New episode discussion post: S11Ep12

[nickngregmod.livejournal.com]

S11Ep12 (Title behind the cut:)
We had to wait two weeks for tonight's new episode. We can only hope TPTB treat us with as much to talk about as the previous Nick & Greg adventure, because according to our information, we're gonna have to wait another two weeks for the next one...

Come on, join in after you've seen the new episode: swoon about scenes between Nick and Greg or rant about the lack thereof. Whether you feel like jumping for joy or stomping in frustration: leave your comments here!

FYI: this is a SpoilerFree Zone! Only discuss episodes that have been broadcast; no hints to future episodes, nor suspicions about cast or story development, please.

Also: try to focus on Nick and/or Greg :-p

Remember that whatever TPTB do with canon, it's up to fandom to make sure our guys get the love they deserve \o/

Now. Let's talk about the new episode....
S11Ep12 A Kiss Before Frying

Ready? Set. Discuss!

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(Can't wait until it starts? There is a spoilerthread for tonight's episode:)

If you can't watch the new season yet, why not join us on a trip down memory lane? You can find all previous Nick and Greg moments here!

Comments

[cindyls1969.livejournal.com]

Really, that's the title? Wow, nothing like leaving us with our imaginations hanging out!

[burrollie.livejournal.com]

Popcorn - check
Wine - check
DVR set - check
Tissue box - check
Shoulder for George to cry on - double check

:)

[nickgregfan.livejournal.com]

Ok, I have to say this is the dumbest epi i've seen yet. She is a really bad actress. Like I cringe when she comes on screen.

[cmali.livejournal.com]

OMG!! I don't even know what to say!! Poor Greg and Nicks being a dick about it. Jealous much, Tex?

[recordplayer69.livejournal.com]

What the hell can you say??? This epi kinda sucked! Nick encouraged Greg to get her #, and then stood waiting to say "I told you so!" Jealousy ran upside Nick's head and stayed there!

[cmali.livejournal.com]

Oh Jaxson... You're user pic is yummmy!!

[moorpipes.livejournal.com]

Gotta say, I expected more from Dita, and Greg seemed really out of character. Also, I wanted more burlesque. Much, much more burlesque.

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

OMG. I'm mortified on behalf of the actors for having to act in this episode. Dita's acting was... :/ and it was a massive walking cliche for Greg's character, as a lover of classic noir and old Las Vegas.

As for Nick, he was an ass...pushes Greg to get her number, then can't wait to get the "I told you so" out when it goes sour.

All-in-all...the episode wasn't that great. :(

[burrollie.livejournal.com]

I want to scream!!!!! I was expecting so much more. It would have been nice if we could have at least seen the kiss, not just a blur!

And Nick's baseball analogy? I wish it would have just gone over poor Greg's head. Then at least he would not have been made a fool of!

Was it just me? Or, did it seem like both Catherine and Nick were throwing out the "I told you so"s?

Poor Greg :( I sure hope rusty_the_train and hiddenmuse put a smile back on poor Greggo's face ;)

And yeah...Nicky boy is a happy man.

[postnotice.livejournal.com]

So... it's possible that I lost track of time watching Inception with my family and I missed the episode... *cough*... So, I ask you guys, is this one I should visit online? Hearing mixed reactions and I'm totally not sure what I want to do. :/

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

I too was wondering what to do and am glad I didn't postpone or avoid watching. I wasn't disappointed; I quite liked the puzzle and Greg's state of mind. And if you are worried about messing up the Nick/Greg fanon there is plenty of opportunity to write it off as OOC if you wish to do so;)

[slashjunkie1.livejournal.com]

Inception has a LOT of Arthur/Eames hints of Slash. "Darling" from Eames. Arthur and his "MERRY CHASE". *looks around* I think Nolan has put subliminal stuff in the movie to make you watch it over and over.

You really picked a better thing to watch.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

My first thought was "I didn't know Nick was so open minded" *g*

I loved Greg being all adorkable, but was especially thrilled he saw through her visit to the lab immediately.

I can totally disregard this for Nick/Greg fanon because of the obvious missing scene at the end where we zoom out on slender hands and a keyboard in front of a monitor typing the words "The End". Then the camera pans up to Greg's face (and he is surely wearing his fedora *g*
(After the old Vegas book -mentioned in canon- Greg tried his hand at a Noir Novel in which he mixes his love for classic PI crimes with his own experience as a CSI)

There. All fixed.

