I love your theory about Mac's lack of game. I think it was because he had to flirt with a guy, too. I was watching 'Murder Sings the Blues' today from s3 and Mac says to Peyton 'Feisty is very attractive on you' - obviously flirting, and she shows this big smile and blushes. So Mac can flirt when he wants to. I also think that Mac's not a 'player', he doesn't date a lot of women (like Danny does) and so he probably doesn't have much game. Which I think is nice. I like guys who just flirt a little rather than that type who really push it and hit on girls all the time and think they're so great. Also, let's not forget that he probably hasn't needed to flirt for a long time. They never said on the show how long Mac was married to Claire before 9/11, but as he's supposed to be 44 (according to The Thing about Heroes) he was probably married for quite some time, I would guess about five years minimum. So he didn't need 'game' when he was married, and then he didn't date for like four years after 9/11 (his date in the s1 finale being in 2005 in NY time) and then Peyton pursued HIM for a relationship, so his game was probably a bit rusty. Also, he strikes me as being a very direct kinda guy, who would just tell a woman he liked her rather than flirting a lot. And he's just so hot and sweet and sexy that he doesn't much need game. I mean he got Claire (who was beautiful, there's a pic of her shown in the s3 ep Sweet 16) and then he got hit on by Rose in the s1 finale, a young woman called Polly in the s2 ep Jamalot (you have GOT to watch that one, Spaz, if you haven't seen it already, he's adorable when this young woman hits on him) and then by s3 he's with Peyton, so he has definite appeal to women, as all of us on this thread know. :devil:
Hey, today I watched two eps of CSI NY - 'Murder Sings the Blues' (Pissy!Mac with Sheldon and the bad guy, sooooooooo hot) and also 'Blood Sweat & Tears' from s1 (the circus eppy). There's some lovely EyePorn in that ep, :devil: especially at the end when he's talking to the girl who was 'Juliet' (yes, I forgot her real name, I was too busy drooling over Mac to pay attention to details like that.) :devil: