happyharper13
Pathologist
Okay, same deal -- loved part and hated part.
I loved Keppler and seem to be one of the only people who loved the rest of the Fannysmacking arc. I actually liked Big Shots a lot more than Fannysmacking. Greg faces a tough but split-second decision in Fannysmacking, but it's Big Shots where he really has time to think about tough choices, and, as a result, IMO, where he really shows his character. Most importantly, it's the tough choice he makes here -- effectively doing everything he can to forgive the James family and even help them -- that show that he's the CSI who, despite all odds, can maintain his idealism and trust in the world. He encounters the darker side of the world and the ambiguity of justice that goes with it, and yet he still comes out of it without being overwhelmed by the cynicism that seems to afflict much of the rest of the team.
Personally, I also really admired CSI for taking on the issues of race posed in this arc. Even as a Greg fan, at the end of the day, I could see both sides of the story and really feel for the James family, even if they made some poor choices. Altogether, I thought Post Mortem and Big Shots helped turn the arc away from the 'bad fanfic' arc it could have been (as Athersgeo said) and into real intelligent and deep television.
I probably don't need to say that watching this season made me a Greg fan.
I hated every aspect of the MK storyline, which might have more to do with GSR. Still, the serial cases are just getting old, IMO. There can only be so many before they stretch credibility. I thought the Keppler arc was amazing. Honestly, at that point in the series, I preferred Keppler to Grissom. He was such an enigma, and, as someone already said, everything that Ray should have been. I wasn't even that invested in the character, but I was still bawling like a baby when he died. That whole scene, along with everything leading up to it, was just brilliantly done.
I loved Keppler and seem to be one of the only people who loved the rest of the Fannysmacking arc. I actually liked Big Shots a lot more than Fannysmacking. Greg faces a tough but split-second decision in Fannysmacking, but it's Big Shots where he really has time to think about tough choices, and, as a result, IMO, where he really shows his character. Most importantly, it's the tough choice he makes here -- effectively doing everything he can to forgive the James family and even help them -- that show that he's the CSI who, despite all odds, can maintain his idealism and trust in the world. He encounters the darker side of the world and the ambiguity of justice that goes with it, and yet he still comes out of it without being overwhelmed by the cynicism that seems to afflict much of the rest of the team.
Personally, I also really admired CSI for taking on the issues of race posed in this arc. Even as a Greg fan, at the end of the day, I could see both sides of the story and really feel for the James family, even if they made some poor choices. Altogether, I thought Post Mortem and Big Shots helped turn the arc away from the 'bad fanfic' arc it could have been (as Athersgeo said) and into real intelligent and deep television.
I probably don't need to say that watching this season made me a Greg fan.
I hated every aspect of the MK storyline, which might have more to do with GSR. Still, the serial cases are just getting old, IMO. There can only be so many before they stretch credibility. I thought the Keppler arc was amazing. Honestly, at that point in the series, I preferred Keppler to Grissom. He was such an enigma, and, as someone already said, everything that Ray should have been. I wasn't even that invested in the character, but I was still bawling like a baby when he died. That whole scene, along with everything leading up to it, was just brilliantly done.
