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Dead Doll (2)

Episode Number: 166    Season Num: 8    First Aired: Thursday September 27, 2007    Prod Code: 801
With time, the weather, and the desert against them, the CSI team must work together to find Sara before she dies from the miniature killer's attack.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Dustin Lee Abraham, Allen MacDonald, Naren Shankar
Director: Kenneth Fink
Star: Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows),  George Eads (Nick Stokes),  Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown),  Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders (episode 47+, recurring previously)),  Wallace Langham (David Hodges),  Paul Guilfoyle (Captain Jim Brass),  Robert David Hall (Dr. Al Robbins (episode 47+, recurring previously)),  Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle (episode 2+)),  William Petersen (Gil Grissom)
Recurring Role: Larry Mitchell (Officer Mitchell)
Guest Star: Ben Skorstad (Chopper Pilot),  Jeffrey D. Stevens (Paramedic #1),  Patrick Renna (Security Guard),  Larry Hankin (Zapata Childs),  Zach Grenier (Dr. Kachler),  John Everlove (Paramedic #2),  M. Evan Jensen (Medi-Vac Pilot),  Jessica Collins (II) (Natalie Davis),  Gina Cancelliere (Herself)

Notes

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International Air Dates:

Denmark: Friday, November 9, 2007 on Kanal 5
UK: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 9.00 om on Channel 5
Norway: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9.35 pm on TVNorge
New Zealand: Sunday, February 3, 2008 8:30 pm on TV3
Latin America: Monday, February 11, 2008. 7:00 pm (Eastern Time) on AXN
Sweden: Monday, March 10, 2008 on Kanal 5
Italy: Thursday, March 20, 2008 on FoxCrime
Spain: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 on AXN (edit)
Featured Music:
Word Up by Willis
Who'll Stop The Rain by Courtney Jaye
This Women's Work by Kate Bush
Make It Go Away by Britney Christian (edit)
For some reason Louise Lombard is credited as a Special Guest Star in this episode, even though as of the end of last season, and in subsequent episodes this season, she is credited as a star. (edit)
As of this episode, Wallace Langham, playing David Hodges, is credited on the opening credits and becomes a regular actor on the show. (edit)
This is one of the very few episodes along with season 5 episode 2 Down the Drain, where the tag line before the credits is not spoken by one of the stars. (edit)

Quotes

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Grissom (sighs): Where is she, Catherine? It's 110 degrees, she's been out here all day, without water, she's disoriented, she's-- she's dehydrated...
Catherine: She's a survivor. (edit)
Catherine: I don't see any more footprints, do you?
Grissom: No.
Catherine: I think that we just lost the trail. (Grissom looks around with his binoculars, sees some rocks piled up)
Grissom: Catherine, look.
Catherine: What? (looks through the binoculars, they run toward the rock piles) This is better than a footprint. (edit)
Grissom: Catherine! I got footprints.
Catherine: She got out from under that car. (edit)
Catherine (running): Nick!
Nick: No, she's not here.
Catherine: Well, that's good news. (edit)
(flashback)
Sara (answering her phone): Hello, Gilbert.
Grissom: Hey, we got an I.D on the miniture killer. Her name is Natalie Davis.
Sara: One of Ernie Dell's foster's?
Grissom: Yeah. Catherine and I just talked to her biological father, he said he put her up for adoption after she shoved her little sister out of a tree house.
Sara: Do you have any idea where she is now?
Grissom: No, but with a name it's just a matter of time.
Sara: Alright. I'll meet you at the lab. (hangs up) (edit)

Trivia

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When Grissom and Catherine find the body of the dead hiker, Grissom suddenly missing his wristwatch. (edit)
When the Paramedics give Sara the IV, then move her into the helicopter-the VELKET or tourniquet band is still in place on her right arm. This would cause a back flow of blood into the IV tubing. (edit)
When the Paramedics as well as Nick say the Sara has no Radial Pulse. This does not imply that she is dead, but her blood pressure is very low. This is a symptomatic response (by the body) to protect the vital organs at the core [heart, lungs kidneys]. Extremities [arms, legs] are the first to lose a palpable pulse. (edit)
How did Natalie get Sara under the car? We see the car being lowered onto her, with Natalie standing there watching, but when the whole scene is shown there isn't anything to indicate how she did it, like a crane or something. (edit)
Did anyone else notice that when Natalie put the car on Sara's arm and in both the miniature and real thing it was Sara's right arm , however when she was wandering the desert it was her left arm that had supposedly been crushed.

In Living Doll, they filmed it with her right arm being crushed, however if you take that angle, she (Sara/Jorga Fox) would not be able to move (in the direction of the cameras), so they swapped arms. This way she could manuver around more freely. (edit)

Allusions

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Sara: Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy.

Also a very popular comment and song on the old animated cartoon, Ren And Stimpy. (edit)
Grissom’s flashback of Sara touching his cheek is a scene from season 2 episode 5 Scuba Doobie-Doo. (edit)
Nick has a flashback of when he and Sara talked about rescuing Cassie (6x05, Gum Drops) and that it wasn't his time to die, while he's searching Natalie's bedroom. (edit)
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8.9
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Dead Doll (2)
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Unforgettable Episode
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I don't think of ever been so disappointed with a CSI episode. Ever.
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This episode rocked
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"A very special episode"
She lives!!!
Continue » Posted Mar 10, 2008 12:41 am PST
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Dead Doll (2)
"Another great installment"
Sara is trapped under a car in a generic stretch of desert, and the CSIs have to find and rescue her before she drowns/dies of dehydration/dies of heatstroke/worse.
Continue » Posted Mar 9, 2008 8:19 am PST
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