Post by Jemma on May 14, 2009 13:02:50 GMT -5
CSI: Previewing Season 9 Finale "All In"
So, what exactly came between Brass (Paul Guilfoyle) and Rita? Last week's CSI didn't provide any clues: there's just the look in his face, which grew more weary as we got closer to proving that she is responsible for the death of her husband, an undercover cop who's infiltrated a biker gang and changed right before her eyes. I initially thought I missed something--I felt I had to watch it again, but alas, I didn't get anything new either--but the point was actually that ambiguity, and that look in Brass' face. So, you can toss aside the complications about the biker gang and the cocaine and the Kiefer Sutherland wannabe who gave Hodges (Wallace Langham) a headbutt, and that's all there is to it. The ambiguity.
Apart from that, last week's episode was pretty straightforward. I don't think they tried hiding who was responsible for the death--the other bikers themselves--but, rather, attempted to ask why it would happen all of a sudden. I guess the catch was, it became clear, from somewhere in the middle, that the wife had something to do with it--and she did, although I guess she didn't intend the murder. Or maybe she wanted it, since she argued Joey--or Jack--had totally changed.
It's a weird episode, admittedly, to lead into the season finale of CSI, but perhaps that is the tactic. I'll never tire of playing with the fact, that life in the Las Vegas crime lab has changed, and now we're getting used to Langston (Laurence Fishburne) hanging around instead of Grissom (William Petersen), I guess we can all kick it up a notch in the future, perhaps in the next season. It was, more than anything, a chance to reflect all those changes--new team members, new responsibilities, new relationships--and that would've made this season of CSI more subdued, in a good way, than others.
'll leave you with that thought--I'll play with it when the season wraps up tonight. It seems that it'll be another usual episode of CSI, only the biggest hype point is Langston using deadly force for the first time in his career. Imagine this: you're a former doctor, who went on to teach in a university, and ultimately, you'll end up taking lives away rather than saving them. I won't delve into ethics--that'd be complicated--but I'll leave you with those thoughts, too.
Anyway, tonight's season finale--in case you still haven't read all my other teasers about it--involves a string of murders that stemmed from a batch of lost poker chips suddenly appearing out of nowhere. Very Las Vegas, innit? That's tonight from 9pm on CBS, and that's quickly followed by the season finale of CSI: NY, so you won't have to switch channels or anything. I wouldn't, I can say that.
The photos are, as always, right there. If you still haven't seen them, that is.
Apart from that, last week's episode was pretty straightforward. I don't think they tried hiding who was responsible for the death--the other bikers themselves--but, rather, attempted to ask why it would happen all of a sudden. I guess the catch was, it became clear, from somewhere in the middle, that the wife had something to do with it--and she did, although I guess she didn't intend the murder. Or maybe she wanted it, since she argued Joey--or Jack--had totally changed.
It's a weird episode, admittedly, to lead into the season finale of CSI, but perhaps that is the tactic. I'll never tire of playing with the fact, that life in the Las Vegas crime lab has changed, and now we're getting used to Langston (Laurence Fishburne) hanging around instead of Grissom (William Petersen), I guess we can all kick it up a notch in the future, perhaps in the next season. It was, more than anything, a chance to reflect all those changes--new team members, new responsibilities, new relationships--and that would've made this season of CSI more subdued, in a good way, than others.
'll leave you with that thought--I'll play with it when the season wraps up tonight. It seems that it'll be another usual episode of CSI, only the biggest hype point is Langston using deadly force for the first time in his career. Imagine this: you're a former doctor, who went on to teach in a university, and ultimately, you'll end up taking lives away rather than saving them. I won't delve into ethics--that'd be complicated--but I'll leave you with those thoughts, too.
Anyway, tonight's season finale--in case you still haven't read all my other teasers about it--involves a string of murders that stemmed from a batch of lost poker chips suddenly appearing out of nowhere. Very Las Vegas, innit? That's tonight from 9pm on CBS, and that's quickly followed by the season finale of CSI: NY, so you won't have to switch channels or anything. I wouldn't, I can say that.
The photos are, as always, right there. If you still haven't seen them, that is.