[slashxyouxup.livejournal.com]

What the actual hell? There are no words. Christ, I think Bieber did a better job than bloody 'Rita Von Squeeze' :/

The story line of the whole Vagas Legend thing was kind of cool, and there were a few LOL moments from our favourites (oh superdave, how I heart you so) but everything else. No. Just, no.

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

"Rita Von Squeeze"? Ugh... Makes it seem like TPTB have no imagination what.so.ever when it came to a character name!

Dear TPTB -- get a frackin' imagination with the character names already! Signed, hiddenmuse. :-)

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

No comment... Heh.

I'll be watching it this afternoon, when I get home from my half-day at work.

[not_so_logical]

Well... I'm actually kind of glad my internet decided to die back home, and I didn't bother trying to roam around the city to steal free WiFi just to watch the episode.

Not sure if I'm gonna bother trying to download the episode using my college's crappy WiFi if the episode is as bad as everyone is making it out to be. How disappointing. =/

[r-sambora-luvr.livejournal.com]

Okay.....Just saw it and my thoughts...

Greg was so out of character....I agree with what others have said about everyone coming off as being uncomfortable...It had that vibe all through the episode...With the exception of Hodges...He always comes off Holier than thou..;)

I think Dita was too much for the show...By that i mean she really over played the character...She didn't come across as a 4th grade teacher AT ALL...She was very UGGG....Disappointed!!!! I wish that the love interest for Greg if not Nick would be a little more i dunno "Normal" meaning down to earth...Not so...Glamorous...Bad acting makes show very BAD Very Bad Indeed!!!!

My slasher side is thinking Nick is accommodating Greg due to a conversation they'd had in private prior to Miss Thang walking into Greg's life...Something along the lines of the age difference and Nick wanting Greg to explore life outside of him for awhile to make sure he's truly sure with Nick is where he wants to be....And of course we all know the outcome to this??? OF COURSE HE WANTS TO BE WITH NICK!!!!!!!!!

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

(sorry... Deleted prior comment, gonna try it again!)

I was going to say that Nick seemed to push Greg towards her as though he was trying to give him an ok to play around with his bi side, knowing that in the end Greg would come right back to him...where he belongs. :-)

[lionsheart88.livejournal.com]

Wow, seems like almost everyone here hates this episode. =)
I thought it was a pretty good episode. I was hoping to get great Greg scenes and I wasn't disapointed. I'm happy that Greg got some emotional scenes for a change, considering he's usually the comic relief. Not that there's nothing wrong with that,=) but it's nice to get some variation and I think Eric did a great job.
I think Dita did an okay job and that was pretty much all I was expecting from her, considering this was her first acting job. IMO, there have been far worse guest actors in CSI (*cough* Biber *cough*).
The plot wasn't the most plausible one: I have to agree with Greg,Ellen (or whatever her real name was) just didn't seem like a cold blooded murderer and I find it hard to belive she would have organiced those killings. But it gave a Greg a good emotional scene, so I can live with it.

Okay, here's my little opinion about the episode. Sorry if I don't make any sense, but I'm almost falling asleep here, so you have to forgive me.=D I woke up two hours earlier today, just so I could watch the episode before school and now I'm paying for it.=)

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Okay, I finally watched the episode and I'm kind of ... meh.

Personally, I think I just wanted to stay at the scene with Nick, Greg and Langston at the light table, pause my TiVo and just stare at Nick's package all afternoon/evening. I think TPTB were trying to make up for the episode being so mediocre by putting Nick into some pants that more than made up for it! *evil, evil smirk*

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

...stare at Nick's package all afternoon

Oh yes. That's what I did. He was wearing my favorite pair of jeans:)

Greg was looking mighty fine too, but I'm a Nick girl and sure wasn't disappointed. I even loved how he teased Greg.

Seeing as Greg imagined all this, I'm not surprised he put Nick in those scrumptiously tight jeans and made him annoying alpha male *g*

[xsecretpity.livejournal.com]

I didn't even finish the episode. I got to 20 mins and was like.. i physically can't anymore. The sandwiches scene did it for me. I cringed at almost every scene. That's the first CSI episode I've never been able to finish. Idk what happened, just :|

[lil-love-fan.livejournal.com]

I think the one redeeming quality of the episode was that it allowed me to better picture Greg in all of his film noir glory, a la Greg Sanders, Private Dick. At least, that's what I was imagining throughout the episode :)

[starlitrain.livejournal.com]

I don't think her acting is that bad, to be honest. She came across shy and nervous, which worked. To say it's her debut, I think she's done quite well.

