Bloodlines

Season 4, Episode 23, Aired
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A casino employee is beaten and raped on her way home from work, but she survives and identifies her attacker. Unfortunately, a DNA test sets him free and Grissom must wrestle with whether evidence can ever lie. Later, Grissom comes to the rescue of a coworker who ends up on the other side of the lawmoreless
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  • An absorbed fraternal twin? Who'd've thunk it?

    7.0
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    By HankL, Mar 31, 2011 Report Abuse
    Once again we have an episode where one case takes center stage. We see a rather creepy family known as the Coombs family (reminds me a bit of Eugene Victor Toombs from X-Files fame) and one of them has been identified as a rapist of a Casino Pit Boss.

    However, the DNA evidence points to a brother and this results in discovering that this is a large family that includes the accused (a psychaitrist), one set of fraternal twins that runs an auto shop, another brother who's a security guard that drives an armoured car, and one more that lives off the grid and is a nut case.

    Three things about this episode didn't sit too well with me:

    1. Linney Barker, the pit boss who was raped, should have been under police protection until they'd managed to test all the Coombs men. This was really dropping the ball by the LVPD and it ended in her death.

    2. An asborbed fraternal twin causing a man to have different DNA in his semen versus his mouth? This sounds a bit too contrived if you ask me. If anyone can give me scientific evidence of such a condidtion, I'd appreciate it.

    3. Why would this otherwise composed psychaitrist suddenly turn psycho at the very end of the episode and confess to all the rapes and murders with a monstrous voice? This was way, way too contrived.

    Overall, it qualifies as a filler--the Bruckheimers must have been anxious to go on vacation when this one was penned.moreless

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  • Una mujer que trabaja en un casino es atacada y violada en medio de la carretera, cuando un desconocido la obliga a bajarse de su auto cuando va de vuelta a casa. Las pistan llevan que el culpable es respetado sicoterapeuta, tanto por descripcin fsica cmoreless

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    By analizame, Aug 18, 2010 Report Abuse
    Estupendo episodio. Como dice mi mujer, si en CSI una mujer es violada, mejor que ni se le ocurra identificar al culpable, porque esas mujeres siempre terminan muertas. En este caso, la pregunta del milln es: que pasa si tenemos a un sospechoso, la victima lo identifica, no tiene coartada, y la evidencia circunstancial corresponde al dedillo... pero el ADN no corresponde? Qu pasa si, no solo el ADN no corresponde... si no que es MUY parecido? Es confiable el ADN? Ser un hermano del sospechoso el que lo hizo?moreless

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  • GSR................. YAY!!!

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    By jackmalone4ever, Mar 17, 2007 Report Abuse
    One of the best season finales, although Strip Strangler was pretty good, and so was Inside the Box.......................... I couldn't figure it out until the very end when we found out that Coombs had that freaky weird disease, sure kept me guessing. This ep was very sad too, Linley was just raped, goes back to work, begs Catherine for protection, the gets her car window blown out, and is found raped again, only this time Coombs finished the job and killed her. Det. Vartann appeared again, this time working with Sara. A moment in GSR history, "come on, I'll take ya home.", yes!!!!moreless

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  • A very fast paced cool episode.

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    By tsar_luke30, Feb 04, 2007 Report Abuse
    This was a great episode for wrapping up season 4. The plot line was dazzling and very engrossing. The ending was very surprising. I think the whole idea with two sets of DNA was mind-blowing and incredibly interesting. Talk about the perfect criminal, two strands of DNA, so who is ever gonna catch you? Unless of course you have Grissom chasing after you. I enjoyed how fast paced this episode was. You never got bored with it and you wanted to see the true killer get nailed. Too bad that the victim had to die though. This was a very very good episode that deserves to be towards the top!moreless

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  • Great one! At the end a good thing for all you Sara+Grissom lovers out there. I give away the twist so if you haven't seen this episode don't read!

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    By gracielove, Apr 25, 2006 Report Abuse
    This episode is a great one it keeps you guessing until the very last second of the episode. Who would have thought of this ending where the rapest has two different DNAs in his body. Then at the very end Sara gets pulled over and almost arrested. WOW! Then Grissom takes Sara's hand and takes her home. From the very beinging this episode has you by the b***s. I thought that maybe the women that got raped was some how setting this whole thing up because she was mad at her brother or exboyfriend. The reason I thought that was because she remembered the whole thing really well and that almost never happens with rape. (I think that because I watch Law & Order S.V.U). If you have not seen this episode try to catch it sometime it's a great one.moreless

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    • Grissom states that he's an only child. Edit
    • Sara drives a silver Toyota Prius. Edit
    • Goof: At 10:58 there is a visible reflection of the cameraman in the glass. Edit

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    • After this episode, series creator Anthony E. Zuiker left CSI on a day-to-day basis (until Season 11) to become the show-runner of the second CSI spin-off, CSI: NY. Edit
    • Pre-production title name of Look at Me. Edit
    • Music: Baba O'Riley (aka Teenage Wasteland) - The Who Brown Bag (Re-Mix) - Marilyn Manson How To Save A Life - The Fray Is That Alright? - The Home Wreckers Club Save Us All - Jeff Austin Black Swamp - Kosheen The Great Beyond - R.E.M. Word Up - Small Is Beautiful Edit

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    • Officer (referring to Sara): She's lucky she wasn't on the strip; that's highway patrol's jurisdiction. She blew .09. Technically she's over, but they just lowered the limit so we cut her a break and didn't book her. But we did have to call the supervisor. (Grissom and the Officer enter the waiting room where Sara is) Grissom: Well, thank you. I appreciate the courtesy. Officer: No problem. (Grissom walks over to Sara, sits down next to her, and squeezes her hand) Grissom: C'mon, I'll take you home. Edit
    • Grissom: Maybe rape is just foreplay for this guy. Maybe what he really gets off on is killing. Edit
    • Sara: Hey, hey, Nick, congratulations on your almost promotion. Seriously, you deserved it. Nick: Wow, that's really hard for you isn't it? Sara: Yeah, it is. Edit

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