Thursday May 15, 2008
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The team investigates the murder of a man who was stuffed in an occupied coffin. The victim ends up being someone Warrick is familiar with. Then the police discover Warrick covered in blood with a dead Gedda next to him. Warrick can't remember what happened.
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During a funeral a coffin brakes at the bottom and two bodies fall out. Warrick sees the John Doe and realises that he knew him. Victims Lenny was a retied cop and now a PI. Warrick voice is on a sound bite file.
Grissom calls Warrick and leaves a message he rings him back and we see war rick with a gun in his hand, and then the police turn up. Grissom turns up and finds a dead body and war rick there. He is under arrest by the police. Warrick says he doesn't know what happened. Catherine and Nick turn up at the scene and watch as war rick is lead into a police car. Warrick is questioned back in the station after his clothes are taken,
Catherine goes in to talk to Warrick. She agrees to get him a change of clothes and they hold hands. They bring up the CSI who got killed because of Warrick (holly pilot episode only). Chloroform found in victims' blood and could be the reason that Warrik can't remember if he was exposed. They drew blood to late ad now can't prove it either way. When a test is carried out it is discovered that Warrick was passed out and someone else him up when the gun was shoot. An unexplained print belongs to Daniel Pritchard. The team open his locker and find his cuffs and gun are both missing. Grissom inform s everyone about the recent discovery's and so tells Warrick that good news that he was framed. They suggest that Warrick be suspended and then demoted but not fired, for his actions.
All of the team are out having a meal and Warrick picks up the tab. As they all say their goodbyes Catherine tells him that he knows how to get hold of her and kisses him on the cheek. Warrick leaves and gets into his car. He starts the engine, and sees a cop who knocks on the window and asks him to troll it down. They talk and Warrick says they will catch the rogue cop. He pulls a gun on him and shoots and kills Warrick with one shot. He sits there badly bleeding and dies, he sit then shoot again. The gun is then put inside car and he walks away.
Warrick is framed for murder and it's up to the team to figure out who is the real killer. Warrick doesn't remember anything from the murder and everything is stacked up against him. Of course, Grissom figures it out and clears Warrick's name. The end of the episode was a shocker! Warrick was shot by a cop - I didn't expect him at all. It'll be interesting to see how they're going to figure out who the killer of Warrick is and how they're going to bring him in. Anyways, the case in this episode was not that interesting to me - only the characters were. I liked the twist at the end. Overall, solid episode and season finale.
A fantastic series finale which makes up for a hit-and-miss season hide show
'For Gedda' was a fantastic episode and a superb series finale which wrapped up Warrick's character and the mob storyline in great style. It was nice to see Warrick finally face up to the many close calls he has had over the shows history and wake up to his obsessive, impulsive behaviour. But then I wouldn't have expected it to have been handled any other way; although you may feel as an audience you were 'fed' Warrick's remorse to make his death sadder – I didn't really mind. The overall storyline in the episode was interesting, but at no point did I ever feel Warrick was guilty of the murder. Luckily this didn't create a disappointing distraction to the plot as the story became more about finding out who set Warrick up rather than just proving his innocence.
I watched this episode only recently so I knew Warrick was going to be killed off in the episode (I just didn't know how they'd do it) but the end still shocked me. The killer is unexpected and the way the scene played out was really sad and shocking. It's also nice to know the storyline has been left unconcluded and I almost hope the killing remains unsolved for some of season 9 at least – just to make it a little more interesting. The scenes in the bar where all the CSI's sat eating breakfast was really poignant and showed how much of a family they are – in a way I wish there had been a nicer moment between Catherine and Warrick as I always felt they were a 'would be/could be' couple. But that was perhaps handled earlier in the episode as Catherine talks to Warrick in the interview room.
To sum up, 'For Gedda' was a great season finale in a very up and down season. For a character I didn't always like, Warrick's demise was both heartbreaking and shocking. Gary Dourdan did a great job with the character for eight seasons and ensured, in the end, that the character of Warrick would be sorely missed.
I have to say, I was shocked by the ending of this episode. Overall, it WAS a good episode but the ending was just like "Whoa!" I had heard that the actor who plays Warrick (Gary Dourdan) was in trouble for drug use and other things so I guess it was logical that he would be shot. My favourite scene was probably in the restaurant before he gets shot. This episode was amazing. The writers could not have written a better season finale if they had tried. I guess they got a lot of ideas while on strike. Can't wait for next season!
Perfect episode - in every way! hide show
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O.M.G! To put it curtly.
I maybe late, but wow! That has got to be the best 45+mins Ive seen in a long time! Despite the midseason section of average/above average shows, CSI 8 ends with an extravaganza of a tale. This is a perfect episode.
From the beginning a set of innocuous circumstances betray nothing of what lies ahead. Two bodies in a casket suggest the possibility of a funeral home scam or a hitman trying to remove evidence of their crime. Its only when Warrick recognises the second body that the plot of the episode begins to career through a rollcoaster of wonderful emotion filled scenes, to an inevitable and spectular end - which one of the best Ive frankly scene.
As the initial investigation begins to gather pace, events take a turn for the worse when Gedda, Warrick nemesis from earlier in the season calls him up and requests a meet. It is from this moment on that the screenplay climbs and dovetails with exquisite delicacy as Warrick is found, suspected and investigated of Gedda's brutal Tarrantinesque murder. However, the evidence doesnt quite add up and suggests a setup. Grissom and the team though off the case, investigate the initial case believing that its connected, indeed the body that Warrick recognised was a PI he had hired to investigate Gedda because he was unable to.
The link to Gedda is tenuous but, Grissom asks Undersheriff McKeen if he can perform his own investigation on the evidence. So as the tension builds dramatically lulling us into believing that Warrick is a murderer, your inards will be screaming for Grissom to find some evidence to clear Warrick. There are some really great scenes here, raising the bar as the stakes of Warrick's actions and the results if the team fail to find the evidence. I dont think there have been that many episodes that beat the way the drama is intensified the way it is here.
Ok, I knew it was a setup and I guessed who set him up (it was still only a hunch more than anything) and this is why, this episode really nails the viewer to the sofa. There is very little given away other than what is seen and heard in real time. The use of flashbacks is limited to the absoulute minimum and doesnt provide the viewer with much chance to evaluate what is theory and what isnt. Add to that the pace of the unfolding action and before you know it, you will have reached the end, where the mother of all twists reaches out from the tely, and grabs your throat before lynching you in for a knockout blow that took my breath away.
Sure Ive hated Warrick (the character) and even wished he'd left long ago. His part in the show has been in terminal decline for some portions of the last few seasons, but I really though the last couple with him self-imploding brought something extra to the show. Shame he's gone, but wow - what a way to leave the show.
Oh and Id guessed that the cop that was framed as Gedda's mole was to low rank to be the real killer. I suspected that McKeen would have been a perfect candidate to be mixed up with the Mob!
What a superb ending to the writer affected strike. What a superb Knockout ending and what a great hook for next seasons start! CSI is back and its better than ever after watching this episode!
Do not miss!
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