her latest flame Ron Saris... I don't know why TPTB would remove all of this history and make H a total sap when he's stood firm for what's right and what's wrong in the past - heck, he dumped a girlfriend (Attorney Nivens) because she decided to cut a deal with a cop killer - why in heaven's name would H protect Julia? Just because she bore him a son??? OH pulleeaazzzeee!! H, you are disappointing me!!! Sure, I'm glad they are trying to make H the character he was in earlier seasons but this is nuts! Julia doesn't deserve him - and honestly - give me a break that the writers are more or less just repeating the woes of the Marisol storyline again. Are they really determined to curse poor Horatio that badly to give him yet another broken woman in his life? I liked Julia when she first came on - a con artist coniving woman who was solely out for herself no matter who she screwed over to get what she wanted. I felt sorry for her in Bombshell but now as I see the course of this storyline - I'm terribly disappointed that she has an illness to lay all blame on for her conduct in life... sorry, I think the writers could do better with this one - there was so much more potential to it keeping Julia as just a "B" and running with her self-centeredness instead of making her another woman with an illness (and yes, I know bipolar disorder is a very real thing but I thought the storyline could be better)... H deserves a storyline that's dramatic but another ill woman in his life has been done already... he doesn't need a repeat performance of Marisol to break his heart again...

Well, love is blind -- and deaf, dumb and crazy sometimes. I have to admit I want to smack him Cher-style and tell H to "Snap out of it!" I don't care if the woman has a mental illness or not -- Dude, she's playing you and she knows she can!
As for Tara and Julia, I actually fell pity for them both. Don't get me wrong -- I don't condone what either of them did. No one put a gun up to Tara's head and told her to take the pills and lie, and no one put a gun to Julia's head (no pun intended) and told her not to take hers. It was their choice from beginning to end. But addiction and mental illness are very serious problems that don't solve themselves with a wave of a wand or disappear overnight.
Addicts will lie, steal, manipulate and even kill for their drug of choice. And it's not because they are bad people, it's because the drug has taken over their mind and body and has become their No. 1 priority. Nothing else matters any more. A family member who is a nurse once told me that if she had a choice, she would rather kick heroine than Oxy and other narcotics because those drugs literally get into your muscles and bones. Once you don't have them anymore, you experience the worst pain humanly possible.
And with mental illness, I have dealt with my fair share of bipolar patients who struggle with taking their meds. Some think the meds have taken something away from them, like their creativity or true feelings or even their personality. They don't realize that once they drop the meds, their chemistry spirals out of control, as we all saw. In Julia's mind, her actions were her only way out of the hell she was in.
In the end, both characters had to hit bottom to get help. Will Tara be back? Doubt it. That's federal time and nothing will help her there. Julia? Oh despite the fact that I would rather see a root canal sooner, we will see her again.

 

[ladyjr8]

personally glad for any time of seeing Rick and with Horatio-fantastic...loved snarky Ron Saris creeping even Horatio by being at the scene of a murder and acting all buddy buddy to H "want a cuban cigar, H?it's expensive" yikes, no thanks...liked that actions had consequences-Tara you've been found out so no more lies and hiding anything after everyone in the lab saw you get arrested-you're screwed,lady...as for sick Julia-she needed a babysitter/nurse to make sure she stayed on her meds so giving her 'space' like H suggested wasn't a good idea-but she had been pushed over and Kyle isn't experienced enough to help her so where was H-either they were dating again or she expected him to take care of her...as for Natalia knowing/asking about personal questions concerning Julia-maybe some of the team and H/Julia, Kyle have been socializing-we don't know that they haven't had some beach time, picnics, parties, dinners and maybe that's why she asked?

 

[Delynn]

Okay, let's talk about what, to me, was the most attention grabbing storyline of the episode--Horatio/Kyle/Julia.

First off, I loved the scene when Kyle came to see Horatio. Kyle is clearly upset and stressed out by his mother. I loved how Horatio knew the moment Kyle showed up that something was wrong. Can I give a shout out to Evan Ellingson? That kid is doing a fantastic job. I did have one problem with the scene. Kyle makes it known that his mother's constant presence in his life is stressing him out. I believe he even begins to say "I can't handle this." Horatio really ought to be concerned. But instead he chides Kyle saying "she's been through a lot lately, hasn't she?" What about Kyle? Hasn't he been through a lot?

