geekprincess
Dead on Arrival
Re: Grissom&Sara #23 - Hot, Butt-Kicking, Chainsaw Wielding
Well, first things first...
Poll: If there had been an option between #1 and #2, I would have picked that one, but I went with #1. I don't have any doubts about Grissom and Sara's relationship lasting, especially now that both of them have changed so much and dealt with so many personal issues since the earlier seasons -- and hey, canon is canon. And of course I've enjoyed the heck out of all the shippy scenes we've gotten so far this season -- YAY!
However, I do feel strongly about hoping that if the writers ever do decide to enlighten us about when & how the relationship started, they will show Grissom taking the first step. I also hope that first step included some sort of apology. Mind you, I'm not saying I think Grissom should have gone groveling to Sara on his hands and knees serenading her with every Shakespeare sonnet in the book (although Adzix might like that ), but I do think he needed to say he was sorry for the pain he'd caused her, because IMO it was a considerable amount. Yes, she picked some inopportune times to express her feelings for him, and yes, she could be confrontational and accusatory at times, but I think his callousness and outright disregard for her feelings in many instances outweighed that -- i.e., "Playing with Fire," "Butterflied" (when he shut her down after she offered to help her at the crime scene), "Ellie," "No More Bets," "Burden of Proof," "Let the Seller Beware," and so on. Even at the beginning of "Bloodlines," when he offered her the chance to take a vacation, he phrased it in terms of what he thought she should do, rather than talking to her and trying to figure out what was wrong, a la "Nesting Dolls" (not necessarily right there in the lab, even -- just offering to take her to breakfast or somewhere else where they could talk away from work). I don't blame his attitude for all of Sara's problems -- drinking, blowing up at Catherine, etc. -- but it definitely didn't help matters, and I think that if you want to start a relationship at a new level with someone, or even renew a friendship, you should make a point of clearing the air, so to speak, and dealing with the major problems you've had with them in the past. Did Sara need an apology for every little thing? No. Did Grissom need to have a personality transplant for her? No, and it goes without saying that she knows he'll always be awkward, enigmatic, and workaholic to a degree. Is she marking all of his sins in her little black book and crossing them off one by one as he atones for them? As some here have already said, no. But did she deserve explanations and apologies before their relationship could really be healed? IMO, absolutely.
*deep breath* On to next subject...
Episode: Not totally what I expected, but definitely intriguing and very heart-wrenching to watch. Aside from wanting to bust into that courtroom and deck everybody who was making poor Greg's life so miserable, I found myself keenly interested and absorbed in the MCSK case -- even though I knew pretty much from the get-go after last week's preview that the nephew and the drug dealer weren't viable suspects. And, of course, I love watching Grissom and Sara work together -- not even in a shippy sense, but just putting their geekily brilliant heads together to figure out a case. It reminded me in that sense of the episode "Compulsion," which is one of my all-time favorites. I must say I was mildly surprised that Grissom's migraines didn't continue, especially after seeing him peering at that tiny crime-scene replica for what had to be hours on end -- but maybe that's because I kept on hoping we'd get a super-shippy "Sara-comforting-Grissom" scene. Ah, well, a girl can dream. In any case, I was really glad to see Grissom finally pay Greg a compliment and show such caring and concern for him.
~ geekprincess
Well, first things first...
Poll: If there had been an option between #1 and #2, I would have picked that one, but I went with #1. I don't have any doubts about Grissom and Sara's relationship lasting, especially now that both of them have changed so much and dealt with so many personal issues since the earlier seasons -- and hey, canon is canon. And of course I've enjoyed the heck out of all the shippy scenes we've gotten so far this season -- YAY!
However, I do feel strongly about hoping that if the writers ever do decide to enlighten us about when & how the relationship started, they will show Grissom taking the first step. I also hope that first step included some sort of apology. Mind you, I'm not saying I think Grissom should have gone groveling to Sara on his hands and knees serenading her with every Shakespeare sonnet in the book (although Adzix might like that ), but I do think he needed to say he was sorry for the pain he'd caused her, because IMO it was a considerable amount. Yes, she picked some inopportune times to express her feelings for him, and yes, she could be confrontational and accusatory at times, but I think his callousness and outright disregard for her feelings in many instances outweighed that -- i.e., "Playing with Fire," "Butterflied" (when he shut her down after she offered to help her at the crime scene), "Ellie," "No More Bets," "Burden of Proof," "Let the Seller Beware," and so on. Even at the beginning of "Bloodlines," when he offered her the chance to take a vacation, he phrased it in terms of what he thought she should do, rather than talking to her and trying to figure out what was wrong, a la "Nesting Dolls" (not necessarily right there in the lab, even -- just offering to take her to breakfast or somewhere else where they could talk away from work). I don't blame his attitude for all of Sara's problems -- drinking, blowing up at Catherine, etc. -- but it definitely didn't help matters, and I think that if you want to start a relationship at a new level with someone, or even renew a friendship, you should make a point of clearing the air, so to speak, and dealing with the major problems you've had with them in the past. Did Sara need an apology for every little thing? No. Did Grissom need to have a personality transplant for her? No, and it goes without saying that she knows he'll always be awkward, enigmatic, and workaholic to a degree. Is she marking all of his sins in her little black book and crossing them off one by one as he atones for them? As some here have already said, no. But did she deserve explanations and apologies before their relationship could really be healed? IMO, absolutely.*deep breath* On to next subject...
Episode: Not totally what I expected, but definitely intriguing and very heart-wrenching to watch. Aside from wanting to bust into that courtroom and deck everybody who was making poor Greg's life so miserable, I found myself keenly interested and absorbed in the MCSK case -- even though I knew pretty much from the get-go after last week's preview that the nephew and the drug dealer weren't viable suspects. And, of course, I love watching Grissom and Sara work together -- not even in a shippy sense, but just putting their geekily brilliant heads together to figure out a case. It reminded me in that sense of the episode "Compulsion," which is one of my all-time favorites. I must say I was mildly surprised that Grissom's migraines didn't continue, especially after seeing him peering at that tiny crime-scene replica for what had to be hours on end -- but maybe that's because I kept on hoping we'd get a super-shippy "Sara-comforting-Grissom" scene.
Ah, well, a girl can dream. In any case, I was really glad to see Grissom finally pay Greg a compliment and show such caring and concern for him.
My personal opinion on that one is that he wants Greg to be able to get out of "work mode" and not to be so hard on himself; I think he's trying to get Greg to avoid not only burnout, but also becoming a distant workaholic like he is (well, used to be anyway...being with Sara has changed some of that). Anyway, it was really wonderful to watch him take his girl's advice and show Greg he actually cared. Awwww.
~ geekprincess
