To The Boy In The Blue Knit Cap - LOCI Highlights

Well, it's over and done and Goren and Eames ride off into the sunset. I am sad to see the show end but I'm happy that Warren Leight wrote that final scene. The rest of the episode was so-so.

Once again, SPOILER ALERT!  

Don't read if you don't want to know who-dun-it.

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Goren and Eames investigate

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The story was obviously based on the movie The Social Network. Rival internet companies, twin brothers ripped off by someone they hired to work with them to help them develop software, etc. It was written by Chris Brancato and Julie Martin and it was an okay case file with a supposed re-write by Rene Balcer. I wasn't impressed by the case file - I think Icarus was much better - but there were some fun moments in this one.  Goren and Eames go to question one of the suspects Rex Tamlyn (played by James Van Der Beek).  Here we see Goren being Goren.  He gets all in Rex's space, squeezing into the seat next to him.   Also loved the expression on Goren's face after Rex asks Eames to dance and she says no thanks and Rex tells her it's her loss.  Goren looks like I felt.  Let me make room for that guy's ego!  lol

Loved Goren's line "I'm a concerned citizen with a badge."  That was also to Rex Tamlyn after Goren and Eames accuse him of cocaine abuse. 

I was glad to see M.E. Rodgers and her line about hating to admit Goren was right made me smile.

Loved Goren's telling Gyson he took anger management classes and it just made him more angry.  Kind of like these sessions are making him more angry.  lol

I pegged either PJ or Danielle as the murderer but couldn't work out which one it would have been until Goren and Eames narrowed it down.

Also found it interesting in aria, Danielle admits to what she did and in the process says she loved Thomas.  They were so different she says.  Just another Goren/Eames parallel for me and I'm sure others. There have been many this season. 

So this story about internet rivalries, lawsuits and love at first sight was all right overall.  As I said, Icarus would have been a better for the final episode as it was a stronger case file and much more over-the-top fun. Hey, Patti Smith's cameo alone would have made it a worthy last episode.

Maybe I was expecting more because I heard Balcer was involved in the re-write.  I just thought it should have been a little better.

However, I honestly don't care overall about the case file.  I was more interested in Goren and Eames and the series ended well as far as I was concerned.  Warren Leight delivered.  He didn't go the over-the-top route of having everything blow up.  No one got fired, no one quit and Goren and Eames didn't elope or anything stupid like that horrible X-Files ending. It leaves the majority of viewers happy I think.  I know a few were disappointed but it's not like we all see things the same way.

The psychiatric session ended a little flat. However, it was believable as there is no way Goren would be cured in seven sessions with all his emotional and psychological baggage.  Love that Goren also pointed out that obviously, the sessions were to evaluate him, not to necessarily help him.  That's what I figured all along while people were grousing over how unrealistic it all was.  In the end it was an evaluation. She recommended follow-up sessions to work on his anger issues.  The answer to the riddle was kind of stupid - sorry, just me being stupid maybe but I was thinking why did it take her seven weeks to figure that out?  Yeah, I didn't have any answer but I wasn't thinking about it either. And I'm not a brilliant psychologist. 

Of course my favorite part was that ending.  Goren walks out to find Eames waiting for him.  First of all, he called her Alex.  Yes, I know it's stupid but that made me ridiculously happy as he's only done this one before in Amends.  In Baggage he referred to her as Alex but never actually addressed her like that.  It's a shippy thing so never mind if you don't get it.  lol

 Shiny, Happy Goren and Eames

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There wasn't a lot of dialog but with D'Onofrio and Erbe you don't need much.  Warren Leight having worked with them for six seasons would know this and he really made me happy.  I know Eames was concerned and was wondering if he's all right and if he's still with NYPD.  He tells her everything is good and she's obviously happy to know he will still be working with her.  She tells him they have a call out on another case.  They both finish her sentence together about getting to the crime scene before the FBI gets there.  They smile.  She says let's go and hops into the SUV. Goren stands and contemplates as he watches her.  He finally gets into the SUV and they smile and exchange those glances they have always done throughout the entire series. And off they go to another case.  Both of them smiling and obviously happy to still be working together. For people like me who see more there than what is spoken, I saw Goren thinking over possibilities that aren't platonic at all.  My husband saw that, too. He never looks for that sort of thing.  I don't either but after being sold on the whole Goren/Eames subtext thing, I see it whether I want to or not. 

It wasn't the heart stopping OMG kind of ending.  But fitting for LOCI and Goren and Eames.  And I am satisfied that it's over with Goren and Eames firmly in place at Major Case.  Who knows?  Maybe they'll have a 2 hour movie a year or two from now?  They did it with Columbo once it was over.  I don't see why they couldn't do it with LOCI.

So whether or not you liked it, it's over.  We all have to move on whether we like it or not.  Maybe there will be another miracle if we all write to TPTB.  I never thought I'd get these last eight episodes.  As Kathryn Erbe stated, they're like a gift.

Thanks to cast and crew for the wonderful final season.  I will miss Goren and Eames but they live on in reruns. I will be following Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe in their future projects and I hope to one day see them back as Goren and Eames - even if it is for a one time 2 hour movie.  I so adore Goren and Eames I would watch them sit in their SUV for an hour.  lol

Goodbye and Good Luck to Goren and Eames

the best detective team ever

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[NP:  Bauhaus - Silent Hedges]