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April 26, 2007: Happy
As I begin, it's now exactly 34 minutes past the end of this week's episode and I'm still laughing. What a riot this was. You know Brass always brings a little bit of humor and he dominated this episode from the start.
So, let's see. Our boxer "Happy" gets injected with snake venom, then has a severe allergic reaction to shellfish, which transferred to him via some "very special first-aid." Then as his lungs are tightening and he's about to lose all his air, he gets an arrow through the throat that actually keeps him alive and then he takes a crowbar to the skull. Oh, and that didn't kill him, either. A broken pool chair did.
The scenes inside the Sugar Cane Ranch were so funny. Right from the start when Brass is interviewing the owners, Binky and Doris, I was rolling with laughter. Between Binky telling Brass the last time he saw Happy was when he was being rolled away and Doris saying that she fixed his favorite meal — meat — you could just tell that stupidity was going to play a major role in this.
Inside the brothel you had Brass interviewing the girls, who all loved Happy until Brass threatened them. Then the ladies start saying he didn't pay, he smelled and he broke wind a lot. You had Greg working his swabs while one of the girls told him to "come see me later, I can show you a better way to get DNA." Binky told Nick the girls don't have any weapons, and Nick goes into a room and finds pepper spray, a taser, brass knuckles and the crowbar, among other things. Then near the end when they come back to get the bartender, he falls over drunk in front of Nick.
Back at the station you had Brass pinning the murder on everybody, only to have his cell phone ring and Dr. Robbins tell him he's wrong, every time. And then Catherine is down with the Doc, and she comments how Happy might have the "world's ugliest johnson." But I think the best line in the whole show was when the girl who devised the whole plan started singing to Brass and he responded with, "Do I look like Paula Abdul?"
There certainly were some softer moments, too, like in the trailer with the old man. After Sara told Nick it looked like the arrow came through the window, the old man said that "even an idiot could see that." But he was mighty impressed with Sara, when she started quoting Longfellow* back to him. A little Grissom rubbing off on her there.
Speaking of a little Grissom rubbing off, we've finally confirmed once and for all that Sara and Gil are gettin' it on. That was a cute scene with the two of them talking about sex. She asked him if he had ever paid for sex and then got this:
Gil: Sex without love makes you sad.
Sara: I guess I don't make you sad.
Gil: No, you make me happy.
That's certainly the most intimate detail we've gotten about GSR so far.
Overall, a funny, lighthearted romp and a lot of the Captain, which is always good in my book.
As usual, let me know what you thought about the episode and, of course, I'm sure there will be a ton of GSR talk, too!
Until next week, friends.
* Note: I'm assuming that since the old man was quoting Longfellow to Sara and Nick earlier, that she was quoting the same back. Though, just like Nick, I'm not familiar with the work of Longfellow, so that's just pure assumption on my part. And I didn't tape it, so I can't Google the lines she said.
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Apr 26, 2007 11:28 PM
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I loved this episode too for all the reasons you mentioned. I adore Brass when he's being comical/snide. Nobody does it better than him. What really got me though was the music at the end, like sort of that old scary movie movie... the dramatic score and then the smoke coming out of the holes in the guys neck as he sits there smoking! I thought that was hysterical in a bizarre way. The only thing that put me off about this ep was that Happy is the guy from CSI Miami (H's arch enemy).
I don't know Longfellow either but it was obvious Sara was finishing what the old dude had started if for no other reason then she mentioned finding the arrow (the one he had no clue where it landed in the poem).
As to the GSR I thought it was lump in the throat inducing sweetness. When Grissom decides to share... lookout girls.
I think the conversation went like this though.
Grissom: Sex without love is pointless; it makes you sad.
Sara: Well I'm pretty sure I don't make you sad.
Grissom: No, you make me happy... *sobs*
Sex without love is pointless. What a guy. 1 in a bijillion!!
Oh and "nice hat honey" was priceless
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Apr 26, 2007 11:55 PM
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Good, it wasn't just me. What a laugh riot! I almost fell off my couch several times. Too, too funny. This was the Orient Express case -- everybody did it!
Those scenes were priceless with Brass getting the confession then the phone call...twice! I'm still laughing at the expression on his face. Poor man.
You didn't mention the sublimely uncomfortable scene between Greg and Hodges. I really didn't need to know that much about Hodges' attempt to find a hooker "3 months shy of 18." Really.
Yes, that was the end of Longfellow's "The Arrow and the Song" that Sara was quoting back to the old man. But why assume she knows that because of Grissom? I remember it from elementary school.
Finally, GSR! I melted into a little puddle for a few minutes after Grissom's little speech. I had to verify with my husband but Grissom did indeed say he loves Sara! Wow! Not that I'm surprised, just utterly thrilled to hear it out loud!
