*facepalm*
I wasn't going to do this. I wasn't going to offer an ep response. My resolve lasted all of eight minutes.
Spoilers for Sleight out of Hand.
Flack vs. Hawkes was kind of adorable. Flack is obviously pissed and kind of jealous that Danny's spending time with Hawkes and Adam and pretty much everyone who *didn't* get themselves blown up last May.
I liked them all working the same case for once. Again, the case comes back to family and (percieved) betrayal. Again, theme. ....Again, faith is a factor, I would say. (sidenote: Mac with magic projects is adorable.)
See, I wasn't going to post an ep response because I don't like being negative. Fandom is my happy shiny gleeful place. Getting worked up over something as stupid as a storyline that I can't change neither does any good nor makes me feel better about it. So I'm trying very hard not to be too negative here--
I'm sorry, but I do *not* believe they've earned the Danny/Lindsay relationship. I do not buy it as emotionally believable, because they've never *demonstrated* to me that Danny and Lindsay are that close. They've *told* me, sure, and that's not a good storytelling strategy. Personally, I can't take him flying out to surprise her as viable evidence that they're close because it's too out of the blue for me. He is the only person she did not tell the reason for her trip home. On the one hand, I know that, sometimes, the more important a person is, the more they matter, the more difficult it is to tell them something. On the other hand, I go right back to they've never demonstrated to me that Danny and Lindsay are that close. That *so much* is at stake between them. Whether that's a breakdown on the writers' part or the actors' part, or if it's just a symptom of how much the storytelling conventions surrounding romantic relationships just do not work for me, I don't know.
Part of it may be, if I were Lindsay, and I had specifically not told one person about this--for whatever reason--and that person flew out and surprised me? I would be pissed. Even if I loved them, I would be pissed. I would see that as invasive. So maybe this is a little projection on my part. However, from the start, Lindsay has come across as a distinctly private person, and I don't think she'd suddenly stop being so self-protective because Danny showed up unannounced.
If Stella flew out--Stella, who Lindsay confided in--I would not have had a problem.
That's what I mean by they haven't earned Danny/Lindsay on an emotional level for me. I see no indication of a genuine closeness between the two. I see a lot of telegraphing and informing the audience. Hell, if we had been given any indication that Lindsay had confided in Danny at any point, I wouldn't be having as big a problem with it. Or if we had been given any indication that Lindsay had ever at any point turned to Danny for any kind of emotional support.
Clearly, a meaningful emotional connection isn't the only reason why two people get together, but I think that's the type of relationship the show is intending. I just don't buy it.
Believe it or not, I wish I did buy it. I don't like being disgruntled with a portion of one of my favorite shows. I wish I could enjoy this storyline, but I can't.
Plus, while I'm glad the "secret in Lindsay's past" is finally done, and while it wasn't a total cliche clusterfuck like it could've been, to me it felt like a missed opportunity. I had a hard time caring for her. I'm usually very good at caring about characters. I don't know why I didn't care much for her. Maybe it's because the whole plotline was barely a sketch. Sure, we got her narrative of events, but not why the guy was so hard to... locate? prosecute? How old was she when this happened? Am I missing something? Did we get confirmation whether or not there was there any rationale behind his killing so we can better understand her own damage when it comes to identifying with victims?
What was the whole point of this exercise?
(I'm not being contemptuous. These are not rhetorical questions; I'd love to know the answers)
Spoilers for Sleight out of Hand.
Flack vs. Hawkes was kind of adorable. Flack is obviously pissed and kind of jealous that Danny's spending time with Hawkes and Adam and pretty much everyone who *didn't* get themselves blown up last May.
I liked them all working the same case for once. Again, the case comes back to family and (percieved) betrayal. Again, theme. ....Again, faith is a factor, I would say. (sidenote: Mac with magic projects is adorable.)
See, I wasn't going to post an ep response because I don't like being negative. Fandom is my happy shiny gleeful place. Getting worked up over something as stupid as a storyline that I can't change neither does any good nor makes me feel better about it. So I'm trying very hard not to be too negative here--
I'm sorry, but I do *not* believe they've earned the Danny/Lindsay relationship. I do not buy it as emotionally believable, because they've never *demonstrated* to me that Danny and Lindsay are that close. They've *told* me, sure, and that's not a good storytelling strategy. Personally, I can't take him flying out to surprise her as viable evidence that they're close because it's too out of the blue for me. He is the only person she did not tell the reason for her trip home. On the one hand, I know that, sometimes, the more important a person is, the more they matter, the more difficult it is to tell them something. On the other hand, I go right back to they've never demonstrated to me that Danny and Lindsay are that close. That *so much* is at stake between them. Whether that's a breakdown on the writers' part or the actors' part, or if it's just a symptom of how much the storytelling conventions surrounding romantic relationships just do not work for me, I don't know.
Part of it may be, if I were Lindsay, and I had specifically not told one person about this--for whatever reason--and that person flew out and surprised me? I would be pissed. Even if I loved them, I would be pissed. I would see that as invasive. So maybe this is a little projection on my part. However, from the start, Lindsay has come across as a distinctly private person, and I don't think she'd suddenly stop being so self-protective because Danny showed up unannounced.
If Stella flew out--Stella, who Lindsay confided in--I would not have had a problem.
That's what I mean by they haven't earned Danny/Lindsay on an emotional level for me. I see no indication of a genuine closeness between the two. I see a lot of telegraphing and informing the audience. Hell, if we had been given any indication that Lindsay had confided in Danny at any point, I wouldn't be having as big a problem with it. Or if we had been given any indication that Lindsay had ever at any point turned to Danny for any kind of emotional support.
Clearly, a meaningful emotional connection isn't the only reason why two people get together, but I think that's the type of relationship the show is intending. I just don't buy it.
Believe it or not, I wish I did buy it. I don't like being disgruntled with a portion of one of my favorite shows. I wish I could enjoy this storyline, but I can't.
Plus, while I'm glad the "secret in Lindsay's past" is finally done, and while it wasn't a total cliche clusterfuck like it could've been, to me it felt like a missed opportunity. I had a hard time caring for her. I'm usually very good at caring about characters. I don't know why I didn't care much for her. Maybe it's because the whole plotline was barely a sketch. Sure, we got her narrative of events, but not why the guy was so hard to... locate? prosecute? How old was she when this happened? Am I missing something? Did we get confirmation whether or not there was there any rationale behind his killing so we can better understand her own damage when it comes to identifying with victims?
What was the whole point of this exercise?
(I'm not being contemptuous. These are not rhetorical questions; I'd love to know the answers)