I keep falling in love. Thank goodness it's usually with fictional characters.
So, Mac is just as adorable now as he was when sparking off H. I spent most of this episode 'aww'ing at him.
His female partner is a BITCH. Well, she's highly insensitive and annoys me already. In fact, so does the other woman. Great, annoying women!
Danny is still pretty - glasses! As if the coroner.
The direction and lighting are fantastically combined - they have a real chiaroscuro thing going on, and it works really well for them. Also, gritty scary start with a good plot and amazing acting. There is a definite evolution of the CSIs towards a more serious tone - Vegas is fairly light even now, lots of teasing and jokes; Miami tried for serious, but you still have the Speed-Delko-Calleigh banter to keep it alive (denialdenialdenialdenial); and now NY - nothing funny there at all. Maybe it'll pick up later, but I saw a far more weighty show. And I like them all *because* of those differences not in spite of them.
I am just a sucker for good acting and pretty men.