CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Incredible. This is one very, very, very good episode. First, the fire fighter found a body in the chimney and the CSI is called in. Catherine finds out that the house is actually her suspect's house (in a cold case). So, Catherine takes the chances to re-open the old case, although it is not allowed. Incrediblely good. I have to admit this is one very good episode. Although some viewers claimed this episode lacked of Grissom and Greg, but I don't think it has anything to do to this episode. The story is still good, and after 6 years of production, it is very unbelieveable that CSI is still good and getting better.

This episode included everything that makes me love this show. I'm referring to a revolving storyline, a great mystery, extensive investigate work and of course, nabbing the bad guy and closing a case. After a charred body is discovered in a chimney, the CSI's are hard at work. The interesting thing is that Warrick & Catherine had previously tried to search the residence in regards to a missing persons case. Now that the home is a crime scene they get that chance. Although unrelated to the body in the chimney, they discover other evidence in the home to suggest foul play in the missing persons case. The episode turns into a case of mistaken identity regarding the body in the chimney as the CSI's victim appears days later purchasing gas. The intricate plot brings Scott William Winters into the scene as a heartbroken father desperate to find out the truth about his daughter's disappearance. I liked this actor from his days on OZ as the mentally slow Cyril O'Reilly. Great Episode!!!

I\'ve always thought that CSI was more of a stroyline based show than a character based show. I always thought that it was the well crafted script which made this show so successful rather than the individuality of the characters. Well this episode proved me wrong.

This episode was nothing but a filler. It felt like it too. Without the presence of Grissom, it made the case seem unimportant. I guess if there was any upside to this episode, it hopefully would have made viewers and producers alike, aware of just how important William Petersen is to this show. This is definately more than just one of those series where you can tune in any time, on an irregular basis, and thoroughly enjoy it. The characters tie each episode together, and if one were to leave, it would leave a massive hole in the show, none more so than Gil Grissom.

I only watched this episode a week ago yet I cannot remember a single thing that happened. All I remember that the guy who they thought was killed was still alive and the dead body wasn't even murdered and it was all a ruse to get the CSIs to investigate the house and find the missing daughter of a guy who knew who killed her.



There was nothing witty about the episode. In order for an episode to catch my attention it needs to have some witty comment from one of the characters. The episode didn't have a single funny moment. Oh well I continue to hope for a less boring episode to rescue us from the boringness that has plagued CSI of late.

The show is usually good but this episode just wasn't

That good at all. Like one reviewer says, it was

Boring despite a great ending but that is our opinion

And our opinion alone. There was lack of both Greg and

Of course, the star and glue to the show, Grissom. Only

In a few scenes since he is the star but liked Cathering and Warrick which made up the show a bit!

In my opinion, this ep was boring. Actually the first thirty minutes were boring, the last ten minutes were really exciting.

I LOVED the end and the twist and the last scene with Cathrine + whatever his name is. :)



In my humble opinion, you really could skip watching this episode. But you have to make your own opinion ;)

A really great episode. One of my favorites so far. The whole storyline was very interesting and kept me on the edge of my seat.



I was dissapointed when Grissom only showed up in 3 scenes, he really didn't do much for the episode. I'm left to wonder if TPTB are testing the waters, and want to see how the show will do without Grissom (William Petersen).



There was also a lack of Greg, I only counted one scene for him.



It was nice to see Warrick & Cath working together, and at least Sara had more screentime, unlike the previous episodes. It was nice to see a happy, smiling, radiant Sara again.

Question - I noticed someone in their review mentioned that there had been a distinct lack of personal character development this season, and I think I must agree. Based on that - where is Warrick's "wife"? The one we have only ever seen two or three times? I have to say I'm not all that concerned about pairing up Sara and Grissom, but I thought that getting Catherine and Warrick together might be interesting. There has always been great chemistry between those two, and the surprise intro of the "wife" at the beginning of the season has (potentially) ruined that.



Nick is still looking like a refugee from the seventies, although thankfully without the sideburns of the era. At least he looks better than the geek kid who plays Tad Sidley's roomie. The actor playing said roomie should have screamed bloody murder when he saw what they were going to make him look like - talk about bad hair... lol



Musically this episode is all over the map - the orchestral style used while searching Sidley's house was really lovely, and set the mood beautifully. The techno-pop crap, on the other hand, playing while Hodges was working in the lab was massively distracting and not suited to the rest of the episode.



Very nice set up at the end of it - Sidley Sr screwed himself royally trying to blame the rape and murder on his "dead" kid. The girl's dad is another one who needs some serious psychiatric help - can you say grief counselling?

WHile this was not one of the best episodes this seasong, it was still well written. I thought the usage of Edgar Allen Poe was brilliant. Still, it was nice to see Warrick and Catherine working close again. Not to much of Grissom. I felt sorry for the girls father.

I don't think they could a lift a legible or any fingerprint off a brick chimeney anyway. Then a detective would have most likely talked to the girl's father, not Catherine Willows. CSI's don't interrogate suspects in real life. I doubt the detective would've been that pushy or feel personal about the cold case anyway so the father's plan of stuffing a stolen dead body down the chimney might not have worked out in real life.

I was looking forward to this episode all week, and was disappointed when I watched. There was nothing truly "significant" about this episode. There were no character developments, the episode focused on Catherine, an already well developed character. To make up for a lack of character progression in an episode it usually has Super Science in it that will astound and amaze us... but unfortunately, that wasn't the case here either. The one thing that made me happy about this episode was the Edgar Allan Poe references, but sadly, even that can't make up for what this episode is lacking. I hope they start focusing on characters again soon..

Don't get me wrong, I still liked the episode. But the writers need to focus a little bit more on drama like they did in Seasons four and five. I understand that the show is about cases, but we need to start seeing a little more background with the characters. For nearly this entire season, it has been casefile after casefile after casefile.



Still, the plot was mildly interesting. But, I knew that the id was going to belong to the son in the very beginning, and I also 'called' that it was *SPOILER* going to be the father who stuffed the body in the chimney.

After quite a long time, we see only one case handled by the CSI team. Sure there were basically two cases, but it started with one and no second murder scene at the beginning. No two teams facing different murders. Sure at the end we got two dead people and several cases, but it was just different. The show slowed down a bit. And it isn’t that bad, after some of the greatest episodes in the last year (season five finale, the other two part episode, and so on…).

We don’t see Grissom so much around; well basically he has only three or four lines. Is it the end of his character? They show us that the show could work without him. I hope he stats, but it just looks like it so far.

The case is a bit special – nothing special. But still the show handles this episode really well. I mean it’s so good to see that they can be great even without the extreme action they used to have.

So after all a very well done and written episode - nothing special, but maybe that’s what this makes it so special.