Re: Grissom&Sara #23 - Hot, Butt-Kicking, Chainsaw Wielding
alright guys, i've been going through S2 episodes chronologically and gotta tell y'all it's a very confusing season in terms of GSR. in short it looks like this:
1. PSVs in Chaos Theory and Overload.
2. Sara meets Hank in Bully For You.
3. Sara strokes Grissom's cheek in Scuba Doobie-Doo.
4. Grissom meets Lady Heather in Slaves of Las Vegas.
5. Sara has a date with Hank in The Finger.
6. Grissom makes the rude "hamburger" comment, Sara asks for a leave of absence, Grissom buys her a plant in Burden of Proof.
7. Grissom tells Sara she is beautiful in Primum Non Nocere.
8. PSV in Felonis Monk.
9. Grissom holds her arm in Anatomy of a Lie.
10. The symmetry under the bridge and Robbie Robertson's 'Unbound' song in the background in Season 2 Finale The Hunger Artist.
(oh, and an interesting sidenote: around the time of Ellie in real life Billy proposed to Gina.)
so usually we look at those moments separately, reffering to them as "chalk scene" or "the plant" etc, but we tend to forget that they all made a whole and that there was a specific chronology to them.
for example: Grissom didn't know Sara was involved with anybody up until The Finger when he, as far as i remember, overheard that Sara had a date with Hank (i don't exactly recall if Grissom actually heard the comment Warrick made, but even if not, i believe it came to him around that time anyway).
BUT he didn't know anything about Hank during the chalk scene, and there is a fair chance Sara went on a date with him by then already.
so after "chalk" Grissom meets LH, they flirt and all but he doesn't pursue a relationship with her yet, he leaves it as it is. also we've got him going after Sara in Organ Grinder, which wasn't exactly shippy but showed that he cared for her.
THEN we've got The Finger. Grissom now knows Sara is seeing someone. Right after this episode comes "BoP" with Grissom's "whatever" attitude. Sara is hurt, and she resignates. in result Grissom is sorry and buys her Da Plant.
The next episode right after that is PNN. is Grissom still feeling slightly sorry? well first, he knows she is seeing someone so a comment he made is less risky than if she was single and secondly, yeah, he is still sorry.
then we have some Grissom PSVs again and later the protective hold on her arm. this all brings me to a conclusion:
1. Grissom knew Sara liked him more than she should thanks to Scuba.
2. He wasn't really ready for anything with her but also didn't go all the way with other women at that time.
3. He shows her he cares, but when he learns about Sara being involved with someone else, he is confused and well, annoyed.
4. He realizes he was too harsh on her and that maybe he should show her somehow that he too, could be interested in her. This way he wants to tell her she shouldn't be too serious about the guy she's seeing. Let's remember she's at the age most women are already married.
5. In the end we've got a beautiful conclusion of the whole complicated season with this song:
I am drawn
I am drawn to her
Like a moth to flame
She leads me down
Unbound
I am lost
I am lost
Has anybody seen me
I am lost
Oh nothing is forgotten
Only left behind
Wherever I am
She leads me down
Unbound
so basically my interpretation depends on Grissom knowing about her seeing someone through most of the season. we know that he first heard about "Hank" as a specific person in the premiere of S3, when he met him, but IMO he knew that she was involved after The Finger.
and all this accompanied by the Buteflied explanation he gave would explain why he didn't want to get involved with her at that time. i think Hank was partly a reason Grissom knew he would've felt insecure. he sees Sara stroking his cheek and shortly after he learns she is seeing someone else. i think his fear deepens when he SEES Hank for the first time, he's handsome and young. not that Grissom is not handsome, DUUUUH, but as we know he might be a little oblivious to the fact that he is good looking. he doesn't strike me as a guy who stares at the mirror most of his life, and i believe that in his mind, the biggest factor that drives women to him, is his mind. but than again, who knows what this guy really thinks?
Can we all wait one more day? 
