Wow - A+
I wasn't sure whether I was going to like this episode, because some installments in the whole 333 arc haven't been too good, but I LOVED it.
-Loved how Danny stopped the subway train. He tried pressing buttons and stuff, then he just threw a rock at it and smashed it! He looked v. hot doing it, and also I just loved the whole rock-throwing thing - I feel like doing that to my computer sometimes. Oh, and the look on Danny's face when the train started moving and the doors closed was priceless.
-Lindsay was being Captain Obvious again this week when she said 'I think we're going for a ride'.
-Liked seeing Mac in Chicago. That scene with him on the unoccupied floor of the Tribune building, with the old security guy behind him going 'what are you doing/i wanna see your badge/i'm callin' the cops' etc reminded me of Dirty Harry type movies/shows where you have the good 'rogue' cop doing something he shouldn't while 'rent-a-cop' types try to stop him.
-Loved the Hangman/Letters thing. Mac is so cool with things like that, it reminded me of him doing that thing with the numbers in the first Shane Casey ep in s3. Very cool.
-Loved Brennan. I was worried she would come across as shrill-feminist aggresive lady cop, but she was very professional and realistic. She was pissed with Mac for coming into her jurisdiction, but was mature enough to get over it and work with him. Liked that he confided in her about the whole 333 thing (though it did mean we had to hear the whole friggin' story YET AGAIN) and agreed to stay a civilian. Brennan's 'keep your badge in your pocket' made me smile for some reason. And yes, privatename, she reminded me of Peyton too. When I saw the promo pics showing her from the back, I thought that was Peyton, and was like, what's she doing in Chicago?
-Liked the scenes with Mac and Jimmy. Jimmy was cool. It wasn't nice of Mac to accuse him, but I can understand why he did as the evidence did point that way. Loved that Jimmy came to help Mac at the end and save his little bro, and I was so happy he wasn't shot dead. He looked like something out of a mob movie/show though. Who was he on Prison Break?
-Flack's line about the subway was hilarious. I loved all the Flack/Mac interaction, though we didn't get as much of it as I'd hoped.
-Loved Mini-Mac- so cute! He reminded me of Reed- the hair was sort of similar. But, jeez, TPTB are BAD with ages. First with Stella and Lindsay last season who are both older than the various stories of them as kids made out, and now Mac. Mini-Mac looked about 12, and there is no way Big Mac is 44 or the same age as Jimmy.
The whole motel-room scene was good and believable. I thought it was funny that Mac inadvertently worked for a mob guy when he was a kid, but it IS Chicago! I wonder whether Danny and Louie did a similar thing in NY when they were kids. Louie had Tanglewood connections, and isn't Danny's family supposed to have mob connections?
-FINALLY Stella works out Drew is the stalker and a bad guy. Yay! But if TPTB pair her up with ONE MORE CREEP, I will scream.
Should be interesting to see how she deals with being a creep-magnet though. Poor Stell.
-Oooh, it was very nice to see Flack, Danny and Mac all looking hot and sexy in Kevlar. Triple yummy!
-I really liked that before they went Drew-Hunting, Mac and Sinclair actually talked to each other and Mac was able to make Sinclair understand why he was doing the whole thing. I wonder if because Sinclair has himself been the victim of a personal vendetta with the sexual harrassment/email thing that came up earlier in the season, he could understand Mac. Loved that Sinclair took off his jacket and put on a vest and came in to help them, it showed that though he can be a bit of an ass (like Mac sometimes is too) he's a good guy and true cop at heart. Go Bubba!
-Mac, sweetheart, when a crazy person is stalking you, you shouldn't wander off alone in his Lair. Flack, honey, you should have followed Mac, but you went with your man Danny instead, and that's sweet.
-Liked the whole Mac held hostage/laser scene. Drew was nuts, and what he did to Mac and Stella was bad, but I could understand why. He was only 7 when he saw that whole thing at the motel, and his family was destroyed. Though that clearly wasn't Mac's fault if you look at it from a logical adult POV, I can understand why Drew blamed him. People do crazy things when they experience severe rage and grief, and do bad things, but it doesn't make them bad people.
-Liked that Mac said he didn't want to be a hero, he just wanted to be him. Typical Mac.
-Mac will you PLEASE CHANGE YOUR FRIGGIN' RINGTONE? :lol:
-It was funny when Drew asked Jimmy on a date 'cause he thought he was talking to Stella! :lol:
-I liked that Mac said he still has nightmares about what happened, and that he seemed to feel something for Drew.
-Yay for Mac not shooting Drew dead at the end. I hope Drew gets some help and doesn't ever come back. I wouldn't mind seeing a confrontation between him and Stella in Rambo-mode though, as TPTB did deny me the Rambo!Stella scene I'd hoped for in this ep.
So, this ep was excellent and made up for the writers occasionally dropping the ball with the whole 333 thing throughout the season. Nice job, TPTB.
