Re: Horatio & Yelina #6 - A Sense of Belonging - So Say We A
Katpin - I'm glad to hear that about your husband. I hope he makes a speedy recovery.
Kit - That's really horrible, concerning your friend. Hopefully, she'll call someone soon and at least let everyone know she's okay.
lieueitak again, very well put. I think you're one of the rare few who have a differing opinion from most of the people on this thread. And I share your opinion, just that you've managed to put it into words for me.
Glad to hear someone agrees with me. I was beginning to think I was the only one who felt this way.
As for things turning too "soapy" in an H/Y relationship, I don't see that happening. With this pair, TPTB have always erred on the side of caution. When we have progress, it's slow, and it's usually followed by a period where the issue isn't touched at all. Or followed by some angst for the two. For instance, after Y finds out that Madison exists, we get very little contact between H and Y in the next few episodes.
But more generally speaking, Miami has always been a plot-driven show; most procedural dramas are, and so most of each show is about the case itself. And considering the writers are cramming a process, which normally takes weeks if not months, into a forty-five minute show, there really isn't a lot of time for personal life drama.
In other words, character development is secondary to the plot (in this case, a crime), as proscribed by the genre. It doesn't mean there's NO progression or that the characters are one dimensional necessarily; those things occur, but they aren't usually the focus of an episode and instead help push the plot in explicit and implicit ways. In order for TPTB to truly take H/Y to soapy levels, they'd have to spend a lot more time focusing on that couple and place the plot secondary. And why are they going to do that when some of TPTB still fixate on the Marisol disaster and when they don't even have Sofia Milos on tap?
I know that Lucy and some others have mentioned BSG and House, but I think it's important to understand that those shows have fundamentally different needs. BSG, being in the sci-fi genre, has both the time to spend on characterization, as well as the need for it. With a cop show, it's not hard for people to understand/accept these characters. They can buy into the premise because it's real and tangible. With anything sci-fi/fantasty, the writers have to clearly define the world and also show that these people are still human and someone you can relate to. House is somewhere in between. The world is something we already understand, but strong characterization is need - or else, people would write House off as a jerk/Nazi doctor.
The genres are different for these shows, and so, it's not very fair to compare them in that way. When you compare CSI:M to other shows in its genre, it's not that out of the ordinary in the way the characters are written.
On another note, does Horatio deserve Yelina back in his life? I think that no one
deserves another person in his/her life. We are merely lucky to know the people we love and respect, and the best we can do is try to honor their presence as much as possible.
