Grade 'What Schemes May Come'

One of the better eps of the season, imho.
Good Mac/Stella interaction, which I always enjoy.
Interesting cases, although the mouse with the ear on his rump freaked me out as badly as it did Danny!
 
I give this episode an A+.

I totally loved it, Both cases were very cool,
When Mac first appears running like crazy to see what had happened to Peyton it was kinda sweet and how they were holding hands it was sweet but the best part of this episode was at the end when Stella asks Mac for authorization for the DNA test that will tell her if she has HIV or not, and how she kissed him on the cheek, * YAY!!!!!!), Mac and Stella looked so cute too, I like them better than Mac/Peyton cause Im a SMAcked fan. This was a fantastic episode and it kinda touched the subject about dying and it was really good.



Quotes:
House> One small feel for a man, one giant ass for mankind. :devil: :devil:
 
A-

I loved this one! It really held my interest and had a little bit of a different vibe going on than most NY eps. It felt really fresh and inventive and the cases really worked together well.

Others have brought up some of the character stuff I noticed, so I'll respond to them...

hyburn8 said:
Lots of Flack! Also, Flack getting snippy with Lindsay. If there was any question as to Flack and Lindsay getting along or just "tolerating" each other, I think the exchange showed there is no friendlyness between the two of them at all.
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Yeah, I think it's abundantly clear at this point that Flack's none too fond of Lindsay. He was almost condescending after she did her silly little flower speech and he said something about how knowing it came from a greenhouse really narrowed it down. Ouch! And then he was kind of dismissive when she did narrow it down, saying he was glad he didn't have to do what the CSIs do. It's funny because you know if it had been Stella he would have joked good naturedly about there being no shortage of greenhouses in the area, and had it been Danny he would have pretended or actually been impressed when he mentioned the chemical traces. Flack really isn't fond of Lindsay at all.

Faylinn said:
I liked the stuff with Mac and Peyton, but really, him running at the beginning had me laughing. Seriously. Why don't you take out some more innocent bystanders, Mac? *wipes away a tear of mirth* :lol: (Adam should have been there just so I could see him go flying through the air. Don't know why, but that would amuse me. :p)
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Gary really got his workout that day! :lol: I loved that scene though--it was unexpected and atypical of Mac, which made it stand out. I love how he was concerned about Peyton but still able to do his job and be professional.

Danny with the rat? *giggles* I loved when he tapped the glass.
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Danny is adorable. He was like a little kid whose dad had taken him to the zoo when he saw that rat. I love how he kept turning around, impatiently trying to get Mac's attention. Danny is such a child sometimes, one of the truly appealing things about the character.

Speaking of Adam, we still got a bit of info on him--he has his graduate degree and was top of his class. I expected nothing less, but I'm jotting that down for future reference. ;)
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I noticed that! Adam is the smart. :D

Lindsay was playing Captain Obvious several times, wasn't she? The writers couldn't have been a bit less...obvious with her lines? 'These cases are connected.' No duh, Sid basically just said that. :rolleyes:

And that scene with her explaining the flower? I was...it's hard to explain. It was almost embarrassing for me, like when I'm watching the American Idol try-outs and people suck. I don't know why it embarrasses me, but I can't watch the screen without looking away. Anyway, getting back to the scene in this episode--it was like I was watching someone in my high school class doing a monologue from some play or another, and it made me uncomfortable. It's probably stupid, but there you go.
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No, I kind of felt the same way. It made me cringe. She can't pull of cutesy. Another actress could--hell, Carmine probably could have pulled that off :lol: --but Anna can't. She just didn't inject the unselfconsciousness into it that the dialogue needed to work.
 
I really liked this one too. WAAAYYY too much Lindsay though. She is not a strong enough character to be a principal player on the show (the acting? not so great either). Adam, Sid and Sheldon have been largely ignored for the past few episodes. Lots of Flack at least. Danny was fun but they have made him such a background character lately. I thought Mac and Peyton really pulled of their scenes nicely together. It wasn't too gushy and the writers knew when to pull back on the romance and focus on the forensics.
 
La_Guera said:



-Oodles of Flack last night. Flack, Flack everywhere, and it was good. I especially enjoyed his conversation with Mac, which lends support to my theory that he's more politically aware than most people give him credit for. He clearly keeps his mouth shut and his eyes open, though I do wonder how he came by the information that their initial suspect was a councilman's son. Somehow I can't see him lurking outside his captain's office like a bedongled Miss Marple.

Not only does their off-the-record conversation effectively put their animosity in "Consequences" and "Sweet Sixteen" behind them, but it underscores Gerrard's warning to Mac about his refusal to play politics. Flack gave Mac the heads-up because he was fully aware of the shitstorm it could become, and he was smart enough to do it off-the-record as some measure of career insulation.
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Great insight. That is exactly what I thought when I saw the scene.
I thought it was a great episode. I enjoyed seeing Flack as not only the snarky guy that we have all grown to love but also as someone that is aware of what is happening around him.
I am torn on the score. Lots of Flack equals an A+ but the story about the suicide pact kinda was a little flacky to me so I guess overall I will give the episode an A-
 
I thought it was pretty good. Everyone had good parts, they all made e laugh at one part or another.

Mac - I thought it was great how concerned he was for Peyton and how involved he was with this case. He's always involved throughly, but I think he wanted this one in the bag because of what had happened to Peyton.

