Subtext Report, now with actual subtext!
I missed the beginning of the first scene after the credits, so I don't know if I missed a millisecond of Greg screentime. I did get to see Nick be annoyed and mystified by the geek twins, though, so it's all good. Plus, Greg and Archie. All good indeed.
Aw, Greg. He's been hanging out with CSIs too long. A couple seasons ago he would have been all over the sci-fi subculture, embracing the need to stay true to original canon. He's trying too hard to be cool these days, I suppose for Nick's sake. But Nick loved him when he was a geek, and he loves him when he's writing crappy noir novels, so he's not going to judge. Okay, he might judge a little. He'd probably scoff, even. But all Greg would have to do is demonstrate the value of roleplaying and Nick would get it. No, okay, he'd laugh all the way through. But there's nothing wrong with laughing during sex. In fact, that's secretly Greg's favorite kind of sex, though he'd never admit something that boring.
"Geek love." Heh. Nick is such a SQUARE. I really love him.
Oh, whatever, Catherine. You didn't make Nick and Greg change shifts, you can't enforce that rule with the labrats. They'd totally revolt and you wouldn't have a leg to stand on. Man, the labrats must hate those two. I would love to hear the conversations about them. Wendy probably thinks it's romantic, because they took so long to get it together, but they're soulmates, so of course it finally worked out. Also she had to listen to Greg bitch about Nick a LOT before they finally worked it out. Henry probably secretly thinks it's kind of cool, as long as he doesn't think about what they do together. And of course Bobby's their biggest supporter, even though he's spending more time at home with his daughter and they see him a lot less at the lab these days. Hodges complains the most that the rules don't apply to them, of course, and the rest of the labrats mostly don't care as long as they get to do their jobs and then go home.
Okay, the faux!Star Trek theme was worth it to see SuperDave imitating Doctor McCoy. SuperDave = Karl Urban! Fandom comes full circle. Or something. I might not be getting enough sleep these days.
I think Nick getting schooled by the bartender was a little much. Perhaps I am being overprotective, but that was pretty 'America: Love It Or Leave It' for me. Though Nick took it very humbly, because he's Nick, so that was nice. I wish Greg had been there to stand up for him, though. That would have made it a much better scene.
Edit: I was thinking about this scene some more while I was brushing my teeth just now (I know, I know) and I think what bothered me about it is the fact that the guy was kind of a dick about it. I mean, here he is laying out this speech about how nice it is that the sci-fi geeks are into peace and a more perfect world, but he goes about it in a very aggressive way, making a point of displaying his war wounds and dressing Nick down. I don't see why it would have been less effective for the bartender to say, "I don't know, man, they're trying to create this more perfect world, I think that's pretty cool" without being reactionary. They could have thrown the war in there if they really wanted, though I wish they wouldn't, but they didn't have to do it the way they did it.
I just get tired of everything being so heavy-handed, I suppose. I don't know why I expect things to change after nine seasons, no.
I take it back. The SuperDave bit was not worth sitting through Hodges' lame fantasy sequences. I did like imagining Albert Einstein slapping him in the face, though.
Look, y'all know I am not into RP or cosplay or even cons, really. I guess I'm just not much of a joiner. But I don't have any problem with any of it. I've always thought it would be fun to attend a con, but I'm never involved in any of the relevant fandoms. The reason I have issues with this episode is that aside from that weird little speech from the bartender, it's really not treating fannish subculture with any kind of respect. The entire thing is being presented as just as geeky as the average middle American thinks it is already, and 15 seconds of a Nick smackdown from a war hero is not going to make up for that. It's just like the Furry episode in...God, what was that, season four? Five? Whatever, the point is that the Furry episode, much like this episode, was a 'point at the geeks and laugh' production at its core, and it's just unoriginal and boring. I'd say I expect more from the CSI writers, but they haven't given me a single reason to say that in years.
Aaaaand this episode just became worth it in a single scene. Fucking writers. I am talking about the scene where that girl was talking about sex with the dead player setting her free and showing her who she really was, of course. Did you see the knowing smile on Nick's face? His expression said so much! It said, "Yeah, I know exactly where you're coming from. I spent a lot of time pretending to be something I'm not, but then I met the right guy too, and he set me free exactly the same way." And then he found Greg somewhere in the lab and dragged him into the nearest empty room and kissed him really softly, and said 'thanks'. And when Greg laughed and asked what for, Nick just smiled that smile again and said he had to get back to work. But it was super romantic. I wish you guys could have seen that scene.
Oh, Brass. Stilll king of my heart. Man, I fucking hate this show. How do they always manage to suck me back in?
Next week: Henry Thomas! You don't need to know anything else.
I was going to watch Bones tonight, but my dad called and talked through the first ten minutes (about my plumbing, naturally), and I can't start a show late. I'm a freak, I know. I think I'm going to go to bed and download Harper's Island tomorrow so I can get up at o-dark-thirty and go running. I'd say 'don't spoil me', but it makes me laugh just thinking about trying to pretend I'm serious about fucking Harper's Island, so I won't.
