Season 7?

[MacsLady]

I think season 6 has been the worst season so far. Mainly because of the storylines. It has felt like something is missing. Something I cannot put my finger on. But the storylines haven't been that good yet. But I also dislike how TPTB change thier minds and plans all the time. They seem to make plans and come up with ideas for storylines and character development, but somehow change their minds and drop it. It has felt like a roller coaster. You never know what you'll get. TPTB may start something new, but stop it quickly for no good reason. Or any reason at all. I don't think they know what 'durability' means and how to use it. I don't want another season (season 7) to be like another roller coaster with neverending surprises.

I couldn't agree more about the storylines.
I'm a Mac-Stella fan, so I like their storylines but even those have been picked up around Christmas and then got crushed again.
I get the feeling the TPTB sometimes freak out about what they have created and suddenly are afraid of the direction it's going to head and then make something out of it which totally doesn't make sense and doesn't fit with what they have created. They seem to have something on their minds and sometimes don't care whether it fits or not with what has previously been portrayed. Or they forget about things altogether.
NY is still my favorite of the three CSI's (Vegas just didn't do it with Langston and Miami is sometimes plain annoying). There were some good episodes this season but at the moment it feels like I'm watching just to see if Mac and Stella do get together in the end or not. (Okay, I guess, purpose served with one of the things they keep building up and then let die down, however, I would keep watching once they are a couple, if they get to be one too because I just love their flirting and their friendship and their characters.)
Yet sometimes I'm really shocked that the TPTB's get paid for what they are doing... I mean, seriously, some things are just so forced at times or the character backgrounds ignored or changed just to serve their purposes... The characters have so much potential... most of the episodes have so much potential...
I hope they can get a grip on that!!

Yeah, I know how you feel. Most weeks, I'm tuning in just to watch Mac, really, though I really enjoy all the other characters too (Lindsay not so much but she's had some good moments this season, actually, when she got let out of the Danny's-Wife role a little) and I think there have been a couple of good episodes for both the 'major' characters (Mac/Stella/Danny) and even (finally) for the 'background' characters - Cuckoo's Nest for Flack, It Happened to Me for Hawkes and Flag on the Play for Sid. And one or two good-all-around eps like Death House. But yeah, there does seem to have been something missing this season, can't really put my finger on what, though. But the final couple of eps sound good! It's a bit like CSI Vegas, I still watch it but with Grissom gone, it feels like something's missing, not just Grissom, but something about the whole show generally. I think Fishburne is doing a good job - he is pretty much the only reason I am still watching it. I get the same kind of feeling from watching NY for some of this season, the eps are watchable, a nice way to spend an hour of my Saturday night or Sunday afternoon if I go out (hey, the men are hot, and it is a crime show) but they're pretty forgettable.



But I definitely agree about the potential of episodes and characters, being undersused.

Still, spoilers for what's to come sound good to me.

We know the writers and actors have a lot of potential, they can and do produce very good episodes, so I'm hoping that they get that back for s7/end of s6. Though I don't expect EVERY episode to be absolutely brilliant, I mean they do have to produce around 20 of 'em every season, so some filler type episodes are fine in any tv show from time to time, IMO. But a lot of the eps this season seem to have been filler type stuff.