Thursday April 3, 2008
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Grissom and his team battle the flu when they are called upon by D.D.A. Klein to investigate the deaths of several key witnesses for a grand jury case against a dangerous Las Vegas gang.
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Ah, the sight of Grissom in tartan pyjamas and dressing gown – enough to give this episode a perfect score (almost)!
On a serious note, I was impressed the storyline of this episode, easily making 'Grissom's Devine Comedy' the best episode in a while. Yet another example of a well written and interesting standalone episode; which gives us two in a row after "Bull" (episode 11) - quite impressive when you consider the writers strike.
Yet another gang related storyline, which I personally always enjoy as it usually creates obstacles for the team to deal with, making the story less straight-forward. Whether it be witness scared into not providing evidence or police officers corrupted by personal gain – it always provides for an interesting but sometimes frustrating conclusion to the storyline. But I always wonder why more of the CSI team hasn't been gunned down or threatened by annoyed members of the various gangs they've put behind bars? In this case, the gang's involvement in the case isn't exactly what we first think it is.
On the negative side the gang was a little stereotypical and the gang leader could have seemed more of a menace had the story panned over more episodes. Also yet again, very little screentime for Greg and I'm now noticing a lack of Catherine as well. I know the episodes tend to focus on one or two members of the team but I can't think of the last time, Greg especially, had a big part to play in a major case?
But let's not forget Grissom in pyjamas; what a wonderful sight!
Now that Sara is gone its good that theyve put that storyline on a backburner. Here the show returns to what its good at - cleverly constructed episode that has us guessing whodunnit!
If thats what you like, you wont be disappointed. An apparent murder seems to be the work of a badass gang. All clues point to them. One thing I really liked about this is that the drive through the story isnt led by Grissom so much. Instead its the ADA who adds to the drama when we see her discover her own shortcomings - something ironic in terms of her supposed to be a strong character.
The pace of this epsiode is quite swift something that I havent felt the last 3or4 epsiodes have been.
Overall a very, very good episode.
I really enjoyed this first episode back since the writers strike ended and I really enjoyed the setup we were given. Grissom has to phone in crime scene analysis due to a case of walking flu. He's pestered constantly by the stereotypical hide show
I really enjoyed this first episode back since the writers strike ended and I really enjoyed the setup we were given. Grissom has to phone in crime scene analysis due to a case of walking flu. He's pestered constantly by the stereotypical power woman ADA. The only low point of this episode was the way they made her behave and I don't know why such a cliched character model was chosen. The show also did a good job with their MS13 gang arch-type. I really did feel the menace of the group and the scariest gang actor ever on tv. Not just an odd excuse for Grissom to show how smart he is. Solving a case without actually being there but we got some good screen time with the rest of the cast. Good episode not a disappointment after the long hiatus.
It was great to have CSI back! I wasn't really into the case because I don't really like mob (although I loved Fannysmackin)or gang related episodes, I don't know why, I just don't, but that doesn't mean I didn't like the episode. It was interesting to see Grissom, Greg, and Nick sick, it added a different twist to the episode, I also loved seeing Grissom's apartment, and his dog again. I am pretty bummed out that they left the scene with Catherine snooping in Grissom's apartment out, I was really looking forward to finding out more about Grissom and Sara's relationship. The end scene was my favorite part of the episode, the smile on Grissom's face gave away who he was talking to, I loved it. Overall a really good episode worth the watch. Can't wait for next week!
Running with time... hide show
This was much better episode than previous even thought - I do not know. Many said it was great but there was still some magic missing for me. I liked that there was that running with time - they had to prove it for certain time and when they solved the case - it did not came out they way they wanted. The plot was very catching and magnificent. All that mystic and all the explosion, danger. I really liked it.
There was also little of that char development, maybe. Anyway, it was a really great episode and there might be something with the same villain later.
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