Absolutely agree with you here. I understand that Julia is having major issues and is suffering but Kyle, along with everything else he's had to deal with in this short life, is now being forced what watch his mother go through a complete emotional/mental meltdown. Until Horatio removed him from Julia's care it appeared to me that Kyle was HER caretaker, not the other way around. Life has not been easy for Kyle, who I'm sure thought that when he found his parents he'd finally have a support system for HIM. I know Horatio has always been there for Kyle but I really feel he could have been a little more attentive to Kyle's emotional devastation after watching his mother scare the crap out of his co-workers and himself and then threaten to kill herself.

I understand Horatio's concern for Julia, but I do believe that Kyle should be the priority for Horatio - not Julia. Maybe now that Julia is getting the professional help she needs Horatio will forcus on Kyle. THAT, I would truly like to see.

I don't get what happened with Horatio and the judge at the end. I understand that Horatio was trying to get Julia sent to an institution rather than jail, but his word choice was strange. He admits he was wrong about the medication. Then he goes on to say that it was his fault that Julia has lost it, which implies that taking Kyle away is what caused Julia to become unstable. Is Horatio seriously saying that he shoudn't have taken Kyle away? It seems to me like H is a lot more concerned with Julia's well being than he is with his son's well being. Even on her medication Julia is a bad mother to Kyle, and I would think that Horatio would recognize that.

Horatio removing Kyle and not believing Julia probably only served to exacerbate the situation, but you're right, Julia has to assume ultimate responsibility for her own actions. She elected to stop taking her medication and what happened was a result of that decision.

Horatio was right to take Kyle and he had every reason to believe that Julia was both capable of threatening Saris and stealing the drugs from the morgue.

Horatio will forever carry the weight of the world on his shoulders and his guilt about all the horrible things that happen to the innocent is only worse when it's people he cares about. It didn't surprise me at all that he went to the judge to work out a deal. He does that kind of thing all the time for strangers, so of course he'd do it for someone he considers his family.

Overall I enjoyed the episode, though there were definitely some sketchy parts.

Yeah. You're right.

The promo...eh...doesn't really look like something I'm going to enjoy that much. But I'll take that to the spoiler thread.

I'm not looking forward to the finale either - except that it means I can now hope the TEAM returns in season 8.

EDIT: I just remembered. Did anyone else think that it was totally unprofessional of Horatio to mention that Julia had stopped taking her medication to Natalia? I get that TPTB were trying to put a nice moment between H and Nat in there, but Julia's business is not Natalia's business. That crossed a line, IMO.

I didn't really think it was unprofessional. Horatio and Natalia have always gotten along well, especially since he helped her get through her ex-husband's death - in a friendship way. I took him telling Natalia that Julia was off her meds and as him sharing with a friend, not a subordinate or even co-worker. Although I don't think it would be inappropriate for him to tell her if at that time Horatio thought it was possible Julia had threatened Saris. That would be part of an investigation.

I like Horatio and Natalia's relationship. They seem very comfortable together and Natalia is always so warm, understanding and kind when it comes to Horatio and Ryan. It's one of the reasons I like her so much. Those two need a little kindness thrown their way once in a while. Natalia, in a small way, makes up for Alexx being gone. It just seems like she'll be there to take care of them when no one else cares.

 

[Liesbetje]

I actually have only one thing to say: Michael Travers, marry me!:lol: He's so so funny, and super-intelligent and his accent is great. I was like wiiiiiii Travers gooooooo Travers:guffaw:

For the rest: Tara, good riddance. Seriously, I don't really dislike the character, but it would be nice to have an ME without any issues whatsoever.

Why's Eric still talking to his dad? It's not even his dad, he just "created" him, he didn't bring him up.

Horatio, please, you can't blame yourself for everything that goes wrong in the world, Julia's a nut.

Ryan did a good job, looked good... but somehow I have the feeling sometimes he doesn't really fit in. However his scenes with Eric were nice.

 

[delkosgirl88]

Ho-ly crap. I loved this episode. I don't care what anyone else says about it, I thought it was so good. The case may have been weak but I think they were focusing more on other things this epi. A+++ So...

- The beginning, was so gross. Worse than the wood-chipper.

- Travers in the field?! Dude, I know he was there to help with whatever was in the pool but that was still weird to see him out with the CSI's.

- I loved Ryan and Eric's scene when they were processing the car. :lol: I wanna see those leather pants of Ryan's. lmao. My brother laughed so hard at what Ryan said about some hooved animal stealing the car keys and then proceeding to kill someone. :/

- Ryan looked meaaan when he caught Tara with the pills again. I like how he got to mention his gambling. I think it was a good idea to have Ryan be the one to find out about her addiction since he knows what it's like (even if not as bad as her).

