Pledging Mr. Johnson

Season 1, Episode 4, Aired
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Grissom and Catherine investigate when a leg is found severed from a body in a lake. They suspect the husband and boyfriend. Meanwhile Sara and Nick investigate a fraternity pledging gone terribly wrong.
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  • Nick and Sara investigate a frat boy hanging Warrick finally shakes the corrupt judge of his a$$.

    9.1
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    By lego_mii_greggo, Sep 29, 2011 Report Abuse
    I'm pretty sure the reason this episode is so great is a) shirtless Nick b) shirtless Warrick (almost) and c) the little dorky guy that's being hazed outdoes everyone and gets the main guys girlfriend to sign his....well you know, you've seen the episode. Hooray for underdogs! Granted he does die...but still. The only thing that could make this episode better was shirtless Greg, but I don't think even I could work that into the storyline of this particular episode, but I'm still pushing for a nice shot of his abs sometime soon! ('4x4' doesn't really count, there wern't any really good shots).moreless

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  • well written episode with twists and a good storyline.

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    By Pucktweety, Apr 11, 2008 Report Abuse
    this was a good episode. nothing out of the ordinary but very well written when it came to the scenes with the boyfriend and the husband.

    pretty much a girl gets killed in a boat on a lake while travelling between her boyfriends and husbands house. the husband didnt know about the boyfriend so he thinks its her that kills her - if my memory serves me well i think it turned out to be an accident.

    the husband however sees fit to hold the boyfriend at his house cause he blames him - great twist when it turns out to be an accident as you always expect to find a killer at the end - was very surprising as i was thinking this is too obvious.

    the case for the pledgin was sad as the teenager was my age and thats always a scary thought!moreless

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  • The Pledge

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    By lsburton, Mar 11, 2008 Report Abuse
    This was an alright episode but it definitely wasn't my favorite. I actually thought it was pretty sad how the kid just wanted to fit in and ended up dead by some dumb prank. And to make matters worst they tried to cover it up by making it a suicide. The women with the missing leg story kind of had a nice little twist at the end because for a moment, I couldn't tell who killer her, the husband or the guy she was cheating on him with. Nice little twist. Grissom has this weird way about him but he always manages to figure it out.moreless

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  • Good episode.

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    By sid1157, Feb 12, 2008 Report Abuse
    Catherine investagates a murder...severed leg found in a lake.Then sara and nick investagate a possible sucide- murder. I like how Nick is- was in a feternity and you hear about it in this episode i think it made it way better because Nick had an insight on what really goes on in a frat house and he could relate to them in ways. So it ended up being hazing gone wrong the guy choked to death and they hung him so it looked like he killed him self so that they wouldnt be to blame for what happened. All around a good episode.moreless

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  • Missing a leg?

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    By archangelcory16, Aug 26, 2007 Report Abuse
    This is one of my favorite episodes of the first season. The main case involves a severed leg that was found in the lake. The body that goes with that leg is soon recovered, and Gil and Catherine begin investigating and learn that the woman was involved in an affair.

    Nick and Sarah, meanwhile, are investigating the supposed suicide of a fraternity pledge, but it is quickly discovered that it wasn't suicide. Nick and Sarah learn that the fraternity brothers were hazing (which is illegal) and try to discover exactly what happened.

    This episode had a lot of good and interesting moments and I was interested in both cases. The ending of the episode was particularly good and a bit dark.moreless

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    • When he was at Texas Tech University, George Eads (Nick Stokes) was also in a fraternity. A fraternity at Baylor University, located about 35 miles from George Eads (Nick Stokes) hometown of Belton, TX, caused the accidental death of a pledge in 1968 by forcing the pledge to swallow a piece of liver tied to a string, that was then supposed to be retrieved from his stomach by pulling on the string left hanging out of his mouth. The pledge began to gag and choke on the string/liver, and then started vomiting, which ultimately led to death fom asphyxiation on his own vomit. Edit
    • Goof: The length of the string used to hold the piece of liver is inconsistent. Edit
    • When Sara walks in on Nick at the changing room and tells him that his shirt is hideous, he takes it off. It's green, with imprinted leaves on it. When Greg and Grissom are talking we can see that Greg is wearing the same pattern shirt as the one Nick took off. Greg's version has short sleeves, while Nick's is long sleeved. They have the same bad taste in clothing. Edit

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    • International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Autogram pro pana Johnsona (Autograph for Mr. Johnson) Edit

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    • Warrick (to Judge Cohen): I told you nobody owns me. Edit
    • Warrick: More money, more problems. Edit
    • Catherine: Well...(sighs)...I guess we better go talk to the husband. I mean, unless you think I'm going to compromise the integrity of the case again. (she gets up) Grissom: Look, could we have a truce? Catherine: I would love to. Grissom: Good. (he helps her out of the boat) But let me do all the talking to the husband and the boyfriend. Catherine (shakes her head, quietly): He had to say it. Edit

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    • Warrick: More money, more problems. Warrick is alluding to the song "Mo Money Mo Problems" by The Notorious B.I.G. Edit
    • Grissom (to Greg): You just keep thinking, Butch -- that's what you're good at. This is a direct quote from the 1969 movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, spoken by Sundance (Robert Redford) to Butch (Paul Newman). Edit
    • Grissom: My spider sense says no. Said as Grissom is holding a very large tarantula in a box and an obvious reference to Peter Parker, better known as Spiderman, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in the early sixties. Parker is bitten by a very special spider and develops all the senses and powers that spiders have - and decides to combat crime. Edit

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