Grissom & Sara # 28: To heart's and eyes' delight

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  1. eggbe4thechicken

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    ADZZZZZ!!! *hugs trouser/pant leg* This is the best day...ever. :D Apart from being hungover, I got a new phone/cell (not sure what you call it. :confused:), watched the finale, ate scampi, and now Adz is back. :lol: (The scampi part was the best bit though. ;))

    *sigh*

    Ok, so why so glum everyone! Be happy. :D *pokes all miserable people*
    Cliffhangers are awesome! You get all excited and worried and nervous and :eek:! Plus there is the opportunity for smut fics! Although smut...not so much. :rolleyes:

    It's hilarious, when I watched TGTBTD I came on here and typed this real hyper/happy post, and then I went back and read everyone's posts and they were all sad and angry. :lol: The same has happened today. :rolleyes:
    I live in this bubble of happiness when it comes to CSI. I was laughing my head off when GG revealed all and when the TBC sign came up I squeeled, and Oh, how georgeous was WP? The answer is very. I got distracted a few times with the hottness, it was terrible, and I had to rewind. :lol:
    Mmm, so yeah, don't worry, be happy. :D

    TBCs are fun. :)

    *stares at Windy's icon*

    OMG! I almost forgot to mention the arm!sex which I freaked out about in the Hottness of G thread, lol. Peeps that was like proper touching. You don't touch a friend like that, nuh uh, that's a 'my girlfriend has real zexy, freckled, smooth arms, and I gotta touch' touch. Plus, completely unnecessary. ;)

    *stares at Windy's icon some more*

    ETA: BAH! I'm top of the page. :D I'm not sure I've ever been the top of a GSR page...:rolleyes: Well this certainly is my lucky day, although it's the next day now for me...:rolleyes:
     
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    Dude, me and egg are obsessed with wind's Icon

    welcome back adz, looking forward to your icons.

    Egg is right, be happy!
    Stare at wind's icon, that should make everyone happy!

    or!

    Adz can break out her naked billy banner!

    Welcome newbies!

    Well this is a random post.
    GSR GSR GSR!
    Yay!
     
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    :hacks up the other part of THEE remaining lung: yeah, aparently its a good thing to breathe! I've got the bronchitis and the athsma to boot, fun fun. it allowed me to watch LD like 20 times yesterday though, in between lung wrenching coughing fits i came to the realization.. TPTB left off at a horrible place for JF not to come back. so shes stuck under a car. next season they have a few options:

    1) batsh!t grissom comes to the rescue and grabs her lone twitching hand and miraculously the car lifts and there's like this cool beam of light surrounding them.. ok maybe not that dramatic.

    2) she dies. NOT GUNNA HAPPEN! but she dies, and we see what? goat beard grissom going to a memorial service for his beloved sara while somehow the crimes of Las Vegas go unsolved for weeks on end because no one can do their job anymore 'cause sara's gone. stupid.

    3) we live through the season opener by witnessing flashbacks to "the fateful night" while grissom and sara are shown in her hospital room recovering from.. errrrhm... hypothermia, yeah she got cold in the rain and that was the worst she had from the ordeal.

    at work today, after my right lung fell out of my eye, i too had images of grissom calling in every helicopter imaginable to locate the car. i mean dude, its red, you can spot that in the desert pretty quick right? i'd say so. so maybe after it rains and the copters can go up after the thunderstorm........ oh crap, there was lightning. and the car was upside-down. folks we've got electrocution to think about now. AHH! I hate my brain!
     
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    I don't see any sign that Sara saw Lady Heather as any kind of rival for Grissom's affections.I don't think Grissom did anything that terrible, Sara didn't seem to doubt that he was just being a friend, she seems to be secure that only she is sleeping with him. I think the problem is that Grissom is a poor communicator and that is what hurt Sara, that he maybe didn't tell her were he was the night before, that she had to fit together that he stayed the night with Lady Heather from rumours and gossip. She may have already known about Grissom's past fling with the Dominatrix but hearing Catherine talking about it, speculating about his sexual exploits must have grated on Sara.
    I don't think it is a case of Sara feeling rejected or unloved, it was just she would have liked to hear about it from him, to realise that she trusts him.

    I also think that WP would have been very unhappy and vocal if CBS were witholding Jorja's contract or there was any truth to the rumors. He wanted GSR to develop,so he would not allow Jorja Fox to be fired without some kind of action.
    So I do not believe that she is leaving because it would kill the show due to WP threatening to walk, as I am sure would happen.
     
