Thursday December 6, 2007
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The team investigates an underground mob. Warrick ends up becoming the prime suspect in a murder that's related to the mob, and his addiction to pills starts to have a significant impact on his job as a CSI.
Marks the beginning of Season 8's big storyline hide show
I'm not a huge fan of Warrick so any episode which focuses on him is never going to be one of my favourites. However this episode is important as it marks the beginning of Season 8's big storyline.
The main storyline focuses on Warrick's personal struggles as he goes through his divorce and subsequent emotional issues. As Warrick's private life is falling apart he becomes overly focused on the murder case at hand; leading to dire consequences for the character.
I wasn't hugely impressed with the episode, could be due to my anti-Warrick feelings. However I also wasn't a fan of the way the episode was shot; the short, sharp flashbacks which signify Warrick's deteriating mental state I found grating and unnecessary. I felt there were more subtle ways to portray this, that being said, CSI is not known for its subtlety. Despite that, it is a well acted episode by Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown) who conveys the character's tiredness and obsession with the case very well. The storyline, yet again, focuses on the CSI team's frustrations with the mob bosses and their 'control' of Las Vegas – a theme I always find very gritty and interesting in CSI. On the otherhand, I enjoy more the 'singular' CSI episodes rather than ones that feature a running story arch. "Cockroaches" wasn't the best episode of CSI you will find but it is important to season 8 as a whole. Overall, it's an average episode which would be forgettable if it weren't for its importance on the rest of the season.
A guy is found dead in a garbage truck, and Warrick arrives late at the scene, while arguing with his ex-wife Tina on the phone. We meet Lou Gedda, Warrick's fat gangster nemesis, who he's framed for killing in "For Gedda" later in the season. hide show
A guy is found dead in a garbage truck, and Warrick arrives late at the scene, while arguing with his ex-wife Tina on the phone. We meet Lou Gedda, Warrick's fat gangster nemesis, who he's framed for killing in "For Gedda" later in the season.
The episode starts with a police/garbage truck car chase, with little squares of colored paper flying out of the truck. This is supposed to be garbage. Seriously. The driver of the truck throws a gun out of the window, then crashes his truck into a wall as a dead body flies out of the back. The dumbass man who's high decides to try and get away on foot, but gets hit by a car. Catherine, Grissom, Greg, SuperDave and Brass investigate the body. Warrick is in his car, and in the middle of a heated argument with Tina. When he hangs up, he pops a pill from a pill bottle. He arrives at the scene and tells Grissom he's sorry he's late, who says Warrick now has to process the garbage truck.
Back at the lab, the two dead guys get ID'd as Brody Briggs (driver) and Jason Crewes (first vic). Catherine talks to Jason's mother, who says she doesn't know Brody Briggs. At the crime scene, Warrick tells Grissom that the whole divorce thing's "taken the wind out of my sails."
The team finds out that the truck was owned by a company called Regal Sanitation, which was operated by a mob boss, Anthony Pezzulo, until it closed down years ago. It's discovered that Belinda, Jason Crewes' mother, is actually Pezzulo's wife. She went into witness protection and changed her name after he got killed. Brass shows her a photo of a younger Brody Briggs, and she says it's "BB". Apparently, BB was a friend and wouldn't have killed Jason. So Brass asks about the garbage trucks, and who she gave them to after the business shut down. She tells him they now belong to Lou Gedda, the owner of Pigalle Boulevard Strip Club.
Warrick and Brass. Strip club. Big fat spoilt gangster.
Okay, I will skip a part to save you, and me, from falling asleep. So, the team finally deduce that Lou Gedda was running an extortion business, because no one ever reported anything in his club and the cops lost interest. Warrick and Nick have an argument about the drugs Warrick's been taking.
Warrick goes to the strip club to "continue his investigation", where he meets a stripper, Joanna. They go to a motel and do it. Joanna is later found dead, and Warrick is the prime suspect.
I think this episode was one of the worst ever. Totally fake garbage, confusing case, and a fat gangster? Please. And that last scene with Warrick and Joanna? It was so cringe-inducing I had to take my eyes from the screen and go play the piano. Seriously. I really do not recommend watching this episode, because, quite honestly, it alternately made me want to fall asleep and punch the screen.
It's amazing to me that they show that Sara's departure is affecting everyone and not just Grissom. It shows how much of a family they really were. And I love how much Nick shows he cares about Warrick. Warrick's life is falling apart, his wife has left him, Sara's left the team, and now he's taking drugs to sleep and be able to stay awake. What more are they going to do to this poor guy. Just shows how much family is needed, but when Grissom was talking to Warrick when he was talking about how he's been feeling since Sara left, Grissom kind of seemed a bit cold. Yeah he's going through a hard time but come on Sara leaving doesn't just affect you buddy. The whole team loves Sara.
Warrick ... sppilers hide show
I am a huge Nick and Greg fan but I like that this episode was all about Warrick. I think it's a shame the type of lifestyle he's leading and I think it's also great that he has friends that are there for him and that care for him. I know Warrick is innocent and all and I read next weeks so I know that he is the prime suspect but wow the tension was great and his dizzy spells can only lead to one thing ... well lets just say that after this episode I can't wait unitl next weeks.
Glad to see more Warrick but ... hide show
Glad to see more Warrick but I thought the episode was weak for CSI. There wasn't enough CSI stuff for me. I know they had a guest director but they had their normal writers but they seemed to have strayed from the formula that makes CSI great. That is an interesting case with lots of evidence that leads to a killer. That was missing from this episode.
I did enjoy the confrontation between Nick and Warrick but instead of Warrick going off the deep end I would have preferred them two working more closely together to solve the crime and then end the episode talking about Warricks problems versus this whole new mystery that needs to be solved.
Waiting to see how next week closes this case off.
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