Don't ike or want Christine and I can't see anyy reason for her to be here haven't we had enough stupid every woman who crosses Mac's path must automatically be his love interest stories by now? Unless I'm very much mistaken didn't Stella at least know Claire and know her well take a look at the first series particularly Officer Blue and the final episode and you'll see what I mean. I also think both Danny and Flac knew Claire too didn't they? I'll say this loud and clear for even the dimmest TPTB STELLA GOOD ANYBODY OR ANYTHING ELSE BAD there that should be simple enough shouldn't it? After all Christine pleases no-one the Smacked fans don't want her period (like it or not there are millions of us out here) and everybody else hates all the moaning that accompanies her story line so what on earth is Ms Veasey thinking of?It'sno suprise at all that the ratings have dropped yet again is it and at this rate the only thing left to do is see how low they can go.
*headdesk* Not again... seriously, can't you get over this?
The. show. has. moved. on.
Get over it.
I wasn't going to bother posting a review, not because I didn't think the episode was good, I
really liked it and gave it an
'A', but because I didn't feel like justifying Mac and Christine's meeting and background and interaction. But seriously, " After all Christine pleases no-one"? That is clearly not true if you've read this thread. First off, not everyone even cares if Mac is in a relationship or not, let alone who it's with, let alone those of us who actually liked her.
And, "and everybody else hates all the moaning that accompanies her story line"? What? Really? You thought that her telling Mac she was sorry that Claire died was moaning? Or that obviously her brother was killed somehow that she didn't even talk about is moaning? Referencing a 'music playing and beers flowing' trip to Myrtle Beach is moaning?
And you can't even spell "Flack" right. Not to mention that no, Danny most certainly did not know Claire as
Mac hired him, and Mac did not become head of the crime until after 9/11. And Flack... maybe he did, we're never told when he and Mac became friends. And who cares if Stella knew Claire. And here's a point I wanted to make anyway...
but I personally hate that she's tied to his past with Claire. If she'd only known Mac, I'd be fine with that, but I really, really can't get behind the idea that his possibly happy future is tied to his past with Claire. It's a little too romance novel for me.
Claire is
not the reason or the catalyst that Mac and Christine know each other. Christine's brother is. He and Mac happened to be partners and went to the academy together. Christine simply happened to know Claire by proxy that her brother worked and was friends with Mac. And I think it's really cool that she
is connected to Mac's past but
isn't directly connected to Claire. Because I agree, that would be too romancy novel-ish for me...
So yeah, the fact that Stella knew Claire.... so what.
And that's all I'm going to say about SMACKED IS THE ONLY THING THAT SHOULD EVER HAPPEN.
And now for the ep itself. I really liked. Yes, I missed Adam in it
But the case kept me engaged all the way to the end, which is actually pretty unusual. At first I thought the kid's father had orchestrated his kidnapping just so he could ransom him and somehow "prove" something. But that theory was dashed when he refused to pay the ransom. Then I thought the kid had staged his own kidnapping in order to get back at his father, which I guess turned out partially true in the end. He didn't set the whole thing up, but he told his kidnappers everything they needed to know. I felt so sad for him and his feeling of utter hopelessness with what how his father treated him, and once again, in the worst situation possible, proved him right.
I
burst out laughing at Sid asking Hawkes if he was a T-man or an A-man :guffaw:
I also
loved how much Mac and Flack worked together on this case. And Mac slamming the fat guy into the gambling table before either of them knew the situation was awesome!
And I have to say it, I
adored Jo's outfit, and seriously want to steal it :lol:
Once again, I was shocked that I wasn't annoyed by Lindsey! I keep almost trying or at least expecting to be, and of late I can't be. She actually kind of reminds me of s2 Lindsey who
could pull off scenes of non-lab stuff.
As for Mac and Christine, as much as I want to see to Mac happy and with someone who makes him happy, I'm intrinsically skeptical of any 'love interest' they bring up for him. In part it's because of all of the hype they've brought to past rumours, and because I don't trust the writers not to make it totally contrived and completely unrealistic. But I ended up really liking her and how she interacted with Mac. Their meeting wasn't laced with obvious romantic overtones, but rather came across as two friends meeting up after years of being out of touch.
To be honest I thought I would hate Christine just the way I didn't like the other so called "love interests", but she seems to be very nice. Also I think it's very nice that she knew Claire as well, you know, as if she was friends with both Mac and Claire. I think it's much more realistic than having her known Mac before he got married and then lost sight only of him. You know what I'm saying? I think many of us know this very weird moment when you meet someone you used to be good friends with after such a long time. On the one hand there is this kind of familiarity, but on the other so much time has passed and people have changed. Yet you still find some old habits or so that make you think of old times and shared memories, things you thought you had forgotten but then you remember and it makes you smile...yes, I actually like the idea that they had been friends 15 years earlier but lost sight of each other...
^ Completely agree with this. Plus, for the first time, because Christine knew them before Claire died, and didn't even know that she had until she read the article about the Wall of Remembrance, for the first time in the show I could picture Mac and Claire together before any concept of her death. It suddenly made their relationship 'real', if you know what I mean. And I liked how Christine simply accepted where both of them were in their lives, unlike with say Peyton.
Mac's persona doesn't scream, "I need a woman."
This I do have to disagree with. Just because he doesn't come across as needing a woman in a physical sense (although there are multiple scenes where it's
so obvious he's a
guy :lol
, he does have a deep need for someone to come home to, to understand him, someone to share the burden of everything he carries. I mean, just look at 'Exit Strategy'! Even though he's clearly good friends with Flack and Jo, it's not the same as sharing his life with someone, and that he
does have a deep and obvious need for. I see potential for that with Christine, and simply want that weary, haunted look and exhaustion relieved from Mac.
So to reiterate, I gave it an
'A' 
