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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Two and a Half Deaths

Season 8, Episode 16, Aired 5/8/08

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Grissom, Catherine, Nick, Greg and Brass are investigating the death of a well known TV star called Annabelle.''

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Eric Szmanda

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George Eads

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The funniest episode they've ever done.

9.0

"Superb"

By whiteraven2005, Sep 20, 2011 Report Abuse

Great dialogue, great jokes and a delightful group of guest actors.

The intro is hysterical! The writer really is funny and the rubber chicken?! And the writer takes a photo with his camera phone! The rest of the episode is just as funny, both as parts of the show Annabelle and from the CSI cast. This was a nice departure from the usual seriousness and often an attempt at a comedy episode in a show as intense as this doesn't work, but it was very well written, the jokes were clever and well delivered, so for me, it worked.

CSI had become a bit stale for me but this was a breath of fresh air. Loved it.moreless

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A great one time romp!

9.0

"Superb"

By lisagraham, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse

I loved this episode! I thought it was a fun one off episode and enjoyed all the silliness about it... the actors even seemed to enjoy all the punniness of it.

I will admit that if this was the norm for CSI it would fall off my top 10 list... but as a single episode specifically done to be funny... Outstanding!

The writers were great... the constant references to other shows... the cast of Two and a Half Men smoking cigars on the lot... all these little things kept me chuckling throughout.

Given the dark turn this series is about to take with Warrick I thought the quick comedic break was welcomed... Now let's see how the CSI guys do with Two and a Half Men... like Grissom said... "Death is Easy, Comedy is Hard."moreless

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The writers of the sitcom Two and A Half Men actually managed to penned a fairly witty script filled with a few disfuctional Hollywood characters.

8.0

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By Dakotagirl823, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse

Some wise words to Grissom-Less lab, more TV. Brass wasn't the only one who was surprised that Griss didn't know the name of one of the most popular TV icons, The Fonz. The scene where Brass is trying to explain the meaning of the phrase, Jump the Shark, to a clueless Grissom was a gem.

The case itself was pretty interesting. A much hated TV star is killed in a Las Vegas hotel room from a fall and later, her stunt double is killed in Hollywood. Cause of both deaths, blood thinners in mouthwas was interesting. What I found interseting was how much the charaters of Annabell and Buddy were fashioned after Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. The rest of the characters made the people of Las Vegas seem normal. I loved the cameo of the cast of Two and a Half Men and using the tv Show, Extra, to cover the life and murder of Annabell made for a real Hollywood experience. The best scene was Hodges failed experiement with the tampons. Clearly, he has never been around a woman who uses tampons but reading the directions on the box would have saved him from being embarrassed.

While this episode will never rank as being one of the series best, it did prove that comedy writer's can excell in writing outside of their normal genre.moreless

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Okay. What in the world was that?

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By keipots, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse

I have no idea what to make of this episode. At first I thought it was cool that the two shows were exchanging writers for one episode and I was really curious of how things would turn out but now that I've seen it...I don't know.

Let's do my pros and the cons, shall we?

Pros:

1. The "beautiful people doing high tech police work" comment.

2. Wendy teasing Hodges about the tampons.

3. That scene where Warrick asked Gil and Cath what they could see in the blood-soaked carpet.

Cons:

1. Most of the puns were bad.

2. The "extra" segment. The host never changes her dress. If you listen to her second update, she said "just one day after", meaning a day had gone by after her first report. Maybe I'm just nitpicking.

3. Bud.

4. The ending, with Bud stupidly cutting his jugular.

5. That conversation with Megan near the end was dragging. She was talking way too much.

There. There were some entertaining moments, but if you ask me, I don't think I'm going to watch this episode again.

By the way, I saw the Two And A Half Men episode the CSI writers did. It was funny.moreless

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The Merry Punsters.

7.5

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By lawgotham, May 20, 2011 Report Abuse

Anyone who watched a recent episode of Two and a Half Men know that the CSI writers penned the episode. It was a funny novelty with George Eads making a cameo appearence. Here, the writers of Two and a Half Men write an episode of CSI. A clever crossover idea, but only mildly funny.

Katey Sagal plays the dual role of a diva television star and her stand-in. Needless to say both are murdered and the fun begins. Dietrich Bader (Oswald Harvey from the Drew Carey show) plays a dunder-headed boyfriend/writer/producer. Stephen Tobolowsky (of Mississippi Burning and lots of other character actor fame) plays a writer of her television show. The show ends up on some Hollywood studio grounds where we see Grissom and Brass investigate the death of the stand-in. This is also where we pan past the Three guys of Two and a Half Men standing outside a studio, the son smoking a cigar.

While Two and a Half Men is laugh out loud funny, this show is mostly pun-filled with more groaning than laughing. It is a cute premise and there is no clear cut suspect.

Like I said, a cute idea, not the funniest but something original.moreless

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- Bud: Whoa hey! Easy on the Emmy there buddy. Grissom: Is that what this is? This is an in-joke for the two series involved (Two and a Half Men and CSI) with this episode. Both have been nominated multiple times for Best Series Emmys in their respective categories, but neither has won the award. Edit
- The movie studio that Grissom and Brass respond to for the crime scene involving Natasha is Universal Studios, Hollywood. As Grissom and Brass are being driven to the scene, they pass a road marker labeled "Jay Ward Drive". Jay Ward was a prolific animator, responsible for such iconic characters as Super Chicken and Tom Slick, among many others. Edit
- Goof: When Megan Kupowski mourns over Binky, her dead dog, she is conveniently kneeling on a small red rug to protect her knees. The rug also changes positions during the scene. Edit
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- International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Dvě a půl smrti (Two and a Half Deaths) Edit
- Det. Carolina Flores tells Grissom and Brass that Natasha's body will be taken to Mission Road. The address of the Los Angeles County Coroner is 1104 N. Mission Road, in the city of Los Angeles. Edit
- Music Featured In This Episode: Club Donkey Ass (Interlude): OutKast Hallelujah: Jeff Buckley La La La: zZz Edit
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- Brass (about Bud): So you like 'em for it? Grissom: There's nothing about this guy that I like. (holding an Emmy) But if he's smart enough to pull off a double homicide, he deserves one of these because he's a better actor than anyone on the show. Edit
- Grissom (on phone with her): Detective Flores is keeping us in the loop. We're gonna do lunch. Catherine: Okay, well don't go all Hollywood on us. See 'ya soon. (hangs up) Edit
- Hodges: Bud didn't marry Annabelle. Bud married Natasha pretending to be Annabelle. Catherine: Well, one thing's for sure. Neither one of them is pretending to be dead. Edit
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- Tom Arnold revealed on Adam Carolla's podcast that this episode was based on Chuck Lorre's experiences producing Roseanne. Edit
- When Hodges is watching Annabelle's wedding, you can see that on his laptop, he is on Perezhilton.com Perezhilton.com is a gossip website documenting the lives of celebrities. Edit
- Brass (to Grissom): Forget it, Gil. It's Burbank. Brass' statement is a paraphrase of the last line of Chinatown, which dealt with the California water wars of the 1920's. The line also echoes the thought that the good guys don't always win. Edit