I just saw Thursday’s episode, and have a few rants. Open spoilers…cuz if you haven’t seen it, why are you here?
OK, I can deal with the central crime: 12 year old slut gets her kiddie porn boyfriend to kill her family. A bit out there…but no problem. It’s everything tacked on top of that that bugs me:
Why would her family take her to a un-ordained storefront preacher for an exorcism? Did they have any prior relationship with the preacher (Michael (WALLLT’s dad) from Lost)?
Why did the exorcism take place in the sleazy motel room, instead of, say, their home? Why did Preacher leave his bible behind?
And did I miss something…the slut brought her parents back to the motel room to get offed by the boyfriend?
Why did Preacher go to such lengths to hide his exorcism videos? AFAIK, conducting an exorcism isn’t a crime.
And was this a Bad Seed ending – the kid was just Too Evil for the justice system to deal with? Were we supposed to think that the Preacher was so obsessed with the slut that he’d toss her off a balcony? That seemed as contrived and tacked-on as hitting her with lightning.
Why was there *balut *(disgusting Filipino delicacy) sitting on the counter? Were there any Filipino characters in this episode?
And the murder weapon was found laying in a puddle outside the house? Have I got that right?
Now, to the subplots:
Our secondary crime was: homeless guy has run-in with the cops, then dies of exposure. Uh…that’s it? And spending 5 minutes in handcuffs left indelible marks on his wrists?
Why was Sara bitchier than usual?
And her photographer sidekick never noticed that she has the same first AND LAST name as the star of her father’s favorite film?
Warrick was mumbling worse than usual…was the guy who left for the FBI that lab tech, (Smarmy McKnowitall)?
And finally…
WTF was with the bees? Grissom’s only role in this episode was to carry out the beehive, and toss off a factoid about Colony Collapse Disorder.