As other people have mentioned, the crime scene in "Manhattan Manhunt" was much more likely to cause her trauma to resurface. A room full of dead teenagers, brutally shot down? Yet Lindsay was not at all bothered. Instead she argued with Mac when he wanted to send her back to the lab. It was a glaring inconsistency once the writers tried to introduce "the Big Secret"TM.
It is that inconsistency and half-assed-ness that made that whole storyline so unimpressive and forgetable for many. Whether it was rushed to accomodate Anna's pregnancy or not doesn't really excuse it's shabbiness.
You realize you’re displacing your anger here, yes? You should be getting angry at the writers, not Lindsay. They’re the ones with the continuity issues. The character of Lindsay had nothing to do with how the storyline was written.
I would be quite happy if Lindsay were to mention that she was seeking counselling for PTSD or whatever; it would make sense. However, in season four, all of the trauma has apparently evaporated. Can't have been all that serious in the first place then, huh?
I see what you’re saying about the counselling, but they haven’t really given her much screen time this season. It’s hard to ask that when we don’t see her all that often.
A lot of members on this forum were less than impressed with the rather juvenile nature of the whole Danny/Lindsay storyline. Strangely, the whole D/L seems to have been forgotten this season, much like poor Louie.
Again, that’s the writers’ folly, not Lindsay’s.
You won't get flamed, unless you think people disagreeing with you and posting their own opinions is flaming.
What I’ve discovered on here is the definition of ‘disagreeing’ is arbitrary. Some of you have been just plain mean to people who were just stating their opinions. That’s why, as discovered in that poll in this forum a few months back asking why people weren’t posting a lot of respondents said they were tired of having to defend themselves every single post because they like Lindsay. It’s not good. In fact, it’s a serious problem.
If you'd read the board instead of just skimming you'd find plenty of examples from people as to when she complained. We're not going to make a list for someone who comes in here and admits they haven't bothered to do that.
Well, I’m sorry, but I have this thing called a life. I don’t have time, as you may have, to do that. From skimming you can get the jist of what’s been said.
She's a good CSI except for when she doesn't want to do her job like in OH, SN, and other episodes. She gets along with the other characters except when she yelled at Stella, got pissed at Danny for call her "Montana" when "my name is Lindsay. Lindsay Monroe."
It’s understandable to want your coworkers to respect you enough to call you by your own name. It was unprofessional for Danny to just start calling her Montana like that. He did it, in the beginning, because he knew it pissed her off. It reminded me so much of a five year old boy on the playground. And the Stella thing, she DID apologize for that. She explained that she was going through something and needed to deal with it. Stella forgave her, so why can’t you?
It's also the way she did it. Did she explain that she couldn't deal with things and had to leave? NO. Did she talk to Stella when Stella offered to be there for her? NO. Instead of acting like an adult, she acted like a bratty teenager and there's no excuse for that. But that's been said, if you'd bothered to read the board
Yes, she did! Did you not watch the end of that episode? She went to Stella and they talked, Lindsay explained that some friends of hers were murdered. She wasn’t acting unprofessional just for the fun of it; there were issues there and she and Stella both acknowledged them at the end. We saw a little follow up during the phone conversation in Sleight Out of Hand, but not having anything else was, again, the WRITER’S fault.
And again, life. I have one. You obviously don’t.
In SD she went to the warehouse and stood there and did nothing.
She couldn’t have just run in there, THAT would have been unprofessional. She had to let the team that was already assembled work.
After they got into the warehouse, Flack wanted EMS to come to Danny since he was in such bad shape. Lindsay literally dragged Danny away when he could barely walk, then she stops to make sure Danny knows she feels guilty about him taking her shift - making it all about her. That was in no way the right thing to do and showed no care for Danny whatsoever
It’s called remorse. She said to him, “It should have been me.” That’s a normal response. If I asked someone to take my shift at work and some crazed gunman came in shooting up the place, and my co-worker took a bullet, I’d feel pretty guilty too!
As for the Aiden thing, Lindsay was fishing for information on how close Aiden and Danny were while they were processing the car she was found murdered in. That's beyond tacky and beyond self absorbed.
Where’s your proof of this? Was there a conversation later where she said to Danny, “So I asked Stella about you and Aiden. She said you were like, close.” No, that never happened.
That's the second time you've assumed you'll be flamed. Coming into a thread and being confrontational and insulting is really not the way to get off to a good start.
You know, I was very civil in my post. A lot more civil than you have been, at least (but then that’s not saying much. You really know how to jump on people). I was just preparing myself for the worst. It’s always a good idea to do that; that way you’re never disappointed.
To address this first...this is a discussion forum. That means when discussion topics are started, it's with the understanding that some people will agree with the topic and others won't. If I started a topic "Should Hawkes have more screentime?" the understanding would be that no matter which way the opening post argued, it would be open to people to come in and agree or disagree.
Yeah, that’s what I like about forums. But do we need three, count ‘em, THREE threads discussing the exact same thing?
The "Anna/Lindsay" thread tends to be mostly positive; the "Why Lindsay Must Go" thread mostly negative. This is something of a middle ground. The whole point of the forum is discussion, so the goal is to encourage everyone to participate, not just one side or the other.
Middle ground? I don’t think so. Have you read some of these posts? The pro-Lindsay people come in once, get totally torn apart, and never come back. I’m actually questioning right now why I’m not following suit.
I don't think I've ever given out a flaming warning in this forum; it's a really civil bunch. You might try not making assumptions about those that disagree with you before jumping in and saying you expect to get flamed.
Like I said, always expect the worst. That way I’m never disappointed. Surprised, sometimes, but never disappointed.
If you were the lone survivor in a shootout that left all of your best friends dead, would you really want to become a CSI of all things when you clearly haven't put that behind you?
I think on some level Lindsay thought she was okay. Like she said in Love Run Cold, she thought she had put it behind her, but she hadn’t. What probably happened is Lindsay decided that she was fine but still wanted to do something in honour of her friends, like tracking down and locking up criminals. How many times have we seen that with television characters? It’s the oldest play in the book.
That scene bothered me greatly. In real life I don't think any CSI would be stupid enough to move someone if you don't know their injuries. That's a huge mistake. And had she complained while attempting to help a friend(despite the fact that she is not the one who should have been helping him) that would have taken selfish to a whole new level.
Once again, blame. the. writers. That had nothing to do with Lindsay! I’ve seen this problem on CSI (and other crime shows) again and again. It’s not something you can pin on the character.
