Yeah, Mac was really one of the best things about this episode (although I still want to see more of what's going to happen with he and Hawkes living together -- that's gonna get awkward sometime, I bet).
me too
In letting Stella say no in "Right Next Door", though, I think part of the issue might've been because Stella wasn't facing a financial crisis? She'd lost her apartment, but she was still okay to room in a hotel....plus, there might've been that extra thing of seeing Stella as more of an equal than he does anyone else (except Flack).
yeah i think there was definitely the equality element in there, you might be right, that stella's situation was potentially less dire - she at least had various options on where to stay.
But I'm more inclined to let this one pass, because at least part of Mac's irritation in "Murder Sings the Blues" was over his slightly-personal vendetta with the suspect/perp in the case (don't remember the guy's name, sorry). I doubt he would've freaked out on Hawkes nearly as much back then if the case wasn't personal. He still wouldn't have been working the case, though.
yeah, i agree, in
murder sings the blues, mac was very hung up on getting the perp, as hawkes pointed out, and his frustration was very much directed at hawkes for a slip that may have gone overlooked at other times - like this one!
During his Lesson of the Week Speech(at which Mac and Flack were so conveniently present), Hawkes tells the distraught, homicidal employee that he understands his loss because Hawkes lost everything a month ago to a scammer, and that he had to sell his apartment and sleep on friends' couches.
hehe, yes, he does seem to be having a motivational speaking side role at the moment! maybe he could use that to supplement his income? he'd be able to move out of mac's in no time - which would leave room for me to move in!
Neither am I sold on Mac offering Sheldon a place to live. It's a wonderful, human gesture from RoboMac, but it's also a glaring conflict of interest for a subordinate who's lied to his boss to be living with him. I'm not saying Mac shouldn't have done it, but I don't think the writers have thought through the ramifications. Suppose a skeevy defense attorney gets wind of the arrangement and decides to lob charges of favoritism or misconduct? It wouldn't be hard since this isn't the first time Mac's gone on the warpath for Sheldon. He barricaded himself in the interrogation room with him in "Murder Sings the Blues," if you'll recall.
i see what you mean, i think there are potential implications there and i hope they're not ignored but i guess on the other hand it's meant to be temporary so....
as i recall, mac didn't barricade himself in with hawkes in MSTB, he bawled him out in front of the entire lab - lindsay tried to leave on grounds of awkwardness but mac wouldn't let her! the one where he barricaded himself in an interview room with hawkes was
raising shane, and that was to
help hawkes by trying to find out his POV on his arrest and therefore try to work out what angle to follow to find out who really did it.
I'm glad someone reached out to Hawkes, but why does it always have to be Mac? So far, Mac has saved Flack's life, gotten Danny and Lindsay together after a mind meld with God, and saved Stella's job by following her to Greece instead of firing her for gross insubordination as he should have done. Rumor has it he'll be seminal in saving another character this year. Now he's "rescuing" Hawkes, too. Well, goody, goody. St. Mac does it again.
i do see what you mean - i'm a big mac fan so i have to defend him i guess, i think maybe it's because he's their boss, he has a more vested interest in helping his team as an overall thing rather than just as their friend - also because he's their boss he can be more the kind of friend that gets involved when he *has* to and thus in bigger situations, than the kind of friend they hang out with and moan to over beer. also he has more age and experience on them so maybe it's because of that as well, he is a kind of father figure to them in some ways, which i think allows him more scope for helping them in dire situations, as opposed to just being a buddy.
Stella was incredibly judgmental and obtuse in this episode. She who organized a covert black op to kidnap a Greek politician behind Mac's back was quick to judge Hawkes because he misdiagnosed a poisoning case and failed to disclose his knowledge to the victim for five minutes. She has the teeth-gnashing audacity to "hold higher expectations" for Hawkes. That's exceedingly rich coming from a woman who has repeatedly misjudged cases and hidden information from her friend and superior. She failed to disclose her contamination of a crime scene in "Heart of Glass;" failed to disclose her possible HIV status; used lab equipment for personal use; allowed a murderer to flee in "Cold Reveal"; set up her black op with Angell; put herself before the job in "Grounds for Deception." When it comes to failure to meet expectations, she has no room to talk.
i really like stella, but i definitely agree with this. pot, meet kettle!
It's not about a moved test tube, and you know it. Way to be smug and unsupportive of someone with well established security and esteem issues.
again, i'm inclined to agree. i still don't know quite what i thought of that chat - i can see why people think she was just being reassuring, and to an extent i agree, given that she's his boss and therefore has a bona fide professional view on how secure his job is and so if she tells him to stop worrying then it's basically a confirmation that his job is fine. however, given the issues that have been raised around adam over some time, it did seem pretty insensitive as well.
Flack, bless him, has no business calling bullshit on Hawkes' furtive behavior when he's been lying and avoiding issues since Angell died. He's hiding the fact that he murdered Simon Cade in the basement and might be hiding other demons as well. He hasn't been forthcoming when pressed, either, so getting disgusted and indignant at Hawkes' reticence to expose his shame doesn't impress me.
i dunno, i see your point but i don't think it's unreasonable for someone who has their own issues that they are trying to keep to themselves to call out someone else for not being upfront about issues they are having. i mean, i get issues with things all the time that i definitely keep to myself, but i'm always advising my mates to be more upfront and talk about stuff that's bothering them. it's often easier to give advice than to take it, even if it's your own!
I really don't like that silly-looking machine with the grabby arm. Next season we'll probably have an android lab tech, and Adam will be freaking out because the damn thing is out to get him - but the others won't believe him because they see no evidence of the android being evil, so they'll dismiss his worries as Adam being Adam. Meanwhile, Adam will narrowly avoid death every week, and Mac will slowly start to distrust the android - before shooting it in a spectacular display of slo-mo badassery and sparks flying everywhere as the evil robot falls to the ground. Dun dun duuuun!
(Actually, I'd watch that - not gonna lie.
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omg you are a genius, i really want to see this now! that android arm grabbing sample library has been bothering me anyway, so to have it revealed as an evil, murdering weird thing would be just great! and if it led to another guns blazing shoot out a la
snow day, so much the better. although as it's samples, they should replace the water sprinklers from
snow day with flour, talc, dust, icing sugar, photocopy toner, powdered paint, eyeshadow and other colourful powdery stuff - it would be really fun to watch
as for the sample library more generally - am i right in thinking it's only just appeared this season? when it was pointed out to lindsay that it even existed, it seemed like the team were having to remind themselves because it's so new and funky and weird that they keep forgetting it's there! it's a very flashy and expensive looking gizmo, but if it's such an amazing library resource, why are we only just finding out about it? so they can show how much cash they spent on a robot and some big glass slides?
