That, plus I have absolutely NOTHING to do at work right now.
I knew infantilism existed, but I have a couple of continuity questions:
If the Big Bad Mogul was only being babied once a week, how could he have gotten such a diaper rash? He was only playing for a few hours a week, and I saw no indication he was wearing diapers under his clothes.
Likewise, I know women lactate as long as they nurse or pump, but could Milkmaid have pumped that much milk? There were dozens of baby bottles filled with her breast milk, and even when my kids were newborns I don’t think I could have produced that much, even if I wanted to. Was she pumping outside playtime?
And Grissom telling Catherine that he missed her tenacity…and her tush?? In what professional setting is that ever appropriate?
And it seemed the scene with BBM’s mother in the hospital was tacked on and rushed, like, “Oh, we need an explanation why BBM was into this particular fetish, so let’s shoot a scene with his distant cold mother.”
And Sofia was leaving last episode, and rightly so in my opinion, as she was unfairly demoted. Now, one dinner with Grissom and she’s all hunky-dory with her lesser responsibilities and the ding on her resume?
I see TWoP gave this episode a D, and I think I have to agree with them.
Not only was the tush comment surprisingly unprofessional, it was surprisingly un-Grissom; who always strikes me as pretty asexual.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Sofia back. I’d actually like to see more of her and less of Catherine & Sara, who are getting to be real pains-in-the-ass.
Did BBM actually have a diaper rash, or was he just wearing ointment? And no informed comment from me on the capacity of lactating women.
But I’m glad to see CSI adding to the catalog of fetishes, along with the Furry episode. (I swear they did that episode just to use the horrible “Fur & Loathing in Las Vegas” pun.)
I think the producers are attempting to demystify the wise and powerful Grissom. He’s been a very sterile and asexual character. It’s also a sign that he does have a ‘fun’ side that is simply off limits when anywhere relating to work and with anyone who he has to have work under him.
Also, I think with Catherine running a different team, they are trying to begin building more of an evolution in the relationships among the characters.
Very unGrissomlike indeed, and when I first heard it I gave a start, but then it sort of settled into a warmth in my chest as I was confirmed in that - yes, Grissom can recognize a nice tush just like the rest of us.
Well, that may be, but as a professional myself, I would never dream of telling a colleague, much less an under- or overling, that they had a nice tush.
They look nice today, yes. The outfit they are wearing is cute and looks good, yes. But commenting on their tush? Icky icky icky.
And, since Ecklie hates him and loves Catherine and since they are now of equal rank (though of different seniority) Grissom can no longer hurt her career if she doesn’t put out so the power aspect of sexual harassment no longer applies. Now he’s just an old creep with a beard and a potbelly and her years as a stripper taught her how to deal with THEM.
Yes, it was an awkwardly assembled ep. Does Edie McClure age? I swear, sh looks the same age as during her WKRP days.
I think you got it. Also they have been working together for several years and I think they are both comfortable enough with each other to ignore any potential subtext.
Maybe it’s a naive question, but how plausible is it that there would be a large showroom, complete with floorwalkers, catering to infantilists? Even if there were enough people with that particular kink to make it pay, how many would feel comfortable leaving their car in the lot?
I was taken aback by the tush comment too but… they weren’t in a ‘work’ setting when he said it… they were in a bar. Weren’t they?
As for the milkmaid producing that much milk… I believe it’s possible. If she started pumping from day one and pumped several times a day her milk supply would increase.
You’re right, in 99% of the world that isn’t appropriate. But these two have been working together for (I think) something like fifteen years. There is a point where you cross the line of professionalism and become friends or extended family. So it definitely isn’t something you say to someone after only working with them for a while, but it didn’t strike me as wholly inappropriate. Sure, his use of tush was a bit weirding, but it’s better than saying, well I’ll just say it could have been worse
First let me say that I loathe CSI, but since it comes on after Survivor, I sometimes watch it with the group of friends that gather for Survivor.
Anyway I believe IMHO that it is NOT realistic about the baby fetish store. I mean they had the damn thing looking like it was setup in a suburban strip mall complete with generic salespersons. That is rubbish. That was just meant to shock all the grandmothers that watch the show in Topeka. “Gee whiz Elmer, looky at that evil sinful Las Vegas. They got them there adult baby stores all over the place. The pastor is right, that place is pure evil.”
I am sure those that are into this fetish (I’m not one of them) get all their supplies from the internet and not some sterile looking department store.
Re: the diaper rash - it’s possible that BBM was diapering himself occasionally without Milkmaid around, even potentially under his clothes. As I understand it, they also make adult baby-sized rubber/vinyl pants just like for regular babies to avoid “leakage”.
The unusual lifestyle CSI has handled the best, IMO, is BDSM. The Furry episode was good, too, but there was much less tolerance in this episode than in some of the others. But infantilism is one of those fetishes that a LOT of people don’t get and are weirded out by, even if they themselves are into an alternative lifestyle.
But I thought it was intriguing and (mostly) well handled.
The “tush” comment threw me a bit too, but the best part of that was the look on Catherine’s face as it registered what Grissom said.
It’s called brand extension. The same as Gap begot Baby Gap.
The store with the giant baby furniture is just a brand extension of the stores that supply all the giant props that used to be standard in every issue of Batman comics.
The “tush” comment didn’t bother me. It was clearly after work, in a bar over drinks. And the context seemed to be that with the recent tension between them, Grissom was ruing that he never had a chance to pursue her and now it would still be impossible because it would just cause way more problems than it would be worth.
The episode was just for sheer infantile shock value. And made no sense. Especially the biggest plot hole: if the wife cleaned out the diaper and the rug and the bloody shoes before she called the police, then how is it possible for the trash cans to have been empty earlier when they looked and only later suddenly filled with all this useful evidence? And the other mogul’s role was ridiculous. He was letting his teenage discovery sleep with the other mogul, get pregnant by him, service his fetish while keeping her employed and didn’t think to get photos until it’s been going on for five years? And he hired a photographer to take pictures of him sleeping with the mogul’s wife to do what with?
Bilge.
The last several episodes have been below par. They need to yank the focus off the characters and put it back on the lab work where it belongs. And find someone who can plot.
As anyone who’s gone through mandatory corporate harassment prevention training can tell you: after hours/off site don’t matter. If Catherine was so inclined, she’d have a harassment case.
To be fair, she might have been, uh, “canny” enough to have anticipated that the bins might be examined. It was her intention, after all, to try to conceal the evidence of her husband’s fetish. It seems reasonable that she might have stashed it all in the panic nursery, and then set it out when she believed that the investigators were finished.
Don’t get me started on the LSD-being-used-to-render-baby-suggestible-enough-to-be-coaxed-into-taking-a-header-off-the-balcony thing, though. That’s a drug that tends to make tiny nuances extremely apparent.
I do know that in one of the episodes on Spike this past week had them in Grissoms apartment and drinking orange juice…That is pretty good indication of some sort of friendship. And Grissom does have a quirly subtle sense of humor, and IRL [so to speak] they might have some sort of in joke referring to tushes.
Word in the street is that diaper rash is extremely easy to get after even just one urination, and is a common ailment. Especially if diapers are left on for long periods of time, for punishment.
One dinner? ::waggles eyebrows::
Places like that do not exist. Clean-cut black couples do not happily shop in them. Custom furniture, toys, and bottles and a large trade in adult diapers do exist, on the internet, of the plain brown wrappers and disguised credit card statements variety.
I agree. Most of the psychology was laughably incorrect, but probably necessary to help viewers conceptualize, and it was sweet to see them trying so hard to cast a sympathetic light. The repeated, “How could you possibly fear this?” was a nice touch. The furry episode was pure fun, I’m always recommending it to my furry friends.
Remember, they’ve handled S&M far better than most shows, too. Lady Heather is a cult hero.
Exapno Mapcase, I assumed she…
Hid all that in the secret room no one found, and then threw it away a day later when the police had released the scene and told her they wouldn’t be coming back.
