Harvest

Season 5, Episode 3, Aired
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A young girl is abducted from outside a convenience store, triggering an Amber alert. The team investigates in a race against time. The girl's body is soon found and the team discovers that she's been dead for longer than they thought. Also, Lindsey Willows is found hitchiking to the alarm of Catherine, and Greg has another replacement.moreless
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  • Girl abducted...and then killed.

    8.8
    "Great"
    By sid1157, Feb 26, 2008 Report Abuse
    I felt so bad for this little girl. That she has to go through painful procedures because she was the perfect match for here brother who has cancer. The brother said no more making her give him bone marrow. HE made his parents promise that if he relapsed they wouldnt make her and they promised. But then his liver or kidneys were failing and they were going to make her donate. So they brother killed her and the whole family hid it so it would look like she was kidnapped. They also made it so they would think it was this child rapeist.moreless

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  • Very similar to "My Sister's Keeper" this episode keeps you thinking.

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    By ejsantoni, May 11, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode was really good. It reminds me a shocking amount of the book "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. The book is about a thirteen year old girl named Ana who was born into a family in which she had an older sister suffering from Leukemia. In the beginning of the book Ana goes to a lawyer on her quest for medical emancipation. She wants the ability to decide if she gives up her kidney to her sister Kate. She has an extraneous older sibling as well, a brother named Jess. I wonder if either story was an inspiration to the other, but I'm not sure. The book was tragic and it's hard to read it without wanting to cry.
    This episode truly did remind people why CSI was the number one show; it was packed with a lot of sorted themes and a lot of things that will keep any viewer thinking for a long time after they walk away. One of the finer episodes ever made.moreless

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  • The possibility of a paedophile abduction, a missing 13 year old girl, a family in turmoil, and Catherine with her own problems - it's a good episode.

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    By qstevie, Sep 26, 2006 Report Abuse
    It's also heartrending by the end. A family with one son who's been suffering with leukaemia, one daughter who's gone off the rails and another daughter who they brought into the world to be a bone marrow and blood donor for the son. The young daughter is abducted and suspicion falls on a local paedophile, played with a mixture of menace and relish by D B Woodside.

    As usual, though, the truth is more convoluted, especially when the daughter is found dead.

    Meanwhile Catherine finds that Lindsey is trying to hitchhike. Lindsey is becoming the terrible teen (yes she's only just 12, but the promise is there!) Actually the writing for the scene between the two, when Catherine asks her what's next and she replies 'stripper?' is very good, if a little out of the blue in terms of how their relationship has been up to now.

    Similarly the scene between Catherine and the mother of the dead daughter is also quite explosive, with the mother delivering some home truths abour Catherine's own parental qualities.

    The mother herself is acted really well and it's very difficult to decide whether she's an angel or a monster - all sides of the arguments are made and one wonders how one would react in a similar situation.

    The ending, in a church, is painful to watch. I thought it was a little far fetched in that there had to be another way around the problem, but Grissom and the young guy have some good lines and the acting is impeccable.moreless

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  • Very disturbing concept, but great acting.

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    By Etrigan_21, Apr 27, 2006 Report Abuse
    The overall concept of this episode- a young girl conceived, born and essentially "strip-mined" in order to save the life of someone who didn't even want to be saved- is sickening. But "Harvest" is saved from turning into a piece of sewage though a couple of factors.

    First of all, the performance of DB Woodside is exceptionally good. It takes an incredible amount of acting skill to portray a Registered Sex Offender while generating sympathy from an audience, and yet-somehow- Mr. Woodside managed to pull it off with aplomb.

    Secondly, this episode serves to introduce Mia, Greg's new replacement, who will grow as a character as the series progresses.

    "Harvest" is a good example of what makes "CSI" great.moreless

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  • The case of a missing 13 year old girl turns into a murder when her body is found a few days later.

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    By aussieforgood, Jan 04, 2006 Report Abuse
    The case of a missing 13 year old girl turns into a murder when her body is found a few days later. First it looks like a kidnapping by a sex offender but ends with a bizarre twist.

    Also, Greg finds a replacement for the lab - Mia, and now he can finally start his training as a CSI in the field.

    And Lindsay, Cathrine's daughter, who is acting like a brat, is caught hitch-hiking.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • Goof: When Alycia is taken to the morgue for the autopsy, her eyelids move and right foot moving automatically in a more comfortable, natural position. Edit
    • Goof: In Season 3, Lindsey was 7 but is now 12 in season 5. Edit
    • Goof: When Sara and her colleague search the MapQuest database, the date displayed is 10-5-07. Edit

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    • Music Featured In This Episode: Baba O'Riley aka Teenage Wasteland- The Who Don't Stop Believin'- Journey We Built This City- Starship Edit
    • Aisha Tyler makes her first appearance as Mia, who takes over the DNA lab now that Greg is working the field. Previously, she appeared in the CSI: Miami episode "Body Count" as a District Attorney Janet Medrano. Edit

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    • Dr. Robbins: Childhood keeps getting shorter and shorter... you know why that is? Catherine (sobbing): I actually don't know! Edit
    • Marlon: Listen... I'm, uh... I'm sick. You know, I got this-this, this illness, which... look. I don't want to go back to prison. That's why I'm being so compliant. Now, yo, I don't work near no little kids. I stay a hundred yards from the school grounds. Man, I don't even go to the park. Grissom: It's not a disease. It's a compulsion. Marlon: I stay away from youth organizations, after-school programs, churches... Grissom: We found a pair of boy's underwear in your bedroom. Explain that. Marlon: I look at the photos. I look at the photos and I have the briefs for, um... release. Grissom: So you fantasize, and eventually, the fantasy's not enough and you relapse. Marlon: Hey, they're mine. I bought the underwear! Grissom: Well, if that's true, then you were in a store where little children were shopping with their mothers. Marlon: And what would you have me do, huh, man? What?! I mean, I even thought about chemical castration. Grissom: Medroxyprogesterone is inconclusive. It renders the subject incapable of erection, but it doesn't remove the drive. You would still be capable of sexual assault using other objects. Marlon: Listen... um, I haven't done anything, uh, illegal, so you can't hold me in here forever. Oh, is that killing look in your eyes a compulsion, Mr. Grissom? Edit
    • Warrick (looking at the map of registered sex offenders): Phew! That's a lot of perverts. Nick: Get out of jail, come to Vegas. Edit

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    • When they show a scene of the Amber Alert on the interstate, on the corner you see the CBS channel 8 sign: Channel 8 is the CBS channel for Las Vegas. Edit

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