Overload

Season 2, Episode 3, Aired
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Grissom investigates a possible suicide at a high-profile construction site. Against the wishes of the Sheriff, Grissom pushes to get at the truth of the matter-he thinks the suicide was actually a homicide, and uses theories on electrocution to look for his killer.''''Meanwhile, Nick and Catherine take on a case with little more than angora fibers to follow. A teenage boy dies while in session with his female psychologist, and traces of angora on his underwear make them believe the psychologist may be practicing very unconventional methods of "therapy."moreless
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  • Eventhough the title of the episode is "overload" (to do with the A story), I was hooked to the B story more...

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    By CSIrokz23, Mar 09, 2011 Report Abuse
    "Overload" was a fantastic episode, but I prefered the B story to the A story. I really like Nick Stokes as a character, and George Eads is a magnificant actor.
    Nick opens up to Catherine about being molestered as a child, also telling her that he had "never told anyone before." Both actor and actress were absolutely amazing at this scene, and it brought a tear to my eye to watch.
    The only thing I would ask the writers would be to develope Nicks feelings about children being molestered, as in "overload," he is emotional in almost every scene in one way or another, but in any following episodes, nothing is mentioned, either between Nick and Catherine, or anywhere else.moreless

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  • Pretty Good Episode and We Even Learn Something About Nick... WARNING: SPOILERS.

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    By OuroborosSnyder, Mar 09, 2011 Report Abuse
    So..in all, this was a pretty good episode. It's not one of my favorite story lines but it definitely revealed some key information about our CSI, Nick.

    So, towards the end of the episode, Nick confides in Catherine and tells her about an incident when he was 9; he was molested. It's really the first 'big' thing we've learned about him. The scene with him and Catherine was very well done!

    I also liked the scene where Brass asked Grissom why he does it...why he pushes so hard to solve the case. Brass came flat out and said because of the adrenaline rush. Grissom neither agreed nor disagreed with it, but it says something about the way he works. Of course, the ending was some what...I don't want to say surprising but understandable I guess. And by the ending, I mean Grissom and the Sheriff. The Sheriff needs Grissom. He won't lose his job because Grissom makes the Sheriff look good and it seems like he finally realized that...and he confirmed it. =) Very interesting!

    ~Snyder~moreless

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  • How good for your health is a psychologist?

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    By VultureEye, Jan 24, 2006 Report Abuse
    In this episode we find Grissom investigating a dead construction worker, who supposedly committed suicide by jumping of their current project. However, the evidence suggests that there was foul play involved in his death, it wasn't self inflicted after all. The nail in his boot, amongst things play a apart in his death by electrocution, however, if you read into the episode notes you can see how "far fetched" his electrocution was. After lighting up a pickle he eventually gets his guy. In the B story, Catherine and Nick investigate the death of a boy who died during a session with his psychologist, he apparently went into convulsions and died. However, the angora fibers tell a different story. During a practice that she calls "re-birthing" the patient was suffocated. We also find out that Nick was molested by a last minute baby sitter at the age of nine, a development on the charismatic CSI's past. Besides the flawed electrocution this was not a bad episode.moreless

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    • Goof: While discussing a worker's fall from the roof of a construction site, Grissom states that terminal velocity is 9.8 meters per second squared. That is actually the acceleration of a falling object due to gravity. Terminal velocity of a falling human body is about 54 meters per second. To reach terminal velocity, the body must fall almost 600m. Edit
    • Nick confesses to Catherine that he was molested at age 9 by a babysitter. Edit
    • Goof: Nick is eating a hot dog when he's handed a warrant. He goes from taking a bite out of the hot dog to holding the hot dog in one hand and the warrant in the other simply with camera angle changes. Edit

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    • International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Šok (Shock) Edit
    • Music: Limbo Rock- Chubby Checker Free - VAST Edit

  • Quotes

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    • Grsissom: I need to see his testicles. Randy Gesek: I always knew there was something weird about you. Edit
    • Nick: Hey, Catherine. Catherine: Yeah? Nick: You ever been in therapy? Catherine: Who hasn't? Didn't save my marriage. Nick: And you were okay sharing your problems with a complete stranger? Catherine: You rather I tell them to you? Edit
    • Grissom: This drill is shorted out. Do you think he "jumped" before or after he got the shock of his life? Bob Harris: GFCI would have prevented shock. Sheriff Brian Mobley: What is GFCI? Bob Harris: A ground fault circuit interrupter. Grissom: Big words meaning you won't get electrocuted. Edit

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    • Candace Newmaker The story of the teenager's death bears close resemblance to the real story of Candace Newmaker, suffocated during a treatment session for reactive attachment disorder. Edit
    • Brass: You want me to check out your Deep Throat? Deep Throat was the cover name given to the informant during the Watergate scandal. Edit

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