Marg-nificent

In which we slobber all over the underrated and eminently crush-worthy Marg Helgenberger.

I watched the entertaining creature feature Species (1995) again recently, and for the first time since seeing it in theaters thirty years ago. While the stunning star of the film, Natasha Henstridge, is an absolute smoke show, and I gleefully spent the film’s runtime freely ogling her back in ‘95, Species also boasts an under-the-radar hottie in costar Marg Helgenberger. Yes, that Marg from the long-lasting CSI TV series. She’s a total babe.

Now look, I’ve always had a little thing for Mary Margaret “Marg” Helgenberger. I distinctly remember being enraptured by an opening shot in Species of her her sitting on a couch, skirt slightly hiked up, revealing a generous display of upper thigh, as she listened intently to another character talk. I don’t know what that character said because I was too mesmerized by Marg’s pristine, pantyhose-encased thighs to hear anything. My brain short circuits at the scene even today. Her closeups in the film are positively distracting, thanks in particular to how turned on her scientist character always looks, usually while discussing science! Also, she continually deploys her slightly parted lips in a highly seductive manner. She uses those sensual lips as weapons of sexual destruction at every turn. She’s on fire in this movie.

Even the less-than-stellar hairstyle they saddled her with can’t douse her flame. The cut might harm lesser women’s sex appeal, but Marg’s smoking hot sexiness isn’t diminished one single bit by it, no sir.

In a scene that lives rent-free in my brain, a topless Marg gets down on her knees, pulls off costar Michael Madsen’s (RIP) pants, then proceeds to go down on him! I mean, she’s acting, so she’s pretending to go down on him, but the mind can easily imagine it as reality, thanks to shots like this:

In other words, and to repeat my declarative statement from the first paragraph of this post, Marg is a total babe. She deserves far more carnal lusting in her name from everyone out there. In another universe, her appeal would be rightly appreciated, but for now you’ll just have to trust me and recognize that this underrated goddess has been walking among us for decades, and it’s about time we all started bowing at her sexy feet.