Built to Kill (1)

Season 7, Episode 1, Aired
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In part one of this two-part seventh season opener Grissom and Catherine handle the case of a woman's dead body found at Cirque du Soleil by a performer. Meanwhile, an investor at one of Sam Braun's new casinos is shot to death during a party on the rooftop. Catherine's life is in jeopardy after visiting a nightclub with Nick. Grissom finds a miniature replica of a crime scene that he is investigating.moreless
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  • Not what I expected.

    8.5
    "Great"
    By astreetwolf, May 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    Grissom without a beard, at last!
    Nick without hair, what a waste.
    Warrick, Catherine and Sara at least haven't changed, but Brass is cold as ice in this first episode of season 7, whilst the crime scenes were quite dull the end scene with Catherine was excellent and a great way to leave it for the second part, but I was very disappointed with the scenes with Grissom and Sara. Now that they are together, the writers obviously want to keep them apart. I expected them to be at the crime scene together and instead of him saying "bye" to her before she leaves his office, why couldn't he just have said "See you later"? Season 6 had some dull episodes, but when you start off with an episode for a new season, if it's not exciting (and this episode really wasn't all that exciting) then I can only hope they have something good coming up in the upcoming episodes.moreless

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  • I\\\'m the disagreeing opinion here. I\\\'m glad I watched Greys and taped CSI. If they\\\'re going to write episodes like the first 3/4 of this one with cases that go nowhere, then CSI deserves to be beaten by the competition.moreless

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    By hdawn298, May 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    The first 45 minutes was of Built to Kill were boooorrring. The cases were not worthy of a season premiere, but then the cases in the season 6 finale were nothing to write home about either. They seriously need some different minds in the writers\\\' room.

    The GSR moment with Warrick present was completely shades of [i]Friends[/i] revisited. The writers are making my worst fears a reality and playing to the teenage GSR fans. It came across staged and immature to me. Have the writers no respect for Nick and the fans of Nick? They put him through all kinds of hell over the years only to wipe it out by having him be an idiot? He abandoned Catherine with the first blond Paris Hilton wannabe that comes along. No wonder the fans at some CSI boards hate him so much and call him shallow. He\\\'s smarter than that. And the bald shave looks terrible this time out with the extra weight. Grow the hair back quick!

    So what was worth seeing? Two things.

    Brass and his reaction to being \\\"rewarded\\\" for being shot. I love the explanation about not wanting to display a plaque to his stupidity on the job. And I raved when he got the tattoo.

    And the Catherine storyline at the end was beautifully done. She won\\\'t be able to catch the guy because she did the processing herself -- that\\\'s the tragedy -- but then who could think straight after anything like that happened to them? Marg did a great job.moreless

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  • If you click here, prepare to be spoiled. I have a big mouth... :D

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    By Juleshortstuff, May 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    Oookay!! Here we go...

    Both cases were great. I loved the Cirque Du Soleil mystery and the suicide/murder mystery. The Cirque Du Loleil managed to capture all the glamour and glitz and mystery of Las Vegas as did Sam Braun's new casino party. This is what is called "good use of your setting!" :D :D Both were intriguing albiet not as complicated and imaginative as I've come to expect... CSI has set its own bar quite high... :D

    But now for the important things!!

    I know not everyone is going to be with me on this, but I loved the little hint of GSR with the soy burgers... This was a great scene and a wonderful way of the writers to reward GSR fans, but not shove the relationship in the face of those who hate it. I thought they struck a nice balance between the two... Kudos to the writers!! ;)

    I'm also going to go ahead and say I'm not loving the shaved head on Nicky, but I don't totally hate it either... If he had come in with the shaved head and the return of the pornstache? Then, I'd probably have a few things to say!! :lol: But George Eads is a great looking man and I think he can pull this look off... And hair *does* grow back!!

    Poor Catherine... She's gonna have it rough. But she's such a strong character, I look forward to seeing her conquer these hardships... We're rooting for you, Cath!!

