CSI: Butterflied
Episode score
9.4
Superb
Butterflied
- 81.
- Season: 4
- Episode: 12
- First Aired: 1/15/2004
- Prod Code: 412
A woman found murdered in her home. Her resemblance to Sara causes Grissom to take a personal interest in the case and forces him to examine the decisions he has made in his life. Read full recap »
- Writers:
- David Rambo
- Director:
- Richard J. Lewis
- Stars:
- Robert David Hall (Dr. Al Robbins)
- Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders)
- Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle)
- Paul Guilfoyle (Captain Jim Brass)
- George Eads (Nick Stokes)
- Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown)
- Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows)
- William Petersen (Gil Grissom)
- Recurring Role:
- James Patrick Stuart (Attorney Adam Matthews)
- Romy Rosemont (Jacqui Franco)
- David Berman (David Phillips)
- Guest Star:
- Rich Hutchman (Jeff Pike)
- Erinn Hayes (Debbie Marlin)
- Josh Stamberg (Dr. Tripton)
- Kyle Secor (Dr. Vincent Lurie)
- Jeff Sugarman (Dr. Mulligan)
- Tinsley Grimes (Kelly McNeil)
- According to Grissom, (whether it's true or not), he is not with Sara because he felt that it would ruin their careers. edit »
- William Petersen personally scripted most of his "talk" with the suspect Dr. Lurie. However, when he says We wake up one day & realize that for 50 years we haven’t really lived at all. His character Gil Grissom at present time would only be 48 years old (17 August 1956). William Petersen himself was 51 (21 February 1953) at the time. Dr. Lurie was also in his late 40's. edit »
- After Grissom and Catherine find traces of both blood and bleach in all the bathroom drains, Sara climbs under the house to check the plumbing traps. We see her collect a reddish liquid, probably blood, water and bleach. With the possibility that more of the yet to be identified liquid may still drip from it, she then looks straight up into the drainage pipe without protective goggles. edit »
- William Petersen personally scripted his talk at the end with Dr. Lurie. edit »
- George Eads does not appear in this episode. The cover-up reason was that Nick was at the 'American Academy of Forensic Science' convention. edit »
- This was writer David Rambo's first CSI episode. He is known by his fans as the "GSR KING". Grissom Sara Romance) edit »
- Music:
Name Taken - Massive Attack
Ping - Tosca
Set My Baby Free - Ian Brown
Any Other Name - Thomas Newman edit » - Erin Carter Hayes - the actress playing Debbie - was chosen for her role in this episode because she previously auditioned for a role on CSI and Richard Lewis remembered how much she resembled Jorja Fox. edit »
- Greg: Heard about the shower. Nurse, huh?
Sara: Multiple hairs, multiple donors.
Greg: Looks like she had a few "friends" over. A little nurses gone wild. (Sara looks at Greg; he shrugs at her. She looks at another hair, and holds it up) Blanched.
Sara: Killer poured bleach down all the drains.
Greg: Talk about sucking all the life out of DNA. edit » - Grissom: He kills Debbie in the shower. Then he washes up in both sinks and in the tub? Why?
Catherine: The answer is in the drains. edit » - Doc Robbins: Dismembering an adult male with this much presision and without cutting through the bone. 12 hours minimum.
Catherine: Half of a day. That's patience.
Doc Robbins: The, uh, patella was cleanly removed. And with one slice, the femur was separated from the tibia and the fibula. There's a perverse elegance to this butchery.
Catherine: Well, I'm not so sure I see it that way. A killer with knowledge of anatomy who's tool is a scapel. I think that the butcher was a doctor. edit » - Greg (while Grissom is looking under a microscope): That's the hair from the spare bedroom.
Grissom: There's an oily film on the surface of the hair.
Greg: Propylene glycol. Active ingredient in Rogaine, for male pattern baldness. Personally, I don't use the stuff, but my grandfather Papa Olaf - he was Bruce Willis at age sixteen. Lucky for me, baldness comes from the mother's side, so I'm safe...
Grissom (interrupting): Greg, please, I'm very tired.
Greg: Well, maybe the guy we're looking for is going bald... or trying not to. According to Papa Olaf, a lot of guys who use Rogaine also use Propecia, kind of like a cocktail. I ran the hair through MassSpec. I got four peaks - ethyl alcohol, propylene glycol, minoxidil, and finasteride.
Grissom: Finasteride, the chemical name for Propecia.
Greg: But wait, there's more, and it's a family secret. Sexual. Happens in less than two percent of users. (whispering) Papa Olaf was one of those people that needed hydraulics. edit » - (Examining the victims bed)
Catherine: I don't mean to embarrass you but... (pulls sheet off of the footboard) some guys need leverage.
Grissom: They do? edit »
- When Grissom and Catherine are examining the bed, they find the red restraints and Grissom says 'Got Silk?".This was a line that William Petersen came up with, and is an obvious allusion to the famous ad campaign 'Got Milk?", encouraging people to buy cows' milk. edit »
- Title: Butterflied
Butterflied has an obvious connotation to the butterfly-motifed jewellery and tattoo found with the female victim. However, it also alludes to 'butterflying' whereby chefs remove flesh from bones to make meat cook better, in particular chicken - something that the male victim undergoes in quite a graphic way. edit »
Butterflied
The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"09/06/08 06:43am | report abuseA woman who resembles sara is found dead in the shower. Grissom reveals his feelings for sara to the suspect and to sara, who is stood behind the glass without grissom knowing. ...Continue »
Butterflied
The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"03/25/08 04:09am | report abuseA murder victim reminds Gil or Sara. This causes him to reflect on his own personal feelings while busting a gut to discover the murderer. ...Continue »
Butterflied
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"02/26/08 03:15pm | report abuseA Girl is killed that looks alot like sara. ...Continue »
Butterflied
The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"12/02/07 09:44pm | report abuseAnother great installment. ...Continue »
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