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    Good ones. the only thing that's in-correct is the 'rain cold part' :eek:what's that? :lol:. right now it's 102 here in the lovely desert.. NO rain or coldness. DRY-DRY-DRY--HOT-HOT-HOT :cool: she's more likely to be dehydrated..but, she'll be fine, I know it! "everybody will be back for S/8" Jorja Fox!

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    Contact
    Through CBS:

    Jorja Fox
    "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
    c/o CBS Television
    7800 Beverly Blvd., Room 18
    Los Angeles, CA 90036-2165

    Through her agency:

    Jorja Fox
    c/o Framework
    9057 Nemo St. Suite C
    West Hollywood, CA 90069

    Don't know if anyone is interested, but I got this off PureJorja
     
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    Ok. The season is over so....

    What do you want to happen?
    Like after Grissom finds sara and dramatically rescues her, and carries her in his arms away from the car wreck.With her head resting limply on his shoulder, as he whispers 'I love you, i will never let anyone hurt you again' as he walks through the rain the team parting there way for him .He sets sara down in the car and kisses her and whispers 'it will all be alright'
    *sigh*

    ....What? I have a whole summer to get through GSR-less, i have to do something!

    Where was I?

    What is you GSR Wish list for Season eight?
    cuz sara is going to make it, so what do you want to happen?
    Personally I would like some continuity with the cocoon, and maybe some reference to the "do you want to sleep with me?" line and 'beauty' line.

    Oh, and a kiss!
     
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    YES..YES..YESS. good thoughts. all of those :pthe kiss finally [​IMG] some memories from past episodes..

    WORKING AND NOW LOVING TOGETHER
     
  9. eggbe4thechicken

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    YEAH! Positive thinking peeps. Everything is going to be just fine. :D
    Man do I miss warm rain. I've only felt it once, few years ago though, and in the jungle. :rolleyes: In England it means you're gonna freeze your arse off. :lol:
    Right now it's 10 celcius, which is 50 farenheit. :( I hate being cold. *pout*
    Sounds perfect. ;) All you need is the alien on the bicycle. :rolleyes:
    You know I was thinking today (before I had seen the ep) that we could have come back next season and the cocoon could have hatched, and we get a very CSI-y brief mention of it, but as it's TBC, I don't know anymore. Is it possible? Only if it's real time though, which would be odd considering the TBC. :confused: If it isn't real time, you know it will be an action packed premiere, so they won't have time for the cocoon, unless it's like 'Oh crap we killed the moth, damn you Sara, you distracted me from my bug keeping.' :rolleyes: So premiere is ruled out for me. :lol: The second ep is fair game though right? :lol:
     
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    Okay. I am so confused... So real time would be approximately 4 months after the MCSK gets Sara? Am I right? I just lost myself in that one, so just don't answer.

    Okay, so how about there's this GSR fic at Geekfiction that's named after me. And it's good. I'm proud, and I wanna go comment on it even though I don't even have an lj. I bet it's a sign from God. Whatever I say goes. jk jk.

    Delusions of grandeur are a symptom of what?

    Um, and I am staying very positive. It was funny because when I read spoilers for the end of the episode, I was like, "Oh crap, she's gonna be all dusty and dehydrated." And then TPTB make it rain. I feel like a loser.
     
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    ADZIX!! Yippee!

    *Glomps Adzix*

    M'kay. Now that that's out of the way... *straightens shirt*

    I'm sitting here freezing my @ss off because someone *points to self* forgot to turn the air conditioner off before she left yesterday when it was a very very humid 98* outside. And today it's like... 50. Let me tell you. I HATE the weather here.

    Anyways. My sister left a box of Andes mints at my house last night... and I'm eating them right now. I love Andes Mints. Yum.

    I'm feeling positive today. About Jorja and all. Because you guys are awesome and give me that happy little vibe. And in the fall when she doesn't come back it'll be each and every one of you that I will turn to.

    We can put our collective tears in a jar and mail them to CBS. It'll be fun.

    No, I'm kidding. See, the only reason I can joke about it is because I really am feeling optimistic. Or perhaps I've just gotten to much sleep. YES ladies and gents, you heard right. I've gotten TOO MUCH SLEEP. That never happens. So maybe that's why I'm feeling so positive.

    If that's the case, it won't last. I have to go back to work tomorrow. It's so nice having MOST of the weekend off.

