I'm still catching up on CSI: NY (and wishing I'd recorded the first part of Season 4 so I don't have to wait to catch up the whole way till next year!
) I really liked this episode, though I was surprised that they used the story line with two girls getting mixed-up after an accident, and burrying one thinking that it was the other who had passed away. This was a little too soon after the real life case of Whitney Cerak and Laura VanRyn. I have to think that the writers were aware of that case by the time they wrote this script, though.
When we saw Heather's mother talking to Nicole's mother, and she revealed that Heather had died in the same accident, I suspected she was the murderer. Soon after, I started suspecting that it could be a case of mistaken identity. I just really thought it couldn't be that because I couldn't believe they'd have run this story line so close to the real life event.
I'm going to play devil's advocate here on the way they were portraying people as feeling that life in a wheelchair wouldn't be living. My take on it was that the
teenagers who made that pact felt that life wouldn't be worth living, and that the adult CSI's were just recognizing the teen's perception of that when during questioning and the like. I did NOT get the impression that the CSI's actually felt that way.
I think most teenagers who heard of another teen being injured and in a wheelchair would feel horrified and feel like that person's life was over at first take. And, I think that many people's first reaction, regardless of their age, to an accident in which they were paralyzed would be similar. Yes, life can be very fulfilling even if you use a wheelchair, but it does take some adjustment. I have known three people who have suffered spinal injuries and are paraplegic and use wheel chairs, and they all have good and fulfilling lives.
I enjoyed seeing a different side of Hawkes, though I kind of felt that his being so in-the-face with the chief of surgery (or whatever his title was) was a little over-the-top. They waved the "we're about to reveal skeletons in his closet!" flag way too hard with that. When all was said and done, I see no reason for Hawkes to have gotten
that harsh with the guy, other than to let us know personal drama was coming. I did like the rest of the back-story on Hawkes, though, and was glad that they gave him a main story-line.
I enjoyed the scene between Sid and Mac with the whole Thanksgiving invitation. It was so well done and just left you wondering whether his motives were really pure or just how much he suspected about Mac's "other plans" to start with.
Nice, sad touch with Mac talking about his dad asking him to pull the plug, too. I can't imagine how awful it would feel to be in a position where someone asks you to do that.
And my husband and I laughed at the scene where the team was walking up the hallway with Lindsay slightly behind and Stella's file held out at *just* the right angle to hide Anna's pregnancy. It reminded me of the scene in M*A*S*H where Hawkeye was walking across the compound naked and all sorts of objects were used to hide his nether-regions from the camera. :lol:
