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The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp

Episode Number: 169    Season Num: 8    First Aired: Thursday October 18, 2007    Prod Code: 804
Grissom investigates the mysterious hanging death of a young man whose body looks like that of a female.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: David Rambo, Jacqueline Hoyt
Director: Alec Smight
Star: George Eads (Nick Stokes),  William Petersen (Gil Grissom),  Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows),  Paul Guilfoyle (Captain Jim Brass),  Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders (episode 47+, recurring previously)),  Robert David Hall (Dr. Al Robbins (episode 47+, recurring previously)),  Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle (episode 2+)),  Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown),  Wallace Langham (David Hodges)
Recurring Role: David Berman (David Phillips),  Liz Vassey (Wendy Simms),  Jon Wellner (Henry Andrews),  Archie Kao (Archie Johnson),  Jessica Lucas (Ronnie Lake)
Guest Star: Philip Frank Messina (Benny Dunbar),  Erika Alexander (A.D.A. Krikson),  Charles Shen (Lee Humbolt),  William Russ (Jonah Quinn),  Camila Green (Pretty Girl),  John Billingsley (Paul Cyden),  Cassius Willis (Craig Jay),  Anita Gillette (Lily Flynn),  James R. Bowers (Brian Towne),  Gail O'Grady (Lynn Towne),  Colin Kim (Officer Choi),  Lucas Babin (Larry Ludwig),  Todd Jeffries (Foreman)

Notes

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Original International Air dates:
UK January 29, 2008 on Five.
Norway: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9.35 pm on TVNorge.
Netherlands: Monday, February 25, 2008, 8.30 pm on RTL4.
Latin America: Monday, March 3, 2008, 7:00pm (Eastern Time) on AXN
Italy: Thursday, April 10, 2008 on FoxCrime
Sweden: Monday, April 21, 2008 on Kanal 5
Denmark: Friday, November 30, 2007 on Kanal 5 (edit)
Featured Music:
Corazon by Titan
Hallelujah! We Shall Rise / Beulah Land (Sweney) by Our Daily Bread
Keys to the Kingdom by Unkle feat Gavin Clark
Rise by Will Dailey
Running Up That Hill by Kevin Slick
Word Up by The Photogenix
Mad World (Alt Ver) by Michael Andrews & Gary Jules (edit)
Pre-production title for this episode was High Roller. (edit)
Louise Lombard (Sofia Curtis) has been removed from the opening credits and Wallace Langham (Hodges) has been re-added in this episode. (edit)

Quotes

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Grissom: According to Cydan's research the hormone levels in the tap water are nearly equal to the water in the reservoir.
Catherine: I thought they drink ground water.
Grissom: They do. Cydan was convinced that the ground water was contaminated.
Catherine: How?
Grissom: He discovered that the reservoir was improperly lined allowing grey water to leach into the ground water.
Nick: Well, if that's the case, why didn't any of the other boys develop breasts?
Grissom: There's a good chance that others have been affected. Especially children who were born to women who were living there while they were pregnant.
Catherine: Because the womb is the only place that human lives in fluid, like a fish.
Nick: That reservoir is supposed to be lined to prevent contamination. The lining is ineffective.
Grissom: Obviously it's not. Which I think is the conclusion that Cydan came to the night before he was shot. (edit)
Warrick: I think Brian killed himself.
Nick: You think that he climbed into that big ol' tree all by himself?
Warrick: Yeah.
Nick: Okay, yeah. What about the mutilation?
Warrick: Self-inflicted. It took awhile but Mandy was able to get prints from the beer bottle, they came back to Brian.
Nick: So, this was a hate crime.
Warrick: Yeah, he hated himself. (edit)
(After Grissom asked her to marry him)
Hodges: You look like you're having a good day.
Sara (a little taken aback, trying not to smile): Thanks. (edit)
(After Grissom asked Sara to marry him)
Catherine: Hey, what are you up to?
Grissom (defensive): Nothin'. Why? (pauses) What's in the cooler.
Catherine: Carp. Paul Cyden died holding one. He had a freezer full of them, some kind of an expierment.
Grissom: Huh. I can process those fish if you want.
Catherine: Do I know how to turn you on or what? (edit)
Grissom (Sara has on bee suit): Oh, you know I love it when you dress up.
Sara (laughs): Well, whatever it takes to get time with you. (edit)

Trivia

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Knowing Grissom and Billy Petersen are farsighted - how can he scrape the sting off Sara's hand without wearing his glasses? (edit)

Allusions

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This episode deals with water contamination and its effect on local wildlife and people, which is the main storyline in the 2000 film "Erin Brockovich", which also starred Marg Helgenberger. (edit)
The name Jonah Quinn has also been used in the Stargate SG-1 series in season 6 only spelled slightly different (Jonas Quinn). Also William Russ, the actor playing Jonah Quinn, appeared in the show's episode The First Commandment as Sam Carters ex-fiancé. (edit)
Hodges: Do I look like the ghost whisperer?

Referring to Melinda Gordon from the CBS drama Ghost Whisperer, who has the ability to communicate with the dead. (edit)
When Nick is checking the phone messages one is from PCYDEN. "Poseidon" in Greek mythology is the God of the Sea. (edit)
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10.0
Perfect
The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp
"A very special episode"
PROPOSAL!!! A guy ends up dead in a tree and the team assume he's an aspiring transsexual, but he's not. Sara, Ronnie and Greg do the remains of a man on the original site of the Rampart.
Continue » Posted Mar 28, 2008 10:25 am PST
9.2
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The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp
"Pivotal"
Proposal Highlight of the episode
Continue » Posted Feb 21, 2008 2:25 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp
"A very special episode"
a pivital episode for any GSR shipper
Continue » Posted Nov 8, 2007 8:54 am PST
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The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp
"Series classic"
The Proposal
Continue » Posted Nov 7, 2007 7:48 pm PST

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8.5
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The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp
"Average"
The episode was ok, not too much happened besides the obvious proposal.
Continue » Posted Nov 4, 2007 3:44 pm PST
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