    Jorja Fox will be back for Season 8. I finally watched that interview on the Early Show... and honestly? If she was done and sick of the show and/or TPTB, why would she have showed up for the interview?

    And if they shot the interview on set - and she HADN'T shown up like the rumors have been saying - then she wouldn't have BEEN there.

    Unless they caught her before her contract was up. Then she's obligated... oh dear.

    Ignore me. She didn't sound like someone that was about to give their bosses the big F-You. Or, you know, GET the big F-You.

    And the "I'm gone for five minuters and he tells everyone?" (I'm just paraphrasing here) Dude. To me sounds like "Sara's gonna whoop his ass when she gets back."

    Heee!

    No more allergy medicine for me. I think we went through this last summer. It makes me stupid.

    lol

    And if Sara's back -

    THEN LONG LIVE THE GEEKLOVE!

    Because I don't see Grissom shacking up with someone else while "The only person he ever loved..." is trapped under a car.

    And when he finds her, I don't think he's ever going to let her go again. Hello, PDA's.

    Omg, someone stop me. I've just had images of Goat Beard Grissom with blank eyes all staring at the cocoon.

    I'm hoping for it to be in not real time - because well. Then we'd know for sure in the first three minutes whether or not Sara was a goner. And if three months had past and she WASN'T well and happy and alive? Then she's dead.

    And if they decided to do real time and it was 3/4 months after the fact - they wouldn't HAVE to have JF to shoot. Random team flashbacks of pre-shot episodes, perhaps stuff that only made it to the cutting room floor the first time around. A closed coffin funeral. *sobs*

    So I'm hoping for some "TV time" and they pick up right where they left off. Yes. Because I still believe that wasn't a body double under the car. Yes.

    Editing again...

    OMG. You know what would be cruel? If, for the season opener, they just... ignored it. Like not ignored it... but throughout the whole episode we see shots of Grissom just... sitting and thinking. And we hear mentions of the case against Natalie (like court and shit) and then they hold us in suspense until the VERY LAST MINUTE.

    Where we hear on the in office TV that Natalie has been found Guilty for the Attempted murder of a CSI investigator. And then Sara walks through the door. She's come to empty out her locker and pick up Mr. Bugman. Because if JF doesn't come back - that's a BETTER way of getting her off the show.

    Or, she could still be out on leave... and she's just showing up to get Grissom. Because they're living together and she loves him. Yes.

    Not that CSI would ever do that. It'd seem a little too "dramatic and soapy" but it would be WONDERFUL! YAY! The second one obviously. Even the first is better then he rbeing DEAD. Damn.

    ...End Editing

    Love Live Sara. Long Live Geeklove.

    My wishlist for Season 8?
    Sara.
    More Episodes like "Labrats"
    Another "follow along" season spanning crime arc.
    Sara.
    A better resolution to the season spanning crime arc.
    Geek!sex
    Sara.
    Teh Kiss
    Sara.
    More poetry - spoken this time around
    More Brass
    More Warrick!
    More 'early season' Greg
    Stop using LH as sweeps stunts.
    Sara.
    And Finally...
    SARA.


    That about covers it.

    That is all.

    Edited to add my rant about time.
     
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    my early christmas present?

    sara. the cocoon. "i love you" from grissom. kiss.

    in that order. hell let's go big, in the same episode!

    turt, i completly agree, labrats was an awesome innovative eipisode. i enjoyed the last few before TGTBTD; lightly comedic with a hint of GSR and a splash of seriousness.. perfect balance for me anyway.
     
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    Good one Turtle on the LH sweep stunt ratings FYI, it rated lower than "Lab Rats" tee-he-he- :D so much for her grabbing the 'audience' ratings she had her day in S/3 "LHB' so- long bye-bye.. go away, and crawl back into your little house of horrors, and never bother Grissom or anyone else again ~~Brass said it all "get some help"~~ AND, I just found this clip, this is when I first saw them, and went HMMM, they sizzle together he'd just asked to to come down from San Francisco.."Well, if it isn't Sara Sidle" :p from "COOL CHANGE" ep. 2 so long ago ;)


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    Y'all know how much I want Sara to return, but this? Made me laugh. And laugh. And laugh. :lol:

    My wishes for next season are definitely to have Sara return (!!!!!), have the cocoon hatch, get a GeekKiss (finally!), and explore (just a bit--not in an overwhelming way) the negotiation of GSR with the work environment. I may find CSI very hard to watch if Sara dies. Not to mention, a world without GSR is a not a world I look forward to living in.

