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[vr_trakowski]

Okay, according to last season IIRC, Grissom speaks Korean, at least some.  He speaks bad Spanish, we've seen that, but he could have just picked that up at many points in his life.  Korean is a little bit more esoteric for a white boy born in the Fifties. 

I want to know where he learned it, and why.  I can see him doing it for the heck of it--the man collects knowledge as a spinal reflex--but still, it doesn't seem to me to be something one would do accidentally.  Did he have a correspondence with a Korean entomologist?  Had a Korean girlfriend?  Just liked the sound of it? 

*watches plotbunny approach*

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[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

He could have, yeah--the two of them swapping odd words over a drink some night. Grissom doesn't strike me as the M*A*S*H type, though. An older comedy, perhaps.

Brass was in Asia? I missed that bit.

[bunchofgrapes]

Brass was in Asia? I missed that bit.

In the S6 episode, "Room Service", Brass is talking to the manager of the laundry and asks him if he speaks Lao. The manager says he pulled a stint in SE Asia right out of high school and Brass said he knew how he felt. That makes me believe he was in either Vietnam or maybe Cambodia as a Marine. There was supposed to have been a more definitive reference to his military time as well as his rank in “Happenstance” but it got cut.

Okay, so no M*A*S*H for Grissom. Maybe his dad served in Korea? Not nearly as entertaining as a Korean stripper name Kim Chee (wonder if she'd have a nasty body odor) but possible.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'd forgotten that. Heh, that was the guy who had a role on The Pretender, it was odd to see him being so sane...

Cinco and I were wondering tonight if Brass juggles. What do you think?

[bunchofgrapes]

Yeah, I remember that guy from The Pretender too. Angelo, I think his name was.

You mean juggling something other than life? I once shared an office with a guy who could juggle. He said he picked it up in the service because it was something to do while he was bored. I guess I could see Brass learning in similar circumstances.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Well, we figure he'd be good at sleight-of-hand, he just seems the type...and juggling is sort of related. Come to think of it, Cinco had him juggling in ER, but I forgot.

You watched The Pretender? What did you think of it? I can't get over Terri Miller because of that show...

[bunchofgrapes]

You watched The Pretender? What did you think of it?

Yes, I was a regular viewer for about the first three seasons. I tuned in because I always liked Patrick Bauchau (Sydney) and got hooked. I can't remember why I stopped watching.

I can't get over Terri Miller because of that show...

Wow, I never made the connection between her character and Teri Miller but now that you mention it...

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

I saw eps out of order in reruns, and found myself intrigued by the two main characters (and eventually entranced by Sydney, yum), but eventually it just got too silly and endless for me. Never any resolution.

Oh, that voice. Can't resist a high-toned accent.