Season 9 *Spoiler Lab* Discussions P4

Well, it's possible. I don't think they ever said one way or another. I thought Ecklie told Gil they'd have to find a new director cause he was just made undersheriff. Maybe they could make Ray the lab director if he's got enough of the qualifications for it. Only he'd be in every episode unlike Ecklie was.

I think an assistant one has to be a CSI. The supervisor can be a cop rather than a CSI, but has to be a cop who is high enough in rank (ie Brass). I don't think a CSI Level One can be assistant supervisor. I don't think even Riley could be assitant supervisor while she's still Level 2.

They could always write more scenes for him to have more screentime. He could be a CSI and a coroner kind of like Sheldon on NY.

He wasn't writing a recommendation for his former student (a dead person has no need for a recommendation and it was the dead girl he was writing whatever it was for), he was sending her book to a publisher I think and just saying the publisher should read it cause he thinks it should be published. Remember, Ray did write a book, so it was probably his own publisher he was emailing that stuff to. I believe that he was just using the office cause it was the quietest place in the lab (and I'm sure he asked Nick if he could because Ray isn't the type of person who just barges into someone else's office and uses their things without asking) and he needed concentration for that. I don't think that scene really meant anything to be honest. It was just showing how much he cared for and believed in the girl and her work. He was either typing the girl's notes/book or he was telling his publisher he had something that the publisher should read and for him to contact him (maybe he couldn't get him on the phone).

Maybe the situation would not be Nick though. Maybe it would be that Riley is due to be promoted to Level 3 (we have no clue how long she was Level 2 where she previously worked), but they can only afford one promotion and instead decide to promote Langston to Level 2 rather than Riley to Level 3... and this upsets some people. Nick has already been given the position of second in command to Cath. The only thing that can get him knocked out of that position if he gets in trouble like Warrick did (remember at the end of For Gedda, Warrick was going to be knocked from Level 3 to Level 2) cause of his actions.


I honestly hope tptb aren't stupid enough to knock Cath or Nick out of their current postions just so Langston can be in charge. That would be the dumbest move ever as the ratings are already starting to slide.

I'm still stuck on the fact that spoilers said something from Ray's past and something that would rock him to the core. Him being promoted just wouldn't do it.

I could see Ray getting a raise (not promotion) before one of the others who have been there long enough to earn it though and that causing an upset. But, I still don't see that being something shocking and never expected and something that will rock Langston to the core.

tptb gave conflicting statements in the beginning though. At first they were going to have him eventually be boss cause they did say he wouldn't be at first. But then later, they said no he won't be boss, Cath will. Besides, he doesn't have to be boss to get more screentime than the others, this has been proven with several episodes. :lol:

 

I just don't think tptb at CSI are that career-suicidal though. I hope they're not. So, I'm going to try to remain as positive as possible until I learn differently. Worrying about something that may not happen isn't going to do me any good. :lol: I think we really need more info before we start to worry. They are about the money and they won't make any if everyone quits watching the show. If they lose enough viewers, sponsors will start pulling their support and the show will die a death more horrible than any of the episodic victims each week.

If they wanted him to be in charge, I think they would have written a character who could come in and be in charge. I could see them possibly having him be Level 2 by the end of the season, but that's it. Just because Lawrence is the lead male doesn't mean that his character has to be boss. Emily Deschanel's character on Bones is the lead female character and she's not the boss, Cam is. It works there, it will work fine on CSI as well.


I'm not too worried... yet. I'm gonna keep the faith a little while longer.

Re-reading the TV Guide article, I am once again a bit confused:

The went on a road trip on the April 30th episode. I don't think they will be doing that on next week's episode. How did TV Guide manage to misprint that? :lol: Surely they're not going to go on a road trip again in the following episode. :lol:

Also, re-reading that article, I think maybe what'll happen is that the issue from his past will have him wanting a certain thing done a certain way (remember Mascara cause the vic was his student) and that he will clash with some of the other characters because of that. He nearly did in Mascara. Plus, there was also that spoiler about him using deadly force. Maybe that's what causes the friction. Perhaps he thinks a certain person is guilty when the others believe he isn't and Ray just won't listen to them cause maybe the vic is someone he knows. So, he'll go off to confront the person and gets into an altercation, being forced to defend himself. And the others will feel like "we told you the guy didn't do the crime, but you had to go off on your own and now the guy is dead".

 

I kind of liked when he didn't know what the heck he was doing and Nick had to give him tips. That was interesting. We didn't really see a whole lot of that with Greg because Greg had been around the CSIs long enough to know how to do most things. But with Ray not knowing how to use the powders and whatnot, it was just interesting and sometimes comical. I loved that dynamic. I was sad to see it go. Now they're writing him like he's been on the job for very long time and doesn't have anything that he doesn't know anymore.

 

So was Greg, but he still didn't get to be Level 3 for several years... and he's supposed to be a genius. :lol:

 

I really do not see Ray ever being made a supervisor while on the show. I think just his overall personality makes people respect him and look up to him. He does not need to be made a supervisor to still have those aspects.