TV Watercooler: CSI's Shocking Split, Colton Haynes' Arrow Debut and More!

Find out what the small screen's biggest moments were on Wednesday, Feb. 20

By Tierney Bricker Feb 21, 2013 5:00 AMTags
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Spoiler alert! This article contains spoilers on a lot of Wednesday night's shows, so look away if you've yet to watch and don't want to know what went down. Seriously, if you complain about spoilers in the comments, you are the gum on the bottom of our shoe.

Darn it's hard to be a TV fan these days, no? It seems like showrunners are just out to toy with our emotions and CSI was a perfect example tonight as a longstanding fan favorite couple took a (seemingly) one-way trip to splitsville. These are dark days, our friends!

But it wasn't all bad, as Teen Wolf fan favorite Colton Haynes made his first appearance on the CW hit Arrow, Top Chef set up a history-making finale and more...

Hello, Roy Harper: So Haynes finally made his highly anticipated debut as Roy Harper on Arrow, and we have to admit we expected a bit more than just two scenes featuring him. (But man did we miss those perfectly chiseled cheekbones on our TV screens!) As fans of the comics know, Roy Harper becomes Speedy, Green Arrow's sidekick, so we're extremely curious to see where this storyline goes, especially when you take into consideration the fact that Oliver's (Stephen Amell) little sister Thea's (Willa Holland) nickname on the show is Speedy. 

Girl Power: Two females are competing for the title of Top Chef: Can we get a hell yes?! So you may be asking yourself, "Self, what's the big deal?" Well, it's a huge deal as this will only be the Bravo hit's second female winner ever and it's first all-female finale. Big deal. Huge. As for who's competing, Kristen, she who won Last Chance Kitchen, and Brooke bested Sheldon to take part in next week's finale. 

Couples Watch: In sad, sad TV couples news, CSI's Sara (Jorja Fox) and Grissom (William Petersen) are splitting up. After 13 years. We repeat: 13 years, which is basically 100 years when it comes to TV relationships. Let's mourn together in the comments, shall we? We'll bring the chocolate, you bring the tissues. 

Brotherly Love: Admit it, you totally teared up when Dean (Jensen Ackles) said, "I trust you, Sammy," on Supernatural. OK, good. Now you can also admit that you gasped, dropped to your knees and shouted "Noooo!" when Sam (Jared Padalecki) coughed up blood soon after. Can't the Winchester brothers just have a nice moment or two without one of them coughing up blood or dying?!

Cameo of the Night: It was Rex Manning Day (Empire Records reference, duh-doy!) on Modern Family as Maxwell Caufield made a guest appearance as Claire's (Julie Bowen) old college professor she hooked up with back in the day. Now excuse us while we go watch Grease 2 and tweet Caulfield (971 followers and growing!) quotes from it all night long. We're doing it for our country, our country wants us to!

Not Your Momma's Felicity: Um, can we talk about how completely badass Keri Russell is on FX's The Americans?! Our favorite moment from tonight's outing had to be Elizabeth (Russell) shooting a pesky police officer and then wiping the blood oh-so-casually with a napkin. Also, Russell is giving Connie Britton some serious competition for best hair on TV.