Viva Las Vegas

Season 5, Episode 1, Aired
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A feverish night in Las Vegas results in one dead male in an alien suit, one more dead male in a bathtub, one dead female with two suspicious men at the scene, and another dead male with a polaroid of yet another dead male, but on the other hand, we get to meet Gregs replacement DNA person.moreless
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  • Aliens?

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    By sid1157, Jun 24, 2010 Report Abuse
    I loved this episode! My favorit case was Nick and sara's. These kids were shooting off their dads guns and tripped over something and they thought they found an alein and it was at are 51 i think. I loved how his wrist watch said ET on the back of it and how david was freaking out because the body was making noise and sara walked up behind him and told him that it was his hearing aid. I think this episode was just all around funny. I like how they showed like a bunch of different chapels that people get hitched.moreless

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  • Nice way to start the season. 4 cases!!!

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    By aussieforgood, Jun 24, 2010 Report Abuse
    Nice way to start the season. 4 cases!!!

    Greg finally gets to go out into the field with Grissom, just a shame he failed the test.

    I din't really like Greg's replacement in the lab Chandra (who I recognised from 24). I love her in 24 but her role as Chandra was different she was a little mean.

    Warrick's & Catherine's cases weren't that interesting.

    Now Sara & Nicks case...the dead guy in the alien suit burried in the desert, was the best out of the 4 & the funniest. The funny part was in the morgue when David heard the noise comming from the corpse & probably thought that the "alien" was trying to communicate (that's what I thought anyway), and it turns out the dead guy had a hearing aid.

    Sara mentioning her childhood problems at the beginning...nice touch. It's about time we found out more about her & ner family.moreless

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  • Great start to the season.

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    By pagman_rox, Apr 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    They couldn't have started the season in a better way (will they could have but this was still a good start). Everyone had an interesting case and for once some continuity is present both for Greg and Sara. It was great at the beginning when Greg introduces Chandra and the replacement for him in the lab, thereby proving that he is going out in the field. Grissom asking for a pint of her blood was funny, I'm surprised he doesn't scare off everyone who comes to work at the lab. I actually felt sorry for the new lab tech, she had a lot to deal with and I was not shocked when she quit. Nick and Warrick having the bet on her was funny too. You could tell that Sara still has some issues to deal with but they can always wait, the season still started well.moreless

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  • Area 51

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    By lsburton, Apr 06, 2008 Report Abuse
    I like the way this episode came together. The scene with the dead woman hacked up in the bed was a little creepy, and it was even creepier how she died. I hope I never slip in fall in my bathroom. Greg is in his final test of his proficiency test and fails horribly when he uses the bathroom at a crime scene...Duh Greg!!! Luckily Grissom give him another chance to redeem himself. I like how Warrick put himself in the victim's shoes in order to solve the crime. At the end, the area 51 guy's murder was just an accident.moreless

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  • In the closest thing to an X-Files crossover, the CSIs find an alien in the desert near Area 51.

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    By aesgaard41, Dec 01, 2007 Report Abuse
    I love this episode for so many reasons. The creepy alien storyline, French stwart doing drama and the twist ending. I was never a big Third Rock fan, but French Stewart makes me laugh, and in this CSI episode, he does a very good turn as an Elvis minister doubling as an alien minister. In addition to that, there's a lot of "is it an alien in the morgue" sort of stuff that is both scary, but yet, turns out to be explained by the end of the episode. This one definitely ranks up there as one of the most popular case files.moreless

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    • Sara's "You are so late" comment to Nick is an inside joke about George Eads' brief firing from CSI because he was late to shooting around the time this episode was filmed. Due to the brief firing, Eads got a new hairstyle which changed his character's look. In an interview he said something along the lines of: "I was going to play the exact same look, the exact same hairstyle for as long as the show went. And then I was late for work and got fired, and that made me mad, so I shaved my head." Edit
    • Goof: When Brass and Grissom first enter the house of Ken Willard (the guy in the Polaroid), and Greg makes a noise at the door, the two of them turn around to see him. Then the angle changes, and they turn around again, repeating motion. Edit
    • Goof: When Grissom, Brass, and Greg go to the house of the guy in the Polaroid, Brass picks up a credit card from a table. First, he is holding it by his middle finger and thumb from the back, then the shot changes to a close-up and he is holding it with his index finger and thumb along the sides. Then, we return to the previous angle and he is once again holding it with his middle finger and thumb from the back. Edit

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    • Music Featured In This Episode: Spitfire- The Prodigy 99 Problems- Jay-Z I'll Be There- Weekend Players Viva Las Vegas- Jim Belushi and The Sacred Hearts Edit
    • At the end, this episode is dedicated: In Loving Memory of Charles Correll 1944-2004 Edit

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    • Detective Cavalier: Electrocution. That's a quick way to go. Warrick: Not always. Edit
    • Detective Travis: Hey! E.T. phone home. Edit
    • Grissom: You committed a fatal error, Greg. You compromised evidence at a crime scene. A judgment like that can cost us a conviction. In order to solo in the field, you have to successfully complete three proficiencies. Greg: I failed this one. Grissom: Yeah. (Greg stands up, sighs and heads for the door) But...(Greg stops and turns around) Since you found a suitable replacement in the lab, I'm going to give you one more chance. Greg: Thank you. Thank you. Edit

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    • This episode is filled with references to the "Pilot." When Greg is showing around his replacement, her introduction is filled with references to Holly Gribbs. 1) Her name is Chandra, a reference to Chandra West, the actress who played Holly Gribbs. 2) Greg says it's the busiest lab in the country, while Brass said it was the #2 to Holly. 3) When she meets Warrick, she says she caught a lecture he gave about longitudinal toenail striations; Warrick's case in that episode was cracked by matching a toenail striation from inside the victim's shoe with the suspect. 4) When she meets Grissom, he asks Greg if he'd gotten her blood yet; she asks why, and he says, "So many reasons," the same line he gives Holly when he takes hers. In addition, Grissom's case in the pilot, and Warrick's case in this episode, a middle-aged man was killed in a bath tub, and the killer made it look like suicide. Also, Dr. Klausbach in pilot and Hodges in this episode each used the line, "She's cute," to describe the new girl. Catherine's case involves a stripper/hooker who drugs her client, while Nick's case in the pilot was a hooker who also drugged her client, both of whom end up dead. Finally, both characters lasted only one episode! Edit
    • Greg: Duct tape. So the shooter stuck the gun in the toilet earlier to avoid the metal detector. Grissom: Echoes of Michael Corleone. This is an allusion to the 1972 classic The Godfather where Michael Corleone also stuck the gun in the toilet. Edit
    • When Nick and Sara catch up with French Stewart in his Elvis garb and he recognizes them, Sara holds her hands up with the first/second and third/fourth fingers splayed into a V - a reference to the Vulcan greeting Mr. Spock used in the 1960s sci-fi show Star Trek. Edit

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