Re: Grissom&Sara #20 - Who Cares? The Shirt's Coming Off Any
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MISS DEE WHO DID NOT MENTION IT HERSELF AFTER HER MASSIVE POST!
"You know, that doesn't surprise me? I've thought before that there was something up with those two - I didn't know if they were dating, or if they had a history, or what the hell was going on - but I always thought there was something."
Agreed. I mean, I have two friends who watch the show religiously to the point where they ran to the mall when Paul Guilfoyle was doing the board game tour (my friend, with whom I wrote my very proud parody, says he's really really nice) and they both pretty much screamed "FINALLY!" the next day at school. But agreed, the majority of people were going, "Yeah, I pretty much figured it would happen eventually."
I think the double meaning behind "Invisible Evidence" is that the evidence that the something between Gil and Sara is evident to everyone else, a theme that was explored throughout the season, from the stuff in this episode to the rumors going about the lab regarding the promotion that Nick discovered to "Butterflied" to the teasing about the gift Gil gave Sara in "XX".
WOW. You know, you always know that there's some double entendre. Ironically there are GSR episodes have double entendres relating to them, a couple examples being Committed, UnBearable...
But what I was going to say is that is a brilliant analysis I never thought of. I mean, yes, the double entendre of the title itself, but the idea that Grissom and Sara are SO unaware that... they really haven't been that subtle. Even though technically they have, everyone kind of assumes (and that's the sense I got from the lab tech who told Nick) that they've slept together. At this point. The funny thing being that while NOT together they're horrible at keeping their feelings a secret, however they managed to go a year without anyone really being shown to suspect anything.
I guess the moral there being when you hide something it just makes it easier to see - Invisible Evidence.
He doesn't get that his actions in the Pin Me Down scene are sexual in nature - at least, not consciously. Hence that look on his face when Sara leaps from having his arms encircling her waist to nervously stammering that she hopes what's not going on between them isn't going to affect her chances for the promotion. He looked horrified in that scene - A, because I don't think he'd ever be happy with the idea that anyone would think he could be biased like that, and B, because it honestly hadn't occurred to him that most people would construe his actions here as romantic.
Because frankly I think there are two sides to Grissom. The one that does nothing but think and analyze and essentially is just a walking brain. Grissom on a cerebral level is always thinking about the case, some minute detail. And then I think, like WP said, he's using this to hide his heart. But more than that, pure instinct. I mean, go back and look at the scene - was it that necessary for him to demonstrate putting his hands down? No. At that point he's wrapped up in it, but his mind allows him to be somewhere else so he doesn't have to process the instinct of wanting to be near her like that.
So when she pulls back, I think his mind snaps back and goes, "Oh God. What did you just do?"
And hence the scene with Catherine afterwards. "Too much?" "Not enough!" Catherine is saying, "Dude, you can't be too careful. We know Sara is different - you've got to take steps to make sure your ass is covered, bro. Don't let your feelings for her allow you to let her step out of line, because other people will take that and run with it."
See? Now that's an analysis of that line that I like. And it does make total sense. I had a hard time believing that Catherine really wanted him to knock down Sara routinely.
sarah i really liked your analysis on Butterfly-Get Stung scenes. really. cause till now i thought that Grissom was only afraid of the risk b/c of the job, and i didn't get the "get stung" comment at all. now it makes sense, seriously.
Yeah, I mean, for me the one line from the Butterflied speech that I've always felt is misinterpreted is the part where Grissom talks about giving up everything you've worked for. Now Billy said that Grissom wants everyone to think that his brain is bigger than his heart. So while yes, Grissom was referring to the job, I think he was also saying that the wall he's built up around himself would have to be dropped to let her in, and he'd want to do that, but once he HAS let her in, behind this facade he's worked so hard to create, if she just leaves him, then she's not leaving this idea of "the boss" and "the head CSI" but instead Grissom for who he really is, which isn't a rejection he can take.
When does next series start over here? Are we about half a series behind you?
The finale was good, wasn't it? Ironically now that we know they're together, I think my favorite scene was probably the camera duel. The next season starts here about mid to late September. So you're not really that far behind.
lol. Thanks for those,
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