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Down the Drain

Episode Number: 94    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Thursday October 7, 2004    Prod Code: 502
Heavy rains in Vegas wash up a body in the storm drains. As the team investigates, they find bones in the sewer system that could only be murder. The body was dumped in the sewer opposite a house that turns out to be filled with high explosives. Also, Greg attends his very first autopsy but keeps it all in.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Naren Shankar
Director: Kenneth Fink
Star: Robert David Hall (Dr. Al Robbins (episode 47+, recurring previously)),  Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders (episode 47+, recurring previously)),  Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle (episode 2+)),  Paul Guilfoyle (Captain Jim Brass),  George Eads (Nick Stokes),  Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown),  Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows),  William Petersen (Gil Grissom)
Recurring Role: David Berman (David Phillips),  Joseph Patrick Kelly (Officer Metcalf)
Guest Star: Josh Allouche (Bomb Squad Agent),  Jesse Plemons (Owen Durbin),  Gigi Rice (Terri Durbin),  Brent Briscoe (Roger Durbin),  Cristine Rose (Grandma Giles),  Jack Carter (Man at Bus Stop),  Alec Plotkin (Young Eugene)

Notes

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Music:
Vertigo: U2 (edit)
This is one of the very few (if not only?) episodes where the tag line before the credits is not spoken by one of the stars. (edit)
This episode received a nomination for a Golden Reel award, "Sound Effects and Foley for the Short Form" category. (edit)
This episode received a nomination for a Golden Reel award, the annual awards presented by the Motion Picture Sound Editors organization; "Best Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement for the Short Form". (edit)
This episode received the 2005 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing For A Series. (edit)

Quotes

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Warrick: Alright then, let's head upstream.
Catherine: I knew you were going to say that. (edit)
Warrick: Sara?
Sara: I'm not touching anything. (Warrick watches the bombs)
Warrick: No. Put your stuff down and step away from the closet.
Sara: What?
Warrick: Put down your stuff and step away from the closet. (Warrick grabs Sara by the back of her vest and pulls her back. Sara looks back at Warrick. She follows his gaze into the closet and sees the pipe bombs. Sara slowly backs away from the closet and stands up)
Sara: Those are pipe bombs.
Warrick: Yeah. (in radio) Dispatch... this is CSI Brown. We're at the Durbin residence. We have explosives on the scene. Roll out bomb squad immediately. Roll out bomb squad. (Sara takes out a tool and kneels inside the closet) What are you doing?
Sara: There's blood evidence on the door. If the bomb squad detonates the place, it's gone.
Warrick: Sara.
Sara: It'll only take a second. (Sara uses the wrench to take the bolt off the door hinge. The first one comes loose and falls to the floor with a solid thud. Sara glances nervously up at the pipe bomb on the tool kit in the closet. It rocks in place. Sara stands up to get the bolt off the top of the door. Warrick hands her an electric screwdriver from his own kit)
Warrick: Here, try this. (Sara uses the electric screwdriver and gets the first screw off the door's hinge plate. It falls to the floor. She turns and looks at the bomb. It doesn't move)
Sara: Nice. (Sara removes the remaining screws off the hinge plate. Warrick tries to get the door off. It won't budge. He and Sara both rattle the door lightly to try to take it off)
Warrick: It's stuck.
Sara: I think we're gonna need a little push. (Warrick takes a deep breath)
Warrick: All right. On three. One... two... three. (they pull the door off the closet. The pipe bomb doesn't move) Can we get the hell out of this place now? (edit)
Brass: Well, the kid gets murder, mom's an accessory, and dad gets felony explosives. It's a family-value pack. (edit)
Grissom: If you're gonna be sick, Greg, do it in the sink.
Doc Robbins: Not in the drain pan.
Greg: I don't feel sick. (edit)
Sara: I don't have a death wish and I'm not a drunk. In case you were worried.
Grissom: I'm not worried. I'm concered.
Sara: Isn't that kind of the same thing? (edit)

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Allusions

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When speaking to the father, Brass mentions Timothy McVeigh. Timothy McVeigh was executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombings on April 19th, 1995, which, to this date, was the deadliest incident of domestic terrorism in the United States (and was the deadliest act of terrorism, domestic or not, until the September 11th attacks in 2001). (edit)
Bomb Tech: If you see me running, try to keep up.

This is an old joke that has been printed on T-shirts which read "I am a bomb technician. If you see me running, try and keep up." (edit)
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9.5
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Down the Drain
"Above average"
Bomb's away
Continue » Posted Apr 5, 2008 10:38 pm PST

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9.7
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Down the Drain
"Exciting"
bones down in the drain.
Continue » Posted Feb 26, 2008 10:38 am PST
9.3
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Down the Drain
"Exciting"
Sketetal remains are found in a sewer drain with no identification. The CSI team using their investigative skills identify the victim. While looking into a possible suspect and his home they discover more then just clues.
Continue » Posted Sep 6, 2007 5:20 pm PST
9.0
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Down the Drain
"Nerve-wracking"
Makes you fill cold when they alarm becasue of the bombs. Good episode.
Continue » Posted May 30, 2007 5:57 pm PST
9.2
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Down the Drain
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Not only Marg Helgenberger in waders trudging through a sewer, but poor old Greg having to provide a couple of 'samples'. Clever story.
Continue » Posted Oct 1, 2006 5:13 am PST
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