CSI Season 7 Premiere

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Hmm. I thought about giving up CSI altogether, but decided to give at least CSI Las Vegas another chance. After this ep, I have no idea what to do.

I liked the opening sequence. Very nice and claustrophobic with the Cirque du Soleil and the music. The case itself was rather boring, but then, after seven years, all the cases begin to be boring. What's left are the characters, and as soon as I saw Grissom on screen, I remembered how much I like him.

I like him so much that I even like Grissom/Sara, and I'm even less of a G/S shipper than a Jack/Sam shipper. But I like both of seperately, very much so, and I just want them to be happy. I have no idea if this thing they have will give them that happiness, but it's nice to see them try. Since I'm all for the angst, it could be nice to see them fail as well.

The suicide case Sara was working was even more boring and was only made a tiny little bit interesting by the last scene, when Sara hesitates to tell the partner of the victim that she is sorry for his loss. That's probably supposed to tell me something, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what.

Then Nick took Catherin dancing, which I enjoyed very much. It's so nice to see them go on with their life now that Warrick has left them. Only, it wasn't about them as a couple at all (even though they came awfully close to kissing after that dance), it was all about Catherine, because the actress is still an egomaniac who cannot accept that she gets older. I was actually surprised that the episode didn't end after the dance. It would have been a nice ending, but no, there were 12 more minutes or so to go, and I honestly could have lived without them.

So Catherine got raped. Am I supposed to be shocked? Feel sorry for her? Be angry?
Whatever it is, I'm not feeling it, I'm just annoyed that again we start a season with a Catherine centered plotline, one in which she again behaves like an idiot. She works in crime, for god's sake, and she is supposed to be that strong woman, so why the fuck would she decide not to report the rape?
My only excuse for that is that she is reacting completely irrational, which would be understandable and make her human, something she hasn't been in a long time. That I could live with. It would even make sense that she is collecting the evidence herself, evidence that clearly isn't admissable. If she is in shock, she'd cling to something she knows, which makes her feel competent and strong, instead of calling the crime lab, letting others do the work and truly let herself become a victim. It's not a good reaction, but it would be human.
Only, the way it will work out is that she will work the case alone and then she will find the bad guy (well, she knows where he lives) and there will be some kind of highly emotional showdown, and then she wil be surprise! all better, because she is so strong and look at her how wonderful she dealt with it all by herself.
That will suck, but it's what I've come to expect from Catherine.

However, the next case looks cool, so I will definitely keep watching for one more episode.