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8.7 Great
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Air Date

Monday May 24, 2004

Production Code

224

Episode Summary

An adult film actress is found strangled in the park and the CSIs must find the killer. Blood and human tissue are found under Ashley Anders' nails and the DNA matches that of the CEO of the company that distributes her films – and he's a registered sex offender. Also, Calleigh discovers his answering machine audiotape on which he makes a threat against Ashley. However, there is an accident back at the lab with this crucial piece of evidence and Delko was the last person to handle it. Now, IAB's Rick Stetler is put on the case, much to Horatio's dismay, as the CSIs try to uncover further evidence in order to find the girl's killer.

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    8 Great

    An average episode. As a season finale kind of disappointing. hide show

    An average episode. As a season finale kind of disappointing. An ending of the episode would be a nice touch if they didn't have a hint of a smile on their faces. Especially Eric. I mean they're walking towards a dead woman that probably drown and they're happy or glad? Come on. I didn't feel right for me.

    Also I wish Horatio would already told Yelina the truth about his brother's kid. This whole 'I just want her to be happy, even if it's she's not going to be with me' act is getting boring.

    I'm starting to watch third season and I'm hoping for more action.

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    The film distributor is implicated in the death of an adult film actress. The porn star was strangled. A man is thought to be the killer because of scrapings she had under her nails. David was with Ashley at her party. Delko had a spill in the evidence room. Semen was found in her bed. Someone bribed a trustee to spill acid in the lab to ruin the original copy of evidence. Speedle finds Ashley's dog in the park. The killer might have kicked the dog b/c he was helping Ashley. The guy who found her had bite marks on his leg from the dog and blood in his hat. He also has a hurt finger so did the killer b/c of the marks he left on her neck.

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    9 Superb

    Chivalry isn't dead it still lives inside Tim Speedle hide show

    I'm not gonna make a review of the episode, but rather comment about how Speed as a character is always on the moral high ground. The epi revolves around the murder of a pornstar, the lab naturally become sinvloves, and as is usual not everything is as it seems at first glance. Never the less, H doesn't handle the situation very well when questioning the owner of the porn biz involved, for who the dead girl worked for, he as usual (and this not being bad) takes it personal coz the girls had apparently lied about her age, and had begun working in adilt films as a minor and we all know how H reacts to children involved in CSI cases, he also mocks the owners biz as decadent and asks him if his daughter will one day work for him.

    Speed on the other hand, while looking for the dead girls dog in a park, comes upon another fine looking girl, who is also looking for the dog, she happens to be a friend of the deceased pornstar, just as she tells Speed what she's up to two frat punks start teasing her, and Speed like the gentleman he is, tells them to beat it, they insit on harasing the girl, them Speed flashes his badge and the boy flee in cower. The girl then thanks Speed and they are both on their ways. Later that day the girl a pornstar who we now know as Cookie Divine, shows up at the lab to thank Speed for his help, knowing that he didn't have to do that. Speed answers he did, and that this means no offense but he's never seen her movies (unlike Valera who we learn is somewhat of a porn freak!!!) that before today he had never heard of her, the girls asks Speed if perhaps they could have coffee someday, Speed say just not today coz she's still a material witness in the case...

    Tim Speedle the gentleman

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    8.9 Great

    It could have been better. hide show

    This was a good episode but it didn't really feel like a season finale to me. I would have liked to see more action or more of a cliffhanger, other than Horatio talking to Rick at the end.

    The case was pretty interesting & kept me guessing till the end, I even thought for a moment that it actually might be the girlfriend.

    I loved it when Rick came in to investigate the accident in the lab & started attacking Horatio & his team.

    The end was the my favorite part of the epiosde. I loved how it ended with the team going down to the beach to investigate a new case. Life goes on.

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  • Goof: When Alexx is cleaning the deceased Ashley Anders' face, her lips move. []
  • Goof: When they ask Kyle Preston what's happened to his finger, he says that he cannot fold his finger, since he was hurt during a basketball game. But previously during the interrogation, we see Kyle having all his fingers folded. []
  • Goof: They state that wisdom teeth erupt at eighteen years and use this to judge the age of the porn star. However, this would not be an accurate way to determine age, because some people grow in their wisdom teeth as early as fourteen, other people as late at thirty. []
More Trivia
  • German episode title: Würgemale, meaning Strangulation Marks. []
  • International air dates
    Greece: February 23rd, 2008 on SKAI []
  • Music: "Breathe Me" by Sia
    "Love's Divine" by Seal []
  • Kyle: Real girls don't turn me on anymore.
    Delko: Fortunately for you, where you're going that won't be a problem. []
  • IAB Stetler: Congratulations, you bagged the porn king, his lawyer and the killer, it's not a bad week's work
    Horatio: I guess it's not good for you Rick, unless you've arrested any Police Officers.
    IAB Stetler: It isn't my job to be liked.
    Horatio: Mission accomplished. []
  • Suspect Lawyer: Don't you just hate it when the truth doesn't suit you?
    Horatio: Not yet it doesn't... Not yet. []
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Allusions

  • 28 Lays Later

    While Calleigh and Speedle go through Ashley Anders's apartment, they see a poster for an adult film titled "28 Lays Later", it alludes the title of the British film, "28 Days Later", about a biological outbreak.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/

    http://www.filmspot.com/movie/306269/28-days-later/index.html []
  • Underage porn star:
    Murdered porn star was underage and her documents were tampered. This situation is almost identical to the case of Traci Lords, a famous porn star from the 80's. She presented video company a fake ID at the age of fifteen and eventually became a famous porn star. When her scam was revealed, many people ended up being charged with production and distribution of underage porn. []
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