Re: Flack #6 - Your Handcuffs or mine?
Fay, you officially made my night! Thank you for all the lovely pictures and the wonderful discussion. You make life good...
Aw, that's sweet.
But really, I have totally selfish motivations--I like to look at the prettiness, and I like to run my mouth.
But I'm glad other people join in, it makes it more fun that way. :lol:
Oh? Lol... should I elaborate on it?
*fangirlish giggle* Um, no, no that's not necessary at all. *chuckle* I, er, that is to say, I don't think I, uh,
need elaboration. I'll just *giggle*, I'll just pretend I have a clue what you mean. Which I
don't, by the way, I'm totally innocent.
*shoves horns under hair*
Flack definitely was on a drug bust, not just stumbling across drugs imho. He had a whole team with him and they were all wearing bullet proof vests.
That's very true. Unless they expect us to assume that Flack does various types of jobs in the NYPD, I'm thinking that maybe the drug raid was the result of a homicide investigation. They're trying to solve a murder, and they find out that the victim was selling drugs or something. So when they follow the leads to do the raid, they put Flack in charge since it was initially his investigation. Yeah, it might not make a whole lot of sense, but I think I like that idea better than 'oh, I guess he does drug raids in between being a regular homicide detective.' :lol:
I started getting all discussion-y over in the spoiler thread, so I thought I'd bring what I said over here.
The quotes I used are from
1CSIMfan.
Well, I thought "Consequences" gave us quite a bit of insight into Flack's character, as
1CSIMfan said. It wasn't spelled out, but it was there.
It showed that, in the end, he will do whatever it takes to put the bad man away, even if he hurts a friend--or himself--in the process.
He seems to have a very black-and-white view of right and wrong, and of where people should stand on the issue. Yes, he's a very capable detective, but there's still a certain naivety about him, a bit of idealism. He's slowly learning that the world isn't just cut-and-dry like that, but you can sense that it's hard on him to know that. He wants to believe in something better.
He's a good cop--but it's obvious that he's still a
young cop. He's learned a lot, he knows a lot, and I don't mean to imply that he is ignorant in any way. But he also still has a lot to learn--in the process he'll gain a certain...what's the word...
jaded view of the world. On the one hand you know he needs to get there, but at the same time you mourn his loss of innocence. There's something very
pure about Flack, IMO, that makes him very interesting.
He knew Mac was just doing his job (the same way that Flack was doing his job with Gavin) but you could see that it was still hard on him.
And I really loved the contrast there, between Flack and Moran. Both were being stubborn about handing over their memo books, but for very different reasons. You know the connection wasn't lost on Don...
But this is the spoiler thread, so I'll leave that alone for now. :lol:
^I think I pulled most of that straight out of my ass last night. :lol: But it's sort of how I feel...I think it's
missing something though. I don't think Flack's a kid, and that's kind of how it sounds, doesn't it? But there's certainly something about him that doesn't seem to comprehend how one of the cops he works with could do something like that...
Maybe it's the contrast of how Flack has seen just about everything at some point, but at the same time still has a bit of that idealism I mentioned. I can see Flack as a teenager
knowing a great deal more about the scum of the city than the average kid because of his dad. (I don't think Flack Sr. sheltered Don once he reached a certain age, knowing that he would follow in his footsteps. I wonder if Mama-Flack had a problem with that?) But at the same time, still being distanced in a certain way from the truth of it, he might have had it in his head that
he could make a difference and all that.
So yeah, I think Don's a complex person, even if I have no friggin' clue how to articulate what I'm thinking. :lol: Help me out here people!
The
review for this episode made excellent points about Flack's trust in other people as well as his concern for the 'consequences' of arresting the officer.
Anyway, I just thought I'd bring that quote from the Spoiler thread over here to start a discussion and see what you guys thought about the way Flack acted in "Consequences."