ETA: Okay, I caught the first five minutes of Harper's Island, and that fucking Abby is so self-righteous. I really hate her.
Aw, Greg. He's been hanging out with CSIs too long. A couple seasons ago he would have been all over the sci-fi subculture, embracing the need to stay true to original canon. He's trying too hard to be cool these days, I suppose for Nick's sake. But Nick loved him when he was a geek, and he loves him when he's writing crappy noir novels, so he's not going to judge. Okay, he might judge a little. He'd probably scoff, even. But all Greg would have to do is demonstrate the value of roleplaying and Nick would get it. No, okay, he'd laugh all the way through. But there's nothing wrong with laughing during sex. In fact, that's secretly Greg's favorite kind of sex, though he'd never admit something that boring.
"Geek love." Heh. Nick is such a SQUARE. I really love him.
Oh, whatever, Catherine. You didn't make Nick and Greg change shifts, you can't enforce that rule with the labrats. They'd totally revolt and you wouldn't have a leg to stand on. Man, the labrats must hate those two. I would love to hear the conversations about them. Wendy probably thinks it's romantic, because they took so long to get it together, but they're soulmates, so of course it finally worked out. Also she had to listen to Greg bitch about Nick a LOT before they finally worked it out. Henry probably secretly thinks it's kind of cool, as long as he doesn't think about what they do together. And of course Bobby's their biggest supporter, even though he's spending more time at home with his daughter and they see him a lot less at the lab these days. Hodges complains the most that the rules don't apply to them, of course, and the rest of the labrats mostly don't care as long as they get to do their jobs and then go home.
Okay, the faux!Star Trek theme was worth it to see SuperDave imitating Doctor McCoy. SuperDave = Karl Urban! Fandom comes full circle. Or something. I might not be getting enough sleep these days.
I think Nick getting schooled by the bartender was a little much. Perhaps I am being overprotective, but that was pretty 'America: Love It Or Leave It' for me. Though Nick took it very humbly, because he's Nick, so that was nice. I wish Greg had been there to stand up for him, though. That would have made it a much better scene.
Edit: I was thinking about this scene some more while I was brushing my teeth just now (I know, I know) and I think what bothered me about it is the fact that the guy was kind of a dick about it. I mean, here he is laying out this speech about how nice it is that the sci-fi geeks are into peace and a more perfect world, but he goes about it in a very aggressive way, making a point of displaying his war wounds and dressing Nick down. I don't see why it would have been less effective for the bartender to say, "I don't know, man, they're trying to create this more perfect world, I think that's pretty cool" without being reactionary. They could have thrown the war in there if they really wanted, though I wish they wouldn't, but they didn't have to do it the way they did it.
I just get tired of everything being so heavy-handed, I suppose. I don't know why I expect things to change after nine seasons, no.
I take it back. The SuperDave bit was not worth sitting through Hodges' lame fantasy sequences. I did like imagining Albert Einstein slapping him in the face, though.
Look, y'all know I am not into RP or cosplay or even cons, really. I guess I'm just not much of a joiner. But I don't have any problem with any of it. I've always thought it would be fun to attend a con, but I'm never involved in any of the relevant fandoms. The reason I have issues with this episode is that aside from that weird little speech from the bartender, it's really not treating fannish subculture with any kind of respect. The entire thing is being presented as just as geeky as the average middle American thinks it is already, and 15 seconds of a Nick smackdown from a war hero is not going to make up for that. It's just like the Furry episode in...God, what was that, season four? Five? Whatever, the point is that the Furry episode, much like this episode, was a 'point at the geeks and laugh' production at its core, and it's just unoriginal and boring. I'd say I expect more from the CSI writers, but they haven't given me a single reason to say that in years.
Aaaaand this episode just became worth it in a single scene. Fucking writers. I am talking about the scene where that girl was talking about sex with the dead player setting her free and showing her who she really was, of course. Did you see the knowing smile on Nick's face? His expression said so much! It said, "Yeah, I know exactly where you're coming from. I spent a lot of time pretending to be something I'm not, but then I met the right guy too, and he set me free exactly the same way." And then he found Greg somewhere in the lab and dragged him into the nearest empty room and kissed him really softly, and said 'thanks'. And when Greg laughed and asked what for, Nick just smiled that smile again and said he had to get back to work. But it was super romantic. I wish you guys could have seen that scene.
Oh, Brass. Stilll king of my heart. Man, I fucking hate this show. How do they always manage to suck me back in?
Next week: Henry Thomas! You don't need to know anything else.
I was going to watch Bones tonight, but my dad called and talked through the first ten minutes (about my plumbing, naturally), and I can't start a show late. I'm a freak, I know. I think I'm going to go to bed and download Harper's Island tomorrow so I can get up at o-dark-thirty and go running. I'd say 'don't spoil me', but it makes me laugh just thinking about trying to pretend I'm serious about fucking Harper's Island, so I won't.
ETA: Okay, I caught the first five minutes of Harper's Island, and that fucking Abby is so self-righteous. I really hate her.