greatfan
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Definitely agree about the team discussing Jesse's death as opposed to Speed.The entire team could be involved as opposed to just a few.Don't get me wrong, I'm happy Nat's getting extra screen time this year, but seriously - she was JUST "kidnapped" earlier this season (or at least taken hostage for a time and drugged). And of course there was the whole abduction of Calleigh in Season 6... I was just hoping TPTB could come up w/something a bit more original...
Granted, this may be interesting in that the criminal is trying to prove his or her innocence, but still - "the team scrambles to save one of their own" - been there, done that, got the T-Shirt.
I am surprised there hasn't been more character-driven episodes this year, so I guess this kind of makes up for that. IDK - maybe I'm just one of those fans that's grown too cynical. Sorry, but the character development on Miami has really not been impressing me the last four or five years, and I don't know if this ep. is going to do much better for Nat or the rest of the team.
So, what WOULD make me happy? How about swapping writers from NCIS - they just wrote a totally KICK-ASS episode that aired this week. It focused on the team as a whole and how they're (STILL) dealing with the death of one of their colleagues (who died about 5 years ago - kind of like SPEED on Miami). I can't do justice to describe this episode - you just have to see it. Anyway, I was watching it and thinking THIS is what Miami needs (and not just b/c the ep. featured a SHRINK interviewing all the team members, which Miami certainly could use...)
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Any thoughts? Sorry if it's a bit OT...just came to me when I was reading the spoilers...
I didn't like that episode of NCIS. :lol: Haha, but that's off topic. And I don't know if I would like an episode that deals with the previous death of anyone. Speed, Jesse, Marisol. Meh. Those types of episodes for some reason seem to be the ones the fans complain the most about. And if the Miami CSIs had a shrink, they'd all just refuse to talk to him/her. :lol: Maybe that could be the point of an episode like that, someone finally opens up about it or something. And if I had to choose, I would pick Jesse. Natalia, Ryan and Walter weren't around when Speed was around, and neither were hardly any of the lab techs. So to me, involving Speed in an episode like that would just be another episode to focus on Horatio/Cal/Eric. I think an episode that talks about Jesse's death would be nice, since all of the current characters knew him. Plus, I know I'm biased, but Ryan was pretty good friends with Jesse and I'd love to see more of how he felt about Jesse's death. Same goes for Natalia and Walter.
I dunno, I don't mind that they've done the whole kidnapping thing with Calleigh before (and hey, even Ryan), but yea I do think it's just a bit annoying that Natalia is being kidnapped again in the same season... well technically she wasn't "kidnapped" but she was drugged and brought to some place where she had no idea where she was or what was going on. I hope they make it interesting with the fact that the person wants to prove their innocence. Not in the way that they did when Calleigh was kidnapped either when they just wanted her to cover it up. I hope they actually are innocent. And the fact that it's something for Natalia is good too.
Also, when is that new lab tech (Molly) supposed to start? It seems like she should be starting sometime soon.
Natalia's kidnapper being innocent would add a different spin from Calleigh's kidnapping.
Molly is to start in episode 14.
I wonder if Natalia and Calleigh are going to be running in heels in episode 20.
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