No Humans Involved

Season 5, Episode 10, Aired
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Grissom and his team investigate the starving death of a five year old boy. They discover the boy has siblings who are in danger too. Catherine and her team determine who killed a prisoner in a holding cell brawl.
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  • i really love this episode

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    By sid1157, Feb 27, 2008 Report Abuse
    I love this episode. I think its so sad that that little boy was just thrown out with the trash and that his relative was sapouse to take care of him but instead didnt feed him or his two brothers. But he was the un lucky one that didnt make it. I love when sara is questioning the suspect and shes like it dosent look like you've missed a meal and shes like ok skinny B!tch i just get by.. i laughed on that part lol. But this was an all around great but sad episode its up in my favorites.moreless

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  • This episode is not solely on case solving, it reviews some office politics and character development after the original team has been split up.

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    By wendysam, Nov 20, 2007 Report Abuse
    Of course, the focus of this show is the poor 5-year-old boy being starved to death. The whole tragedy is likely due to loopholes in the system, such as the mom can have custody of her children even though she is not competent and too stupid to put them in the wrong hand.

    For Catherine, as Gil said, she has become a little bit paranoid after being the supvisor of the swing shift. This can easily be understood 'cause she'll be the one accountable for the behavior of her team members. I believe after awhile she will become herself again.

    This show somehow reviews the fact that things sometimes do not turn out what they appear. A foster home is better than a real home. The cops catch the wrong person. The cops are framed.moreless

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  • Strikes you right in the heart. Very strong images.

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    By psmithpalliser, Oct 09, 2007 Report Abuse
    Definately a good episode. Showing images of a dead five year old kid (starved to death) and a jail cell full of feces, gives the show that realistic touch, something in which I look for in a show of this caliber.

    The story of the dead kid really hit a nerve and it had some touching scenes like Sara freeing the kids in the end her talking to the other foster home girl.You could tell she had a crappy childhood.

    The other story was not as gripping as the other one yet it still contained some interesting things. Here we could see that Warrick has his pants on all the time and will not be put down by anyone, not even a cop (even though he was a suspect).moreless

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  • Painful because the subject matter is awful. A five year old boy found starved to death in a dumpster, which leads to more horrific discoveries.

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    By qstevie, Oct 08, 2006 Report Abuse
    It's a clever opening, because the CSIs are called out to a gang-murder, which escalates at the scene, with more shooting going on. Sofia rather stupidly runs after the shooters (though she does look good running!) She recovers a gun that she knew the culprits would drop and that case is more or less solved.

    However, Greg has meanwhile discovered the near mummified body of a five year old boy that has been chucked in a dumpster and this is where the real crux of the story starts. I am going to include SPOILERS here, just as a warning.






    I found this a very difficult subject to watch. The idea that someone can be that cruel to young children is horrific and I know it's true. The child was fostered while his mother was in prison. She apparently came to collect him and his siblings who are now also missing, and this leads the team eventually to an aunt who is supposed to be looking after them. She, however, is a prostitute who has little interest in looking after a bunch of kids, but did like the social security cheque coming in every month. So she locked them in a cellar to fend for themselves. They had even taken to eating paint chips.

    The actress playing the aunt is wonderful. The character has no redeeming features at all, and doesn't even seem to realise how wrong what she's done is. There is even a scene where you see her empty out the trash onto the floor so that she can stuff the body of the boy in there. Brilliant, tragic, heartrending.

    And poor Greg too - still a newbie, but now facing down gang violence and threats, being shot at and dealing with this kind of case. Talk about ordeal by fire.

    A great episode, but not at all easy to stomach.moreless

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  • If this doesn't touch you, something's wrong.

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    By kebinns, May 09, 2006 Report Abuse
    I had planned on doing homework during this episode. Let me tell you, it did not get done. There were several times during this episode where I had tears in my eyes. I love when any show does that -- when they expose issues that need to be exposed and when they really touch raw emotions. Besides occationally tearing up, I loved the insight into Sara's past. It really explains her reaction to some of the domestic abuse and child realated cases. It even justifies them. So even though my homework did not get done, this episode is worth it.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • Sara was in the foster care system for a brief while. Edit
    • At the end of the show Sara has typed "The People vs. Laura Sidle" into a search engine online. She is looking up information on a case involving her mother. Edit
    • Goof: The gun in the lab that Mia is processing has feces on the hammer. The next scene is the weapons tech test firing the gun without gloves. Edit

  • Notes

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    • Music Featured In This Episode: Blim Mason- Home Video Bluegrass- Faithless Mercy- Iamx Breathe, Stretch, Shake- Mase Edit
    • "No Humans Involved" earned a Golden Reel nomination in the "Music for the Short Form" category. Edit
    • Originally titled No Humans... Edit

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    • Catherine: Lieutenant Chen dropped by. Warrick: Really. I wonder what for. Catherine: To complain about you. Wish you told me you had a beef with him. Warrick: There was nothing to say. We had words, it got heated, then it was over. Catherine: Well ... (clears throat) ... I'm the supervisor of the swing shift. I'm responsible for the whole team. It's my job to make sure that we remain objective and professional. Warrick: Yeah, I really don't see what the big deal is. I mean, I remember talking to Grissom ... Catherine: Well, I'm not Grissom. He let a lot of things slide that I won't. Warrick: Okay. Is there anything else? Catherine: The evidence cleared the extraction team. You owe Lieutenant Chen an apology. Warrick: Written or verbal? Edit
    • Mia (at Warrick's phone that keeps ringing): You gonna get that? Warrick (looks at the caller I.D): No. Mia (mutters): Player. Warrick: Oh, now I'm a 'player'. You make up your mind pretty quick. Mia: I'll, uh, page you when I get the results. Warrick: Yeah? (Warrick holds out his phone to Mia, showing her the ID of the caller: G. Sanders) He was a rough one last night, so I called to check on him. But since I'm here, I can do it in person. Anything else you want to say to me? Mia (smiles): Have a nice day. Warrick (chuckles): Is that it? Mia: (smiles): That's it. Edit
    • Sofia: Well, it's going to take you forever to go through these alone. Sara: I'll get it done. Sofia: It took me a long time to get where I was, Sara. Now I feel like I'm starting from scratch. I miss sleeping at night. I miss my colleagues. I miss ... Sara: What? Sofia: Being trusted. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Episode Title: No Humans Involved The title of this episode is a reference to the attitudes of certain people to crimes - the idea being that those who are the victims are not worth investigating for some subjective reason. Edit
    • The shooting suspect in the beginning and a prisoner in the jail sequence both mention the name "Rodney King"- a famous example of police brutality and injustice. Edit

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