So, it's over!

[bine83]

I wrote David Rambo an email last week about the Grave Danger issue, this is what I wrote him:

So, I just read on TV Guide about CSI Miami and that Delko will suffer from PTSD.
Now, I wonder what will it take until Nick will suffer from PTSD?

A lot of my friends told me that Grave Danger is done and that I shouldn’t hope for some continuity. But I

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[bine83]

Yeah, it would have helped if at least one of them mentioned anything about his ordeal. Wouldn't it be a "Hodges-thing" to say someting, I mean like he mentioned to Grissom that he should talk with Nick after the Reverse Forensic thing?
And it's not only the GD story which TPTB handled badly, it's all of Nick's stories.
No, I can't believe that someone who is so emotional like Nick, gets on the horse so fast everytime.

Also, I notice he doesn't single out Nick as a reason we should watch the show this season,

I was afraid, that all the "Nick steps up" spoiler was just a way to keep us hanging on CSI. And I'm a little disappointed, because in his last email he wrote this:
"I think you'll enjoy where the stories in the new season take Nick."

You know, I think that we wont get a Nick story this year. They already promised us something last season, but then they gave us GSR and the Greg storyline which concluded through the whole season, there was no place for Nick. And this year we'll get GSR again, a Cath story and a Warrick story, do they really want to let us believe that there'll be place for Nick?
They are playing with us, they know that GD and George were one of the main reason that they got more viewers; the promos this season were mostly Nick heavy, though some episodes weren't Nick heavy. TPTB are too dumb to write a good story for him. Actually, I thought that Grissom was the one who could cause problems for the writers, because his character was so unique. And what did TPTB? They chose the easiest way and destroyed his character, so it's easier for them to give us stupid scenes with him and his daddy-issue girlfriend. God, I'm so sick of this.
The problem what they have now, is that they made Nick to a very unique and complex character, but they don't know how to deal with it.

So, now I'm at a point where I'll give up to hope for some Nick stories, I'm tired of it. I already waited 7 years for it, that's enough.

And No, I don’t mind if you make an entry about this on ND. I would like to read the response hearsawho got from TPTB.

[jalola]

Sadly, she wouldn't let me link to or quote her post. She gave me a line to put in the ND post summarizing her post. She's very happy with her correspondence and knows that a lot of us at ND are very disappointed and blame the writers so that's why there's only a summary.

Actually, what she paraphrased from the writer's response wasn't too far off what DR said to you in "-- the team will be meeting some of their toughest challenges yet" only it mentioned Nick specifically.
Because she didn't actually quote the letter verbatim, I don't know the specific wording he used or if he cited a storyline. Whatever it was left hearsawho feeling positive.

And in reality, a writer only knows what he/she and the other writers are planning and playing around with. I can see that a Nick-positive writer keeps putting Nick in good story lines. But by the time the story is written out, filmed and fitted into the show with another case or two, a lot of stuff gets left on the cutting room floor. I think the writer is very positive about Nick because he hopes his stories for the character will make it all the way through to broadcast. Whether the director, editors and other producers along the way agree is another matter.

Coincidentally, one of the fans at Blacktie-affair also wrote to David Rambo about Louise Lombard/Sofia. He didn't come out and say it directly, but it sounds like Louise is moving on or won't be on the show much this year. This was bad news to the fan.

So DR doesn't seem to be afraid to give a disappointing response. In the end, I'd rather know the news isn't hopeful than be strung along. Like you, I'll move to recording and fast forwarding through to the Nick parts.

[bine83]

Oh thats sad, but from what you wrote it sounds like the same thing he wrote in my first email.
Yeah, I understand, but still it's a poor job what they are doing right now. The writers should talk with each other and discuss certain storylines, because it's a show where we have to expect some continuity, overall it's not something like "The Simpsons" where a storyline is finished within the episode. I don't know how to describe what I mean. *lol*
Anyway, I think I'll write Rambo another email and I'll say that I'm not happy how they are dealing with Nick's storyline. Maybe this will be the last email then which he'll answer, but I don't care. TPTB should know that we aren't happy and that they already lost fans not only because of GSR but also because of the non-dealing with the GD story.

It's sad that I don't even care anymore about the other characters, but I can't change it. Nick is the only one I want to see.

[jalola]

I get what you mean. In real life, Nick would most definitely show signs of each of his traumas in the episodes after they happened. In Cats in the Cradle he should have been wincing from his healing rib thanks to Nigel Crane. When Nick went to visit Kelly Gordon in jail, he should have been covered in scars from the fire ant bites. There was nothing.

As I said above, if they were going to portray Nick as someone who gets right back on the horse, then they needed to be more obvious in letting the audience know. It didn't even have to be Nick that delivered that info. All we needed was two other characters discussing him for a minute. How difficult would it for Grissom and Catherine, as co-supervisors, to mention it in one of their hallway walk 'n talks?

Then we all wouldn't have been hanging on for all this time waiting for more follow up.

I've read a spoiler for episode 10 where Nick takes a risk against Brass' advice and Brass is NOT happy about it. So there is a glimmer of hope --- if it makes it all the way to broadcast.

[bine83]

You are right. I watched the last episode and I really didn't like it, the only good scenes were the Nick ones. The episode was silly, boring and so not funny or scary. But what really bothered me was the Sara/Greg scene. It should have been Nick the one who should have talk with Sara, not Greggo. I would have liked if Sara asked Nick: "How do you do it Nick? How can you face this work and people each day with everything you had been through?"
This would have been so much better than this odd and useless scene between her and Greg.

I also read this spoiler and I wish it is true, though I rather want such a scene between Nick and Gris. =(