CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Goodbye and Good Luck

Season 8, Episode 7, Aired 11/15/07

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Sara questions her future as a CSI when a past case comes back to haunt her, the 12 year old Hannah, who has to back up her brother one more time with all new tricks up her sleeves.

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At an area college, a female student falls to her death from her dorm window. The death is initially ruled a suicide but Grissom's team determines that the death was murder. The investigation leads to two people Sara would rather forget.moreless

9.0

"Superb"

By meathead704, Nov 04, 2011 Report Abuse

This is not the best episode of CSI but it does have its strong points which is why I am giving it such a high rating. The investigation is well written and held my interest throughout. The actress who plays Hannah does a very good job here like she did in her first appearance on the show. The viewer is amazed by her intelligence and her commanding presence and also angered by the fact that she defends her brother gets away with murder. The part of the story concerning Sara's departure was not very well done, but this episode works.moreless

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You Want A Summary? Well, Hannah West Comes Back, Brilliantly Played By The Extremely Talented Juliette Goglia, Ronnie Is Ditzy As Ever, Sara Leaves. GSR KISS!

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By Sasquatch_223, Sep 03, 2011 Report Abuse

You Want A Summary? Well, Hannah West Comes Back, Brilliantly Played By The Extremely Talented Juliette Goglia, Ronnie Is Ditzy As Ever, Sara Leaves. GSR KISS!

Hannah West, from "The Unusual Suspect" (Season 6) returns. As does her brother Marlon. A girl in college, Kira Dellinger, gets pushed out of a window. Sara is not exactly cheerful, and loses her cool when interrogating Hannah, who's the actual killer. All the evidence is against Marlon, and in this case Hannah doesn't help him out. He's frustrated, knowing that Hannah knows he didn't kill Kira, but it will be impossible to actually prove it. So Marlon hangs himself, and Sara is forced to tell Hannah her brother killed himself. Hannah cries and says Marlon can't leave her all alone, and Sara has to comfort something that's a cross between a cold-blooded killer and a grieving little girl.

After that, Sara walks into the hallways of CSI, and kisses Grissom, who's in the middle of talking to Hodges. Sara then disappears to "bury her ghosts", leaving the team nothing, except a goodbye letter for Grissom and a "GOOD LUCK" note for Ronnie.

VERY, VERY good send-off. I loved Juliette Goglia as Hannah, and the letter written by the great Jorja Fox herself is just proof of how talented she is. There's one thing I don't get though: How did Sara get into Ronnie's locker? They're called LOCKers for a reason. Besides this minor goof, "Good bye and Good Luck"was one of the very be st CSI episodes ever. And definitely the saddest.moreless

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sarah leaves vagas

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"Great"

By beccy123, Sep 03, 2011 Report Abuse

this episode was another great one i was gripped by the story from the beginning. i always enjoy episodes when they bring back characters from previous ones and tie up lose ends. this one was especially well thought out, i actually found my self feeling sorry for a killer. even though he had killed in the past watching hannah set up her brother for something she had done made me hope they proved him innocent. i am glad they gave sarah dignified exit it would have been a shame if after eight years they had made her exit tacky. saying that though i must be one of a hand full of people who wont miss sarah, i just felt that the character didnt bring as much to the show as the others. her side story lines were never that strong, other than her story with grissom i strugle to remember many if any. i hope that they wont leave grissom moping about her leaving for to long and just get back to what csi is all about great crime drama.moreless

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By cars0043, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse

Best episode ever, if only for the fact that Sara "Gap Tooth" Sidle is finally gone. She had become quite an annoyance over the past few seasons with her snotty, know it all attitude and I must say I was hoping she would get left out in the desert in the season premiere. Perhaps Grissom will become less of a bore now that she is no longer around to drag him down. Hopefully if a new character is brought in to replace her, he or she will be a lot more interesting than Sara ever was. Thank goodness she is finally gone.moreless

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By GrissomSara4evr, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse

This did not happen I'm just pretending that this episode never happened nope it did not happen. This is stupid for so many reasons.First after she kissed him it's not like he wouldnt follow her into the locker room.and if Grissom was the only home she had than the natural human instinct would be to cling to that, not run away from it.The one and only reason for this episode is because Jorja Fox wanted to leave because if these characters were real there is no way in hell that that would happen.But I think they could have done better they could have just had her leave the laband not Grissom. I'm not watching anymore and I may just pretend the whole 7th and 8th seasons did not happen Poor Grissom .If Sara ever comes back he may not want her,cause this has been what he was afraid would happen since early on.But that would keep them competing with Greys Anatomy and that is really the only thing the writers and producers care about at this point.oh well it did not happen in my mind so there's nothing more to be upset about.The only two reason that this even got a 1.4 score is because of the scene with Nick and Greg and gothness,and because Sara did say she loved Grissom.moreless

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Trivia
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- When Sara opens her locker and looks at a picture of her and Grissom, the picture is from the season 6 episode "Time of Your Death." Edit
- Warrick has a hard time sleeping and takes sleeping medication. Drug name is Zolpidem. Edit
- After Sara cuts her name off of her CSI vest she puts the vest into Ronnie's locker. Edit
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- International Titles: Czech Republic: Sbohem a šáteček (Goodbye and a Hanky) Edit
- Original International Air Dates: Denmark: January 18, 2008 on Kanal 5 United Kingdom: February 19, 2008 on Channel 5 Norway: March 11, 2008 on TVNorge New Zealand: March 16, 2008 on TV3 Latin America: March 24, 2008 on AXN Australia: April 13, 2008 on Nine Hong Kong: April 17, 2008 on AXN Italy: May 1, 2008 on FoxCrime Sweden: May 12, 2008 on Kanal 5 Germany: October 23, 2008 on RTL Austria: October 23, 2008 on ORF1 Spain: October 28, 2008 on AXN Finland: December 31, 2008 on MTV3 Czech Republic: October 8, 2009 on TV Nova Edit
- Jorja Fox wrote the goodbye letter to Grissom herself. Edit
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- Brass (after they used Marlon to try to get Hannah to confess): Well, he gave it a shot, but she is way out of his league. Sara: She's out of mine, too. Edit
- Sara: I know that you killed Kira Dellinger. I just can't prove it. Hannah: That must be frustrating for you. Sara: Hannah, Marlon's dead. Hannah: Wow. That's a really sad and desperate ploy, Sara. It's beneath you. (Sara shows Hannah the photo of Marlon hanging at the windowsill) Sara: He was doing well here, wasn't he? Making friends, joining a band, falling in love. But you're still a freak, just like high school. Hannah: You're lying. No. This is a lie. Sara: His world got bigger, and yours stayed the same, and you killed Kira so you could keep him all to yourself, didn't you? Edit
- Marlon: I need to know ... what I did to deserve this. Hannah: You killed Kira. Marlon: We both know I didn't do that. Edit
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- During the opening scene, when the nerds are listening through their ceiling with a stethoscope, the theme song from 1990s sci-fi drama The X-Files is playing in the background, which was about a pair of FBI agents investigating paranormal activity. Edit
- Episode Title: Goodbye, and Good Luck. "Goodbye and Good Luck" is an allusion to radio and TV news broadcasts made by Edward R. Murrow, who used to close his shows with those words. Edit