When I heard the drug bust was only six months ago and Flack was the lead detective, all I could think was, "...Why weren't you working on a case with the CSIs?" I forgot he does other stuff.
See, I was thinking he was a homicide detective, so I wondered (several times during my weekly chat) why in the hell he was doing a drug bust.
As for the '6 months thing,'
Ceindreadh, I guess we're supposed to assume that it happened right before he got blown up or something. They couldn't have said 7 or 8 months?
Danny and Adam are so friggin' awesome together. I loved them in this episode and I really want to re-watch it tomorrow so I can see the scenes better. I'm glad we got a lot of Adam this episode (he was there more than some of the main cast members it seemed), he really just does so much for the show. In an episode that was really heavy with the Mac-Flack stuff and Mac meeting Claire's son, Adam's brand of humor helped to balance it out.
The Mac-Flack stuff was
so amazingly well-done. You understood both sides of their argument, but knew they were after the same thing in the end. Eddie and Gary really hit one out of the park with this episode. I also love the fact that these are two cops who are unwavering in their support of what it is that they do. Mac mentioned their shield, and you know that they put their hearts and souls into what that shield represents. Even if the emotional consequences aren't always easy, and even if the alternative is tempting. They could have done a bit more to contrast them with the cop that was arrested, but it was still really interesting. The thing about the cop killing the kid that really stood out to me was that he shot the kid and then dug the bullet out of the kid's chest. What a heartless bastard.
Ok, I know I'm not a big Lindsay fan, and I think the lab-stuff is much more her thing than the cop stuff (like interrogations)--but what the hell? If Anna is cutting back her work schedule because of the baby, I totally understand, but if not then I'm wondering what in the hell the writers are doing. I don't want to see Danny and Lindsay holding hands and making goo-goo-eyes at each other, but that doesn't mean I want Lindsay to be gone. The character can exist without the office romance--they just need to do the right stuff with her.
I'm sure there are countless ways to cover her pregnancy, people,
use them.
If the character is barely around, it's going to seem strange when she's suddenly the focus of an episode or storyline. Do they have no sense of balance with her character? From episode to episode, it seems like she's either in-your-face or nearly-nonexistant (which possibly has more to do with presence than actual screentime...)--and lately it's been much more of the nearly-nonexistant stuff. I sincerely hope the wonky way they're handling Lindsay right now is due totally to Anna's pregnancy and not to shoddy writing skills. That being said, however, some of the things I've noticed so far this season have been promising changes, so I hope they don't totally disregard everything when Anna goes back to a full schedule after having the baby. Lindsay toward the end of season 2 was not at an acceptable place with character development, and I hope the improvements in other areas of the show are extended to Lindsay as well. We've seen a better diversity of character interaction, let's go with that. I'll put my head through the tv if Anna comes back at the end of the season and all we get is more Danny/Lindsay crap and inconsistent characterization.
(And that last part had a lot more to do with the season as a whole than this episode in particular...)
Anyway, to a different subject.
The stuff with Mac and Claire's son was very nice. The kid (can't remember his name for the life of me
) did a phenomenal job with the part, and I hope we see more of him. This is an example of successful, interesting character development that doesn't require romance. It's good to know that the writers are aware that it can be done.
And now for this week's totally superficial comment: This show is so full of pretty people. :lol: