I liked the story line of the modeling agency it fell in line with the rest of the series and had a nice poetic justice kinda feel.
However, Boa Vista's story line with her abusive ex husband was poorly thought out. The ex husband trespassed into an active crime scene(officers are usually guarding but are suspiciously absent), was ordered to leave then Boa Vista gets understandably emotional and mildly threatening(only after he subtly threatened her livelihood and well-being) which somehow causes a judge to approve a restraining order favoring the ex? No judge would sign off on that! And even if they were possibly drunk and actually did approve such an asinine request, then an appeal would be in order immediately! It's so reprehensible that all the characters just accept it and they all act like it was normal for that to happen. He's a known criminal and abuser fresh out of prison! And a judge approves a restraining order against the woman for which he went to prison for beating?!? Which, by the way, would hinder investigations and process of justice, because of Boa Vista being constantly removed from her own crime scenes because he somehow now has control over the CSI's and can show up to crime scenes early if he wishes and force her to leave! As though the RO gave him(a felon!) seniority over the CSI's! And it's somehow overlooked that he trespassed and possibly contaminated TWO crime scenes and yet he's somehow given a job cleaning them up? Also, I'm sure they run a background check for a job in crime scene cleanup as well. So even if he did happen to commit fraud to get the job he'd be caught almost immediately, working closely with law enforcement and past acquaintances. The stupidity of this story line is inexcusable and the reason for my 1 star rating. The episode would have gotten a 7 from me if it wasn't for the lazy, ignorant and boorish writing in Boa Vista's story line.
I know I'm ranting, but I was enjoying the series, overall, and I'm angry that I might have to stop watching if this isn't rectified in future episodes or if such idiotic writing is getting past the other writers, producers, directors. I mean, they also have advisors and readers on set who are supposed to catch that sort of thing, and nobody thought that it was even a little sketchy! It blows my mind. Granted, as with most TV shows, you have to get used to suspending your belief a bit. But this is just ridiculous. If they don't clean this up, I'm probably done. Yes, I realize the show has been over for years but I only discovered the CSI franchise a few years back and am slowly making my way through. So their money has been made and my opinion of this and any other episode doesn't really matter anyway, unless you're a late comer like myself and also found this episode to be written by a high schooler, you're in good company. :)
However, Boa Vista's story line with her abusive ex husband was poorly thought out. The ex husband trespassed into an active crime scene(officers are usually guarding but are suspiciously absent), was ordered to leave then Boa Vista gets understandably emotional and mildly threatening(only after he subtly threatened her livelihood and well-being) which somehow causes a judge to approve a restraining order favoring the ex? No judge would sign off on that! And even if they were possibly drunk and actually did approve such an asinine request, then an appeal would be in order immediately! It's so reprehensible that all the characters just accept it and they all act like it was normal for that to happen. He's a known criminal and abuser fresh out of prison! And a judge approves a restraining order against the woman for which he went to prison for beating?!? Which, by the way, would hinder investigations and process of justice, because of Boa Vista being constantly removed from her own crime scenes because he somehow now has control over the CSI's and can show up to crime scenes early if he wishes and force her to leave! As though the RO gave him(a felon!) seniority over the CSI's! And it's somehow overlooked that he trespassed and possibly contaminated TWO crime scenes and yet he's somehow given a job cleaning them up? Also, I'm sure they run a background check for a job in crime scene cleanup as well. So even if he did happen to commit fraud to get the job he'd be caught almost immediately, working closely with law enforcement and past acquaintances. The stupidity of this story line is inexcusable and the reason for my 1 star rating. The episode would have gotten a 7 from me if it wasn't for the lazy, ignorant and boorish writing in Boa Vista's story line.
I know I'm ranting, but I was enjoying the series, overall, and I'm angry that I might have to stop watching if this isn't rectified in future episodes or if such idiotic writing is getting past the other writers, producers, directors. I mean, they also have advisors and readers on set who are supposed to catch that sort of thing, and nobody thought that it was even a little sketchy! It blows my mind. Granted, as with most TV shows, you have to get used to suspending your belief a bit. But this is just ridiculous. If they don't clean this up, I'm probably done. Yes, I realize the show has been over for years but I only discovered the CSI franchise a few years back and am slowly making my way through. So their money has been made and my opinion of this and any other episode doesn't really matter anyway, unless you're a late comer like myself and also found this episode to be written by a high schooler, you're in good company. :)