Built to Kill (2)

Season 7, Episode 2, Aired
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In the second part of this two-parter Grissom investigates the murder of an aging rockstar who is found dead in his kitchen with an exact replica of the crime scene on the counter next to him. Meanwhile, Catherine probes her own abduction and learns that someone may be targeting her family.moreless
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  • oh i love csi

    10
    "Perfect"
    By HortonHannah218, May 18, 2011 Report Abuse
    CSI, is truly amazing and with an episode like that one, it makes me remember why i like it so much.

    So Catherine's situation was heartbreaking and im glad she is such a strong character that it was amazing to watch her play that role, im glad she kept it between her and sara at first because it shows in there characters that they do get along, But i'm also glad that she told the rest of the team because they did need to know. I truly did jump when the car crash happened and it so freaked me out. I'm glad they found lindsay to, but i like the old lindsay better. Just my opinion

    I am glad we lost the character of Sam because he was just a screw up and i liked what Catherine sad to him about being a thug because its so true. He has gotten away with so much, of course i'd never wish death apawn anyone but i really didnt like him.

    The mini replica of the dead rock star, was awesome but the whole case was kinda cruddy, because 1. they didnt solve anything and i know they really wont. 2. everyone in the family could have done it they all have a reason to. 3. you know the boy made the replica, but maybe he didnt make his dad and the blood to go in it. maybe he just did it because he can. i dont know. but i really did enjoy the episode and its one of my favorites so far.moreless

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  • Great episode!

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    By astreetwolf, May 18, 2011 Report Abuse
    It's a shame this episode was shown a week after the premiere. If these episodes aired at the same time I think the viewer ratings would have been higher last week.
    I am a shipper of Sara and Grissom and I really enjoyed the screen time they had together although I was hoping to see a little more towards their relationship, they kept it very professional. The only thing that bugged me about this episode was the ending. I have no idea what the ending was about, the last 30 seconds I mean. Whose picture was that? Also I'm hoping this isn't the last episode with Sam Braun.moreless

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  • Well, I didn't see that one coming!

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    By Stig14, May 18, 2011 Report Abuse
    This was the conclusion of the season premiere. There were a couple of story lines, both of them interesting; the aging rocker who was murdered in his kitchen, and an exact, to scale, replica is sitting on the counter. Unfortunately, this story line wasn't closed, and all the current suspects have been eliminated, so this is going to continue in future episodes.

    The other story line was dealing with Catherine, and her sexual assault after being drugged in a bar. We soon learn that while this horrible thing happened to her, it was nothing personal... it was just some unhappy people trying to get back at Sam Braun. This story line continues with Lindsay being kidnapped, and the CSIs have to find her. They do, and eventually find out who is doing this, but not in time... the ending of this episode was a real shocker, and something that I didn't see coming at all. It will make the future episodes quite interesting, I think.moreless

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  • Great Episode with a Great plot plus a great Grissom

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    By cikokui, May 18, 2011 Report Abuse
    Ok, where can i start. let start with a new actress that replace old charexter of Catherie's daughter. Kay Panabaker is a new actress for this role. we know this cute girl from summerland. About the episode, what i can really say is this 2 episodes is really well written. From zero suspect, they try to search any loophole within the miniature that they found, and finally found one by one which finally drop to zero again. even grissom felt so confused like " what is going on in here" . with a alomost perfect miniature, even me as a viewers so impress loke " how the heck they can builded such perfect replica of crime scene?" What i can say is, whis episoded will be resume on a season finale of CSI. hope so.moreless

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  • Great Episode, but poor Catherine.

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    By Coldtoes, May 18, 2011 Report Abuse
    I loved this episode! The first part dragged a little, but when you combine both parts, you get two excellent hours of TV. This episode was much stronger then the first, but having seen both now, I can see why they made them that way. The first ep. was the set up (with the guy who committed suicide and his partner) perfectly for everything that happened in this ep. While I'm not a big Catherine fan, I have to give Marg her props for her amazing acting abilities. The whole episode she kept the emotions high. I also love the fact that she called Sara to collect evidence at her scene. Seems like those two are finally over their alpha-female-ness and are now friends, not just co-workers. After the rape kit came back negative, I figured that they had drugged Cath hoping that Lindsay would be home alone and they could kidnap her then except that Lindsay wasn't there. Hence the car accident. I thought the kidnapping and finding Lindsay was a little rushed, I mean, they found her very fast, but it is only an hour-long show.

