Thursday April 26, 2007
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When a has-been boxer is killed, the CSIs must establish which of several life-threatening acts actually killed him.
Write a Recap »Slightly past his prime, once big name boxer dies one night. The CSI team discovers he had not one possible cause of death but many. The quest is therefore not to search for what/who killed him but to eliminate the things that did not. hide show
In this very creatively episode the dead man was a boxer with an cruel, obnoxious, egotistical, and extremely narcissistic personality.
The first part of the episode is pretty normal. The one wrinkle to it is that the murder scene is a brothel so all of the investigators are slightly uncomfortable and slightly amused. More uncomfortable and amused than usual, that is.
Once Happy's body starts getting investigated, one possible murder cause after another is discovered. He really had a rough night!
All the possible causes of death is what makes this a terrific episode. The writer really used their noodle and created a very plausible - albeit unlikely - circumstance.
This episode is well worth watching!!
The CSI's drive out to a brothel to investigate the death of a former boxer. They learn that basically everyone hated him, and everyone tried to kill him... twice. The investigation gets even more complicated when Doc Robbins can't seem to pinpoint a COD. hide show
I loved this episode. The characters were all priceless, from Dreama, the sweet-but-creepy prostitute to Binky, the seemingly friendly and open brothel owner. The character interaction was hilarious; for once, the CSI's didn't steal the show.
The plot was very confusing at first. No one is willing to open up about it, so every other scene reveals something new and shocking. One of my personal favorites is when Nick goes through the girls room and finds, among other things, a crowbar, a taser, a knife, and pepper spray, after being assured that none of the girls own weapons.
The ever-shifting cause of death was the best part of the episode. It varies from the simple--blunt force trauma, drowning--to the bizarre--shot through the throat with a crossbow and an allergic reaction, somehow introduced through his penis Doc Robbins was a master in this episode. The timing of "that's not what killed him" was perfect, every time.
And the ending... perfect.
First, Lorenzo "Happy" Morales is injected with snake venom, then he gets anaphylactic shock from shrimp, THEN he gets shot by an arrow, THEN he gets hit on the head with a crowbar, THEN he finally dies when he falls into a swimming pool. hide show
I loved this episode, it was so fascinating and such an amazing coincidence that Happy didn't die from any of the four injuries, but actually accidentally fell into a swimming pool. An example of how rare it must be (the arrow actually prolonged Happy's life, it opened his airway): Catherine- "What were the odds of it not hitting a major artery?" Doc Robbins- "Whatever comes right before zero. Plus, this episode had some funny moments too, such as:
1. "Do I look like Paula Abdul to you?"
2. When we see Doc Robbins typing up the report at the end
3. "And I love you both. Let's go. You're under arrest."
4. "I toldja, somebody shot ma wife ('s photo, hee)"
Also, GSR!!!!! "You make me happy!!!" Awww...
Another brilliant thing about this episode is the interrogation of the prostitutes, they kept changing so the audience could see that Brass was interviewing everyone.
There are smokers in this episode, but they're not exactly the heroes, so I doubt anyone, after watching "Ending Happy", would suddenly decide to start smoking, unless they were wannabe brothel owners or something.
This show is a little out of character, with the ironic jokes and the dark humor, but it's one that I could watch again and again. The unsub moves from person to person, keeping the viewer guessing, which is really good. I loved the plot and the humor! The med ex calling Brass with each interview is hilarious and keeps the viewer laughing at the frustration. The ridiculous ways in which the members of the cat house attempt to murder the poor guy are outrageous and really laughable. The fact that the poor sap "just keeps on going" is the best piece of the show!
This episode is my far one of my favorites! The whole case kept me guessing the whole time! there were so many cause of death! and so many twists and turns it was great! in every season of csi there is a couple of episodes that are humerous and fun. this was one of those and it was written beautiflly! the grissom/sara moments in this episode were also amazing! the look sara gave gil at the beginning was priceless and the "you make me happy"!!!!!!!! the writers did a great job at writting that in. it gave character info of gil and info about the relation of sara and gil! not to mentions gil's very grissomy way of telling sara i love you!
Dont know what else to say about this episode besides stressing my point that it was on of the best! 10 out of 10 for me!
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