On an OT note, I agree about c5. When they started, it was mainly soaps and other assorted crap (and they still show some pretty atrocious stuff) but they are now the channel with the majority of the American crime dramas, and the paper reviews now usually praise the shows and 5 for having them.
Those ads they do are fantastic.
*skids in* sorry guys!! i know i've been absent.......it's been a looooooooooong couple weeks at school...
but spring break starts on fri, so YAYAYAYAY!!!!:hugegrin:
thank you
Perl for the new pic!
i know there's some disgruntlement about mac going out with someone other than stella, but i'm quite looking forward to possibly seeing that somewhat embarrassed, shy, smiley mac :adore::adore: he's so cute when he's like that!! :hugegrin::adore:
I agree. I'd rather have Mac with Stella, but a new love interest does offer the chance to see a different, shy, softer side to Mac which is lovely to see.
I loved the NY part of the CSI Trilogy, especially when Mac was offering Ray support and he said 'you'll find her (Madeline) Ray'. He seemed to really understand how much that case was getting to Ray and want to offer him support. Also, has anyone who saw the Vegas part of the Trilogy noticed that Mac ended his text message to Ray with 'nice work'? I thought that was such a sweet touch. Loved hearing Mac mention his father again. As for Mac's comment about all the names on the memorial ('too many') not only is that very 'Mac', it's also very 'Gary'. I wonder if he asked for the memorial to be used in the episode? He does like to pay tribute to the military in small ways like that, as well as big ways like the Lt Dan band.
Jade, i am too, and you can't! i confess i'm a teeny bit sad and have to pause/rewind them *every* time they're on (and it's pretty often).... he really does look fantastic in them. thanks for capping them, i'd not quite got that far yet
I do that too. It's not our fault, it's his fault for looking so fantastic. Those channel 5 people know our weaknesses! If it wasn't for Mac, I wouldn't be watching channel 5 on a Saturday night.
They quite often have pics of Mac in the tv guide papers too (well, in Weekend they do- they had a lovely pic of Mac on the boat from last night's ep this week) but the tv ad ones are better.:drool:
I really enjoyed 'Cuckoo's Nest' last night, especially the Mac/Flack scene. Mac was pissy, but it was very much a hurt/emotional kind of pissy rather than a boss-type of pissy. He wasn't angry at Flack so much for skipping work so much as for lying to him and the others and making them worry about him being hurt or dead. I think Flack realized that, because there was this moment where he looked at Mac, and he suddenly dropped the attitude and the anger and looked all guilty and lost. And Mac looked angry and hurt and a bit scared throughout the scene. I think Gary and Eddie did a great job with that scene. I wanted to take them both home and just make it all better.
The later scene in Mac's office was lovely too. I liked when Mac said 'people grieve in different ways' - there was an implied reference to his own grief for Claire, there, I think. I was also very surpised when Mac said he knew there was something else, but all he needed to know was that Flack had made peace with it. I suspect Mac may have guessed or suspect what Flack almost confessed to, and that he didn't try to make him admit to it, or tell anyone else about it, was surprising for Mac. Also that he lied to Flack's boss (well, Flack's CO knew Mac was covering for Flack, but as he warned Mac, that could cause trouble for him later on). These are not things we would have seen s1 Mac do and that definitely shows (to me, anyway) that he's opening up more, and also that he
does see gray areas on occasion.
I also think it's intersting that Mac twice told Flack he didn't want him to tell him what he'd done. Flack mentioned Cade, and I think Mac must suspect what Flack did, and he doesn't want to be in the positon of Flack actually confessing to it because then he'd be torn between his duty as a cop (Flack
did shoot an unarmed suspect) and his loyalty to his friend. Mac's definitely in a 'gray area' of his own at the moment as far as Flack goes, and if IAB or Flack's bosses find out what Flack did, Mac's really going to be stuck.
I also liked the scene where Mac said that Eckert was a man in a lot of pain, and Flack agreed, and Mac said that didn't justify what he was doing, and Flack agreed again, it was a nice bonding moment between them, and a moment that paid homage to the fact that they both suffered the same loss as Eckert.
Very nice couple of episodes lately. Mac looked HOT in Hammer Down in Kevlar, with his gun, chasing that disgusting creepo trucker. And, thank God, he didn't call Ray 'Dr Ray' like Horatio did. *shudders*. He just called him 'Ray'. I liked how Ray and Mac seemed to 'click' and they had a couple of personal conversations (the one at the war memorial, and at the end when Ray had to call Madeline's mum). Ray was the focus of the case and the episode, but Mac was the hottest thing on screen by far. (Sorry, Ray, you're nice lookin' and all, but you're no Mac Taylor! Though Ray looked pretty hot and cool on the motorbike!) And Channel 5 are putting it on during the earlier half of the 9-10pm slot, which is good.
