I knew that it was cold outside last night, but I didn't know that Hell had frozen over until about 10:15 p.m. when, surprise, surprise, TPTB at CBS actually gave us GSR fans our happy ending on CSI's "One to Go." Who knew that would have happened? If I had had money to bet, I would have bet that TPTB would have gone their normal ambiguous route in the last five minutes. We would have seen Grissom approach a closed door and knock on it. The door would have then opened, and Grissom would have smiled, but we would have never seen who was on the other side of the door. TPTB would have just left us to interpret the who at will. GSR fans would have filled in the blanks with Sara, Whipper Shippers with Lady Heather, Grillows fans with Catherine, and Slashers with either Nick, Greg, Brass, or Hodges. I wouldn't be surprised if a few would have even stuck Wendy or Riley in that blank.Obviously, I would have lost the bet. There was no ambiguity, just a Doug-and-Carol-esque ending, minus the twins on Sara's hips. (Maybe they were hiding in the tent, LOL.) Heck, we even got a kiss, which further confirms my suspicions that this Arctic air in Atlanta is blowing up from the depths of an icy Hades. Yes, I know that we already had a kiss, but it was one-sided and kind of awkward. This kiss was blatantly two-sided and a lot less awkward. I think the monkey might have been a little weirded out, but that was it.
I plan on rewatching the last scene later, but I have very few complaints/questions about the ending. The ones that I do are so stupid and nitpicky, I'm almost embarrassed to say them, but here they go:
1. Sara was wearing white pants. Who wears white pants in the jungle? Whoever does won't be wearing white pants for long. I was so distracted by the white pants that I nearly missed the whole kiss. I kept thinking, "Girl, you're going to sit down when this whole thing is over, and when you stand up again, Grissom is going to think you pooed your pants, and that's going to ruin the whole mood." Seriously, I can't even eat spaghetti in white pants without dropping tomato sauce all over them and me. How is Sara keeping hers clean? Supersonic Scotch Guard? If so, I need to get some.
2. Grissom was wearing that hideous straw hat again. I hate that hat. I really do. Why does he always have to wear it? I doubt TPTB will ever answer that question, so fan fic writers like myself will have to. Until I hear a definitive answer, I'm just going to assume that he wears it because Sara gave it to him for his birthday or Christmas. In that case, as soon as they get back from Costa Rica, the team needs to nominate them for What Not to Wear.
3. Hank wasn't with them. As a dog lover, I hate it when the dog is always thrust to the side in the face of romance, whether on TV or in real life. I'm sure Hank missed Mommy, just as much as Daddy did. Maybe Hank wanted to see her as well. I know. I know. It's a little complicated to fly a dog to another country, but it can be done. If they plan on staying in Costa Rica for awhile, they better have the sitter get that dog some bug repellent and stick him on a plane. She just needs to make sure Samuel L. Jackson and his snakes aren't on it first.
4. Grissom was tracking Sara with some kind of GPS navigator. Okay, that's a little stalker-like, but I can go with it. What I can't go with is how. Where was the GPS chip? Was it on Sara's cell phone? Did the group that she was with have some sort of locator in case they took a wrong turn in the jungle? Or did Grissom just have the chip implanted in Sara's arm when she was in the hospital post-Dead Doll? Having read some rather creepy fan fics, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the latter.
5. Sara was in the jungle. Why? I thought she was on the Sea Shepherd. Now I haven't seen Whale Wars, but I have seen the previews on the Animal Planet. It seems that the ship's crew members limit their activities to the sea; hence, the reason the boat is named the Sea Shepherd and not the Jungle Shepherd. Are we supposed to assume they decided to take a break from commandeering ships and saving the whales to do a little site seeing? Or did Sara just join the Peace Corps? Hey, inquiring minds want to know.
6. Sara was hanging up some mighty small clothes. Whose were they? I'm short--5'3''--and they looked too short for me. Maybe it was just the angle at which the scene was shot or the way she had them hung, or maybe Doug and Carol's twins really were hiding in that tent.
Okay, I take back what I said in the beginning of this post about ambiguity. Given all my questions, I think TPTB gave us an ambiguous ending after all.