    All of this hell the bad guys put Catherine through just to get back at Sam? Wow. And I am wondering how good were Sam's bodyguards if they just let a guy with a gun walk up to him and shoot him. I suppose you can argue that the guy WAS one of Sam's business partners, however if someone was targeting your family, you think the guards would be suspicious of everyone. I'm sorry to see Sam go. I've always liked his character. He played the mild mannered gangster so well. I guess Catherine is loaded now.

    The other storyline was just as great. The perfect model of the crime scene was probably one of the neatest things they have ever done on this show (that mini bottle of bleach was awesome). It's also fun that they didn't find out who did it. Hopefully there will be more models in the future. My favourite part of the whole episode? There were lots of great moments, but the best had to be Doc Robbins and Grissom singing along to the dead rockers song as they went over the results of the autopsy. Grissom hasn't acted like that since season one. And who knew that Doc Robbins could sing!

    If these are the kinds of episodes the writers are going to give us, then I'm going to forget all about Grey's Anatomy (the last few eps were boring anyway) and really enjoy this season of CSI.moreless

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    • Goof: In the beginning of this episode, while Grissom and Sara start to process the scene, the victim blinks, breathes and move his hand softly. Edit
    • Goof: Catherine finds Sam Braun saying "you come here every Sunday night," but the close-captioning for this scene has her saying "you come here every Thursday," which suggests whoever transcribes the dialogue for the episode for close-captioning watchers did so from an uncorrected alternate script. Edit
    • Goof: During the autopsy scene, depending on what camera angle was used, sometimes the victims eyes were open and sometimes they were closed. When they showed him from the front his eyes were open and when they showed him from the side his eyes were closed. Edit

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    • International Airdates: Denmark: November 10, 2006 on Kanal 5 Czech Republic: September 4, 2008 on TV Nova Edit
    • Featured Music: Slow Dancing In A Burning Room by John Mayer. ~ At the beginning of the episode. Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer Edit

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    • Grissom: Cause of death? Doc Robbins (singing): Blunt force trauma to the back of the skull, and it fractured the occipital lobe. There was massive hemorrhaging on the brain, and death was probably swift. Yeah! Grissom (to corpse): Sorry, Izzy. Edit
    • Sam (on the phone with Catherine): When were you gonna tell me about what happened to you and Lindsey? Catherine: It just happened. Who told you? Sam: It's a small town, Catherine. Catherine: Well, I can't talk right now. I'll let you know when we find something out. Sam: Anything you need to tell me, I've got people who deal with this stuff. Nobody gets away with threatening my family. Edit
    • Catherine: Joe Hirschoff and his partner invested everything they had in the Eclipse. But it went bankrupt before you broke ground. You formed a new corporation to finish the project, leaving those guys with nothing. Sam: Sometimes that's the way it goes in business. Catherine (nods): Uh-huh. O'Brien and Hirschoff lost $20 million, right? O'Brien caved and stuck a gun in his mouth. Hirschoff wants you to pay him back. So, where is he? Sam: I don't know. Catherine: Come on, Sam, this isn't old Vegas anymore. Let the police handle it. Or have you already killed him? (he chuckles. Behind him, we see Joe Hirschoff walking up to them, his right hand hidden behind his back) Sam: I give you my word, no. (Catherine looks at him and realizes he is the guy from the bar. Joe raises his gun at Sam. Catherine reacts. Joe fires twice, hitting Sam in the chest. Sam collapses backward into Catherine's arms) Edit

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    • Sara: Of course if a girl can get into Brad Pitt's underwear drawer and take a nap on his bed, I guess anything is possible. This is a reference to the an incident in 1999 in which Athena Marie Rolando climbed into Brad Pitt's Hollywood Hills home through a window while the actor was away. A caretaker found her wearing Pitt's clothes and sleeping in a bedroom. Edit
    • Sara: If they're looking the next Mamma Mia. This is a reference to the 1975 hit song by ABBA. Mamma Mia is also the title of a very successful musical shown all over the world, which features most of the ABBA hits. Edit
    • Sara: Son defending the honor of his mother? Name that Greek tragedy. She's talking about The Odyssey in which Telemachus must defend his mother Penelope against her many crude and violent suitors. Edit

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