Out of Time -- Eric looks at Horatio, not Calleigh, WTF
I'm so glad to see that I wasn't the only one who was incredibly bothered by this! I also had a WTH :wtf: moment when
Out of Time ended with Eric looking at Horatio rather than at Calleigh. I mean, don't get me wrong, I really like the surrogate father/son relationship between Horatio and Eric, and I think that it is one of the nicest relationships on CSIM ... a distant second place behind Calleigh & Eric's, of course. But a man who's awoken after being at death's door is going to look 1st and foremost at the woman he loves, not at his (former) boss/mentor, even if the latter is also a father-figure. After the E/C hell that was the Season 7 finale, I felt cheated by that final moment in the 1st episode of Season 8. Then again, that was just the start of the "weirdness" between Eric & Calleigh that the writers tried to create in the 1st half of Season 8, before they came to their senses. (Thank God they finally saw the light!). Anyhow, here's my 2 cents on Season 8, from an E/C perspective, now that the season is over:
HIGH POINTS:
- The E/C bedroom scene in
In the Wind, of course!:adore: Hot, steamy, dreamy and romantic. Not to mention that we Hiphugger-fans had been waiting for this type of scene for ages and ages! The ending locker room scene was pretty sweet also. A bit ambiguous, but the sizzling chemistry between Eric and Calleigh was amazing.
- The flashback to when Eric and Calleigh first met in
Out of Time (that was about the only good scene in that episode).
- The "I missed Miami / Miami missed you" scene in
Delko for the Defense. You just
knew that they weren't talking about Miami, but about each other. *SIGH*:luvlove:
- The "save a little something" scene in
Meltdown. Seeing Eric and Calleigh flirt always makes me grin like a kid on Christmas morning.
- Anything remotely "domestic" involving Eric & Calleigh in episodes
8.21,
8.22 and
8.23. All the references to "home" and seeing Eric and Calleigh at his place in
Mommie Deadest made me feel all warm-and-fuzzy inside.
- The E/C hospital and morgue scenes in
Backfire. Seeing Eric doting on Calleigh after she woke up in the hospital was so adorable. And hearing him call her "babe" and that intensely heartfelt hug at the morgue totally made me melt.
- The pier scene at the end of
Time Bomb. Eric laying on the flirty, boyish charm, and Calleigh trying to sassily resist him, but not really wanting to. (What woman could really resist Eric, anyway?:drool

I even liked the scenes of Eric and Calleigh arguing at the beginning of the eppy. There was so much passion between them even when they were disagreeing! And "sassy Calleigh" was fun to watch, as always.
LOW POINTS:
- As I said above, Eric waking up in
Out of Time and looking at H. rather than at Calleigh.

- The frustratingly-ambiguous way that Eric left CSI in
Bad Seed.

That final locker-room scene is still difficult for me to watch.
- More ambiguity about the status of Eric & Calleigh's relationship at the end of
Bolt Action. They only talked about being able to work together again, but the status of their romance was the 1,000-pound gorilla in the living room.:shifty:
Like
hiphugger17, I also found Season 8 to be bittersweet. I really missed Adam/Eric in the episodes in which he didn't appear, and the way his absence was handled made the E/C relationship seem disjointed and uncertain. In the first half of Season 8, the CSIM writers seemed determined to destroy the wonderful E/C relationship that had been building for so long and had finally come together in mid-Season 7. :shifty: Thank goodness they realized the error of their ways! And I'm sure that Adam announcing his full-time return to the show next season (YAY!) didn't hurt, either.

The writers really stepped up their game in the latter half of Season 8 and gave us some really priceless E/C moments. :thumbsup: Let's hope that his trend continues in Season 9.
