Thursday February 17, 2005
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When a major Las Vegas player is found dead, Ecklie orders both teams to investigate the case. The man who had secrets on everyone in Vegas had a very big one of his own.
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Writer Jerry Stahl's episode of CSI tend to deal with transgressive topics. hide show
This episode is written by Jerry Stahl and directed by Richard J. Lewis. Bruce Eiger, a powerful Las Vegas casino mogul, is found dead on his front steps. The media is all over the case. Ecklie assigns Grissom to the case despite it being official Catherine's. Eiger had a dark secret. He liked being treated like a big baby.
"The Parents Television Council, which has frequently criticized CSI for its violent content, named this episode the worst television show of the week it aired and launched a campaign for its members to complain to the Federal Communications Commission over the indecent content of this episode to date, nearly 13,000 PTC members complained to the FCC about the episode."
I disagree with that because this episode is AWESOME. I love this episode.
A casino owner that wears nappies....Who'd have thought. hide show
It starts off with a man, a rich casino owner, running off a balcony. The CSI's, and Eclkie, find him with no clothes on except his boxers, which we later find out were put on after his little trip to hide the fact that he wears adult nappies. Catherine has her crime scene photos stolen from her camera which are later released to the media. As the case progresses we find that he was a child at heart. No, seriously. He wears nappies and has his own playroom full of adult sized childrens toys. He gets fed breast milk from his baby sitter, who in the end was the one that incouraged him to try and fly off the balcony, which is rather hard when you have been drugged with LSD and you way about 30 stone. (Not a very pretty sight when he is running topless YUCK!)
My favourite scene has got to be the bit where Grissom and Nick go to the adult children store and the woman tries to sell Grissom adult nappies. The look on Nick's face was priceless, which got quickly removed when she then thought Nick was the one that wanted to buy the nappies.
Overall an interesting episode, not one of my favourites though.
They definately have not this one before...... hide show
This episode really freaked me out initially- I find it difficult to believe that a grown man would want to dress up like a baby. It's unbelivable how people are behind closed doors- but "you just never know"
I had three favourite scenes in this episode- the 1st would be Catherine trying to engage in conversation with the unsympathetic wife (bless her). My second was the scene with Sara and Sophia discussing the topless buffet (laughed unbelievably hard at that line!!). But the best scene hands down was the visit to Forever Baby with Nick and my Bugman. Man- those two should really quit this show and get a comedy (of course I don't mean that!!)- their reactions were utter perfection!!!! I also thought it was interesting how there was another case intertwined with the main one (Catherine's missing camera drive).This show always keeps you on your toes- and pushes the boundaries occasionally- but with style!!!!
All in all- a very, very good episode, but not for the faint-hearted (despite the laughs!)
Yes people this fetish does exist... hide show
I have to hand it to CSI for doing an episode on nearly every sexual fetish that can probably be allowed on network tv.
I have been working in psychiatry and I am an admitted lesbian with a few fetishes of my own going back for over twenty and some years now; thus a lot of this stuff doesn't phase me one bit. Actually as a resident of several large urban areas where this stuff is really the norm as opposed to the "deviation" I have pretty much seen and/or heard it all.
The thing that peeves me off a teeny bit is that CSI has yet as far as I know to broadcast an episode about an "average" Gay or Lesbian person(s). Have we, the G/L/B/T community all become too "normal" for broadcast TV or is the show intentionally avoiding a gay or lesbian themed episode? The show has been criticized by a number of G/L/B/T groups for allegedly avoiding the community. Maybe that's a good thing? I really don't find all it that important anymore. I quit going to the Gay/Lesbian Film Festivals over ten years ago. Yawn.
Anyway this episode was interesting for the above mentioned and it's delving into the issue of infantilism. It seems like when CSI is in dire need for something to fill their prime time tv spot goes and nothing new is on the platter they toss in a fetish theme.
Fetish as filler is really an interesting sign of the times if you remember when they never said "damn" on tv.
As far as the G/L/B/T issues or lack thereof, I'm not really into fervent Rainbow Flag waving anymore because I've just become too old and bored with it. I'm really more fascinated by my own growing intrigue with William Petersen and the fact that after all I did say I'm a lesbian. But I always try to keep my mind open for any possibility. Almost.
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