CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

We have an murdered FBI agent, Hatford, with no fingerprints. Their suspect ripped his arm out of its socket and slammed his head so hard it literally knocked his brains out. The team is working together to find out what happened to Hatford by working with Agents Stanley and Miles. The investigation takes them to both extreme cage fighting and an underage sex ring. The team finds out that Hatford wasn't an agent at all at the same time Stanley is found murdered and Miles suddenly disappears. They find out their impersonators are residents of a half way house and they have mental instability issues. The Professor continues to learn as well as teach, can't wait for the next lesson.

Quite possibly the worst episode. Plays out as if was written by several people who didn't fully read each others' parts. Basically, disjointed. Character development is nil and sympathy for Miles nowhere to be found. The bits between Langston & Miles seemed to be pushing for sympathy, but there was no connection between the two. Perhaps I would have been apathetic if it weren't for the fingerprint continuity issue - not to mention the hastily explained bicep removal that was not believable at all. I find myself disinterested in watching the show any longer if this what we can expect. A few slips in the past, especially trying to recover from the strike, have occurred -- but this was a plummet.

Mm.. I loved how the turned the episode upside down in the middle - how first it looked like two fbi agents tried desperately find the person who brutally killed third one. A horrible crime.. a really messy scene.. but that is nothing compared with the mess they get viewers. Maybe I was not very concentrating on the episode but in one point I felt little confused and the story seemed not to deliver. It is just weird to watch CSI without Grissom and it looks little empty. I have nothing against Langston but I think it needs little time. Anyway, in the end.. just another CSI episode..

Initially, I felt this was a very involving episode. I think it fell apart for me once they had their revelation about the FBI agents. Spoiler ahead:



I'm sorry but how could they be fooled? Former hookers, drug dealers, and mental patients impersonating FBI! and it seems a bit hard to believe that no one checked their credentials... or that the police or CSI had not contacted the bureau sometime prior to running the DNA check.



The most impressive part about the opening of this episode was the 'agent' seeing the mysterious message, getting clobbered, and then the culprit leaving completely unconcerned about being seen... that made me think they had a serious villain on their hands. Turning the victims into frauds makes his boldness a bit less impressive... when we find out how unbelievable their deception was and that they were playing the hardened criminals for dopes- then it almost makes the bad guys' actions understandable.

An FBI agent is savagely murdered at a public washroom, and when the murderer walks out the room, he ignores the only witness of the murder. The CSIs track him down and go through the world of boxing. Throughout the investigation, the CSIs have to let go of this potential suspect, not only when he shots himself in public, but when one of the victim's FBI buddies is murdered. The prime suspect then becomes the last FBI agent of the team. As soon as Wendy tries to track the identity of the victim on the FBI database, she discovers the neither the victim and his friends were part of the organization.

Here is an interesting episode that featuresDr. Raymond Langston in his second outing as a CSI, and we can tell that he is starting to get his footing in this new line of work, but he still is learning all of the smaller details that he might of not of learn while he was training for the job. Because of this he starting to developed his own way of doing things, and using his medical background to help with the case like when he was talking to only surviving member of the fake FBI team. But, my only grip about this episode was total lack of the other main characters, they only had one scene, while in the early episodes, they would have more, and then they were totally forgotten about. Yes, I know that the writers are trying to developed the character of Langston for the fan-base, but it can be done in way that isn't hurting the other characters.

This was one of the most clever plot lines in quite a while. WHile this episode continues to show the development of our latest "Level One" CSI, the story was what kept us guessing.



An FBI agent is killed, and we find their are two other FBI agents that seem a little fishy and figuring out their story was the fun part. Of course it was revealed that (plot revelation coming...)the "FBI agents" were delusional psych cases. It's Langston now and it's nice to see him learning a little something with every member of the team. We're also shown his low-key and empathy work well with the suspects.



GOod job all around.

It is cleverly plotted. I was caught by surprise when those agents were found to be fake. Brass's frustration was well portrayed as well as Langston's sympathy to Miles. All these reveal the fact that Langston is a people person. Of course, there are certain items that have not been addressed properly, say why Mingus had to hurt himself in the washroom, how easily that the police and the lab were fooled by those fake agents, why Catherine was the lead CSI in this high profile case... Nonetheless, this episode is so full of substance that you could chew on for hours. It seems to me that the creativity of the writers have improved quite recently.

This episode was dedicated to the development of Dr. Langston which is good. After all, a new job is still a new job. He may be a professional with lots of credentials but being a level one CSI is a whole different ball of wax.



