Re: Tonight's episode of Las Vegas (3/9/07)

On 10 Mar 2007 13:22:54 GMT, et472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Black)
wrote:

Rob Jensen (ShutUpRob@xxxxxxx) writes:
I can. Two words: Vanessa Marcil. It's really her show now. and
more expansively, it's Marcil, Duhamel and Lesure's show. They're all
fun to watch and the absence of Caan frees up, well, a LOT of money to
hire cheaper (and maybe even better) actors to fill out the cast with
Caan, Cox and even Cheryl Ladd gone from the show. All the more
reason to wait until they announce whoever's going to join the show to
decide whether or not to stop watching the show.

I thought it was interesting that there seemed to be two new secondary
characters tonight. The woman with short hair on the casion floor, and
the woman in the security room with all the monitors. I don't recall
seeing them before, but they seemed to be more than background characters
in tonight's episode.

The woman with the short hair on the casino floor is a pit boss. This
epsiode is her first appearance, no telling if the writers mean for
her to be anything other than a day player. The security gal *has*
been in several other episodes this season and, while I'm sure she's
also a day player, they seem to lie using her, so maybe the actress is
in the process of becoming a semi-regular supporting character like
Mitch (Wheelchair Guy) is.

It seemed like a set up to introduce a couple of new characters. Though,
there had been an Indian(?) woman working security, who seemed a potential
love intererest for "Mike", but promptly disappeared after the paintball
game episode.

I totally forget what her name is, but the Indian security gal (and
she *is* of Indian ethnicity) has been on the show maybe two or three
times per year at the most. Maybe the show has *wanted* to bump her
up to recurring or even (less likely) opening-credits regular status,
but hasn't been able to afford to give her a contract for even
recurring status because, after all, their budget has reportedly been
incredibly tight. Thus, the actress might have other regular gigs --
live theater, indie movies, a teaching job, whatever -- that the show
has to work around to get her for even those couple of appearances she
makes each year.

Anyway, I think it's a virtual given that we're going to be seeing
some new regular characters, even possibly opening-credits characters.
Maybe the Indian gal gets that regular contract, maybe they bring in
somebody to replace Mary as the show's events director. Actually, I
suspect that Delinda will take over that duty and a new regular
character will have some other duty, like pit boss, dealer or
whatever. Perhaps even storyline-wise, they cut the Gordian knot and
the way they write Ed out of the show is that he buys into the
Monecito with Sam and *still* retires on a perpetual round-the-world
tour with Jillian, leaving Sam to run the Monecito herself, with
Danny, Delinda and Mike remaining as her senior staff alongside
whatever new regular characters. Anything other than yet another
Spinal Tap drummer as the new new new new owner of the Montecito.

-- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
.

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