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Let the Seller Beware

Episode Number: 49    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Thursday October 10, 2002    Prod Code: 303
Grissom and Catherine investigate the murder of a wealthy couple who are found outside of their home, which was up for sale. Meanwhile, Sara probes the death of a cheerleader who is found eviscerated on a soccer field, her organs having been ingested by her killer.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Andrew Lipsitz, Anthony E. Zuiker
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Star: 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),  Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders (episode 47+, recurring previously)),  Robert David Hall (Dr. Al Robbins (episode 47+, recurring previously))
Recurring Role: David Berman (David Phillips),  Archie Kao (Archie Johnson),  Jeffrey D. Sams (Det. Cyrus Lockwood)
Guest Star: Edward Edwards (Mr. Darwell),  Monique Demers (Monica Newman),  Laurie Fortier (Janine Wood),  Nicole Paggi (Nicole Exmoor),  Mary-Margaret Humes (Jeri Newman),  Kendra Danielle Smith (Nurse (as Kendra D. Smith)),  Rachel Shumate (Mandy Kirk),  Michael McLafferty (Poolman Jack Jarvis),  Chris Johnson (Chuck Darwell),  Peter Asle Holden (Augie Heitz),  Taylor Handley (Max Newman),  Mary-Margaret Humes (Sandy Newman),  Chris Payne Gilbert (Peter Berglund)

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Music:
Flashpoint - FearFactory (edit)

Quotes

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Sara: Died of exsanguination.
David: Bled out. Trauma to her internal organs. Spleen, liver, heart
they all sustained multiple mastications.
Sara: Dog maybe? Teeth marks are too small for a mountain cat.
David: They're human. (edit)
Brass: So what are we calling this, murder, suicide, what?
Grissom: Is the husband around?
Brass: No.
Catherine: Well, you do the math: Dead female spouse plus missing husband ... equals murder. (edit)
Nicole (crying): I felt like it was a really bad dream.
Sara: Nicole, I was at Mandy's autopsy. It was not a dream. (edit)
Grissom: Greg!
Greg: Yeah.
Grissom: Take off your shoes and socks.
Greg: See, now we're getting into this whole strip forensics thing and I'm not too sure I can hang with that - even if you are my boss.
Grissom: Your mother's maiden name was Hojem? Hojem is Norwegian, right?
Greg: That's right and you know my grandfather was tossed from Norway for getting my grandmother pregnant before they got married. To this day he still tells me "Som man reder sa ligger man". (long pause) One must lie in the bed one has made. (edit)
Sara (to Grissom): It's just, um ... you tell me to get a life and then I get one, and then you expect me to be there at a moment's notice. It's ... um ... confusing. (edit)

Trivia

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When Sara is trying to match up bite plates. In the first two close-up shots of Sara's face, you can see an out-of-focus shot of Greg's sleeve on the right side of the screen, seconds before he actually appears in the scene.
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When Sara first approaches the body of the cheerleader you can clearly see the cheerleader breathing. (edit)
Peter Berglund: EX Navy SEAL.
Brass: ... you rang the bell.

Goof: You ring the bell to signal a Drop On Request, during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, so you're not yet a SEAL.

Response: In fact though, Brass does say to him after the 'you rang the bell' speech - 'you had the physical tools for the training but not the character', which suggests that Berglund may never have been a full SEAL. (edit)
Greg's mothers' maiden name is also his middle name. (edit)

Allusions

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The title Let The Seller Beware is a play on words of the Latin phrase caveat emptor, which means 'let the buyer beware'. This is used in many property transactions to ensure that the buyer knows it is her or his responsibility to check the property carefully before actually buying it, or the consequences will be on their head. (edit)
Warrick: "Looks like the husband pulled a Clark Kent."

Clark Kent is the alter-ego of Superman, who wore his costume underneath his regular clothes (which were often left behind when Superman had to rush off to help people). (edit)
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9.9
Superb
Let the Seller Beware
"Exciting"
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Continue » Posted May 19, 2007 8:29 pm PST

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9.6
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Let the Seller Beware
"Series classic"
"It's just, um ... you tell me to get a life and then I get one, and then you expect me to be there at a moment's notice. It's ... um ... confusing."
Continue » Posted May 27, 2006 1:10 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
Let the Seller Beware
"Exactly why I watch this series"
A for sale sign outside a home two people go inside to look and the home and find some thing that dose not belong in there. In a school yard a girl is found dead and they think of a anima.
Continue » Posted Aug 9, 2005 11:48 am PST
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