Warning: This post is long! :lol: I would have categorized the likes and dislikes, but I typed this in the order I wrote it down while watching the episode. :lol:
8 out of 10 - Grade: B+
Oh, so Greg is there when the shootout goes down... he's behind Henry.
Hey, this looks cool. Thank god no one dodged bullets Matrix style, that would have been overkill. :lol:
The freeze frame expressions are funny. Nick's looks like a comic book character expression on the comic cover. Heehee.
Nick and the spider. He looked scared at first, but then proud of himself.
Figures that Greg would be the first to recognize the actress and admit he liked her. :lol:
Ooh- new credit pictures. And Yay! They FINALLY added Liz and David! Woo-hoo!
Okay, I do NOT like the way the Greg scene was written. The guys were way out of character in this scene (except Ray who was the peacemaker which I found interesting and amusing for some reason). They made Greg look like Annakin Skywalker (aka whiny) and then even had Nick comment on it. Sorry, but Nick NEVER would have said that. And then Greg's snarky "Who asked you?" in reply. Nope, totally out of character. Absolutely HATED it with a bright purple passion!
In the past, Nick complained about something very similar, so this scene made him look a bit hypocritical (which is so not Nick)- or perhaps tptb were hoping we'd forget the past- ha! I was actually fearing seeing this scene because I had a feeling it would be totally out of whack and out of character for both of the guys. Didn't like them sniping at each other at all. I love both Greg and Nick, they are my favorite characters and I hated that the writer(s) did this to them. I want them to be friends, but instead the writer(s) made them do a really good impersonation of Ryan and Eric (Miami). :lol: It really bugged me because they were way out of character even if they were supposed to be on edge.
They wrote Nick like the older brother trying to parent the younger sibling when younger sib won't listen to Mom and Dad isn't home from work yet. I honestly think this scene could of and should have been handled much differently.
Ray:
It hasn't been bothering me and that's what's been bothering me. Liked this line. It made sense, but kind of reminded me of Grissom a little for some reason. :lol:
Hey, it's the bad terminator guy from the terminator series... and I bet he's gonna be the bad guy on this too.
Cath was out of character in the scene with Nick, Ray and Ecklie. She never would have snapped at Nicky that way. She would have said it much nicer like, "thanks, Nick, but I can defend myself" instead of just a snippy, "I can defend myself".
The scene with Ray and the guy in the hospital freaked me out a bit. I thought Ray was gonna go rogue and hurt the guy for a minute there. :lol:
Awww! Greg/Sara hug. Cuteness! When Sara asked how Greg was being treated and he said he was still being treated like the labrat with the crazy hair, that should have been all that was said about him not being happy (instead of the blow-up scene which was so far out of character that it wasn't funny)... then Sara should have gingerly said something to Catherine about Greg feeling a little left out or out of place. Greg's smile when he saw Sara was adorable... and they added that smile in the opening credits!
I love the Cath/Sara scene. Love the ladies talking together like this.
Doc, Dave and Ray are kicking butt.
So, Hodges was the leak? He made the same mistake sort of that Nick once made (only Nick said it to an old friend from school).
So far, a very good episode with the exception of the Greg blow-up scene. Which would have been okay if they'd left out Nick's comment and then Greg's snipe back at him. Nick is not one to stick his two cents into something that doesn't have anything to do with him. As I said, out of character. Both of them were written like arguing siblings. Didn't like that at all!
Screentime balance is VERY GOOD! Yay! This is the way it should ALWAYS be done. Most of Ray's scenes were with the other cast members rather than him alone or alone with random guest star. Nicely done. Kudos to tptb for that!
Ew! They put the DB through the chopper! At least he was already deceased.
Heehee, I love the Nick/Greg/spider scene. Tied with Greg/Sara hug scene as my favorite. Second fave is the Cath/Sara scene. Anyway, back to the spider. I love the smiles between the guys. Too cute and seems like their earlier disagreement is all gone and forgotten.
Grissom's spider was named Stevie? :lol: Wait... how did Nick know that wasn't his spider anyway and was Grissom's? They looked alike to me. :lol: Are the spiders different genders? If so, better keep them away from each other or else the lab will be overrun with baby eight-legged friends. :lol:
Cath/Nick promotion scene- Loved it! Loved the "I love you too, Catherine" hehe. Cute. And how he just casually says "All right, thanks." When she promotes him. :lol: So subtle, so casual, so Nicky.
Ray to Doc: What's up, Doc? :lol: That struck me as funny. Couldn't help but think of Bugs Bunny. :lol:
Okay, I get that everyone was on edge earlier because they were short-handed, but I still think Greg blowing up over getting a trash run is a bit silly. Over never getting a solo case, fine, but not over a trash run.
So, where is Greg's promotion that he was supposed to get due to him complaining about getting no respect? Is that in a later episode?
Oh and it also bugged me somewhat that they made Riley out to be the villianess. They could have given a better excuse for her leaving than making her the bad guy. Annoying. You created the character, you raved about the character and the actress and then threw them both out like trash and now you make her out to be the bad guy? That's unfair and insulting to the character (whom I thought was great and I loved) as well as to the actress who protrayed her and to the fans of Riley. And it was out of character for Riley IMHO.
Despite the few issues with out of character-ness ( :lol: ), I have to say that this premiere was much better than NY's (most of which made me want to go to sleep) and Miami's (which ticked me off so much when I read about it that I haven't even bothered to watch anything more than the last few minutes-which I only watched to see next week's preview).
Job pretty well done, ptb. I'm not always gonna like everything in an episode, but I liked most of the stuff in this episode except for those three things I mentioned. :lol: Though I know I had a lot to say about those three things, but I still really liked the episode in spite of those three things.
Oh and I loved Nick and Sara both asking each other if they were okay after the gun fight. And the scene where they were going through the remains and started laughing. Cute.
All in all, I absolutely loved Sara in this episode and I think more than I've ever loved her before. It was such a breath of fresh air to see her so happy and smiling (even if I'm not a GSR shipper). It looked good on her. And her intro in the episode almost felt like a new character coming in. It's a new Sara. Loved it!
