Lover's Lane

Its good to be getting back to the old csi routine. Not that I didnt enjoy the crossover week but New York and Miami arent my thing and the case was vaguely confusing. Lovers Lane was a traditional look at all the craziness of society and the endless possibilities of murder mysteries.

The Case: During a bowling tournament, the head of a worker at the alley is discovered in the ball machine of all places which prompts several plot twists. The worker Ronald as it just so happened had the physical capability of a bowling champ without the level head aspect (literally and figuratively). As the story developed the main suspect became a mister "X man" who was beaten in front of his ladies by Ronald the bowling lane worker himself. At first it seemed likely he was the culprit possibly killing the guy in a fit of drunk and arrogant rage. However the killer was revealed to be Chevy an old school bowling pro who was banging Ronald's girl Shay. After finding out about the affair Ronald lured Chevy to a pin supply garage and attempted to hurt him, ultimately provoking Chevy to shoot and kill him. Self defense may be plausible for him but Shay who cut off his head with a saw then proceeding to place it into the back of the alley not so much. On a positive note the sentences may not be that high and Shay was already planning a release-from-jail-day get back together extravaganza with Chevy. The human condition is vulnerability and at the root of things, loneliness is far worse than any prison.

The Characters: What a oh so wonderful episode for characters!! Not only was everyone included but the whole family thing is getting more and more believable. The end scene with the whole lab in the bowling alley was needless to say perfect. Especially the faux smack talk sprinkled with the variety of bowling technique. Catherines gutter balls to Hodges granny style. So hilarious. Kudos also to the wardrobe choice person in regards to Nick. The tight white muscle shirt was definately working in his favor. I was also delighted that despite the fact that Doc Robbins has two mechanical legs and walks with a cane, was bowling fairly well. Greg was super cute with his bowling ball that looked like dice and he also gave Nick a run for his money with an awesome bowling arm. Even Wendy was present with her beautiful hair down in the background, I bet she is as good as I am at bowling (im lucky if I get a five). The characters were playful and fun this episode which should happen more often.

Favorite Parts of the Episode:

Heads Roll: The aspect of the head in the ball machine:genius especially how the guy almost stuck his fingers in the eyesockets!

Brass Tweets: Awesome twitter shout-out and the fact that the hardcore cop we know engages in the tween phenomenon.

Interesting characters: Especially the druggie, comic relief. Laughing at the expense of the idiots there is nothing better.

Wendy's Hair: I love when she has it down. Super Pretty.

Bowling Scene: Character interaction at its best.

Lost Girl

The trilogy overall was very well put-together. The start in Miami introduced the ring of prostitution where girls are treated as livestock, New York delved into Madeline Briggs and her struggle to be found. Then Vegas was the final peice to the puzzle sealing off loose ends and eventually bringing the lost girl back to her mother.

The Case: Every mother's worst nightmare. Having a daughter be forced into prostitution and drugs while being trekked around the country would be down right terrifying. Not only do the Pimps of the trade treat their girls like just money makers, but without any love for them it makes it easy to beat and leave them for dead. The creepy russian who spoke to college kids about child molestation and had very sexist views on whores was not the holder of Madeline Briggs. Which I think every woman was hoping for after he called us all greedy, selfish, desperate creatures on the brink of selling ourselves for material purposes. The case quickly turned almost too gruesome and detailed for me to handle. Miscarrying after being beaten in a make-shift whore house and then being traded in a pimp rivalry showdown would be the death of anyones morality. Thus being the reason, when given her freedom, Madeline didnt run straight into her mothers arms. It took some convincing from the Ho-vine (haha Nick) but Madeline showed up bruised but not broken to go back to the way things used to be which will prove itself to be extremely hard.