    I'm thinking the season opener is going to be great. I bet we'll get some more of the CSIs reaction to Grissom's bombshell (although I think some of them might not be sure if Sara reciprocates the affection or is actually dating Grissom--all they know is that he loves her*), more agonized Grissom (which is extremely hot--I nearly passed out from the hawtness during the last few minutes of the finale), and more of Sara's experience (how she was abducted, how she came to be under the car). If Sara lives, it could be, like, my favorite episode of CSI ever.

    I wonder how many times I'll watch this episode on my Tivo this summer. If the season premier is awesome--and we essentially get a MCSK/GSR two-parter with a very long interval in between episodes--7x24 and 8x01 might be on my Tivo for a very long time. Like, until I die.

    *It makes me so happy to type the phrase "all they know is that he loves her"!
     
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    I know I haven't been around lately. Part of that is life, and part of that is that I don't think I can function properly in the rest of the board. This little haven saves me. My fiance and I were talking the other day, and I said, "Yeah, I read on the anti-GSR board..." and I had to stop. I never realized that's how I see this place, for the most part, but I do... and it breaks my heart. I've stopped saying much anywhere on this board because it's just hard to be a GSR shipper unless you're in this thread. So, I love you guys and this thread... and I'll try not to let my problems with other parts of the board keep me from commenting in here, anymore.

    The finale was a whirlwind of psychological games, disturbances and intrigue. I loved the GSR in it, but I still think there were signs that Gil and Sara were not quite on top of things, or back to normal. He's still trying to go on with life and be cool about their relationship, but she needs a grand sign and he hasn't given it to her, yet.

    She keeps getting these weird hints, and I think, "My dear" was another example of that. She didn't expect him to say it at all, and when he did, she didn't really smile at him. She looked more shocked than anything that he said it, and she really needed some clarification...

    Not that she won't fight like heck to survive, but I think that a little affirmation on his part would have helped. Yes, he admitted to the crew that he loves her, but she needs to hear it, too.

    I think the way they handled the GSR reveal was PERFECT. It was absolutely perfect. I was just sitting there, and as he set up the line, a train of thought, it was perfect. And, the best part is that it's in his character. He often talks aloud as he puts pieces together, and then he changes his train of thought and walks out without telling anyone what the heck just happened in his head.

    It makes me think of Sara's little "Manleigh Chickens... See how it feels?" Still makes me giggle to watch that exchange. Ah, the blissful days before he took a sabatical and fractured her trust in their situation.

    And, yes, he has realized that he loves someone. He was trying so terribly to keep it together, but the fact that he called her, knowing she had already been abducted highlights his desperation. When she doesn't pick up, he starts to get frustrated, but composes himself as he approaches Judy's desk, trying to stay in control, trying to keep a cool head because logically he knows that's what's going to help Sara. He needs to stay calm.

    But, when he's with the group and he sees the picture, it's frightening, and it's beautifully set. There's Grissom, with his back to Natalie, but Natalie is just over Sara's shoulder, between her and Grissom. She's watching. And, Grissom remembers that day, Sara's outfit, the feel of her skin that he just couldn't resist touching because it was warm enough for her to wear a short-sleeved shirt. He covers his mouth in shock as the pieces come together, and he starts to put the blame on himself. That's the moment he realizes why Natalie took Sara, and he starts to think that he's the reason. If only he had composed himself and kept himself from touching Sara, Natalie wouldn't have had the clue she needed to execute this terrible plan.

    It soaks in, and his brain shuts down as he tries to stay logical, but the facade is broken, and he's weary. He stares down at the table, and I can't help but remember "Butterflied." Sure, this time there's something to see on the table, but he tends to look down when he's talking about himself. He speaks of love, and I don't think he meant it in any incestuous way as some people might think. He was talking about TRUST. It's about loving someone so much you trust them completely, and you give yourself over to that trust.

    Natalie was broken, and couldn't cling to anyone. She didn't trust her father... he broke her, in her mind. She certainly didn't trust her sister. And, she didn't trust her foster Mom. Ernie was the one person who made her feel whole, who made her feel like she could find acceptance and love. THAT's what Grissom was talking about. He was talking about THAT kind of love. It's not definable by brother/sister/mother/lover. It's just this trust that comes from knowing that this is the one person in the world you can count on. This is that one person who can't possibly let you down, because you've built them up so much in your mind.