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Apr 26, 2007 11:59 PM
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OK here's the poem if anyone cares - or what I can make of the poem anyway (and I loved James Whitmore - he was also funny and yet, touching)
I shot an arrow into the air
and it fell to earth, I know not where
oh so swiftly it flew
the site, I could not follow it in it's flight
Sara:
a long time afterward in an oak
I found the arrow still unbroke
and the song from beginning to end
I found again in the heart of a friend
Then she said "keep the faith, Milton"
I found it interesting that the same tender lovey-dovey score was playing behind Milton as he looked at the picture of his wife as was playing during the GSR scene. It was a nice little melody
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Apr 27, 2007 12:05 AM
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OMG, that was easily the funniest episode since Rashomama. I guess they're giving us some funny stuff before hitting us with some major drama with the last few episodes.
I loved the GSR. They are definitely sleeping together! 
BTW, it was Greg, not Nick, who was swabbing the "pleasure providers" and was offered a different way of getting DNA.
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Apr 27, 2007 12:37 AM
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cntrygrl - thank you for the Greg/Nick fact. Guess the scene happened so quick that I didn't notice it was Greg. I've changed the blog.
sukayro - I actually wasn't assuming she knew it from Grissom. What I was saying was she's not the one usually quoting poems, that's usually a Grissom thing. Maybe the two of them sit at her place and run through classic poems all night! 
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Apr 27, 2007 7:42 AM
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I wanted to give a little credit to the male guest stars. It was good to see the great James Whitmore again. I also liked Binky the Russian, played by Prison Break's Peter Stormare (mob boss John Abruzzi). And of course Vince Vieluf as Connor the bartender. He was Seth's Greens very pierced brother in Rat Race.
Once again I say: Gil, marry the girl!
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Apr 27, 2007 8:22 AM
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Ok, this was a boring episode that dragged on. The only saving grace was the "comedy" with Brass andthe doctor.
By the way, didn't Gil have sex with Lady Heather? So based on his conversation with Sarah, he loves Lady Heather?
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Apr 27, 2007 9:16 AM
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I liked this episode... Other than that I don't have much to add to the discussion... I did have two questions, but Imzadi you answered one of them... I thought that was Abruzzi from PB...
My other question... The "pleasure provider" that was actually tied to the crowbar & snake venom, who is she??? She really looked like an actor I saw as a kid (her being the child actor, not me being the kid)... Can not remember the movie (last night when I was thinking about it, or right now) so I kinda need help all around... Oh, wait... I think she was Mel Gibson's daughter in "What Women Want"... Yep, I am almost sure of it... Can anyone confirm??
Anyhow... I am still waiting for the minature (sp) killer to come to light and have that story line finished... Cause I have read just about every where I go that people think it is someone in the lab... But, still I can't see who it would be... Dunno... Just gonna wait and see how that story unfolds...
Ok, y'all have a nice weekend and if anyone can confirm about that actress, I would appreciate it!
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Apr 27, 2007 9:27 AM
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JustMe33020, Dreama Little, the girl at the brothel with the venom and the crowbar, was played by Ashley Johnson, who was Chrissy Seaver in the show Growing Pains.
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Apr 27, 2007 9:51 AM
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Thanks selianth... You just reminded me of how OLD I really am...
Gonna go google her name... Take care...
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Apr 27, 2007 9:55 AM
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She was also in What Women Want... Thanks again for the help!
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Apr 27, 2007 10:01 AM
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Great episode!
Justme33020, that was Ashley Johnson playing Dreama Little. She was indeed the daughter from What Women Want, and she played Chrissy, the youngest Seaver on Growing Pains.
And was is just me, or did Doris look like a sneek peek of what Ghost Whisperer's Jenniver Love Hewitt will look like in 20 years or so? At least from the neck up anyway, cause I sure didn't see the twins hanging out like on GW.
And I absolutely love Peter Stormare, so he was a nice addition.
Can't wait till next week.
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Apr 27, 2007 10:07 AM
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Loved this episode... The Paula Abdul line was probably my favorite (aside from the GSR scene - which is a given).
But, I had a question I was hoping someone could help me out with.
In the scene where Brass is questioning all the "pleasure providers" there is another blond actress besides Ashley Johnson. I know I have seen her in something else. Please, please help!!!
Thanks!!!
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Apr 27, 2007 10:36 AM
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Thanks to Imzadi for Milton's id, James
Whitmore. My son ansd I both said, Who's he! I planned to look it up this am, but you gave me the answer. Also, Binky. I kept thinking he looked familiar, but didn't connect him to John from Prison Break.
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Apr 27, 2007 11:04 AM
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