assumenothing said:
Grissom leaving? At least that's only for a few episodes. And it's not like we're not used to it, he's been gone so much last season. I'm not sure what's going to push him over the edge- I think it will have something to do with work and personal life colliding. Maybe something to do with his mother? She's only been mentioned a couple times but we know that she's deaf, and that Grissom got his hearing impairment from her. Maybe there's a case where she's involved, or worse, maybe they're investigating her death. I don't know- I just pull these theories out of the back of my head. I think it's something more to do with Sara, like Ecklie found out and forced him to leave.
If it's not something personal, I can see them bringing up an old case or something. What are some of the unsolved ones? Or a killer was set loose and was back at it again. If Grissom couldn't catch him, then it would definately put a strain on him. Or Rick Culpepper comes back- that put a real strain on him too.
Anyway, I think this leave thing is going to be kind of like Sara's drunk driving at the end of Season 4. She was forced to leave for awhile too, although we didn't see it, and then everyone was still wary of her afterwards. Well, we'll just have to see what happens. September is just so far away...