I thought the episode was 'meh'. At the moment, the only thing I have to say is that Julia really creeped me out. I mean, before she even said anything. I think it was her eyes. Did anyone else get that?
I did! She creeped me out too. I didn't like the way she just slithered into the room when Horatio saw her for the first time, eyes all popping out, looking at him sideways. I think it was just bad acting on Elizabeth Berkley's part.
I was confused about Alexx's car accident too. They must have cut a scene out or something.
I honestly believe that was just thrown in there to explain Khandi's absence from the episode. BUT, when Calleigh added the gossip (and the reviewer got it right...it was gossiping) about Horatio and Kyle, that whole scene just left a bad taste in my mouth. I know sometimes personal conversation comes out at a crime scene, but gossiping is something different, uncalled for. And just not Calleigh.
Some things I noticed in the episode that I thought were off...
- Horatio worked the investigation. Correct me if I'm wrong, but since the suspect is his son's mother shouldn't he have bowed out of the investigation? Isn't that a conflict of interest? Regardless of the fact that he was objective in the investigation, I still think he should have turned the investigation over to Eric and/or Calleigh to lead.
- When Horatio (or was it Eric?) picked up the divorce papers...shouldn't he have worn gloves? It's a piece of evidence right? Doesn't that call for picking it up with gloves, or something else so that he didn't leave his prints on it?
- the episode seemed disjointed, hell the team and the investigation itself seemed disjointed. Like the script was written, the writers all went on strike, and there was no one around to do any rewrites. I'm not sure if they can film an episode without writers, but there were some scenes that badly needed rewriting.
- as the reviewer basically said, Horatio stinks at picking women. I thought this as soon as the first episode details came out...yet another "winner" for Horatio. Interesting how Horatio the Great can pick the bad guy out at ten paces, hone in on them with his eagle eyes...but with women, he can't tell his ass from a whole in the ground. With the exception of maybe Marisol and Yelina. But he sure couldn't tell Marisol was buying drugs from one of the Mala Noche.
Things I did like...
- the E/C scene with the piece of evidence Calleigh thought she had right, it was cute
- ended on a cliffhanger. Although I hate cliffhangers, it was done well, and will hopefully keep people tuned in, despite the fact that the episode as a whole was lacking.