Re: Gil <3 Cath #21: he's UP in bed while she's shaking he
*raises hand* - Can I do 2? Please!?
Reason #4: Their playful banter "Scared of you!" (from Eval Day)
Reason #5: He tells her secrets he's never told anyone before (Oh, you know what epi that's from!!!)
This is good! I need the fun CG moments to get my mind off depressing spoilers. I'll get my recap of VLV in a bit. Just want to say "VARTANN!!!!" *ducks out for now*
ETA: Back with a lengthy review-
Alrighty then: Viva Las Vegas: UGH! That always reminds me of the Elvis song. My mom’s a huge Elivs fan and it drives me nuts!!
· four different crime scenes – way too spread out IMO
· The new trainee – Chandra. Greg is SO itching to get out into the field. It’s quite interesting when looking back to this episode, just how exuberant he was, compared to his more “grown up” phase at the end of season 6.
· ---Chandra’s intro to Grissom---
GREG: Grissom ... I'd like to introduce you to Chandra Moore.
CHANDRA: Pleased to meet you, sir. I'm a fan.
(Gil is wearing his heat-sensing helmet)
Gil: You're hot.
CHANDRA: I-I'm sorry?
Gil: You're emanating heat. (Grissom takes the hat off.) This is a new infrared camera. It's good for looking at evidence in the dark. (to Greg) Did
you get her blood yet?
CHANDRA: My... ... why?
Gil: So many reasons.
· ---immediately followed by “the cupboard”—
CATH: Grissom! You can't possibly call that thing my office. It's a cupboard.
GIL: Catherine, have you met Chandra Moore? She'll be doing DNA while Greg's in the field.
CATH: Hello, I'm Catherine. (to Grissom) We need to talk.
GIL: Well, not now-- too much work. You have a suspicious death at the Palermo.
Oh the days when Gil actually had a personality!! *sigh*
· -- Cath/Vartann at the Palermo—
As Hottie mentioned – the “hitting the bowl” convo was so cute. It’s great how they’ve made Vartann into a decent, lovable character – not some bland, only-by-the-book cop. I’m glad he plays along with the fun banter.
· --leave it to Brass—
BRASS: Hey, Gil. Wait. You've got something stuck to your shoe….. Oh, no, it's just Sanders.
· --and some Greg one-liners—
GREG: I never seen this place with the lights on before. It's kind of like seeing a one-night stand in the morning for the first time. (Grissom glances back at Greg.) Beer goggles.
· --they’re late? Wonder why?—
SARA: You are so late. What happened to you?
NICK: I'm late?
This of course, a tongue-in-cheek reference to Jorja & George being fired for a week prior to the season. I thought the Nick/Sara storyline here (alien guy vs Elvis impersonator) was cute.
· --Cath & Doc –
DOC: The only other thing I found ... was a swollen ankle.
CATH: Well, you ever try shaking your ass in four-inch heels? (beat) Don't answer that.
Oh, this scene was SO cute. The looks between the two are hilarious. That’s what Ann Donahue was talking about – Marg is the greatest at those types of one-liners.
· --David freaks out—
While David is processing the “alien guy” he hears weird noises and thinks for a moment that it’s really an alien!!! Then Sara sneaks up on him & says they think it’s a hearing aid.
· --Cath vs Chandra (you know who’s always gonna win – eventually, right?)—
CATH: Blood standard, unknown urine, tell me it's the same guy. Now, Greg mentioned to you that my stuff gets done first, right?
CHANDRA: Yeah, well, in my lab, I decide what gets run and when. Unless Mr. Grissom tells me otherwise.
CATH: It's uh, quiet in here. Greg played music.
CHANDRA: Well, I find it distracting.
· --Back to Gil & Greg’s case—
The case wasn’t that great. The best part was watching how Gil teaches Greg. Then when Greg screws up:
GIL: So, Greg, how do you explain adhesive and toilet bowl cleanser on the gun?
GREG: I don't know. I can tell you the toilets in the club had blue water.
GIL: You inspected the toilet bowls for evidence?
GREG: Well, when you got to go, you got to go.
HODGES: Whew.
GIL: At a crime scene, Greg?
HODGES: Everybody knows you hold it.
GIL: You go across the street or next-door, somewhere other than the scene, until you've cleared the restroom. Did you clear the restroom?
GREG: No.
GIL: Well, you could've flushed away evidence, wiped away fingerprints from the handle. Make sure you include this in your field notes.
Poor Greg. The worst part was having Hodges there at the time!!
· --Cath vs the victim’s boyfriend—
GEORGE CRAVEN: I need a lawyer.
CATH: I need your clothes.
Officially another time to mark down where Cath tells a guy to “strip”! (that makes three, right?)
· --Cath/the Rat part 1—
CHRIS BEZICH: You're busy. Am I gonna see you tonight?
CATH: I'm working late.
CHRIS: Me, too.
Oh yeah! We know what he’s working late at! The Rat Fink!! (What Marg movie did she use that phrase? Can’t remember)
· --Cath/Archie—
ARCHIE: I got the stripper's boyfriend on camera. …… If he just killed somebody, he's being really cool about it.
CATH: Yeah, and he didn't change his clothes from last night. I screened them for blood -- negative. And the tox report on Mr. Johnson confirms traces of triazelam in his blood.
ARCHIE: So golf ball salesman was too doped up to kill her. The boyfriend couldn't have bludgeoned her without getting blood on his clothes.
CATH: No.
I just love when Cath works with the lab techs - Archie, Bobby, Jacqui, etc. She just has a great rapport with all of them.
· --Warrick’s case: the dead guy in the tub of water, minus the 50 grand he just won—
DANIEL HALBURT (the killer): He should have just showed me where the money was. It was in the bible.
· --Cath/Vartann return to the room—
VARTANN: Well, if Johnson was innocent, why'd he lie to us?
CATH: Try explaining this to your family back in Ohio.
* --Cath/the Rat: Part 2--
Oh C'mon! you know the scene. I don't need to tell you.
* --Gil & Greg: You failed--
GIL: You committed a fatal error, Greg. You compromised evidence at a crime scene. A judgment like that can cost us a conviction. In order to solo in the field, you have to successfully complete three proficiencies.
GREG: I failed this one.
GIL: Yeah. (Greg starts to leave)
GIL: But ... … Since you found a suitable replacement in the lab, I'm going to give you one more chance.
GREG: Thank you. Thank you.
(only to walk down the hall to see Chandra saying she quits. Poor Greg)