Stella - I thought she was great. I think it's interesting that TPTB gave Stella a case with terminally ill people because of her "HIV" storyline, and I think the case really got her thinking. I'm also glad sge's going to find out about whether she has it or not soon, that's going to be major either way.

Danny - Where was he? He dissappeard abut half way through the episode. The rat thing was funny though, and the goat line was delivered spectacularly.

Lindsay - I was overly glad to see her back in action. I think she was back to her regular old Lindsay self now that all her crap is behind her. she's definetly a better character when she's happy and perky rather than dodgy and secretive. I liked the flower part, thought it was cute.

Hawkes - He was in this eppy quite a bit, and that was good. Hill always brings such a dynamic to his character that the others sometimes don't bring. He's definetly a huge asset and amazing character on this show.

Flack - He was everywhere! I was so happy, we're getting so much Flack, we're not going to be able to control ourselves! AS always, Flack was sarcastic and witty, which makes him fan-frickin-tastic. Gotta love that guy.
 
I liked the episode...

The part where Danny saw the mouse with the ear was funny. Him tapping and the cage and looking from the mouse to the scientist.

I liked the Mac/Stella interaction at the end... Hehe, I am a SMacked fan... It was just sweet...

And, a couple days ago I was thinkin' how much Christina A. And Gwen S. look like Marylon Monroe (Forgive my spellin' please) and the Christina played a girl who died looking like Monroe... Soo, yeah I thought that was ironic...

So, over all, yay on the ep
 
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The cases were great and I liked how they both dealt with life and death questions; which the writers in a superb way intertwined with Stella's story.

I know things like the human ear on a rat are really happening, but it always freaks me out a little when I hear or read about it...I therefor loved Danny's reaction because that's the way I'd react too...
 
I CAN SEE THE SOAP OPERA PEYTON ALSO NO MORE, MAC IS ALSO WITHOUT CLASS PEYTON. HE NEEDS NOBODY AROUND ARE ABLE TO BE TO PROVE. :lol:
 
They used an unwitting subject in their experiment and didn't give a rat's ass (see what I did there?) that he was dead, only concerned that the experiment worked.
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Heh, I loved the way the scientist were all about the experiment and didn't give a damn about prison! And Mac was all "WTF?" about it, lol!
But am I wrong, because I thought that the dead/not dead/brain dead guy was a willing participant in the experiment and it was his messing with the IV lines that gave him the overdose.

Hmm, it'd be an interesting case. Technically the drugs were self-inflicted, the guy took part willingly, right?
And okay, he was thrown in the water, but they thought he was dead. Heck, even a NY medical examiner thought it was a dead body. There'd be a good argument for manslaughter since both guys thought they were just disposing of a body.

Loved that Flack got so much screentime, and Flack/Stella always a great combination.
Can't say the same for Peyton or Peyton/Mac (puke)
and after all Mac's pissyness about Hawkes working a case where he knew the victim, WTF was up with Mac taking the lead on a case where his shag buddy is involved?
 
^I'm not absolutely certain now... I wondered about whether he was a willing or unwitting participant because it seemed like he was surprised at what was happening to him after he opened the tank and it seemed like he was trying to get away. I think I'll go re-watch the episode!!

ETA: I watched the episode a lot more closely and he was not unwilling. He just messed up the experiment ;)
 
i have to agree....it was a good epi

makes youthink what you would do if you were dying like they were

*very happy to be healthy*
 
FLACK!!!!!!!

Ok, now that I'm over that. I liked the ep, though with all the enemies Mac's starting to amass, I'm afraid he'll be going the way of Horatio Caine soon. Hehe.

I was very intrigued by the juxtaposition of the two cases. On the one hand you have terminally ill people who just want to end their suffering. On the other hand you have risk-taking scientists who say that they can get a human body to hibernate so that they can "wait out" the time necessary for a cure. While I think the hibernation idea is creepy (it reminds me of Futurama, what if you wake up in 300 years?), the other case kind of makes you a bit sympathetic for their cause. Just a wee bit.

I nearly died of laughter with Danny and mouse.

Oh, the whole case with Stella wanting to use the lab for the PCR HIV test. Isn't that kind of against policy? I remember on Vegas that Catherine got a lot of heat for running the DNA test find out if Sam Braun was her father. I wouldn't have thought that Mac would be to keen on something like that.
 
Oh, the whole case with Stella wanting to use the lab for the PCR HIV test. Isn't that kind of against policy? I remember on Vegas that Catherine got a lot of heat for running the DNA test find out if Sam Braun was her father. I wouldn't have thought that Mac would be to keen on something like that.
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Stella asked. Catherine didn't. Lil difference there.
 
this was an incredible episode. their cases lately are really interesting. these 2 were not so black&white as they usually are and as was said before the connection with the personal lifes was nice.

I totally enjoyed Stella & Flack, I love it when they work together.

Mac & Peyton scenes were really great. its nice he is showing emotions. and Claire did an amazing job. his little run was so sweet though the fact I knew where he was running to spoiled it a bit for me.

Dannys reaction to the rat was priceless and he looked beyond hot in that grey T-shirt thing of his.

as for Lindsay, she looked like a child on Christmas Day throughtout the whole epi to me. her monologue on the flower was a lecture for the viewer IMHO, they do it a lot and this was one of the less awkward ones, and least for me
 
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