"I Won't Be Taking That Captain's Exam"...
And then she runs out into MCS offices, to the corridor and catches the elevator...
which Goren has just stepped into...
he is a solid presence in the small room, much like any other. He studies her for a second, and sees the resolution on her face...
he nods to himself in acceptance and can't help but smile...
she looks hesitantly up at him, and his eyes are warm and inviting...
as the doors close, she slides her arms up to cup behind his neck and brings him down for a gentle kiss...
...at least in my mind. :P
Yeah, I just watched Loyalty part II. That's it for me. Criminal Intent is done. Don't get me wrong, Jeff Goldblum is nice, but CI for me was always about Goren and Eames. I can never sing Vincent D'Onofrio's praises enough, but for this episode, I think Katheryn Erbe was the shining star. For what little screen time Goren and Eames had, I think she played her part beautifully and this was an episode where her range was used rarther well.
I really enjoyed the scene in Goren's kitchen/office space (how much does someone in Major Case earn considering the dinky place he lives in? Or maybe that's how he likes it). They were bouncing around ideas just like old times, the tention of the last few seasons with Nicole and Purgatory gone.
I know they wanted to play up the 'Goren is a murder suspect' thing, but having him bash someone in a men's room seems OOC for me, espeically since weve seen him mellow out since his life began to settle down after his brother and Declan etc. And the public manhandling both in the courthouse here and Ross' murder scene in the previous episode also seem out of place and were merely a plot device that stamped on the character's arc.
Of course then he goes and gets himself kidnapped by the bad guys... who then turn out to be the FBI, but by this time he knows, he *knows* he doesn't have a job to go back to and he doesn't care all that much anymore. I don't think I've mentioned this before, but sometimes Vincent D'Onofrio's performances remind me a little of Michael Shanks'. The nuances and some facial expressions in particular are very reminicent of one another - maybe it's the similar jawl structure, I don't know, but the eye popping is there too.
Self sacrificing once again, Goren admits that he's working not for the police - because he knows he has to move on, and he's finally ready. No, this is about his country and innocent lives. So he's willing to work with the people wanting to destroy him, he doesn't care. (Oh my, wouldn't it be grand if he went off to go work little tidbits for the FBI!? :P) They can't deny his skills or his work.
Eames finds out she is to be the new Captain and at first she is elated, until she finds out she has to fire Goren. I'd like to think they were throwing us shippers a bone with the 'strong personal feelings' line, but sadly t'was most probably a nod towards her behaviour such as covering for Goren multiple times - whether it be standing up for him in front of the Captain or working as his contact when he went secretly undercover in the prison in Untethered as well as receiving his comfort and support in Blind Spot and Amends.
It seems alot of their conversations in this episode occured off screen. Eames all of a sudden knows about the FBI's plan to plant trackers on the misslies and is ready to jump in with Goren to convince Nichols to let Ross' killer go for the greater good. I guess that was one point they could always agree on.
One thing I didn't get was how Eames could fire Goren before becoming Captain? Did she have the authority or was she saving him once again from having to deal with the higher ups, who would have made the experience much more unpleasent? Either way, it lead to such a touching scene that summed up their 11 year partnership right there. She got to save him one last time.
which Goren has just stepped into...
he is a solid presence in the small room, much like any other. He studies her for a second, and sees the resolution on her face...
he nods to himself in acceptance and can't help but smile...
she looks hesitantly up at him, and his eyes are warm and inviting...
as the doors close, she slides her arms up to cup behind his neck and brings him down for a gentle kiss...
...at least in my mind. :P
Yeah, I just watched Loyalty part II. That's it for me. Criminal Intent is done. Don't get me wrong, Jeff Goldblum is nice, but CI for me was always about Goren and Eames. I can never sing Vincent D'Onofrio's praises enough, but for this episode, I think Katheryn Erbe was the shining star. For what little screen time Goren and Eames had, I think she played her part beautifully and this was an episode where her range was used rarther well.
I really enjoyed the scene in Goren's kitchen/office space (how much does someone in Major Case earn considering the dinky place he lives in? Or maybe that's how he likes it). They were bouncing around ideas just like old times, the tention of the last few seasons with Nicole and Purgatory gone.
I know they wanted to play up the 'Goren is a murder suspect' thing, but having him bash someone in a men's room seems OOC for me, espeically since weve seen him mellow out since his life began to settle down after his brother and Declan etc. And the public manhandling both in the courthouse here and Ross' murder scene in the previous episode also seem out of place and were merely a plot device that stamped on the character's arc.
Of course then he goes and gets himself kidnapped by the bad guys... who then turn out to be the FBI, but by this time he knows, he *knows* he doesn't have a job to go back to and he doesn't care all that much anymore. I don't think I've mentioned this before, but sometimes Vincent D'Onofrio's performances remind me a little of Michael Shanks'. The nuances and some facial expressions in particular are very reminicent of one another - maybe it's the similar jawl structure, I don't know, but the eye popping is there too.
Self sacrificing once again, Goren admits that he's working not for the police - because he knows he has to move on, and he's finally ready. No, this is about his country and innocent lives. So he's willing to work with the people wanting to destroy him, he doesn't care. (Oh my, wouldn't it be grand if he went off to go work little tidbits for the FBI!? :P) They can't deny his skills or his work.
Eames finds out she is to be the new Captain and at first she is elated, until she finds out she has to fire Goren. I'd like to think they were throwing us shippers a bone with the 'strong personal feelings' line, but sadly t'was most probably a nod towards her behaviour such as covering for Goren multiple times - whether it be standing up for him in front of the Captain or working as his contact when he went secretly undercover in the prison in Untethered as well as receiving his comfort and support in Blind Spot and Amends.
It seems alot of their conversations in this episode occured off screen. Eames all of a sudden knows about the FBI's plan to plant trackers on the misslies and is ready to jump in with Goren to convince Nichols to let Ross' killer go for the greater good. I guess that was one point they could always agree on.
One thing I didn't get was how Eames could fire Goren before becoming Captain? Did she have the authority or was she saving him once again from having to deal with the higher ups, who would have made the experience much more unpleasent? Either way, it lead to such a touching scene that summed up their 11 year partnership right there. She got to save him one last time.