So, in the wake of "Burn, baby, burn" from two weeks ago, we got exploding cars yet again. We also had plenty of questionable plot points. First off, I'm not totally sure I can believe that even our vaunted Miami-Dade CSIs can identify jet fuel purely by the smell. Secondly, they solved that whole murder in less than 24 hours? Wow. I didn't even realize this until they were running the call log on the dismantled phone/hydraulic transmitter and said that this week's evil blonde had called it at 6 am
that same morning. I know everyone was griping about Horatio getting the car from the lab out to a completely deserted area in under four minutes in the previous episode, but in terms of plot holes, I think this might be the big winner.
We didn't have nearly enough Alexx this week, as this was a wound they didn't even need her to identify. I suppose decapitation isn't very exciting for an ME, as it doesn't exactly leave room for interpretation. However, she did give us one great line: "A soup spoon can kill you with enough velocity!" Thus concludes this week's installment of Crazy CSI Science Facts.
It was pretty clear that our super-concerned ideal dad would turn out to be evil, though I think I missed why someone would fill his son's car with jet fuel (maybe someone would like to clear that up in the comments?). Furthermore, I think we all learned a valuable lesson last night from Bryn: Don't demand to see a warrant and then subsequently post the video proving your involvement in a decapitation on YouTube for the entire world to see.
I'm not sure how I feel about the prospect of a film crew shadowing Ryan, even if the director is
Chad Faust, who plays Kyle on
The 4400. While it seems that we'll be seeing alternating Natalia- and Ryan-drama, I think I'd rather see more of Natalia and her creepy ex-husband. What happened to him? He hasn't been in the last few episodes, and, after my initial hesitation, I was definitely starting to get into his story line.
All in all, not one of the stronger episodes this season, but not one of the weakest, either. I'm finding that I definitely prefer episodes that involve personal conflicts, as opposed to those with no real motive. But I can't complain about getting a little more lab-centric drama each week that actually
doesn't involve Horatio and his family.
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So, in the wake of “Burn, baby, burn” from two weeks ago, we got exploding cars yet again. We also had plenty of questionable plot points. First off, I’m not totally sure I can believe that even our vaunted Miami-Dade CSIs can identify jet fuel purely by the smell. Secondly, they solved that whole murder in less than 24 hours? Wow. I didn’t even realize this until they were running the call log on the dismantled phone/hydraulic transmitter and said that this week’s evil blonde had called it at 6 am that same morning. I know everyone was griping about Horatio getting the car from the lab out to a completely deserted area in under four minutes in the previous episode, but in terms of plot holes, I think this might be the big winner.We didn’t have nearly enough Alexx this week, as this was a wound they didn’t even need her to identify. I suppose decapitation isn’t very exciting for an ME, as it doesn’t exactly leave room for interpretation...
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