My friend at another forum brought up this very valid point.
Here is the work record of Sara Sidle as written into the story by the writers themselves.
1.A dismal bunch of reports of not getting along with fellow employees
2.So unbalanced a supervisor once called her a loaded gun and wanted her fired
3. Stalking her boss
4.Driving while drunk and on the job, sucking cough drops to hide it
5.Falling apart when a case pushed her buttons
6.Doing all she can to hurt co-worker's career (Warrick)
7. Insulting a female co-worker in view of the entire office force.
8.Rumored to be Grissom's intellectual equal at age 40, no graduate degrees, no record of professional papers or publications or presentation// Much younger Greg has a better record of eduational advancement and variety of interests.
9.Failed to give notice when she quit, throwing her ID and badge into the trash on her way out, stopping to French kiss her unsuspecting boss on the way out.
No wonder her last appearance on CSI, for Season Nine anyway was "Leave Out All The Rest."
Name me one crime lab or place of business who'd hire back an employee with a record like that, especially when she says "I think that person would be me."
With all of these things done
AND then she comes back to Las Vegas to help? I know we don't know the full extent of her return, but come on! She's outstayed her welcome. What really pisses me off is that she's replacing the void of Riley. Riley has much more personality than Sara and could carry her weight much better!
You can add to that list: insubordination to not only Catherine, but the Assitant director which she has never apologized for and one of the biggest things she got pulled over for a DUI. You know an actual CRIME, that could have killed someone! With the job she had she should've had been fired, but as usual, Grissom did nothing. Oh, then getting upset because her supervisor, that she's in-love with and has made that very clear doesn't recommend her for a promotion and she gets upset. That clearly showed that with the preferential treatment she got, she should have be the one recommended.
So now she's going to come back and make Catherine understand that the team isn't team and yet we've seen nothing but a team in the second half of the season. :wtf: Tptb are totally nuts.
Now if was just that she's going to help out, fine, still think that's wrong, but I could accept that over her having to tell Catherine how to do her job. Is she going to tell Catherine have a relationship with one of your subordinates, keep it a secret and be unethical too? Because all Sara has to go by is how Grissom ran the team. Now I love Grissom. He is and always will be one of my all time favorite characters, but as a boss? He had his good points, but he was unethical and hypocritical. Guess Catherine needs to be that, because she should play favorites, like he did and treat one of her team members like the black sheep (like Grissom did with Nick).
Ok she's coming back, make it that she's helping out, not telling Catherine how to do her job and for pete's sake and DON'T have those five episodes showcase her, when you keep pushing Catherine, Greg, Nick, Brass, and the rest in the background.
Wow, vegaslights. You really do have it in for her, don't you. I don't think I want to get into listing all the faults of all the other characters over the years. Ancient history. Pointless. Denigrating to the cast as a whole.
And, no, it's not real, it's tv, it's drama.
We know it's TV and yes all the characters have their flaws, however, we don't claim they don't.
However, do you really expect us to accept and believe that she is going to tell Catherine how to do her job after everything they have written for Sara. Suddenly, Sara's an expert on teamwork and how to handle things. Um, I don't think so.
Wow..for a show that tries to be real, they certainly do a dismal job.
I mean in real life, Sara would not have only been fired, but black balled.
Warrick then should have been fired for Holly. Nicky should have been fired for Krissy. Catherine should have been fired for blowing up the lab, using the lab for her paternity search. Grissom did countless of things that went against what a supervisor should have done.
It's one thing to present the facts that a character is flawed, but let's all remember that no one is perfect on this show...
All the characters have flawed. Yet, none of what the did was crime. Grissom left Holly alone, so why should Warrick get fired over it. Of course, he's another who got away with a lot. Nick was stupid and naive and slept with Kristy, not a crime. For it to have been a crime he would have to pay her. You can't fire someone over sleeping with a hooker, you didn't pay for.
Catherine accidently blowing up the lab, not grounds for termination and she was punished for it. If someone was killed she probably would have been fired.
Sara was insubordinate and was pulled over for DUI. BOTH grounds for termination. Sara is the only character that has actually committed a crime. Yes, most everyone drives after drinking, still doesn't make it right and then coming to work drunk?
