Eric/Greg: Leggo Our Greggo thread #15

I still personally think they did not have enough of Greg in Play With Fire after the explosion. And his recovery in the next episode was far too quick, but then again so was it in season 7 after Fannysmackin'. I mean both of these events took place with episodes will left in the season (not like Nick in GD and this last season). I mean in one episode he is bedridden and in the next he just has a few bandaids and/or bruises on his face and that is about it. Both were pretty major in what happened to him. Heck Sara had an injured arm for a few episodes at least after her whole ordeal. I think that at least with Fannysmackin' the next couple of episodes should have carried through with his bruises. And wasn't his one hand all bandaged, broken looking in the hospital but yet all was well with that in Double Cross.

Okay I probably should have said all that when it came to those eps, but I just felt with the season 3 eps it was almost the same.

 

On the recovery bit, we should probably realize that the passage of time isn't exactly clear with CSI. Some episodes (mainly two-parters, but there have been others) which air over the course of two weeks our time only take place on one night their time. And the episodes themselves appear to only happen in one night, or one day and night, but they could take place over the course of several days or a week. So basically, even though "Inside the Box" and "Double Cross" immediately follow "Play with Fire" and "Fannysmackin'", the actual time between the cases may be longer.

I guess it all depends on how well you can suspend your disbelief.

 

I am pretty sure I remember reading something that he did not do the stunt on that. I think I remember reading that he and Jorja stood off to the side to watch the guy do the through the window thing.

So far I've only rewatched the season 3 eps. Have not got to After the show yet, this week. So on Play With Fire the first time we see Greg is when he tells Grissom "I'm going to rock your world". I always thought that was sort of funny that he said that to Grissom, of course it was about the evidence he found linking to Jason Kent. But it goes to show he very often was responsible for linking the key piece of evidence to find their suspects. Then next we see Grissom coming to him asking about the nail clippers and reeducating Greg on the order of evidence. But very shortly after that we see our poor Greggo sensing something wrong before he gets blown through the lab window. I always did like how they showed him on the stretcher sort of peeking his eyes open and seeing the lab damage. I bet he could only imagine what damage happened to him. Grissom looking all concerned and yes, even Hodges looked concerned for him. But that was sort of before they really had their rivalry started. :lol: The scenes in the hospital were done well, I just wish we could have at some point seen everyone (well at least Grissom, Nick and Sara) visit him.

I did hate how they focused so much on Sara and how the explosion affected her more so than Greg who got it much worse but then again he still was not really a main character at that time.

Now for Inside the box he was not in very much and that sort of disappointed me. At first we see him as Catherine approaches him asking if he knows what "Off the record means". He says yes and then that scene is over. The next and only other scene he is in is when Grissom comes in and he clearly has his hands shaking. He's trying to act all calm like nothing is wrong but then when Grissom brings it up and gives him that knowing look (almost like a father would) he confesses that it has been going on since the explosion. I felt so badly for him at that moment. I just wanted to give the poor boy a hug. And of course he tries to crack a joke as a defense of how he is really dealing with it, typical Greg, trying to act all brave. But at least Grissom tells him he will be there for him if he needs anything. Then once he is gone, you can clearly see the frustration Greg has that his hands keep shaking when he makes fists and that look on his face. Yes, this was one of the first times we really got to see angst from Greg and I think it did inspire many angst fanfics after that because we could all see now how he would be.

I think it was very cool for the writers to finally show us another side of Greg in having this happen to him. Yes, it was tough to see, but it deepens the character for you to see him have to go through something like that. Just as with Fannysmakin' gave us even more insight into Greg.

 

Well last summer we got really lucky since he went to that TV festival and we got a ton of photos of him. Usually though we hardly hear/see him in the summer unless it is closer to when they start filming again. I think the most recent pic we had of him was from the CSI wrap party that we saw him with the glasses on.

 

Hmm, not many participated in the episode discussion this time around. Anyway, I watched "After the Show" again the other night. One of the reasons I like Catherine is at least she also gave him a chance to do some field work and on a big case like they had.
This episode was also one of the reasons I tend to dislike Sara. Nick was mad but at least he was still overall supportive that Greg was getting some experience in the field. Sara was all witchy about it and acting like Greg was totally incompetent to do the stuff to assist Catherine. I'm glad he showed his stuff by tracking down what the item was that the guy purchased which was a shovel. It helped them pin point down details on the case. I also liked that once again Nick was sort of teaching him what to do when they were out in the dessert with the girl's body. Sara never really assisted Greg until 5th season when she was teamed and more so almost forced to help him out.

Interestingly enough, there has been a lot of Greg talk on the spoiler board. People all saying things we've been saying for ages, we need more character development in Greg. He tends to be more boring (well not to me) to some people due to the fact that we really know overall little about him personally. We actually know more about Hodges (I feel) than even Greg. I really hope there are writer's who read the board here and see what went on in that thread and get a freaking clue. :lol:

 

Yeah I really hope that they give him at least one episode where he is the focus next season. One will make me happy bcz it is better than none. :lol:

Okay and this week's eps to watch are:
June 17th Gregisode: Viva Las Vegas (Season 5) - Greg's proficiency test
Greg scene: Down the Drain (Season 5) - Greg's first autopsy
Greg scene: Swap Meet (Season 5) - funtain' water..."It's how my people spell it"

I am a bit bummed we only picked one ep from season 4. There were a few I liked him in but I guess since Season 5 had so many it was hard.