have just watched it great start to the new season
The scenes with catherine are quite hard to watch, well i thought so anyway
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have just watched it great start to the new season
The scenes with catherine are quite hard to watch, well i thought so anyway
So, this is the "trial" of Greg "Lizzie Grubman" Sanders. Well, it's not really a trial. It's an inquest into the death of Demetrius James, one of the idiots from Fannysmackin' who, you know, liked to smack fannies or whatever. Demetrius was part of a group of teens/young adults who would swarm around an unsuspecting person and beat the **** out of them for kicks. Greg ran Demetrius over with his Denali in order to save Stanely Tanner, who had been the subject of the fannysmacker's rage. Tanner lived, Demitrius died, and Greg got the crap beaten out of him by said fannysmackers.
It's a media circus. Not quite a trial, an inquest includes a judge, jury, the A.D.A., and the Clark County Coroner (say that five times fast). It's informal but nonetheless harrowing for poor Greggo, who is so far from a cold-blooded killer that Truman Capote is spinning in his grave, whining, "That's the best you could come up with?" Honestly, I can't think of a less likely candidate for murder. Still, Capote would've approved of all the attention this inquest is receiving. The family of Demetrius (and I'm not calling him the "victim" because he was killed as he was, you know, halfway towards committing murder) is working the courtroom and the press, garnering sympathy from the jury. Race is an issue, as Demitrius is black. Some jurors, one in particular, are quite vocal in their distaste. It's all a sad, messy business and Nick and Sofia testify, backing Lil' G up.
I tell you what, the mood would be a whole lot lighter if Judge Reinhold was presiding over the inquest, accompanied by William Hung and His Hung Jury.
In other news, an older woman named Penny Garden is found dead in her home. Sara, Catherine, and Brass suspect she was murdered for her drugs. Specifially for her fentanyl. It's an ingredient in something called a "Las Vegas Cocktail," along with Soma and Viagra, although they're calling it "Prevalis" on the show. Not a real drug as far as I know. I'm guessing they didn't want to get in trouble with the Viagra people. Anyway, don't try this at home.
Re: Grissom and his absence, I'm going to be learning more about it in the upcoming week. Speculate all you want on why he's not here yet, but I can't answer any questions right now, so please don't ask a million questions about him that I can't answer at this moment. He's not in this script as of right now.
All in all, the Greg stuff is the most compelling. I'm not wowed by the case they're working.
Did you ever see The Parent Trap? And not that Lindsey Lohan remake, I'm talking about the real one with Haley Mills as Sharon from Boston and Susan from Monterey -- identical in every way including their British accent. Okay, so, this episode is just like the movie, but without singing and the heinous haircutting -- oh, and the twins die in the episode.
Ramona Sinclair and Jill Case were given up for adoption as babies. They were adopted by two different families and grew up never knowing each other, never knowing the other existed. But they were united in birth and death -- kinda poetic.
Ramona is a housewife, married to a doctor. They have a toddler named Henry who is all too fond of his pacifier. Anyway, Ramona, Gary, and guk-toting Henry live a seemingly nice, well-to-do life. Until Ramona is shot to death on her way to get the drycleaning. In Parent Trap terms, I guess I'd call Ramona the Sharon McKendrick of the sisters, but eh...none of them seem as fun as Susan Evers anyway.
Jill Case in point: she's a workaholic, bad at relationships, IGNORES HER DOG. Jill works for a newspaper. She's a hotshot, climbed the ladder relatively quickly, leaving the CSIs to wonder if the Woodward & Bernsteins to Jill's Ben Bradlee were a little miffed and wanted to exact some revenge by staging a suicide by hanging. Woodward and Bernstein would never have done that to Ben Bradlee (oh, who am I kidding? Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman never would've done that to Jason Robards. All The President's Men is the extent of my newspaper knowledge).
There are a slew of suspects. Jill's shrink, Ramona's husband, Jill's underlings, their birth mother, their half-sister, Henry the baby -- okay, maybe not Henry but my goodness, what is up with all this underestimating the toddlers!?!? Have we learned nothing from Gentle, Gentle?
