Greetings. ^_^
Now, let me state, right off the bat, that I don’t like Lindsay’s character, and while I’m not very good at articulating my thoughts, I’m hoping that some of you may be able to help me. I’m not going to go into the acting, as I’m no expert on that, but there are other things that I do notice.
First, some of the “good country hick” comes from her -still- having calluses on her hands after being in New York (for how long?) from braiding leather in relation to horse riding. Now, I’ve worked in a stable for a couple summers (I needed the money, shut up!), and I don’t remember ever braiding leather. Maybe it was because I was working at a Fox Hunting/Polo stable, and not some other kind of stable. Maybe it was because we re-used our reigns, and just cleaned them and then treated them with leather oil/grease/whatever that stuff was. I don’t know. But I remember helping shoe horses. I remember washing horses. I remember mucking out their stalls. I remember helping maintain their gear. But I don’t remember braiding leather.
Also, it comes from when Danny asked her if the view of New York was better than that of a wheat field, and she countered with, “Have you ever seen a wheat field?” as if to say that “no,” the city-scape was not better than that of the country.
The main problem I have with her is that she’s being forced on me, as a viewer. I don’t like things being forced on me. I’m not into the ‘Hypodermic Needle’ idea of Mass Communication Theory, where things/ideas/whatnot are just injected into the passive audience. I’m more of a ‘Uses and Gratification’ theory girl, or even an ‘Interactive Media’ theory girl. And this romance? This ‘romance’ isn’t the least bit romantic. It’s… staggered, stuttered, awkward, and just not genuine. It’s uncomfortable for even a high-school level crush.
And though it seems the actress gets along well with Hill Harper, was it just me, or did Lindsay -not- strike the right cord with Hawkes? She might have come across as just a little bit shy, a little bit hesitant, but… why? Surely they’d at least passed each other in the hall a few times by then. Surely they knew each other, even if they hadn’t worked together.
Now, speaking of Hawkes, I’m a Hawkes fan. I could give or take Flak. I don’t particularly care one way or another about Mac. And Danny’s okay. But Hawkes? I adore him. He’s so sweet, considering, and passionate. Hella intense. In this last episode, he was there, book in hand, learning how to reconstruct faces from just the skull. And then he used the computer. He’s always trying to learn new things, conducting experiments like the one with the arson case to test his theories (very Gil-like in that regard). He started as a surgeon, and when three of his patients died, he became an ME, and then later a CSI. But through out everything, he’s… he’s always been so -human-, so authentic. (And was it just me, or did his involvement with the three-some case amuse others? Especially his reaction to the coroner’s confessions?)
She’s not. She’s just… sorta there. All the time. Taking away from Sheldon’s development. It’s annoying. And it needs to stop.
I think the writers are just going to plow blindly on the course they've started with Lindsay and her romantic involvment with Danny. They just seem so damn determined that the fans are going to like her. Gee, what am I missing?