Redrum

Season 7, Episode 13, Aired
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At Keppler's request Catherine uses a different approach to catch the killer, and in doing so she deceives the rest of the CSI team. The team soon discovers that something is amiss in Catherine’s investigation.
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  • In an attempt to catch the killer of a prominent Assemlyman, Kepler suggests trying something called "reverse forensics" in which a crime scene and reports are faked. Katherine, not happy with having to decieve the team, reluctantly agrees.moreless

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    By meathead704, Oct 12, 2011 Report Abuse
    CSI continues to deliver terrific episodes with well written scripts. Liev Schreiber has certainly fit well into the show and does a very good job filling in for William Peterson. He now feels like a regular cast member and not just a guest. What I enjoyed most about this episode was how the members of the team expected something was not right and decided to investiagte the staged case themselves. That showed a real comraderie among the team members and their strong desire to search for the truth. Their reaction after having leaned the truth is terrific also.moreless

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  • A cocoon is worth a thousand words.

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    By Maisy13, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    Okay, I've just finished watching this episode, and I have to say that I really enjoyed it. Nice nod to continuity, with the Danilo Zamesca story. I love it when they do that. I have to tell you, there must be something really interesting in that drawer of Grissoms'. That's the third time this season that we've seen it. Also good to see that the box is still there, ominous music included. Great to see Bobby Dawson back. I was about to get worried he wouldn't be back this season. Ohh, Cath's in trouble, and Sara is gonna lay into her. I'd love to see that conversation. I was worried that ignoring the evidence in Sara's case would be what let the killer go. I mean, you can't just ignore evidence like that. Glad to see it actually helped nab the killer, when Keppler and Catherine's plan went under. On a lighter note, what, Grissom can't write a note. I like the symbolism of the butterfly in the cocoon, but c'mon! A note saying "I miss you" wouldn't go amiss. And were Catherine and Keppler on a date? I guess they don't feel the need to hide that relationship. Overall I really liked this episode, but I still miss Grissom.moreless

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  • For about the millionth time, Catherine has succeeded in making everyone mad at her.

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    By Devonwood, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    I don't know how she does it, lol.

    Great episode- but I'm still missing Grissom. I couldn't believe that Sara walked in to the office to get the key, and din't notice the suspicious package that has been lying on his desk for at least two weeks now. That was very unperceptive, even for someone who was doing another task at the time.

    But Sara's present! A cocoon!!! AIIIEEE!!! So great. She didn't seem too enthused though, especially when she realized that that was all that was in the box. Her initial reaction was great, but it slowly declined from there. I don't know if I can take all of this angst. :(

    Catherine and Keppler getting outed was great. I love Nick's little rebelious huddle outside, and how Warrick, Sara, and Nick all agreed, but Greg just kind of gave shrug. :D Very cute, Greggo.

    The Catherine/Keppler flirting is odd. Very odd. And I think this episode might have destroyed all CatNip dreams, unless you chalk the reason up that Nick was so upset was because he harbors unyielding passion for Catherine, and was dissapointed in her. :D lol

    A great episode, and I can't wait until next week. :)moreless

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    By moggiye16, Nov 18, 2010 Report Abuse
    Wow, what an episode. The whole radio thing was kind of interesting. Reverse forensics, that's a totally new one. I still don't like Keppler and with his reverse forensics idea, it's really torn apart the trust between Catherine and her team. Especially with Nicky.

    After watching this episode, I've come to the conclusion that with Greg in the field, Hodges has taken the responsibility as lab clown. He's really becoming a funny guy. I think with the fannysmackin' Greg undeservingly recieved, he's ort of lost his back bone. I say this because when he and the others were outside and making the decision to be a team without Catherine or Keppler, it was kind of like peer pressure to agree to Nick proposal. He didn't voice any sort of reason or comment much. Grissom is who I feel bad for the most because he's gonna have a big mess on his hands when Keppler finally scre-- er, leaves.