    Natalie probably watched Gil and Sara for a while after making the initial observation. She saw this trust, this love that Gil had for her. Heck, he was copping feels in public! He saw only Sara....

    Back with the team, Grissom speaks aloud, and he's letting it all fall into place in his mind. Natalie has to kill the person he loves most to torture him...

    And let me say, I don't think the team was being unemotional or uncaring when it came to Sara's abduction. Greg was trying to surmise if the living doll meant a living Sara. Nick was thinking about how much space they had to cover in the desert to look for Sara... But Catherine refocused them. They were all freaking on the inside, but like Grissom composing himself before he talked to Judy, they refocused to try to save Sara.

    When Grissom makes his confession, the looks around the room are priceless. Catherine's listening,and she just can't believe what she just heard. She turns to him, wondering if the man who had his head stuck under the microscope finally looked up and she didn't notice. Warrick's eyes go wide as the man he knew as the constant bachelor, the man who was "destined to be alone and ok with that" admitted to loving someone. That's what he said, right? And Greg looks around, wondering if anyone else heard what he said, or if he's suffering some sort of brain damage from his brutal beating earlier this season. Nick's not sure what to think....

    But Grissom's ahead of them, and he's out the room in a flash as Catherine stands there with her mouth agape. The way he said it, the way it just rolled off his tongue without reservation means it was a slip, not something he meant to tell the world. Like calling Sara "honey" in Play with Fire, he was just speaking out of fear, worry, and in this case, frustration. He spoke the truth because he just couldn't keep it inside. That's one of the first clues that the logical side of Grissom is quickly deteriorating. He's fighting for it, but he can't hold it together as he wonders what happened to his beloved Sara.

    Behind the glass of the interrogation room, he and Brass talk, and Brass doesn't ask anything about Sara. I'm assuming he knew already, which is fine, but he grants Grissom the chance to talk to this psycho. And, Grissom tries to flirt with the girl, to charm her as he did the woman at the brothel in "Ending Happy." He talks about chess and flatters the girl, telling her he's been thinking about her...

    But the girl catches on, realizing that Grissom's only doing it for Sara. It's all about Sara. And that pisses this little girl off who wants to be the only one. She didn't want a little sister hogging all the attention. She wants to be the one person... even in this moment with Grissom she doesn't want anyone to be more important than her. I fear for the life of the shop clerk who put her off for a few moments to help a little kid. What kind of offense might her twisted mind see that as?

    And, Grissom's starting to lose it. He yells at the girl, screaming, shaking her. He needs to know where Sara is. He has to know, and this freaky girl is the one thing standing in his way. He shakes her, violently, trying to stop her singing, to get the information out of her. His rational attempt at retrieving the information failed, and now here he is. He covers his mouth.

    He can't believe what he just did, that he shook this girl... but it's Sara we're talking about. And he's sitting there, losing precious time as the woman he loves clings to the murky mud around her, gasping for air as the pressure of the car sits on top of her.

    He's sitting there across from the girl who might have killed the woman he loved. Sara's out there, and now he knows she's alive, but he can't get to her. He can't save her. Time is running out, and he's lost. He's falling apart.

    Part of me thinks that Grissom never directly told Sara, "I love you" because a part of him was still afraid of giving Sara that control over him. Follow me: I don't think it was a conscious decision. I think it was just this basic fear that came from being alone for 50 years. He loved her, and he knew it, but telling her was a whole different thing. He wanted her to just know by the way he treated her that he loved her...

    And, trust me, this is not uncommon. I sometimes see bits of my fiance and me in Grissom and Sara... creepy, I know, but this is one case where I'm so happy I'm marrying an introvert: because I get a better picture of what's going on in the mind of an introvert on TV.

    I'm Matt's FIRST girlfriend. His first girlfriend, and we've been together 4 years, and we're getting married. Even now, he's still not used to being a part of a duo, a couple... and sometimes he just wants me to KNOW that I'm loved... and I'm that TOTAL opposite personality type from him, so I want affirmation. It's a mess, but I get it... and I still love him.

    Sara's always had to read between the lines with Grissom, but before he left for sabatical, she seemed to think she understood him and that she knew where they were going. She was safe and secure in the relationship. Ever since he left and came back, she's not as sure. She still loves him, and she's still with him, but she's frightened. If he left once, he could do it, again, and for how long this time?

    For the longest time, she didn't think he thought of her while he was gone, and then she got a letter saying he had... that he loved her, but he never mailed it...

