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.
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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.