    If there's one thing I completely agree with Catherine on is that her team cannot be decieved that easily. They're too good for that.moreless

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  • Keppler and Catherine try a new strategy to catch the suspect, deceiving the other team members.

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    By kys4722, Jan 24, 2008 Report Abuse
    An assemblyman and an attorney were killed by Simon, the most notorious drug dealer on the West Coast. The killer holed up, so the CSI team has to track down him to put him in jail. Keppler convinced Catherine and Brass to approach this case in a different way, so-called 'reverse forensics', in which investigators manipulate a crime scene and arrest a fake suspect in an attempt to make the real suspect think he is off the hook and feel free to do something. Frankly, that's the way I've always thought about personally that the CSI team could try, at least once, in order to catch the suspect. (Probably, it would not have happened with Grissom in charge.)

    When the other four members - Nick, Warrick, Sara, and Greg - noticed something fishy going on between Catherine and Keppler, they decided to work on the investigation by themselves. Especially, it seemed like Nick felt betrayed really bad. Anyway, the team managed to nail Simon, but Nick is still angry at the fact that he was deceived by someone he has always trusted.moreless

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    • Goof: Keppler supposedly smashes the car window with a spark plug, but if you look closely, he actually appears to use some kind of metal pipe. Edit
    • Hodges comments to Nick that Keppler & Catherine's mysteriousness implies an Internal Affairs investigation so much so that the department has started a pool on who is being investigated. The top three in the pool are claimed to be (in order) Nick, Hodges & Grissom. Edit
    • When Nick is in Hodges lab and prints a result, for the first time the laser printer outputs the result with the upside down (like a normal printer will do). In all previous times and episodes the laser printers of the lab always printed the pages with the face up something that no laser printer does. In the first seasons of CSI (mentioned before) the laser printers was also making a dot-matrix sound-like. Edit

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    • International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Drom (Redrum) Edit
    • Although listed in the opening credits, William Peterson does not appear in this episode. Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Denmark: February 9, 2007 on Kanal 5 Czech Republic: November 20, 2008 on TV Nova Edit

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    • Undersheriff McKeen: Alright, which one of you screwed this up? Brass: I'm looking at him. You dropped the ball, man. You never cleared this with the D.A and now she says she can't tell fact from fiction. She's not gonna file charges against Simon. Undersheriff McKeen: She's a tight ass. I told her what I thought she needed to know. Brass: Did you hear what I said? Now what're you gonna tell the Sheriff? Edit
    • Warrick: This glass wasn't shot out. Take a look at that. (Nick looks) Nick: Spark plug? Warrick: The only mark a spark plug makes is a knick in the center, now who would know about that? Nick: Crooks... and cops. And hey, get this... the blood found in Holstein's car had high levels of EDTA... anti-coagulant. Warrick: That means that the blood didn't come from his head, it came from his arm. Nick: Which means this crime scene was staged. Warrick: If Keppler is IA that means Catherine couldn't tell us anything even if she wanted to. Nick: If this is all IA... B.S, then why play it out in the press? Edit
    • Nick: I can't find the evidence in the Holstein case. Catherine: What do you want it for? Nick: Because that guy who confessed to killing Zameesca didn't do it. The sheriff's jumping the gun. Catherine: We have evidence and a confession, you can't just come in here and take over my case. Nick: Is there a reason that you don't want me to see that file, Catherine? Catherine: Nick, as your supervisor I'm ordering you to back off. Edit

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    • Newscaster: The city remains in mourning today as we try to make sense of Assemblymen Danilo Zameesca's death. After his only son was gunned down by a drug dealer, he dedicated his life to public service. This is an allusion to the two-part Season 6 episode " A Bullet Runs Through It (1) & (2)" in which Zameesca's son was killed for his bike so that the drug dealer could get away from the shootout. Edit
    • Episode Title: Redrum. This is the word "murder" spelled backwards. It was used in The Shining by Stephen King and in the both adaptions (the 1980 film The Shining and the miniseries. Edit

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