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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Ending Happy

Season 7, Episode 21, Aired 4/26/07

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When a has-been boxer is killed, the CSIs must establish which of several life-threatening acts actually killed him.

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William Petersen

Gil Grissom
Robert David Hall

Dr. Al Robbins
Paul Guilfoyle

Captain Jim Brass

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For starters the episode is very funny...

9.5

"Superb"

By grissomsidle, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse

Happy Morales death was well, um priceless I guess for the lack of a better word. The guy had so many things happen to him, I mean the snake venom, the arrow, the anaphalic(not sure if I spelled that right) stuff and whatever else he had going on. Now on to the parts I was even more excited about. Grissom and Sara oh so cute together. I loved the teaser. So I've heard, uh huh. Yeah, okay so it's true anyway, I love their scene together where he's wearing his FFH(for all who don't know Fugly Farmer Hat). It was so sweet when he was all No, you make me happy. I mean basically saying that he loves her after saying that sex without love is pointless(which I agree by the way). Oh and let's not forget Sara's scene where she finishes the poetry to Milton so so cute. Yes, I am sitting here smiling as I write this. Now I am done.moreless

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The comedy here's classic, and I love it.

9.2

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By pseudelight, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse

The comedy here's classic. I can't think of a funnier episode off the top of my head (except maybe the one about where the guy killed his grandmother as a kid, etc etc). I love it when CSI tries to go with the humour, and the Brass-Robbins phone moments are the classic laughs I love combined with a fantastic show. As an actual criminologist, when CSI tries to be too serious it's pushed over the top for trying too hard in my mind this, on the other hand, is what I like to see and hope we see a lot more of.

My only problem is the consistent use of nonexistent technology, which was done yet again this time.moreless

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An ex-boxer is killed and God knows how he died!

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By Trace_ZBullet, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse

Wow, just, wow. The dialogue was great, the case had so many twists it kept me guessing until the end, and we learn that Grissom and Sara are in love and most likely sleeping together. It's an episode full of surprises from Sara quoting Henry James(no doubt learned from Grissom himself) to finally finding out just exactly how the victim died. Even Hodges shares a little surprise. One that we didn't necessarily want or need to know, but one nonetheless.
To me, as a GSR shipper, this episode was also a turning point, a crowning moment in our ship. In one scene, GSR has gone from a secret affair, a fling, possibly, to love. It remains a secret, but something tells me not for long...

The best episode in a long time.moreless

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Who DIDN'T try to kill Happy Morales?

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By Coldtoes, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse

Wow, last episode we got Hodges lucky day, this week we get Happy having the worst day possible.
Where to start. I loved all of the twists and turns. Rather then trying to piece together who killed Happy (as I usually do) after seeing the CTV promos I decided this was the kind of episode where you just sit back and enjoy the ride. And boy am I glad I did.
Without a doubt the funniest parts of the episode were all Brass. His interviews with the 'pleasure providers', him getting !four! confessions (the hooker, the bartender, Binky's wife, and the hooker/bartender combo) and none of them being worth the paper they were written on thanks to Dr Robbins' changing the cause of death every ten minutes (our time), he and Grissom eavesdropping on Binky and wife... He also got all of the best lines of the night ("Do I look like Paula Abdul to you?"). I loved his continuing frustration over who to arrest, and his making the suspects cry and being wrong each time. I don't think I could adequately express my love for Brass in this episode.
I also really liked Sara in this ep too. ("This is one pool I am not feeling a pressing need to take a dip in.")Heh. My favourite part of the whole ep was Sara with the old man (Brooks from The Shawshank Redemption -only my most fav movie ever!). I loved his "I told you someone shot my wife!" to Nick and Sara and his reciting poetry. I kind of wanted to kick Nick though when he just rolled his eyes. You could tell he was totally thinking 'crazy old man'. But after Nick left Sara finished the poem and the old guy smiled. It was so sweet. I love James Whitmore.
I don't get why so many people found it odd that Sara was able to finish the poem since Sara has always been very literary minded. Take 'Turn of the Screws' where she discusses Henry James, in 'All for Our Country' where Catherine mentions Jaws and Sara thinks 'book', in 'Committed' she mentions that she read MOBY DICK in grade five, or the fact that in the early seasons Sara usually got Grissom's obscure quotes. So I found it in character that she knew the rest of the poem.
Hodges story= too much information. Greg's reaction was good though. And Catherine and Warrick at the autopsy
In the end, the lawnchair did it. Poor Brass didn't get to arrest anyone for murder this week (though lots of attempted murder).It was so quotable, I could do an entry on just bizarre quotes these characters said ('I made him his favourite meal: meat!'). For some reason I had low expectations about this episode so I was pleasantly surprised. Next week just looks weird though.moreless

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This series never ceases to amaze with it's different types of stories, and with surprising humor this time!

9.5

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By SpagettiRob, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse

The original CSI cannot be beaten by it's copycats, because week after week they amaze us with diversity. This episode made it quite obvious that the boxer was despized by many of the women, and therefore anybody could have attempted to kill him. Actually, many of them seem to have tried, whether by accident or on purpose, it finally comes down to the man's own laziness, to the chair he didn't fix, to finally end him. The constant comparissons to his struggle to remain alive to his boxing in the ring, and some fun guest stars, notably the bartender whom I recognized from the movie RatRace, were quite funny. Some fun dialogue, and quizzing of each other's possible histories with a brothel, were fun as well. The coolest part, for me, was the contest to become a dead body on the show, which I immedietly entered. Wish me luck eh?moreless

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Trivia
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- Goof: The "arrows" which were shot are clearly arrows. Arrows are shot from bows. The shooter is clearly using a crossbow, however. The similar objects shot by crossbows are bolts, or quarrels, and are shorter and generally much thicker through the shaft, partly to take the extra stress of the force used by a crossbow. They also would not have made a narrow hole through the throat as a result of this. Edit
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- International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Konec Štístka (The End of Happy) Edit
- Luis Antonio Ramos (Happy) previously guest starred as a different character in the Season 3 episode "Play with Fire." Edit
- Original International Air Dates: Denmark: May 25, 2007 on Kanal 5 Finland: June 18, 2008 on MTV3 Czech Republic: January 29, 2009 on TV Nova Edit
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- Catherine: Smashed with a crowbar, shot by a crossbow, poisoned by shrimp, and now bitten by a snake. Edit
- Brass (about a suspect singing in interrogation): Do I look like Paula Abdul to you? Edit
- Nick: Hey, Catherine called and said that we might not be lookin' for a bullet no more. Sara: Did she happen to say what we are looking for? Nick: Not a bullet. Edit
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- Grissom said that the victim (Happy Morales) once fought Leroy Steel. This was one of the victims in the Season 3 episode "Fight Night." Edit
- Happy's death has many parallels with that of Rasputin. Happy is shot, hit with a crow bar, suffers an allergic reaction, poisoned then ends up in the swimming pool. Rasputin was poisoned, beaten, shot then thrown in a river. He also had an allergy to sugar, but it isn't known if that contributed to his death. He also had an enormous sexual appetite, and was rumoured to have a relationship with the wife of the Tsar. Similarities again with Happy's use of the cat house and Binky's wife. Edit
- (the suspect sings a song to Brass) Brass: Do I look like Paula Abdul to you? This is a reference to the reality-competition show American Idol in which three judges, one of which is Paula Abdul, get sung to on a regular basis. Edit