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CSI: NY: Oedipus Hex

Episode score 8.9 Great

Oedipus Hex

  • 52.
  • Season: 3
  • Episode: 5
  • First Aired: 10/18/2006
  • Prod Code: 305

EPISODE OVERVIEW

12 Reviews | 189 Votes

The CSI's handle two puzzling cases; Carensa is a young Suicide Girl who at 17, wanted a change of scenery and to become a Suicide girl; at 18 she gets her wish only to lose her life. Chopper, a rising street basketball star, a homeless man trying to change his life for the better is killed and leaves a painful trail of blood which leaves Mac to figure out where and how he died. Read full recap »

Writers:
Ken SolarzAnthony E. Zuiker
Director:
Scott Lautanen
Stars:
Gary Sinise (Detective Mack "Mac" Taylor)
Melina Kanakaredes (Detective Stella Bonasera)
Hill Harper (Dr. Sheldon Hawkes)
Eddie Cahill (Detective Donald "Don" Flack, Jr.)
Carmine Giovinazzo (Danny Messer)
Anna Belknap (Lindsay Monroe)
Recurring Role:
Robert Joy (Dr. Sid Hammerback)
Guest Star:
Pancho Demmings (Alonzo Chopper Tevis)
Allison Miller (Omen/Carensa Sanders)
Zoli Suicide (Herself)
Razzi Suicide (Herself)
Fractal Suicide (Herself)
Sawa Suicide (Herself)
Amina Munster (Herself)
Al Suicide (Herself)
Missy Suicide (Herself)
Mary-Margaret Humes (Helen Sanders)
Marvin Jordan (Dante Hope)
Natashia Williams (Kendra Tevis)
Darrel Allen Labert (Marcus)
Jack Hannibal (Clay Becker)
Stephanie Denise Griffin (Lily Becker)
Kenny Copeland Jr (Taurus Tevis)
Jayson Blair (Punker Kid/Archie Lambert)
Hector Atreyu Ruiz (Moody)
Joshua Campbell (Father Crawford)
A.J. Buckley (Adam Ross)
  • Goof: When Danny finds the SG on Omen's underwear and prints them onto paper they appear correctly to the viewers, therefore Danny would be seeing them backwards if he could see them through the paper at all. edit »
  • When Danny is re-enacting the blood spatter thing with the shoe and Hawkes walks in, the two shots have some editing oddness as if they were shot together. edit »
  • When this episode was edited, it looks as if it came out short on time due to the video montages that have been added to it. First one runs for over a minute, then there's the Suicide Girls photo shoot which lasts for another minute, then the slow motion scene of the group in the precinct. It would have been nicer to fill the episode giving some more screen time to the regulars. edit »
  • Danny likes horror movies. edit »
  • Despite this episode seems to take place in an at least two days span time, none of the cast does ever change clothes. edit »
  • Spanish episode title: El embrujo de Edipo, meaning Oedipus' Spell. edit »
  • The Suicide Girls is a real web site and traveling burlesque show. The Suicide Girls featured in the episode, including Missy Suicide are on the website (www.suicidegirls.com).

    The names of the SG characters in the show are the same ones as they use on the website. The show used Missy and the others to play themselves. edit »
  • International Airdates:
    Norway: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 on TVNorge.
    Germany: Monday, October 8, 2007 on Vox (Kopfwunden).
    Finland: Sunday, November 25, 2007 on MTV3.
    Greece: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 on SKAI. edit »
  • Music Featured:
    Walk by Pantera.
    New York by Rakim.
    Hour of Zero (Don't Mess with Illinoize Remix) by My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult & TRS-80.
    Don't Go by Scratch Track.
    Get Myself Into It by The Rapture.
    Distant City by The Cassandra Project.
    I'm Not Worried at All by Moby.
    You Love It by Peaches. edit »
  • Flack: Where did you get the watch, Moody? From your goons that killed Chopper?
    Moody: No some young entrepreneur sold it to me, yeah, he lifted it off some tourist.
    Flack: Yeah… and might you have a name for this young business minded fellow? edit »
  • (Danny is interviewing Albert/Y Monster about Omen's death)
    Danny: You thought "Omen 'n' Al" meant you and her. (chuckling) What you never figured was, it was her and her. edit »
  • Stella: (reading off the note found in Chopper's sock)
    "In my darkest moment
    when all seems lost,
    You are at my side."
    Mac: (coming up behind her) Well I appreciate you too, Stell. edit »
  • (Mac, Danny and Lindsay are at the scene, Lindsay notes something red all over the vic's body).
    Mac: It's not blood, looks like fake blood, movie blood.
    Danny: Maybe cherry syrup, like from that movie Scream.
    Mac: Something tells me we're not going to like how this movie ends. edit »
  • Danny: (To a girl with pink hair) Is that your natural hair color? edit »
  • Hawkes: If the shoe fits, right?

    This is an allusion to the classical fairy tale Cinderella. edit »
  • Danny: Don't I look like something out of the movie Saw?

    Saw is the first installment of the Saw horror film series. Emmanuelle Vaugier starred in the second isntallment of the horror movie series. edit »
  • It is mentioned that Shane Casey is still on the run, an allusion to 3x04 Hung out to Dry. edit »
  • Missy Suicide: We do this skit from Carrie.

    Carrie was a 1976 horror film starring Sissy Spacek in the eponymous role. The scene The Suicide Girls reenact is a play one one of the most famous in the film where a bucket of pigs blood is dumped on Carrie's head and she uses her telekenetic ability to wipe out her tormentors. edit »
  • Danny: Like that movie Scream?

    This is an obvious allusion to the movie Scream, starring Neve Campbell. edit »
  • 9.9
    csiroxmysox's avatarmember since: Feb 10, 2007

    Oedipus Hex

    The Bottom Line: "Cleverly plotted"

    A great episode with a brilliant plot. ...Continue »

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  • 9.5
    prada212vogue's avatarmember since: Jan 23, 2007

    Oedipus Hex

    The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"

    Great episode of the show we all love! ...Continue »

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  • 10
    coolceruleanblu's avatarmember since: Aug 7, 2005

    Oedipus Hex

    The Bottom Line: "Series classic"

    Another 10 for this season. Man they are doing great! ...Continue »

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  • 9.5
    jasminekpk's avatarmember since: Oct 6, 2006

    Oedipus Hex

    The Bottom Line: "Well written"

    Suicide Girls. Basketball. And finally, D/L moments! Not to mention, Danny gets slapped on the face! ...Continue »

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  • 9.2
    THEJELLYBEAN66's avatarmember since: Apr 25, 2006

    Oedipus Hex

    The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"

    Suicides, playground B-ball, Al and Al, and....green boots. ...Continue »

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