I saw that too but the Grimm connection didn't occur to me. Maybe I was too busy wondering how Danny knew which side of the river she was on without having to ask?

They used the travel decelerator. Most shows use the travel accelerator.

Possibly, but not likely, poor color timing at the video lab, most likely poor duplication of the master by CBS. In fact the show was too red overall. The episode before this one (On Demand) was three frames out of sync .... the entire episode, anyone notice??

By the by, I cannot watch the live feed due to the audio compression applied by CBS. The On Demand version preserves the full audio dynamic range without the "pumping" of the variable compression. All of CBS's shows suffer from the automated compressor.

If you love a show watch it On Demand .... just my 36 cents!

If it were only a single, "tight" shot of Selleck that looked incorrect (bad color balance), I could agree with you. But, if you look at the wide shot of the table (where all family members are seen at the same time) and only Selleck's skin-tone is the one that is incorrect, then it cannot be bad color timing. No colorist/shader would electronically isolate a single face in a scene (in post) to deliberately make it look different from the others in the same scene. And, if you notice the white balance of everything else in the scene (e.g.-curtains, sunlight, shirts, table cloth, etc.), all appear to have a correct color temperature/color balance. My tv is calibrated and (to me) this show did not appear red overall. Just my $.02.

My 36 cents minus your 2 cents equals 34 cents!! I'll owe you the rest and pay up after the next episode airs. Or when I hear from those "in the know" about what happened to the color timing.

Your could say our comments were "noncentsical"

+1, something very odd about Frank's skin tone, especially in the neck line. All I could think of was Selleck got a bad sun burn that they were not able to cover up with makeup, and it happened after everything other than the dinner scene was shot, although the color was more purple/red than a simple red sunburn agree everyone else looked fine so it couldn't be just his camera off tint.
Good show otherwise, even if it was back to the Danny Regan show, after a pleasant break the week before.

Pretty good "straight from the headlines" story with Jamie.

I thought the plot was horribly thin. It was really easy to predict the attempts at twists and turns.

Yes everything is still right in N.Y. City, Jamie's girl friend is still riding shot gun.

But no other police officers saw the woman and kid who Jamie was trying to protect when he assaulted the cyclist.

They do have one more space at the dinner table for Eddie. When do you think she'll sit down?

The last half of the last season. May be next year. She fits right in.

I also liked the plot about the white guy pretending to be a black rapper. There are a few stories like that in the news these days.

Some added shots of Baker this week. Did I miss something or have never paid attention because Frank referred to her as Detective?

She is & has always been (i.e. since season 1) a detective.

YES! Finally! She is getting a little more air-time. I've been wanting to have her get more exposure--I have always felt her character was being wasted. I would also like to see Amy Carlson get a little more air-time. She now only appears at the dinner table and has, maybe, one or two lines. Her character is also being wasted, IMO. Anyway-thanks to whomever saw fit to give Abigail Hawk some more screen exposure.

Baker...exposure. I for one look forward to it!

Baker can't get much exposure as a desk jockey. Put her in uniform and riding with Mrs. Jamie and send him to the SWAT team, or put them both in designer wear working for the Commish like the old cop show in the 90's. Baker does the talking with Mrs. Jamie doing the shooting.

This season especially is featuring sub-plot themes ripped straight out of current events. The granddaughter, never a favorite of mine, did her best acting job yet.
Felt bad for the death wish cop and his situation faced with pancreatic cancer, and worse yet knowing his family won't be financially secure unless his demise is job related.

I couldn't believe how perfectly she was able to reflect her mother's speech and mannerisms - the crew must have spent a ton of time coaching her.

I'd be more sympathetic to the cop if he just stole drugs or money from evidence to help his family, rather than put fellow officers in danger and likely trigger some multimillion dollar lawsuits against the city. At this point if his superiors knowingly let him stay on the street and anything goes south, the lawyers would have a field day...

Spot on on the mannerisms. For the 1st time EVAH she seemed like Bridget's kid despite being a dwarf.

Agree on the cop's moral blind spot. That's clearly why he was appropriately relieved of duty.

Good episode, wonder how many weeks will this killer be stalking Danny and family..Will Jamie's partner get an invitation to the Regan table for Thanksgiving?

Aside from good story lines this week (as usual), I thought it was a nice touch that the "secondary" characters were more prominent in this week's episode. Linda (Amy Carlson), Niki (Sami Gayle), Baker (Abigail Hawk) and Gormley (Robert Clohessy) all were given a lot more air time than they usually are allotted. I don't expect this to continue. After all-they are not the "main" characters by any means. But, it was refreshing to see these characters given the time to show their in-depth acting skills. Than you producers/writers for letting these people have the extra time this week! I sometimes even watch old episodes in re-run. This show is one of my favorites-I never miss it.

Unfortunately none of that time came out of Danny's allotment. They keep him wound too tight all the time - watching him wears me out.

I also didn't get the purpose of Frank's story line - why spend the time setting it up only to have him get heckled off the stage?

Danny always seems (to me) to be wound too tight. Yet, I still enjoy his character.

As to Frank's story line--I understood his premise for this. He was standing up for his principles to be a role model for Niki. He stated that (as far as he was concerned) he is/was/had to be the father-figure for her since her real father is rarely there. So, even though he knew (in advance) that his "speech" was going to be a train-wreck, he did it for Niki to show you must have the conviction of your principles. At least, that is the way I understood the story-line.

Yes I get that, and it gave Niki her chance to shine - it just seemed like kind of a dead-end way to go about it. Frank's been in many tough situations where he found a way to make something positive out of it - this time it just sort of fizzled. Which I suppose is more realistic but still a bit disappointing...

I thought that it was interesting (this week) that, for a change, "Danny" (Donnie Wahlberg) got the "short end of the stick". In that, his only appearance was at the dinner table scene. I like all the characters in the program, including Wahlberg. But, it was nice (for a change) that his character did not have a prominent presence. I'm not trying to imply that his character should now have a lesser importance. I'm just saying it was nice for him to take a back-seat to the others. He is probably happy to have a shooting-week off for a change. Just an observation.

At least Baker got an actual scene this week - though I thought her anxiety over Frank's future was a little out of character. Does she expect him to work until he's 90?

Hi,

I apologize if I am taking the thread off-topic a little, although I do like the show, if that helps. Could you tell me a little more about the automated compressor you referred to. This is not exactly the same thing, I think, but I have noticed that a number of the CBS shows have way over-cooked surround channels. If that is all part of the audio package, I would like to understand it better. I have definitely observed a pattern to the mixing. I think that NCIS, and the spin-offs, are probably the worst in terms of over-boosted surrounds.

Watching live (recorded, actually) versus On-Demand, is sort of Hobson's choice for me, as the On-Demand network shows usually don't allow you to fast forward through commercials. I record live shows, and watch them later, precisely to be able to do that.

Thanks for any help in understanding their mixing process better.

Regards,
Mike