    Warrick... When are they going to give this man some character development? Please, oh please, tell me it's this season!! I've been waiting for Gary Dourdan to flex more than his pectoral muscles (ba-dum che!!), and I know he's got the talent... Greggo seems to be working the sideburns. Nothing else to say on him... He didn't really get a lot in this episode either, but from what I hear, our little Greggo will have his moment in the spotlight! Looking forward to that!!

    Also we MUST have more D-Rob!! I expect him to shine bright in the upcoming Toe Tags.

    And kudoes to Louise Lombard who was added to the opening credits.

    I love the mini-model murder at the end... It's shaping up to be a very intriguing case and I can't wait until next week!! :D :D Rock on, CSI!! I eagerly await what you have in store for us this season... :Dmoreless

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  • A girl is found dead backstage of a cirque du Soleil show and a a investor in a new casion is found dead, possibly suicide.

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    By julax, May 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    This premier episode opens the seaon very effectively, even if the two plots were a bit obvious, the clinghanger worked.. I can\'t wait for the second part. Grissom has finally cut his beard, its about time!! Sara and Grissom play with us and it works.. I am so glad Brass made it and is back after all the show would not be the same without him , but hey he just had massive surgery and he is having a tatoo done??.. Anyways..

    Good news about Louise Lombard, who deserves to be in the opening credits even if she could have had more lines tonite. Can\'t wait for next week..moreless

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  • OMG this was a great episode!!

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    By moggiye16, May 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    They started this season off great! There used to be a Cirque de Soleil show on a few years back, and I watched a bunch of episodes of that, then there was a special episode of it on the Discovery channel, now this! Wow. The only thing I was disappointed in was the fact that they got rid of Nicky\'s hair (AGAIN!!) and that Greg only had one scene! Though, I am very happy Grissom got rid of his bread. That dang thing made him look ten years older than he was.

    Poor Catherine! When I read the episode summary and it that she was in danger, I figured \"gun point\" kind of danger not \"Date Rape drug\" danger. I hope they catch the b@$t@rd that did that to her!!moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • Goof: When Doc Robbins is checking the mouth of the suicide victim, when he opens the mouth you see a chipped tooth on the bottom middle, when they show the zoom in to see the sesame seeds there is no chip. Edit
    • Goof: When Sara walks up during the autopsy of the second victim, you can clearly see the cadaver breathing. Edit
    • The cell phone that Catherine used to call the crime lab is the Nextel i850. Edit

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    • International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Svatba na zabití (Wedding for Killing) Edit
    • International Airdates: Denmark: November 3, 2006 on Kanal 5 Czech Republic: August 28, 2008 on TV Nova Edit
    • Louise Lombard joins the main cast as Det. Sofia Curtis. Edit

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    • Hodges (to Warrick): I perfected my butterfly technique on chicken breasts. I saute them in a Chardonnay reduction with Herbes de Provence. Drives women wild. (pause) Well, Mom. Edit
    • Arnie Clifton: Look, are we done? 'Cause I gotta get back to work. Nick: No, we're not done here... You got sand on your shoes. Edit
    • Brass (talking about when he got shot): You wanna frame your biggest screw up and put it on the wall? Edit

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    • Brass gets a tattoo, right under his scar of where the bullet hit him. The tattoo says May 11th, 2006. The day he was shot. And no coincidence the day the Season 6 part 1 finale "Bang-Bang"in which he was shot, aired. Edit
    • When Nick and Sofia go trough Celia's purse they find tickets for many circus shows. They are all Cirque du Soleil shows: O (a show in the water), Love (a show based on Beatles songs), Zumanity (a very sexy show where only adults are allowed)and Mystere (presented only at the Treasure Island). We can conclude that Celia saw ALL the Cirque du Soleil shows presented in Vegas. Edit
    • Greg: Siegfried and Roy's disappearing elephant no longer impresses me. Siegfried and Roy are two entertainers who work on the Las Vegas strip, primarily at the Mirage hotel and casino. Their long running shows of illusion were famous for working with Big Cats, in particular white tigers but included white lions as well. Their show at the Mirange ended in October of 2003 after one of the white tigers in the act bit Roy. Edit

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