Fur and Loathing

Season 4, Episode 5, Aired
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The team is introduced to the "Furry" side of Vegas when a man is found dead on the side of the road, dressed in a racoon suit. Elsewhere in Vegas, a gunshot victim is found in a deep-freezer, frozen solid.
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  • Very offensive and inaccurate portrayal of the furries

    3.5
    "Bad"
    By KarlTingelsta, Aug 18, 2011 Report Abuse
    CSI needs to better research things before making episodes, what this episode did was portray a very inaccurate view of Anthropomoprhic fans (furrys) and paints them as perverted sex hounds when in reality they are normal folks who like to attend get-togethers and wear fursuits. Id like to direct you to an article by Hartford Advocate, the writer went undercover to a furry convention and summerized the experience with this quote "The Furry convention wasn't a sex thing but the exact opposite: an innocent world of children's-book animals, where a 3-year-old can roam with impunity and a maladjusted kid can enter the room with nobody leaving. -Jennifer Abel, Hell Hath No Furries Full Article may be found here:http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/featured-news/hell-hath-no-furries.html

    Furries are skewed by the media and protrayed as a bunch of sex-craving wierdos when in fact they are good people. Now I wont blame the media completely for this bad image as some of the blame lies on the Furry community as well. They have become so afraid of media that they prevent media from being at Furry events and tell people to avoid the media and avoid talking to them. If Furries want to be shown in good light they should open up themselves more and let people see they are good folks instead of acting like the media is always out to hurt them.moreless

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  • A man is found shot dead in a blue raccoon costume, a woman is killed driving head-on into a big-rig, a frozen victim of a gunshot would is found, and the team is introduced to one variation of furry culture.moreless

    8.9
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    By Aikousha, Jul 14, 2008 Report Abuse
    Though odd and laugh-out-loud funny, this episode may offend some furries and cosplayers. It's more respectful than any other TV show that has dealt with fandom situations in the past, but it still does make the participants out to be a bit on the sick side.
    Being very familiar with this sub-culture and some of the related cultures, I found this very entertaining, familiar, and disturbing. Since it didn't go too way out, or over the top, this ended up being one of my favorite episodes, with several approprate "cringe" moments. The writing to get from the opening of both the freezer and the furry segments to the final explanation was also quite well done (unlike many of the episodes in the 2007-2008 run, which suffered greatly from sloppy writing and horribly unreal fictional explanations).
    I also found nearly all the humor and in-jokes quite well placed, even though a few were quite the "groaners."moreless

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  • A very weird episode.

    7.6
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    By Danny2312, Dec 02, 2007 Report Abuse
    There was a car accident. Besides the dead driver, another dead body lays on the side of the road. He is wearing a mascot-type suit of a raccoon. He died from a bullet wound. His furry costume leads the detectives to a convention for people who identify themselves as animals, expressed via their costumes. A second case involves a dead man found in a freezer. Like the first victim, he also died from a bullet wound. This episode written by Jerry Stahl and directed by Richard J.Lewis. A very weird episode. Both entertaining and disturbing. Hopefully the next episode will be better.moreless

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  • Very odd.

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    By farscapefanuk, May 29, 2007 Report Abuse
    Too be honest i really didn't like this episode it was just plain weird. Catherine and Gris investiagte the murder of a man in a raccoon suit. After some time it appears that the man was part of a club where people dress up as animals to get off. But the team realise his death was an acident when he was killed by a hunter who had mistaken him for an animal.

    Sara and Nick investigate when a man is found dead in a freezer. Overall i this episode was not very good something was just not right about it.moreless

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  • What a weird episode!

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    By tsar_luke30, Feb 03, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode was really weird. I seriously think they could have done without this episode. One of the writers sure has a sense of humor.....haha. The whole \"furry\" side of Las Vegas was just a little creepy. Especially with the \"intercourse\"! Gross! Then the whole \"hit by a car\" ordeal was kind of like.....what? That episode left me staring at the TV going, \"huh\"? But one not so great episode will not hurt CSI\'s flawless reputation.moreless

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    • The reality of the furry community is unknown. Edit
    • Grissom mentions the title Fur and Loathing at the end of the episode. Edit

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    • Music: Slippage - Goldfrapp Tearing Me Apart - Alamein Tiptoe - Goldfrapp Burn Out - The Cinematic Orchestra Glorious Number 1 - Remy Zero Edit

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    • Grissom: Are you alright, David? David (looks at dead man in raccoon suit): Its just... disturbing. There was a big raccoon who hosted an after-school kids show when I was little. Stripey. Everybody loved him. I loved him. Edit
    • Catherine: PAFCON? Grissom: Plushies and Furries convention. And we're looking for a bright blue plushie... I think. (Catherine looks deadpanned) This is fascinating. A whole tribe of people that prefer to interact as furry animals instead of human beings. Catherine: I think I'm having Hunter S. Thompson flashbacks. This is weirding me out. Grissom: It's not that weird. It's instinctual. Many native American tribes wore entire bear skins including the heads when they performed their war dances. They thought it made them brave. Catherine (still stunned): I'm not getting the brave thing. Grissom: Think of stuffed animals as a Jungian archetype. What's the one quality they possess that a man like Bob Pitt might want? Catherine: Uh...a full head of hair? Grissom: They're lovable. We gotta divide and mingle. I'm gonna take in a lecture. (Catherine just stands there stunned and Grissom walks away) Edit
    • Catherine: Okay... Well, I have heard of some guys getting off in some weird ways... but humping an animal suit? Whatever happened to normal sex? Grissom: What is normal sex? Catherine: Uh... you think it's normal for a grown human to only be intimate with a talking animal? Grissom: Well, Freud said that the only unusual sexual behavior was not to have any at all. After that, it was only a matter of opportunity and preference. Some people obviously prefer the feel of fur to the texture of human skin. Catherine: Well, I like a hairy chest, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go bop a six-foot weasel. Greg (walks in): Bud is starting to look like a pretty bad cat. Trace from his costume. Grissom: Well... Identical to the trace we found in Rocky Raccoon's vomit. Ipecac and civet oil. Greg: Well, that's what you get for eatin'... (Grissom gives him a look and Catherine smiles) Edit

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    • Wolf: What's the password? Catherine: E-I-E-I-O Catherine's response is from the children's nursery rhyme Old MacDonald had a Farm about a farmer and the menagerie of animals he had on his farm. Each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective noise. Edit
    • Brass: What do we do... put out an A.P.B. on Tom and Jerry? Tom and Jerry are an animated cat (Tom) and mouse (Jerry) team first shown in 1941 as theatrical shorts, that went on to spawn TV and movie appearances up to the present day. Their name has become synonymous with the never-ending rivalry between predator and prey. Edit
    • Nick: The Lone Ranger had Tonto... The Lone Ranger was a popular radio/TV series during the 1940s-50s. Tonto was the Lone Ranger's sidekick, who often aided the Ranger in troubling situations. Edit

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