Excellent review as always, m'dear.
It was definitely great to get a Hawkes-centric episode. Hill was awesome, but I would expect nothing less.
The end felt a bit rushed, like they should have divided the story up into two episodes - but with the crossover coming next week, the episodes would have been split up and it would have lost some of the impact. I do hope we get to see the financial storyline continue. (Bonus points if we get to see Mac and Hawkes living together and Mac cussing him out for putting the toilet paper on backwards or something. :lol: I'm not holding my breath, but oh, the possibilities.
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The scene with Danny and Flack was classic. :adore: Sid was awesome, as always. :thumbsup:
Somebody needs to comfort poor Adam about the Haylen situation instead of dismissing his worry as being 'silly' (I don't buy that it was all about the lab being rearranged, although I can see how that would be annoying if you have a system) - as if he didn't almost lose his job last season. But at least he didn't singe off his eyebrows (or beard - that would be a tragedy
). I agree that it's odd that there's been nothing to indicate that he and Stella slept together. While I get that they don't want to go forward with the relationship, I can't buy that 'it should never happen again' translates into them completely forgetting that it happened. Even if they never go out or have another tryst, even a brief sexual relationship should, logically, have an effect on their relationship. Nothing about the way they interact gives me the impression that casual sex would be a non-issue. For some people, sure, but not Adam and Stella. It feels like having them sleep together in the first place was pointless - why bother if they aren't going to do anything else with it? It wasn't even that buzzworthy. :wtf: