Ok, so your general point is that it was better in season 5 when her character had a purpose.
Ok, I’m not trying to attack your opinion but I must ask how could a character brought in just to be the catalyst for other characters' relationships and/or to agitate GSR fans in season 5, as atfm mentioned be BETTER then what they’re doing with Sofia now. I know your saying that that was her purpose then, not that you necessarily liked it better. What was my point again, yeah, I think most people in here would agree that being on the show and having no purpose at all is better then being on the show and your only job is to be someone’s love interest (Although I think she definitely has a purpose).
But my issue is that this is a fantastic ensemble cast. And part of the reason is that everyone has their defined role or purpose or just this thing that they bring to the chemistry. Nicky was the youngling, but now he's like everyone's big brother. Warrick always seems to be the shoulder to cry on. Catherine is the mom, and just like with any mom, sometimes you love her and sometimes you don't. Grissom isn't so much Dad as the weird uncle. Brass is Dad's best friend who comes over and tells dirty jokes when your parents are out of the room or something. lol. Greg is the little brother - hell, even the lab techs each bring something unique or special. Vartann was a stand-out detective because he was kind of like a harsher, yet not quite as sassy version of Brass. O'Reilly and Vega are sort of meh. My point is that no - I didn't like who Sofia was, but you shouldn't "like" every character on a show. Even the people who hate Sara must admit that she does bring something to the overall tone. (or not)
I don't feel that Sofia currently, for better or worse, brings anything unique. And that's fine - she's "random detective". But that must be boring for Louise, and the other issue is that she's supposedly a star of the show. Why? I think you should only be considered a lead if you are contributing in some way. Sofia contributed in Season 5 and the first half of Season 6, and now she doesn't show up on the personal radar at all, with the exception of the time that they paid hommage to the uncomfortable scene in Grissom's office from ABRTI when she came crying about the dead decoy police officer.
Louise is beautiful, and she was definitely once a controversial character. But now she's basically there for no reason, and if they're going to give her a spot as a lead, they can't cut back on her personality.
Besides, that kind of thing, bringing in some female solely for the purpose of being some guys maybe love interest (or at least making it look like that the way they did early on in season 5), it’s so...that kind of stuff just doesn’t belong on a procedural show. Is this the way female characters have to be treated, always in relation to some man, I'm way happier with the role she has now then the role she had in the beginning.
I agree. To be honest, I don't think she should've been on this show in the first place, but simply answer me this: what unique character trait does she possess that makes her different from any other character currently on the show? What makes Sofia unique in Season 7?
And anyway, Grissom’s the one that asked her out, not the other way round, she was just being nice to him, why did all the GSR people get mad at her (ok that had no point I’ve just been wanting to say that for a while).
Uh, tomato tomahtoe. She shimmied out of her dress in front of him and then winkingly informed him she wasn't wearing panties. Not exactly the sort of thing you need to clear with your co-workers before starting a scene. "Hi, Joe - where's the body? Great - I decided not to wear a thong tonight."
In any event, I agree - he was flirtatious with her once, and that flirtation went nowhere. I didn't actual see any chemistry between them until that scene, and then afterwards it disappeared again. Her appearance as the red-dress temptress felt very forced, and I didn't like that she was then made to catfight with Sara.
Not as a Sara fan, just as someone who's never really liked that storyline. Louise and Jorja went to the writers and told them to cut it out. I imagine WP had issues with the Sofia/Grissom storyline, or the writers simply realized they had nowhere to take it, and it was cut. But that is neither here nor there. I think that Carol M. ultimately let the cat out of the bag in the Season 5 commentary when she admitted that Sofia was there more to shake up Sara than for real romance purposes.
It doesn't matter, though, what she was brought in for, because it wasn't where they wound up taking it anyhow.
And that's part of my point, and I don't really want to get into a shipper's discussion, because you're right - Sofia wasn't just pulled in to be Grissom's special lady.
See, I don’t know, I think they’ve been making a pretty good go at defining her personality (yes I’m actually NOT complaining about lack of Sofia right now) over season 6 and 7 (although they haven’t shown most of 7 here yet) I can think of plenty of instances where we really got a good look into the character, in fact probably even more so then other long running characters like Warwick, who does tend to get ignored.
I'd like to make a detour here by saying that what people constantly forget or don't know is that Gary has more projects going on behind the scenes than any of the other actors. He has a music thing, he did a film last year... he's been busy. I don't think the writers are snubbing Gary, I think Gary's interests have been elsewhere for a while. I was reading some of
Sobell's recaps the other day, and people have noticed Warrick's dissipating presence since Season 4.
Anyway - I disagree. If anything, I think they've overhauled Sofia to make her more sympathetic. She lands on the scene as the temptress and the hard-hitting woman. Season 6 she's cat-fighting and a gun-wielding detective. Season 7 she's shy and cute with Nick and then admits to Catherine that she'd fall for a paper rose. I see no consistency in her character whatsoever.
I’d like some more screen time and some background too but I don’t think that right now she’s just being used as “filler for every non-Brass detective that they would ordinarily have” I mean, she certainly has taken over their roles, but that’s to be expected since before they only had one cop in the credits and now they have two. But she’s gotten a lot of screen time that wasn’t just the regular detective stuff that Vega and Vartann ect get so I definitely think she has a real purpose within the context of the show. Plus, haven’t people stopped calling her spork (ie: a useless utensil) that’s gotta mean something.
But screentime is one of my complaints. I don't feel she gets any personal screentime, but tons of regular screentime. So I return to my original question: what does Sofia have or do that is in any way special or different?
I saw Louise in Hidalgo. Bad movie, but she was great. She nailed the performance of a "temptress" who was actually rather sad, and vindictive, without making it Snidely Whiplash in a dress. And that film brought out some pretty bad performances. She has talent, and hopefully her new show gets picked up and she's given a real opportunity to show it, but I think that after 3 years, it's clear CSI can't do that for her.
