Finally our Natalia is back again, though not so much in the lab but at the doctor's clinic. I am really worried for her and wonder why she doesn't want to talk about the possible violence issue.
So it isn't a secret now any more? Ryan told Walter and I am sure it spreads. If Horatio knows, he will be sure to pull her off field and stuck her in the lab.
They also have yet to address any equilibrium issue or maybe there won't be.
I like to see how they will play her for future episodes (ie. only lab work?). Please, please do something good about this.
Was awesome!!!
On the equillibrium issue -- no, it hasn't been direcly addressed, but if you notice in this episode & in 'CMO', she had several moments where she paused & closed her eyes tight, tilting her head a bit ....my impression was she was a bit dizzy, so the equillibrium part is being played, but not really mentioned. Being hard of hearing wouldn't cause someone to pause like that -- she looked to be trying to keep her balance when Kenny came up behind her with the sword.
Onto the violence issue -- I don't think it has anything to do with Nick. For one thing, he is dead & the storyline couldn't go much further because of this. In most of these personal storylines, the problems/issues eventually work thier way into a case that the team solves, or somewhere something connects them to a case. If this was something to do with Nick then I can't see how or where it would go from here....unless the man isn't really dead! I doubt that though; would be kinda cool ....anyway...
Secondly, she was far too defensive at the Doctor's suggestion that it was caused from abuse; Nat has already shown she's past that, why put up a wall that quickly? And why wouldn't she have just explained her past & reassured him it'd never happen again since Nick was dead?!
It seems to me that this incident was more recent & that she's hiding it for some reason.
Third, Doc said she had had a concussion -- had it happened when she was with Nick she'd have likely seen a Doctor already for it when her arm was broken, she would've known. In the office, she seemed almost oblivious to ever having a concussion.
When we first learned of this storyline, we all figured the majority would be about hearing loss & her job; I would've easily seen it as being from Nick then because I would have assumed her hearing loss & job was the bigger issue, not Nick, the cause. Now with this new info, I have the impression it's this "violent incident" that is the big secret, & the bigger issue.
One thing I will complain on, the hearing issue itself ...will if just be dropped now & turned over towards her "big secret"? I hate it when they do that :shifty: Hopefully they'll still try to work in whether or not her hearing loss will worsen or get better with surgery, but I have a feeling it won't now.
