Five, 9pm
This is it. Tonight the cleverest man in Nevada, CSI Gil Grissom, is leaving Las Vegas. People are calling it the end of the show. It shouldn't be, as long as they don't allow the CSI: Miami writers anywhere near it, but we are losing one of the best characters in detective telly. Here are 10 reasons why this eccentric, troubled academic was so great...
• Being Bugman... “Greenbottle blowfly – these typically pupate in about two weeks and emerge as adults in four. The AC on in the trailer slows down the timeline a bit… He’s been dead at least a month." Entymology's fun!
• The simmering sexual tension with S&M queen Lady Heather
• The fact he seemed to get on best with oddballs at conventions – like the "plushies and furries" (people who dress up in animal costumes) and the dwarves
• He had an office romance – but not with his hot colleague, Catherine; instead he went for the odd-looking Sara Sidle.
• And then he proposed to her in a beekeeper's outfit.
• Constantly knocking back Hodges’ attempts to befriend him
• Trading gruesome jokes with Doc Robbins over a DB
• The massive spider behind his shoulder at his desk
• Pig cadavers
Suggestions welcome to add to this list - hit comment and have your say.
I was so emotionally charged after Griss's depature I couldn't sleep and ended up watching a late night/early morning pilot on Sky2 for 'Fringe' - a new sci-fi/detec/conspiracy-theory series with possibly the most amateurish title credits this side of Cbeebies.
ReplyDeleteDidn't you recognise the overused dramatic violin swoop? Fringe is by Lost creator JJ Abrams and it's actually halfway through the first season, coming back to Sky1 after the Christmas break. It'll form part of Abrams Sunday, following Lost. I'll cover it later in the week... But you're quite right - they didn't have the balls to do the simple one-word credit sting on this one. You know there's a lack of confidence when loads of words float around the screen explaining what the show's about... Either that, or they're unapologetic about the Mulder & Scully tribute act this show is.
ReplyDeleteAnd what's with the hand/apple motifs that flash up on screen?
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