OK, I think we're up to Who Shot Sherlock, right? Nick's working the B story with Warrick- a guy drives over an embankment and seemingly dies with just a superficial wound on his forehead, but turns out he was electrocuted by a downed power line.
Well, I'm just re-watching the episode and the first thing that struck me (besides how much I love it when Warrick and Nick are partnered up- can you say TEAM HOT! :lol: ) was that this was one of the first times, if not
the first time that Doc Robbins says he has no definitive cause of death for the victim. And if anything, I think this shows a nice correlation between Nick and Warrick; Nick says "But you're still working on it right?" and they both give each other a look when the doc tells them without more evidence, he's done. You can tell that for both of them, this isn't good enough.
So, they start to look for something more and we come upon one of the reasons why I love it when these two work together: Warrick says they should check the car's brakes and Nick says, (in an efforet to get him to push while he steers) "C'mon, you're a bigger boy than me" to which Warrick replies, "Yeah you can't do anything yourself..." :lol: It's just a subtle little joking around moment, but it feels totally natural, like they've been friends forever. I've always loved the understated bond between these two.
Another nice moment is when Catherine backs them up after Ecklie tells them to put the case to bed.
C: "You guys satidfied?"
N: "We don't have an answer."
C: "Then find one."
I think this proved that as their own little team (after the split), they actually function quite well, actually. Nick just smiles at her and off they go to figure it out. Another nice, subtle team moment.
Then basically we just see them figuring out the case, and another fun moment when Nick jumps on the truck to make "Mr. Wiggles", the forensic gel man. jiggle ("Watch him wiggle, see him jiggle...") And then Nick, still the consumate polite southern boy after all these years, thanks Catherine for "getting their backs."
All and all, just a minor B story, but I think that was sort of the point. Even though it doesn't seem like that important a case, they still need to know what happened. These guys always want to figure out the answers, even when they're told they should let it go. I guess that's what makes them such good CSI's- dogged determination.
I loved the bit where they give Greg the look of doom and tell him Grissom's looking for him. It was so like the older brothers trying to psyche out the younger brother, and very cute. And it was awesome how happy they all looked when he found out he actually passed. Nick had a big smile on his face and seemed really pleased for him. Which just goes to show, no matter how much they tease each other, they're still like a family when it comes right down to it.
Side notes: Lots of coverall shots for those of you that find that particularly sexy, and for those of you that like the "tongue action", he seems to stick out his tongue A LOT in this episode.
An lastly, I thought it was interesting that the music they played at the end, when everyone's congratulating Greg in Grissom's office, is that same haunting piano music that they used at the end of Grave Danger, when Nick visits Kelly in the prison.
And that's it. Did I miss anything?
It would be nice if we could catch up to the current season sometime soon!