- The morgue scene was freaking intense. For a second I doubted the promo and thought Ryan DID get shot. And when Julia told him to put the gun down, o0o0o0o0o0o. My whole family was like OH MY GOD when she turned around and held the gun to her own head. I have to say I thought a lot of things during that scene. Thought Ryan DID get shot, thought Julia was going to shoot Tara for implicating her, thought she was going to kill herself. :lol:

- I love how Ryan yelled. YAY! I was hoping he'd get angry, and who wouldn't, having a gun pointed at you?

- Natalia was only in one scene again (I'm starting to think this is Eva La Rue's decision it's been happening so often and only to her) but I like how she comforted Horatio and asked if there was anything she could do to help. Nice to know there's still some team aspect between her and the rest.

- The whooole Tara thing, I loved. Loved the search warrant for her locker, loved Ryan checking all the names on the bottles to the dead bodies, loved how he wanted to walk with her to see Stetler (even though he didn't tell her why, though I think she had a fair idea). And I didn't feel the least bit sorry for her when she was arrested, nor did I think Stetler was being a butthead. And Ryan DID give her chances.

- It scared me when that Shane guy slammed the table and the water got all over the floor. I was slightly confused and thought the water had been like the water in the pool. :lol:

- Loved Frank protecting Calleigh in that scene.

- Aw, poor Julia (psh) gone to the looney bin. But I think it's a good thing. Hopefully we won't be seeing more of her any time soon. I'm good with more Kyle but I hope she doesn't show up again for a long while. The scene between her and Horatio was sort of strange. *shrug*

- I felt quite bad for Eric and Ryan when they watched Tara leave. Another one of their team members they couldn't trust, and another ME to leave. I miss Alexx even more now.

You pretty much summed up my thoughts on this epi.

 

[Jag Lady]

All I can say is WOW! Fantastic! It was great to see Michael Travers in the field. He's a character who HAS character.

It was also great to see Rick and Horatio working together on something for a change, although I usually enjoy watching them snap and snarl at one another. And to use Rick in TWO unrelated scenes. That was great. That tie looked like something out of the S&K Jimi Hendrix collection!

I have to agree with a lot of other people here. I knew Tara had some big shoes to fill after Alexx left, but it just seems like she never quite got there. It hardly seemed believable that she was so young and had all that experience.

Please bring Alexx back? To have the whole gang back would be awesome!

Kim Coates did a fantastic job as an uber-creepy bad guy.

CBS, if you're reading this, please keep up the good work. And don't cut corners! If you're supposed to have a tech or IAB in a certain scene, pay the actors and bring them in! They're all excellent and worth the money!

 

[CoachMom]

I thought this episode was OK. I didn't like that you knew waht happened to the victims right at the beginning og the show.

Did anyone else find it weird that Ryan searched Tara's locker without gloves one? Later, in the morgue, he has them on but not during the search. I thought it was odd considering it was an investigation.

 

[MyMutantRomance]

I was really good, and i did think it was a little weird the Ryan wasn't wearing gloves. I loved hearing Kyle call Horatio "dad" it made me awww.
I'm glad to see Tara go, I will always be a Alex fan and no one will ever replace her.

 

[GregNickRyanFan]

I did find it a bit odd, but the locker was Tara's and only she had the combination, so technically there would be no reason for them to need to do a fingerprint test... especially when at least two people saw her popping pills and Ryan saw her grabbing pills up from the ground after the grenade went off.

 

[CoachMom]

Yeah. I guess so but she could always claim that it's his word against hers and that Kyle doesn't count because he's an ex-con.
I don't know just thought it was weird no gloves there but gloves in the morgue when checking tags against the bottles. Anyway...bye bye Tara.
I'm weird. I pick up on things like that.

 

[MiamiWolfe]

Yeah. I guess so but she could always claim that it's his word against hers and that Kyle doesn't count because he's an ex-con.
I don't know just thought it was weird no gloves there but gloves in the morgue when checking tags against the bottles. Anyway...bye bye Tara.
I'm weird. I pick up on things like that.

Ryan could have been wearing gloves in the morgue to prevent any problems with other cases that the other bodies could have been involved in. I actually thought Ryan not wearing gloves was a little strange too. I guess since they were found in her locker and H was there as a witness, there was no need to wear gloves. As mentioned before, there was other incidences that happened that pretty much left no doubt what was going on.