Monster In the Box

Season 7, Episode 16, Aired
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Once he unseals a package sent to him through the mail, Grissom is floored when he finds a miniature crime scene inside. The finding is entirely more perplexing since the successive killer accountable for earlier related miniature crimes is now deceased. Grissom vows to examine the miniature and discover the actual location, when the investigation makes it clear the murder showed has yet to happen, but is probably going to happen soon.moreless
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  • Grissom opens the box, there was no GSR, and it was a little, well, Sporky.

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    By robosquid, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    Grissom opens the box that has been sitting on his desk for the past for weeks and finds a miniature of a murder that hasn't happened yet! Nick and Warrick find the apartment where the supposed victim lives. When they arrive she seems very out of it, drugged or something. They send an officer to pose as the "victim" and hope that the killer shows up. After waiting all day and not finding anyone suspicious,except the victims brother who is cleared, they give up. Sophia Curtis goes into the room to get the officer and call it a day but, there's a catch, she's dead! And the woman's cat is also dead. At autopsy they discover that she and the cat were both poisoned with carbon monoxide. The killer had a device, which at the appropriate time, would block the chimney causing the room to fill with carbon monoxide. After the room is cleared the woman demands that she be let back into her home. So they allow her back in and she is found dead the next day. They find evidence linking the brother to her murder, he was trying to frame the miniature killer, who is still on the loose!moreless

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  • This episode was so mind bending...not only did it blow my mind and remind me of a horror movie, but it also had forensics (MY 2 FOV THINGS TO WATCH)!! it was a great episode but they cut a few that i wanted :( But it was still good!! 'Til next time!!moreless

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    By forensicGSR1, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    This was a very nerve wracking episode!! i was on the edge of my seat the entire time!! But it seemed to go bye way too fast and we didn't learn anything!! But that is why i keep tuning in!! I figured we were going to seee Ecklie or the Sheriff in this episode to yell at Grissom and Sara about not letting them go public about the Miniature Killer. Also, in the last scene, wasn't Sara supposed to reveal something about her past as a foster child?? i was a little disappointed that wasn't there, but over all it was awesome!! CANT WAIT 'TIL NEXT WEEK!!moreless

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  • The Miniture Killer is still out there!

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    By SMNaylor73, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    I can't believe this storyline! it is so fantastic. The only part that confused me was when they were brainstorming at the beginning I thought they said the never released the part about the miniatures so it couldn't be a copy cat, but the the shrink & her brother knew about it. How?

    It was so interesting see the plot unfold & all the twists & turns it took & now according to the son there were dozens of foster children. So many suspects!

    I also wonder when they will be showing a little more of the Grissom/Sara romance. You have barely seen her in the last few episodes.moreless

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  • This was the best miniature killer episode to date.

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    By tsar_luke30, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    Like I said in the summary, this was the best miniature killer episode to date. I LOVED this episode! When Grissom was looking at all od the doll pictures and the message, "you were wrong" came up I about died. It was so creepy. I knew when Sofia walked in on the 'sleeping' officer that she was dead. The background sounds helped to justify that. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh I can't believe this hasn't been solved yet! The suspense and curiousity is killing me. I want to find out which of Ernie Dell's foster kids did it. I am anticipating the next miniature kill episode very much. OMG I love this plot line.moreless

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  • Another installment of the miniature killer! But still a mystery! Can't wait for more

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    By elahoda, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    I personally still think Eddie's son might have been the killer, even though it could be any one of the foster children. He seems good with his hands, and full of hate. I bet he's smart too, and is adept at fooling the police. Maybe he has more to kill? More people to blame for his life? But it may not explain Izzy's death, if he was the one that killed everyone. Oh well. I'm sure they will clear all this up for us sooner or later. They wouldn't dedicate 4 awesome episodes to something as neat as this and not 'solve' it for us.

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    • Goof: At the end of the episode, Grissom states that the Miniature Killer has murdered five people, but they have actually only killed four people so far - Izzy Delancy, Penny Garden, Raymundo Suarez and Officer Kamen, in this episode. Barbara Tallman was suffocated by her brother. Edit
    • The miniature paper is dated February 17, 2007. Catherine states that it is dated "the day after tomorrow"; making the current day February 15, 2007, which is the date of the original airing. Edit
    • Hodges has a cat named Kobayashi Maru, or little Kobe and Mr. K, as he also calls him. Edit

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    • International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Čertík z krabičky (Imp from the Small Box) Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Denmark: March 2, 2007 on Kanal 5 Czech Republic: December 11, 2008 on TV Nova Edit
    • Music Featured In This Episode: Wade in the Water- Eva Cassidy. Edit

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    • Sara: We re-ran the video footage several times to get a head count. Assuming that they're all Dell foster kids, there's 13 of them. Grissom: At this birthday party? Sara: Yeah. Lionel only remembered first names and only a few of those. Getting the DHS records is going to be tough. Judges hate giving them out, unless we can demonstrate pressing need. Even then, they're spotty and a lot of foster kids change their names when they age out. Grissom: Ernie Dell confessed and killed himself to protect someone he loved. And that someone has murdered 5 people. Eenie-meenie-miney-mo. Catch a monster by the toe. Edit
    • Catherine: Hey! How'd it go with the sheriff? Grissom : Media's all over him. Which means he's all over the undersheriff, who's all over Ecklie, who's blaming me for not going public with the Izzy Delancy miniature like he told me to. Edit
    • Greg: Hey, Sara, check this out. I was digging through Mannleigh Chicken's employee health insurance records ... Sara: 45 million Americans without health coverage, and a chicken slaughterhouse provides medical benefits? Edit

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    • The Tag Line for the earlier Season episode "Post Mortem" is spoken by Catherine in the opening scenes, while discussing Ernie Dell's suicide with Grissom. Edit
    • Officer Kamen: I'm ready for my close up. This is a reference a famous line from the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard when Echoes Gloria Swanson says "All right, Mr. De Mille. I'm ready for my close-up" Edit
    • Nick: You guys remember the blue paint killers? Nick is referring to the blue plaint killer from the Season 3 "The Execution of Catherine Willows" and the Season 5 episode "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?" who lured his victims by painting railings with non-drying blue paint so they have to wash their hands at the nearby water fountain. Edit

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