Nope this set up, at least IMO, sounds like a lame excuse, a lame attempt from TPTB to picture Ryan as one of the good guys when in these last years, he has always screwed up and no one has ever...ever defended the guy. Now they want me to believe someone will find out this was a setup? I will never buy it. He has always been portrayed as the black sheep of the team while the others have always been too good to ever face the consequences of their own actions.
Nope, I won't buy it this time and I don't see how this could strenght a character like Ryan, but oh well that's me
They are ALWAYS kicking Ryan around! It IS lame and unoriginal.
I do have to say that in the past, however, Horatio, Natalia and Alexx stepped up on a regular basis to support, defend and assist Ryan through his trials and tribulations. And I always thought they included Ryan as part of the team.
Horatio has always treated Ryan with respect (I find him calling Ryan "Mr. Wolfe" a term of endearment at this point) and tried to protect him. It was when Ryan spurned Horatio's attempt to help that he was fired (it was a mistake, but Ryan seems to be someone who knows what it's like to be on your own with no one to help you, so maybe it didn't know how to let Horatio help). But Horatio didn't walk away and hung in there with him until he was back on the job - and Ryan learned to accept Horatio's help (WISC). They also make a great team in the field and Horatio has proven that he trusts Ryan like no one else on the team (Going Ballistic and Resurrection).
The few scenes that Ryan and Natalia had in the field I always enjoyed. Maybe it was because she was new and had no baggage from the past, but she worked well with Ryan and always treated him as she did eveyone else. I still smile when I think of her sitting across from Ryan and helping him go through all the files that Stetler dumped on him to go through and justify before he could be reinstated.
But because Natalia seems to be, and Alexx was, always more or less stuck in the lab, it unfortunately fell to Eric and Calleigh, as dominate "field" personnel, to make Ryan feel welcome as a team member.
Eric hasn't seemed to be able to let go of his feelings that almost appear he places Ryan somehow at fault for Speed and Calleigh, who started out as Ryan's friend and mentor, has turned into someone who is intolerant, judgmental and doesn't take the time to get the facts before drawing the wrong conclusion. Curious traits for someone who is supposed to reserve judgment until all the facts are in - for both Eric and Calleigh.
I DON'T want to see Ryan go. He has such growth potential and Togo is such a talented actor. It would be a horrible loss. I would much rather see someone whose story potential is boring go. And that for me is Calleigh.
