Murky Times: A Quick Shot Review of Grey Water

This is a quick shot review of Grey Water the more in depth review will be up tomorrow night.  As always there are spoilers ahead matie so proceed with caution.  I do not own show or the characters nor the picture below.  I do own a wider assortment of socks than Jane does.

-There are two plots the A plot (the fracking murder) and the B plot (the CBI stalker case).  Normally the A plot is the more important of the two but not in this case.  The B plot is about characters the audience be-loves and thus resonates further.  It was also so very nice to see Amanda Righetti and Owain Yeoman back with the old gang.  Seeing the actors and thus their characters of Grace Van Pelt and Wayne Rigsby are departing the series in the next episode this is the beginning of the farewell.

-The normally reserved former CBI crew gets all huggy here and yes I may have teared up a bit.  But did you ever think you would see Cho hugging someone or Rigsby and Lisbon showing their friendliness to each other?

-Loved how we had all nods to previous eps of The Mentalist from Rigsby getting a drink with the guys to all of the past bad guys on the screen.  Little Easter eggs for fans. 

-For those saying little too Lisbon- sure I like as much Lisbon as possible but it is understandable especially with this ep.  Lisbon would not have been on the fracking case with Grace and Wayne in danger.  Lisbon is their quasi mother- she needed to be with the B story.  Same as Cho who needs to protect his best buds.  That leaves Jane with Kim.  Less Lisbon on the B story  for three reasons 1.) enough time to see Rigs and VP   2.) Cho and Rigsby needed their goodbye time together because they are one of the most favorite unshippy couplings on the show and 3.) Robin, Rock and Emily were all back earlier from break than Simon so Robin it would seem got days off before break.  It is all in the scheduling people.  Very hard for production and writers sometimes.

-Kudos to David Applebaum for an excellently written episode.  Geary McLeod does a great job with the direction.  Big applause to Blake Neely who changed the score a bit making it so much more eerie.  The only glitch in the ep is that Simon Baker had his hair trimmed after Christmas break (the episode was shot for a few days before the break and then resumed when they all returned.)  But after three weeks his hair probably didn't look the same anyways!

-Tomorrow's full review will explain the fracking story what it has to do with Jane's life, the great moments in this ep and the reasons for Jane to take the case and Lisbon to not want to hang with Jane.