I also don't think we've got to see Greg much out of the workplace or working on cases, so it's difficult to say whether he was out of character because we haven't really seen how he acts out of where we normally see them. I don't think he was, anyway.

I like the fact the guys' friendship has progressed and they act like friends in this episode as opposed to just co-workers.

Nice watch, Greg.

I liked Catherine and Greg's moment and I don't think Nick was as harsh with the 'I told you so' as I was expecting.

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

I loved Greg's watch - I saw it and thought, "oooh, pretty!"

And it does seem like their friendship has progressed a lot, it was great to see them interacting as I'd imagine they would off the clock.

p.s.: I like your icon! Greg's cute, pouty face makes me giggle.

[rustie73.livejournal.com]

The episode was just about what I expected. Unlike most everyone else, I didn’t find it all that bad.

To begin, I’m writing the entire “Greg gets laid by anyone but Nick” storyline off to Nick’s prodding. I’m convinced that he pushed Greg into it to prove (to himself) that Greg could no longer live the life he did before Nick came into the picture (I’m of the Greg is bi school of thinking). Nick was having some sort of ego issue and decided that a trip into hoochie land would send Greg running back to him with open arms. Hence the reason he all but pushed Greg at the obviously “too sexy for Greg’s own good,” babe.

I’m a Nick girl, but have to admit that he was being a bit of an ass in this one. He actually taunted Greg into making the call. Unfortunately for him the plan backfired and he soon found his Greggo falling for the sexy babe. Then, when it became obvious that Greg was in over his head, Nick all but demanded that Greg put an end to the affair.

As far as Greg being OOC, I’m in the minority here as well. He was a bit flustered and nervous when he asked for the woman’s number, and had a bit of a bounce in his step when he turned away (just like the old days when he was floundering around Sara). When they were on the date, I did have a fleeting moment of feeling Greg was OOC, but then I realized that I’d never seen him in that situation before. For me, it was Greg being on the date that was OOC and not Greg himself.

The plot was a bit too predictable, but I liked the whole 1940’s GSpd thing they had going on.

Greg looked fabulous. His hair was lightly tussled and his clothing, though modern, had a vintage flavor.
And Nick looked good as well. His hair was a bit longer on top. It made him look masculine rather than menacing.

Wow! Sorry that was so long.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

*high fives another Nick girl*

I didn't mind the episode either, and I think most people who attacked the acting abilities and yelled OOCness did so in a brave attempt to ignore the story. I find there are other options to adjust canon to our needs *grins*

I agree with you on Greg being himself: he was as adorkable as I imagined. As for Nick; you already read my alternate ending and I'm sticking by that: Greg obviously imagined all this, who else would put Nick in those scrumptiously tight jeans and make him annoying alpha male *g* The damsel in distress is a GSPD trademark. (As is turning her into a crazy lady in the end;)

[niceandfluffy.livejournal.com]

Ah, I didn't mind the episode too much. It's not going to be one of my favourites, but I dislike anything with too much "romantic interest" creeping in rather than what they did with it, and as soon as they pump up any of the guest stars I'm approaching it with a pinch of salt (especially if they're already friends).

Nick was a bit weird in it, simply because if he hadn't kept his trap shut at the start Greg probably wouldn't have even got her number out of nerves, but I quite liked their general friendship chats. Okay, so they needed a body to walk up to in order to have said friendship chats (perhaps that's a new episode? Serial killer on order because they needed a quick chat about something), but at least it's showing them as close friends rather than the first few episodes where they seemed a little .. I don't know, distant I guess.

Plot was too obvious, though. Anyone who approaches with that hairstyle and a picnic basket is up to something.

Mind you, I am once again, a Nick girl and therefore I suspect I'd probably get a little hot under the collar if it was Nick rather than Greg getting sucked in ;)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

OOooh, I agree with all of this: "...I dislike anything with too much "romantic interest" creeping in... and as soon as they pump up any of the guest stars I'm approaching it with a pinch of salt (especially if they're already friends)."

Also: *highfives another Nickgirl* I don't mind seeing Greg flirt, but Nick is just awkward with women, no matter how much TPTB want us to believe he's a ladiesman *g*