    Then, enter Lady Heather, and though Sara loves Grissom, the trust has been chipped away from the sabatical. It's not that she's waiting for him to make a mistake, but they still haven't completely healed, and she wants to believe him, and believe that everything is ok, but a part of her is involuntarily aching. Past issues that weren't sufficiently dealt with are coming back to haunt her, and she's struggling.

    I think she was even a little unsteady in this episode. As said before, the "my dear" seemed to take her off-guard. Yes, part of that could be because he was saying it at a crime scene, and many fans once bemoaned the fact that Sara called Hank "baby." However, this just rolled off the tip of his tongue. He's getting more bold with her, but she still needs a clear, simple sign that this is it; her love for forever, that he wants her for forever.

    It was a great finale. I knew what was going to happen, but it was still great, and it's going to be interesting coming into next year to see how they deal with things.

    Personally, the whole contract hype reminds me a lot of the season 3 ST:VOY finale and the hubub about Kate Mulgrew wanting to leave the show, so when her character got injured we all freakin' flipped that they could kill off the captain of the show.... That's just my opinion, though.

    Next season will be interesting. If Sara lives, breaking them up is too soapy for me. It reaks of "Dawson's Creek." I think there'll be some issues and some recovery, but I think Grissom would be the first one to take himself off the case to protect the evidence. It would KILL him, but after the way he manhandled Natalie, I think he scared himself. I don't think he realized what he was capable of, and might worry he'd hinder the investigation more than help.

    However, I do think Cath would mosey over to see Gris, maybe share the sketchbooks with Sara in them (and hopefully Grissom as well) to try to establish a timeline, etc... and to see the touches of Sara in his home...

    I don't want some dramatic kiss in the mud. Sorry. Not going for that. If she is found, I expect her to be unconscious and on the brink of life.... and from there? I don't know. I can imagine many different possibilities, but this needs to be done SO delicately.

    I think the finale was a huge risk. I felt like I was watching a European film with the slow, psychological buildup to a powerhouse ending. Most American viewers wouldn't like that sort of thing, but my fiance and I loved it. It was an intense buildup, and the payoff was fine. I think there's a second half we've yet to see.

    Some have speculated that certain shots were done a certain way because Ms. Fox was unavailable... blah, blah, blah. I think they were purposefully shot the way they were, especially the scene in the parking garage. Even without Ms. Fox, they could have included the tasering originally written... I'm guessing they're going to save all that for the season opener as they reconstruct what went down... We'll get to see flashbacks of what happened to Sara, so Ms. Fox'll have more to do than struggling for breath under a car and showing up for the last five minutes in some capacity...

    I hate to say this, but I think I'm going to stop believing anything I read in the presses about CSI, because NOTHING is reliable. I'm not trying to bash anyone. The nature of the business is that things change, and often change quickly, but this season has just been annoyingly inaccurate in terms of the press. And, I don't think it's any one particular person's fault, but it's easier to stick to spoilers and ignore the press.... boy, that sounds really contradictory.

    Anyway, remember the rumors about Archie trying to hook Sara up with someone? They said we'd see something about that at the beginning of the season, and it never happened. We never learned much about GSR's origins and background in San Fransisco. We got three little lines in the first episode shot of the season, but nothing much came of it.

    LH had the EXACT affect on GSR that I predicted, contrary to CM's assertions in TV Guide. Ausiello is off on his tangent about Sara being axed, and it makes sense that he would considering he's the guy who said CSI would be fine without George Eads and Jorja Fox during the firing debacle.

    So, I'm just going to sit back and soak up the finale, rewatch it a few dozen times... try to pick up on more of the symbolism, etc... And bask in the glory of the GSR reveal, and Grissom's freak-out over his missing girlfriend.

    Next season should be awesome. I mean, I loved this season... There are very few eps I didn't really like. Strangely enough, though, most of 'em were in the latter half of the season. Go figure! I didn't like the setup of TGTBTU for the finale. I think the ep should have been done as 7x20 or something... but I get it, whatever. :) This is why I'm not a producer, I guess.

    And TOM: I was fast-forwarding past the end of my CSI tape to record something, and guess who I saw in a commercial? Tom Selleck! I immiediately thought of you. :)

    Ok.... night night time.

    ETA: If you haven't been to my blog in a bit, I'll be posting ALL my thoughts on this past week's finale soon. :) http://starseneyes.blogspot.com/
     
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