The Execution of Catherine Willows

Season 3, Episode 6, Aired
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Fifteen years ago, Catherine helped put a man on death row for the rape and murder of a coed at a nearby college. The man is about to be executed when he's granted a stay based on new DNA evidence. When bodies turn up at the school, killed in identical manners, it's thought the killer might actually be on the loose.moreless
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  • Case reopened

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    By OnePerCentClub, Nov 07, 2011 Report Abuse
    How terrible it must be for all those involved in an investigation, when the final step has to be put on hold and go back to relive everything again.

    In this case, parents and CSIs had to deal with this but they were moved by a the goal of putting the responsible in jail. Or the new responsible.

    What makes the show very enjoyable is those moments where they set up the environment of a crime scene and their theories based on the evidence have to come out of their minds.

    I don't think I saw the second part of this episode, but it was good to see that Catherine made no mistake at all.moreless

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  • Execution of Catherine Willows

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    By bankscountybabe, Nov 07, 2011 Report Abuse
    Found trash bag with a girl in it. Another girl was found in a bag also. She was tied too tight and cut into her skin. Found blue paint on her body. Found out that paint was from a rail paint. Found out that her killer was watching her and waiting for her to go by. Drunk man dead girl...

    Deadbolts on bedroom doors... The woman had her own refridgerator and she was trained in self defence. Found a towel in her room with blood on it. Found father's gun ... Glock Lazer Slide missing... M 119 empty box 16 rounds but only 2 remaining in chamber. Domestic animal burrial in backyard. VW convertable Blue.moreless

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  • Although we never see him, in this episode a new killer is introduced to the story line who prooves to be yet another would be nemisis for Grissom.

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    By edmorita, Jan 14, 2006 Report Abuse
    Although we never see him, in this episode a new killer is introduced to the story line who prooves to be yet another would be nemisis for Grissom. In this particular episode, a murder takes place which leads to the team to think that it is a copy cat murder of a man currently on deathrow. However, the evidence later shows that the man set to be executed, may in fact be the copy cat, which means that the real murderer has been free the whole time.moreless

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  • Series classic, especially cos these killer is coming back again.

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    By Marg_Fan, Sep 25, 2005 Report Abuse
    This is one of the first CSI episodes I remember I've seen. This is a special episode, with an interesting story-line. You can see that because the bleu-paint killer is coming back again. Anyway, about the episode. It's a story where Catherine is sort of "head-part" in, and I like it. A old serie-murder is getting back again, and Catherine and the rest of the team has to find out if the old killer, is the killer. Wait a minute.. this is getting very confused, for me 2. Hope you still understand me. At the end of the episode, witch is my favorite part, Catherine has to be with the exicution of the killer. I love that part, Catherine's fear and everything. I love this episode, it really is a classic I think.moreless

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    • Warrick is an alumni of Western Las Vegas University (WLVU). Edit
    • Goof: When Catherine is at the coffee shop and the parents of a murdered girl come to talk to her. She is holding her coffee in the right hand and her cell phone rings and she grabs it with her left. The shot switches angles while Catherine is talking and her cell phone has shifted to her right hand. Edit

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    • Brass: I keep racking my brain going over these unsolved murder cases and I keep coming back to the fact that they're fifteen years apart. That means he's either out of town or in the joint. Grissom: Why wouldn't he take his business to some other college if it was only about young girls? Brass: It's got to be personal. He wanted to kill those girls. Edit
    • Jacqui: You got to wonder when a guy gives it up this easily. Prints, DNA, his car ... Nick: Yeah, well ... maybe he thinks he's some kind of smart guy you know, covering all the bases. Jacqui: Or maybe he didn't do it. Edit
    • Catherine: Mathers' execution's back on. The Roths asked me to sit with them. Grissom: Is that a good idea? Catherine: I just need to do it. Grissom: Why? Catherine: It's like your first autopsy ... your first murdered child. You can make it through that you can keep doing this work. Grissom (shows her results): All the paints match all the victims except for Charlene Roth. See, being capable of matching paint samples that are fifteen years apart that's why I keep doing this work. Catherine (smiles): Well, that's the difference between you and me. Edit

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    • Greg: Really? I thought Elvis was king. Elvis Presley is often referred to as "The King of Rock and Roll." Edit

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