I agree with some who have wondered why the team didn't recognize there was something shady going on with the FBI agents. I also answer with the realization that local police and federal authorities are alway presented as having a certain amount of distrust. Why would this be any different? And why would that distrust translate into anything more than just normal irritation?

Clearly, they were very intelligent and knowledgeable which is the beauty and terror of a sociopathic individual. The actors who played the agents pulled off their characters beautifully. They seemed a little creepy but once in the interrogation room "Agent Paul Briggs" was quite convincing.



The storyline was fresh and new. Dr. Langston is a likeable character with the compassion of a doctor and curiosity of an educator. Both former professions give a desirable twist to his new career.

Disarmed and Dangerous is an example of CSI heading in some new directions with the transition from Grisson to Dr. Raymond Langston (Laurence Fishburne's character). This episode provided many opportunities for the regular as well as guest cast to come across in some raw, gritty moments, and display some sudden plot shifts that left you guessing and psychologically messed-with.



Our episode begins when a well dressed man visits a slimy gas station restroom. We're not exactly sure what's going on at first, as he looks around at the filth, reads a somewhat lewd piece of graffiti on a stall wall, writes it down on a notepad. We then see that he is simply there to relieve himself. Suddenly and without warning, he is savagely attacked by a mostly unseen but clearly overpowering assialiant. We pick up on the degree of the brutality of the attack mostly from off camera screams and blood curling flesh ripping and bone cracking sounds as he is savagely being beaten to a pulp.



When the CSI crew comes on scene, we learn of the savagery of the attack when they find the victims arm lying across the room. "It's been disarticulated, not hacked off" Catherine comments. "That takes a lot of rage." We find out that he is one of three FBI agents who have been working undercover in the area. Was this a hit from the bad guys that they had been investigating? No one can say for sure. One of the FBI agents maintains a greater detachment from the murder of his colleague, while the female agent is on edge and short, clearly shaken by the turn of events. Answers must be found and the perp brought to justice, and it's clearly eating at her. In the course of this episode, we are taken on a journey that involves a trip to a steroid and testosterone soaked ultimate cage fighting event to apprehend a murder suspect, a very public, shocking accidental suicide, and more plot twists than knots in your grandmothers knitting circle.



The real wowzer comes when it is revealed that the FBI agents were not agents at all, but came from a very different background. They were posing as FBI agents and, in their eyes, doing the good work that the real FBI would have been doing. Tragically, they have their downfall one by one, starting with the man in the restroom at the opening of the episode. Next, the female "agent" turns up dead; it turns out that she was a hooker, posing as an FBI agent, killed on the street while posing as a hooker. The last "agent" turned out to be a psycatriac patient living in a halfway house. Brass finds him at the halfway house, where he secretively reveals that he is an FBI agent working undercover posing as a psycatriac patient in a halfway house. The surprise with which the show's writers pulled this off was commendable. Not to be outdone, just when we think that everything has been a setup and the "imaginary" FBI operation that the unlikely group of castaways put together was a figment of their imagination, we are treated to a DBSA (drive by shooting attempt) outside the group home, with the "FBI" guy as the intended target. The attempt failed, the FBI guy/psycatriac patient wasn't hit, thanks to Brass's street wise, lightning quick reflexes (thank you for the "GUN!" trope, used quite well here). The bad guys were real all this time, and ironically the motely crew of pretending FBI agents helped lead to the capture of the leader of a human trafficking ring. In conclusion, this episode did a number of things differently, but did so in a way that still drew upon the hallmarks of CSI, which are misdirection, follow the evidence, surprises and reveals, and a rare look at the grittier side that the cast, and especially in this episode, the guest stars, can bring out. High marks.

In this episode of CSI, the following happens. The team are called in when an FBI agent is murdered in a public toilet. An eye witness comes forward and soon the evidence leads the team to an Extreme Fighting Competition. The main suspect is there, but he seems to be on something and flips out. He manages to take a gun from one of the officers and he puts it to his head and pulls the trigger, believing that the gun is not real. Alas it was real, and he has killed himself. When the murdered FBI Agents badge and gun are found inside of the fighter's bag, it seems as though the case is closed. But of course all is not as it seems. The evidence soon makes it obvious that one of the FBI team in Las Vegas is dirty. Then another one of the FBI agents turns up dead. Then we learn that one of the FBI agents, is not an agent, he is a fake. It is then, and only then, that the team learn that all three of the FBI agents were fakes and that they were all living in the same half-way house. There they find the only surviving "agent" and take him in. Soon all roads lead back to the fighter's doctor, who is the real criminal in this episode, and also the murderer. Throughout the episode, we see that Ray's skills as a CSI level 1 are improving.