It is drastic, but it's a change that could easily be seen coming with everything TPTB wrote into his character, even going further back to his upbringing & his Mother's death (is that right? Mom or Dad, or both kicked the bucket?)
1. Coming from an abusive home - his father was physically and most probably verbally abusive.
2. Actually, Horatio's father killed his mother and Horatio killed his father trying to protect his mother.
3. Losing the man who had taken him under his wing and mentored him. I think I remember Horatio telling Al's widow that he owed everything he is to Al.
4. He through his brother was dead, found out he was alive, only to lose him again. And in that process he finds out that his brother truly was a dirty cop.
5. The loss of Speed affected him greatly.
6. The loss of Marisol - he went a whole lot darker after that and we are only now beginning to see him come back from it.
7. Eric being shot and almost dying.
8. Finding out he has a teenage son he never knew about and then deperately trying to save that son from going to prison for the rest of his life - only to have the mother who abandoned the boy come back and take him away again. He's only now establishing any kind of real relationship with Kyle.
And I'm sure others could probably add things I missed to this list.
It's obvious that Horatio does indeed have emotions - if he didn't, then he wouldn't have allowed all those events to change him the way they have - he wouldn't have let it get to him at all....so his "change" does speak loudly in how emotional Horatio really is; it's just being shown in a different way.
I think that in fact Horatio feels things very deeply. But he holds them within and doesn't share. That is a trait of a child from an abusive home. (ref: Calleigh) He also has a position which requires him to remain in control of his emotions at all times.
And they have never really given him someone he could confide in. A woman who was his equal. So Horatio has to be the rock for everyone else, but he's never had anyone who was strong enough to help him with his burdens. Give him that and we might really see Horatio come back to us.
It seems like I'm the only one who prefers him the way he used to act.
No, you aren't alone. I've read more comments from fans saying they want the old H & don't like Super-H.
Super-H only bothers me because it's been too overplayed. For the most part though, my favorite H moments are when he is supporting the team & his emotions come out with them - that's when I see the "old Horatio".
I just wish we could get more of that.
Agree with you,
mjszud.
I miss the "old" Horatio terribly. I'm not a big fan of Super H. But I'm seeing little pieces of him come back every once in a while and I'm hopeful they will bring a little more light into Horatio's world before all is said and done.
IMO, if you want a truly interesting storyline for Horatio, go back to the storyline where someone in NY was re-opening the investigation into what happen to Horatio's mother and Horatio killing his father. Especially since we have CSI NY now and Horatio has established a reallly good relationship with Mac and Stella. Nice cross-over possibilies as Mac's team re-opens the case and goes through all of the forensic evidence again.
At the risk of making some CSI NY fans upset, I thought Horatio and Stella had a great chemistry. I'm talking FRIENDSHIP here. I would love to see a scene with just Horatio and Stella, where Horatio takes her through what he remembers about the deaths of his mother and father and he's actually able to share the pain of his mother's death and what is I'm sure the very mixed emotions regarding the fact he actually killed his own father - regardless of the reason. (Whoa - any fan fiction writers out there willing to try that one?)
I think that storyline would also be much more poignant now that Kyle is in the picture.
But that's just me!
