And I also think Greg should have been in Play with Fire more than he was! And I'm also wondering...did he do his own stunt in that one?
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.
