05.11.07
Thinking Outside The Box
So, CSI. First off, I want to say that I think this may really be the end of the Lady Heather character; she’s wrapped up pretty well by the end of last night, and by showing her ex-husband, there’s probably some kind of reconciliation. I think mostly it was the producers wanting to just say, “All right, look, we’re done with her, she was a notable guest character but that’s it, now enough already, haven’t you been paying attention? Grissom’s boinking Sara now”. It was pretty well done, but mostly Heather was out-of-character. Grissom even said so– “she’s strong, and tough as nails”, so why couldn’t she get over the events of her last appearance (”Pirates of the Third Reich”– look it up, I’m not spoiling it here)? Her motivations were pretty unclear here, even if it did wind up being a happy ending.
Finally, and this is slightly less interesting, but CSI finishes up before NCIS this year, thanks to the “Hand Me a Trophy Awards” (aka the CMAs). The Miniature Killer gets revealed next week, so I’ll be glued to the set once again. Actually, this may be one of the first CSI DVD sets I look forward to biuying, just because the last couple of episodes have been really, really good. The lab rats episode, the boxer, and then the aliens episode have been prime exemplars of the strong writing and powerful rapport that the series is known for.
And naturally “one of the CSIs will be the last victim”. Smart money is on one of the lab rats (please, please, PLEASE let it be Hodges) but there’s also good odds on Sara or Nick (mostly due to the whole contract dustup from the beginning of last year, but I don’t know how much stock I’d put in those rumors anyway).
Bottom line: I liked Lady Heather. If the actress hadn’t been Inara, I bet we would have seen much more of her. Heck, even though she was Inara we should have had more Lady Heather scenes just because, the fact that Firefly got cancelled prematurely notwithstanding.