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*bounces excitedly* I ordered my letterman's jacket! It's pretty and it's navy blue with white leather sleeves and a music staff and a saxophone (alto, there was no bari) on the back, with my grad year and a bulldog on the front pockets. And my name and "Ellensburg," of course.

And I have been writing, and have vague ideas for a Halloween fic set sometime after Bloody Sunday. It has ghosts. Would ghosts seem amiss?

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He's an interesting character - I don't think CBS uses him to his full potential, but they do fairly well with what they have.

*nod* I mean, I think he was very much a "tacked on" character in the first place-- they hadn't quite established things proper in the crossover ep, and they're like, "aw, fuck, we need one a' them detective-thingamajobs" and hired Cahill, with what is, at first glance, a very bland, cookie-cutter kind of backstory.

The dynamic in the lab would completely change. A lot of people probably don't think so, but...well...

I agree, it would. They did try a few "spare" detectives, but none of them seemed to last (pity, I liked Thacker, really). But he's... well, I think I've mentioned this, how he's not the same kind of good-ole-boy that Tripp (Miami) or even Brass (Vegas) is. He's probably a bit closer in terms of temperment to Brass, but he's younger, and a little more... engaged, I guess, with the functions of the crimelab.

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*nod* I mean, I think he was very much a "tacked on" character in the first place-- they hadn't quite established things proper in the crossover ep, and they're like, "aw, fuck, we need one a' them detective-thingamajobs" and hired Cahill, with what is, at first glance, a very bland, cookie-cutter kind of backstory.

Exactly. Early on, he looks like just another New York detective - brash, big, and bold. Which he is, all of them. And then they started to work with him a little, and probably figured out, "hey, we can do this with him and it would be cool!"

I agree, it would. They did try a few "spare" detectives, but none of them seemed to last (pity, I liked Thacker, really). But he's... well, I think I've mentioned this, how he's not the same kind of good-ole-boy that Tripp (Miami) or even Brass (Vegas) is. He's probably a bit closer in terms of temperment to Brass, but he's younger, and a little more... engaged, I guess, with the functions of the crimelab.

Flack's really young to be a detective, no matter if you take Cahill's age or the guesstimated Flack age most people use. Especially a homicide detective. What I've noticed, before I stopped watching Miami and Vegas, is that he is more involved with the lab, personally and professionally. He takes interest in what they're doing, and he goes and helps out with the CSI stuff, to some extent. The other detectives...*shrugs* Not really all that memorable, at least for reasons that would make good main characters.