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Up In Smoke

Episode Number: 133    Season Num: 6    First Aired: Thursday March 2, 2006    Prod Code: 616
The investigation into a body found in a chimney leads the CSIs to re-open an investigation of an unsolved homicide of a female teenager named Caroline Fitzgibbons.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Josh Berman
Director: Duane Clark
Star: Robert David Hall (Dr. Al Robbins (episode 47+, recurring previously)),  Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders (episode 47+, recurring previously)),  Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle (episode 2+)),  Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows),  Paul Guilfoyle (Captain Jim Brass),  William Petersen (Gil Grissom),  George Eads (Nick Stokes),  Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown)
Recurring Role: Sheeri Rappaport (Mandy Webster),  Louise Lombard (Sofia Curtis),  David Berman (David Phillips),  Liz Vassey (Wendy Simms),  Wallace Langham (David Hodges),  Marc Vann (Conrad Ecklie)
Guest Star: Katie Gill (Caroline Fitzgibbons),  Jon Lindstrom (Martin Sidley),  William Allen Young (Duane McWane),  Johnny Lewis (Tad Sidley),  James Parks (Jonathan Wax),  Keir O'Donnell (Ken Richmond),  Jaime Lee Kirchner (Angie),  Scott William Winters (Joe Fitzgibbons),  Jonny Miller (Officer Clark),  Nate Mooney (Larry Smite)

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Featured Music:
Anyone Can Lose by Eurhoria
Professional Killer by KMFDM
Sleeper by Euphoria & Tina (edit)

Quotes

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Sofia: Where have you been for the past few weeks?
Tad Sidley: Tijuana, L.A., quick stop in Santa Barbara. Just got back this morning.
Sofia: Any idea how your gym membership got into a dead man's pocket?
Tad Sidley (chuckles): No. I'm sorry, I didn't even know it was missing. I'm-I'm not exactly big on the weights, you know? Look, uh ... I'm late for a movie. You mind if I get out of here?
Sofia: Sure. I'd just like to get your cell phone number.
Tad Sidley: Gonna ask me out?
Sofia: It's just in case I have any further questions. (edit)
Larry Smite: Yeah, that's it. That's him. That's your dude.
Grissom: That's Tad Sidley.
Larry Smite: That was the name on the credit card.
Grissom: Is this video from today?
Nick: Yeah, I downloaded it myself.
Grissom: Well, if that's Tad Sidley, who's in the morgue? (edit)
Hodges: Roof trace analysis. Afraid it's not going to be very helpful.
Sara: Why?
Hodges: Polyethylene plastic.
Sara: Compounds used in about a million different products.
Hodges: I hope that's not all you got. (edit)
Sara: What were you doing on the roof?
Jonathan Wax: That's what I do -- Chad's Chimney Sweeps. I clean fireplaces and chimneys. I was out at that Sidley place about a month ago. You can call Chad. I remember that place. Man, that guy had one big-ass chimney.
Sara: I don't suppose you saw a body while you were there?
Jonathan Wax: Look, I may be an ex-con, but even I would've dialed 9-1-1. (edit)
Nick: It's a charred piece of plastic found in chimney guy's pocket. It may be a credit card. I'm trying to get some ID off of it.
Greg: That's a gym membership card.
Nick: How do you know that?
Greg: The logo in the corner -- it's Burt's Gym -- I belong to the one on Flamingo.
Nick: Oh, yeah? You, uh ... been pumping iron there, Greg?
Greg: Yeah, a little, uh ... Muy Thai. It's competitive kickboxing. Gotta balance weights with cardio, you know what I mean?
Nick: Yeah, okay, thanks. Anyway, I'll, uh, check it. Maybe I can get a membership name.
Greg: Oh, you won't. Member names are printed in black ink. VSA only brings out the colors.
Nick: Oh. Maybe it'll help us clear up the photo. (works on the photo and comes up with a picture) Nice. (edit)

Trivia

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If "John Doe" was burnt beyond recognition in an accident, what was his body doing in the "Desert Palm Hospital" morgue? Shouldn't it have been transferred to the coroner's office directly, since he was already dead at the scene and didn't need any "medical attention"? (edit)
This is the 3rd cast member of The O.C. on CSI, which now runs in the same 9:00 time slot.
- Melinda Clarke and Kelly Rowan in "Slaves of Las Vegas"
- Melinda Clarke in "Lady Heather's Box" and "Pirates of the 3rd Reich"
- Johnny Lewis in "Up in Smoke" (edit)
Dr. Robbins said that the man in the chimney had been dead about two weeks, how could he calculate the time of death? The body is badly burned, he wouldn't be able to test spinal fluid or the fluid in the eyes, and liver temperature would be out of the question. How would he be able to figure out the time of death with a body in this condition? (edit)
When they find the second body, Sara says, "This isn't the Tell Tale Heart it's the Cask of Amontillado. She was sealed into a wall and left to die." However, instead of saying "the Tell Tale Heart" she said "the Tale Tell Heart" by mistake. (edit)

Allusions

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Doc Robbins: Caroline did not go gently.

Do not go gentle into that good night is a villanelle composed by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. (edit)
Sara: This isn't the Tell Tale Heart it's the Cask of Amontillado. She was sealed into a wall and left to die.

"The Cask of Amontillado" is a horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe. (edit)
Catherine: Kinda like Tell Tale Heart...Guy commits a murder and buries the body under the floorboards of his house.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. (edit)
Title: Up In Smoke

It's quite possible this title comes from the 1978 Cheech and Chong movie of the same name. (edit)
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Community Reviews (13)

 
9.5
Superb
Up In Smoke
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Awesome...
Continue » Posted Jun 5, 2008 8:02 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
Up In Smoke
"Exactly why I watch this series"
An intricate story that brings two cases to a close
Continue » Posted Jan 22, 2007 8:47 am PST
6.2
Fair
Up In Smoke
"Filler episode"
This definately felt like a filler episode. A preview of what CSI would be like without Grissom...BORING!!!
Continue » Posted Aug 21, 2006 2:58 am PST
9.0
Superb
Up In Smoke
"Nothing happened"
I was not impressed with this episode.
Continue » Posted Jun 11, 2006 12:25 am PST
6.7
Fair
Up In Smoke
"Nothing happened"
Lack of Grissom and Greg in this show!
Continue » Posted Jun 1, 2006 8:37 pm PST
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