The Characters: The trilogy was mostly focused on Langston being as he was the head traveler making it to all the spin-off cities. Also he was the head contributor to Madeline's safe arrival home by texting the Ho-vine and then talking her smoothly into going into the crime lab. Nick made me laugh with his whole ho-vine statement it really made the comic relief of the story. I also enjoyed Brass in his hard core interrogation mode which made the hard core pimps and debaucherous proffessors tremble in their boots. By the way Where is Archie? Thats two episodes that Hodges has filled in for him which is weird because how can Hodges even do his job? Characters didnt play a huge role in this episode it was mostly about finding the girl in the big city and getting the bad guys. Traditional crime bust-ring at its best.

Favorite Parts of the Episode:

Ray sent souvenirs: Ray sent souvenirs for everybody....(Hodges and the glasses :) haha)

Brass verbally kills: Interrogation bad ass at its best. If words could only kill......

Russian Creeper: When I start shouting at the TV you know its good TV

The Crime: Though gruesome and violent it was a dose of reality and my heart goes out to all of the people in that garbage dump of a situation.

Super Bad-ass appeal of the Warrior Goddess

Skin tight leather, smoky eyes and the fighting skills of a ninja. I dont care what anyone says but a woman like that far outweighs the subdued bitchy cheerleader with the face of an angel anyday. There are the Charlies Angels and then there are The chicks from Kill Bill.

I would trade anything to be one of those girls who doesnt ask permission to kick ass but just does while being electrifyingly sexy. Some may see this as a sexist personifying women as curvacious and gorgeous but I find the whole idea empowering and wild. There have been countless times where i wished I could whip out my sword and slice my chemistry teacher to pieces. Without even messing up my hair.

Perhaps even turn a stump of a leg into a machine gun firing killing machine like in Planet Terror. Fact is Quentin Tarantino or Robert Rodriguez get this dream of mine and keep making me release the bad ass inside to fight crime or seek revenge. Death Proof and Kill Bill inspire me more than Bring it on or Charlies Angels ever will. I want to fight in tight leather, beat the life out of people who dare double cross me and look damn sexy whilst doing so.

There is a warrior goddess inside of everyone woman....just threaten a womans children or her diginity and see what happens. Every girl everywhere should have this aspiration because there is no time like the present to be an uber warrior. Hell truly does hath no fury than a woman scorned.

Bloodsport

The writing and coordination of this episode was just something only CSI can do on TV now a days. Throughout the entire show the twists and turns made it worth the watch for mystery and character interaction. Plus the conclusion totally threw the viewer off in a weird turn of events.

The Case: When the beloved coach of WLVU mustangs is beaten to a bloody pulp in his bed the whole football team is put under the spotlight. After the first couple of minutes the major MVP Calvin Crook is the main suspect. In a bit of irony the coach was bludgeoned to death by the coach of the year award. The suspects came and went. At most points I was leaning towards the treacly car salesmen team father figure Pal Arnold (because anyone with that name cant be trusted). The end had Calvin who was ticked off for the lack of playing time on a season he could have walked away from to join the draft for 5 million. What got him was the fact that he ditched the bloody shoe and the murder weapon in the neighborhood trash can.

The Characters: I loved this episode for the character fluff offset with the quirky humor and puzzling mysteries that CSI has come to be famous for. Robbins explanation of the zombie-esque beginning sequence was right on because of the complete geekiness that the coroner exhibits. Brass has a lovable tough exterior bad-ass persona in this episode a lot with the suspects mostly young football jocks. Nick pretty much solved the case by discovering the murder weapon and getting a confession out of the Calvin Crook player. Hodges was in this episode a lot but where was Archie thats what I want to know. Not that I didnt like the fact that Hodges can pretty much do AV lab work, trace lab work and still get to have lunch with Wendy......amazing. Plus the humor offsets the complete suckiness of the human race that CSI deals with on a daily basis.

Favorite Parts of the Episode
Zombie-esque beginning: Which was weird and I didnt get it until the one and only Doc explained it
Hodges: His delivery and geekiness gets me every time
Wedges: Breif and sweet plus they werent fighting for once
Pal Arnold: Perfectly casted...totally believable and creepy to boot.Twists: Slightly confusing but an overall one hour super puzzle