Clarrisani
CSI Level One
Re: Season 8 Wishlist
The "make a muscle Nicky" took place in the crimelab, and that scene only took place because Catherine was making a point that related to the case. Nick was being naive again, so she was waking him up to it by using him as an example. She proved her point and they moved on with the case. Strictly professional.
Okay, let's go through this.
Ellie: Ellie is the suspect in a murder investigation, thus placing Brass at odds with Vega and the crimelab. Brass oversteped the boundaries and became a suspect himself, but he was wiser for it. All case related.
Hollywood Brass: Ellie's friend is missing so she rings her Dad who goes to LA to assist with the investigation, Warrick jumping on board to help. Gave CSI a chance to spread it's wings to California, but again, case related.
Way to Go: Jim was dying, of course his daughter would be there. Not case related as such, but she didn't dominate the episode.
My point of all this being that in all the examples Ellie has been directly linked to a case. She places Jim in awkward situations where he has to make a judgment call, and nine times out of ten he makes the right one. And, just to say it before someone else does, "Hollywood Brass" did give us Jim's backstory in regards to Nancy and Ellie, but it didn't dominate the episode. The episode was all about finding the missing girl and bringing down a corrupted man.
That's what sets Ellie apart from many of the other personal life stories. Hell, even Eddie was case related! And we didn't see Sara on a date with Hank except for in "The Finger" but they used that as a way for Catherine to pass on the evidence. Back then everything was done tactfully. Now it's just tacky.
eggbe4thechicken said:What about "make a muscle Nicky" and lots of other scenes that have happened, I don't think it was unprofessional, if that was, then all those other scenes would be unprofessional too, but they aren't.
The "make a muscle Nicky" took place in the crimelab, and that scene only took place because Catherine was making a point that related to the case. Nick was being naive again, so she was waking him up to it by using him as an example. She proved her point and they moved on with the case. Strictly professional.
eggbe4thechicken said:Erm.. Ellie? That was a few seasons back now, and that was most definitely not in the background.
Okay, let's go through this.
Ellie: Ellie is the suspect in a murder investigation, thus placing Brass at odds with Vega and the crimelab. Brass oversteped the boundaries and became a suspect himself, but he was wiser for it. All case related.
Hollywood Brass: Ellie's friend is missing so she rings her Dad who goes to LA to assist with the investigation, Warrick jumping on board to help. Gave CSI a chance to spread it's wings to California, but again, case related.
Way to Go: Jim was dying, of course his daughter would be there. Not case related as such, but she didn't dominate the episode.
My point of all this being that in all the examples Ellie has been directly linked to a case. She places Jim in awkward situations where he has to make a judgment call, and nine times out of ten he makes the right one. And, just to say it before someone else does, "Hollywood Brass" did give us Jim's backstory in regards to Nancy and Ellie, but it didn't dominate the episode. The episode was all about finding the missing girl and bringing down a corrupted man.
That's what sets Ellie apart from many of the other personal life stories. Hell, even Eddie was case related! And we didn't see Sara on a date with Hank except for in "The Finger" but they used that as a way for Catherine to pass on the evidence. Back then everything was done tactfully. Now it's just tacky.