The suspects:
Dr. Gary Sinclair -- Ramona's husband. Handsome doctor, good father. He's the reason Ramona was out fetching the drycleaning. He needed his navy suit. His "lucky" suit. Maybe he called it that because he wore it when he was getting lucky with...
Natal Peled -- a nurse at Desert Palm. Natal claims she and Gary Sinclair were having an affair. Very gorgeous and very sure of herself, the Israeli native has her sights set on landing a doctor. Maybe she should take a crack at...
Dr. Gus Hoffman -- Jill's psychiatrist. (I have no idea why, but I'm picturing Timothy Busfield in this role. Maybe because I just watched the new show Studio 60. Confession time: I have a major crush on Timothy Busfield. Have had since that damn show thirtysomething that my mom used to watch when I was, like, eight. Really. Seriously, major crush, people. It's bad). Anyway, where was I? Oh, so Hoffman is Jill's psychiatrist who conveniently happens to be doing her. The CSIs hypothesize Jill and Hoffman's kicky S&M habit led to her accidental death, and then Hoffman staged the hanging to cover his ass and save his license, which, I know, should be shot to hell for having sex with a patient but I can't stay mad at Timothy Busfield. Maybe someone will find out. Maybe someone will report it in the newspaper. Hey, it could be...
Jake Lenoir -- Jill's underling and one-time lover. Jakey's been having a little fun with the photoshop, making him less of a Robert Capa and more of a -- I don't know? Who's the Jayson Blair of photographers? I know some guy just got his ass fired for fiddling with pictures of the chaos in the Middle East. Anyway, Jill knew about Jake's little art project. But Jill didn't know her biological mother...
Virginia Pomerantz -- equine enthusiast. I don't want to label her as crazy, but if I spend any more time on this post, I'm going to miss the premiere of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, so I will. She's crazy, people. A few screws are loose. She claims she hasn't had any contact with the twins since she gave them up, which doesn't explain the letter Ramona Sinclair got in the mail from her biological mother asking her not to contact her anymore. Virginia has no answer for them, but daughter #3 does...
Suzy Hughes -- Katie Holmes. No, really. They describe her as Katie Homles pre-Tom-Cruise-Asian-baby catatonia. Suzy is 17 and admits to sending the letter to her half-sister to protect her fragile mother -- and their money. Suzy feared her mother would give the rest of Suzy's college savings to Ramona out of guilt. The CSIs wonder if that is motive enough to kill.
Brilliant start to the new season - still a shame about the beard though :crying:Quote:
Originally Posted by Luna
The scenes with Catherine were pretty hard to watch - especially when she was collecting evidence - I wonder how Nick will feel about it, if he thinks hes to blame somehow.
Was it me or were Nick and Catherine a lot closer now than last season.
Liked the way they hinted at Grissom and Sara (veggie burger) without shoving it your face though. Nicely done.
lol veggie burger - look under my avatarQuote:
Originally Posted by jojomum
yeah i think nick does get quiet upset about it. It was really sad and hard to watch her collecting her own evidence.
And whats going on with david??? all those mistakes?? Have i missed something in the spoliers?
Thats what I thought - though didn't he say about lunch with the future in laws - maybe hes thinking about that - but its not like him to make all of those mistakes. I was starting to wonder if I'd missed something aswell.
Good to see Robert David Hall on the opening credits finally too.
The only thing with Catherine - if that was me, I'd get the heck out of there after collecting the evidence, and got in the shower at home - not showered at whoevers place it was. They could come back or anything!
wasnt it a motel or something? didnt think it was someones houseQuote:
Originally Posted by jojomum
i really dont think i can wait til next week lol!!!!!
:hmm: You could be right, though with the holes in the curtains etc I thought it was the creepy guy from the bars apartment - I think I'd still want to get home asap though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luna
Next week is going to come way too slowly for my liking!
i think im going to have to watch it again as im reading another forum and they are mentioning things in it that i never saw.
Something about a ring and sara's face?
Also that grissom has alot more butterflies in his office this season.
Oh and i cant beleive goerge shaved his head again!!! whats l'orel going to say about that!!!!!!
A ring?! Didn't notice that one.
Did we even see Grissoms office in that opening episode - I didn't think we did?!
Loreal must be gutted! Their anti dandruff shampoo is that good, you have to shave your hair off :rotfl: