Re: Grissom&Sara #23 - Hot, Butt-Kicking, Chainsaw Wielding
I don't think it's a matter of Grissom being totally insecure. I mean, in his and her defence, he waited SIX YEARS.
And so while he was incredibly surprised (Snakes, Nesting Dolls) to discover that she still liked him and was still willing to be with him, I think that he's not blind to the fact that he did make her wait an awfully long time before he was ready.
Neither were ready before this, and I don't know that I would've supported GSR had I come in before Season 6 as a regular viewer.
But something about the two of them last season just struck me as "right", and while I do love old GSR scenes, I think the angst was always the best back then because it was so real and ripe, but it did signal that they weren't able to be together just yet.
Angst now feels worrying, but it's not anywhere near the same kind as it was then. Angst now seems to be more about crossed wires and insecurities rather than stupid comments and hurt feelings.
I think Grissom, like I've said a couple of times now, will always have Butterflied on the brain when it comes to Sara, and I think that even with the amount of women who flirt with him, he's not that secure in himself when it comes to relationships.
I don't think that Grissom assumes Sara would move on because of the person she is, I think it's because of the person that he is. I mean, Teri Miller refused to share a meal with him because of one botched date. The lab tech in the premiere thought his date was lame, and was disappointed at the lack of "action" (which makes further sense for the Bite Me scene if Grissom is, in fact, a little slow to 'move in for the kill' as it were) and Lady Heather refused to really aknowledge their past because of him arresting her, and while she may have forgiven him slightly at the end, I think all three women made it very clear that that was it for them if he wasn't going to change.
Sara seems to be, gently, trying to convince him that she doesn't want him to change, but she does think that he occasionally needs to take a better tone (Burn Out), and needs to understand the way his comments come off (Happenstance), but other than that... I think it's pretty clear she loves him.
I'm just not sure that he wants to trust that yet.