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The team investigates the murder of Jason, a troubled computer geek working at a low-level casino support industry job who lures a colleague, Paulie, into a dangerous plan to make a working stiff's dream come true.
  • awesome~! way to bring it back from the edge.

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    this episode was really fun... but sad in the end.

    its been awhile since i really rooted for the murder to get away. Like i did for the man who went after the d-bag who ratted him out to the cops but i really felt bed for the little geekling in the end.

    This episode had much of what i hated to admit it was missing last season. Teamwork. Not one cast member completely carried the investigation but everyone was working together. I almost expected because of how insane the victim was for it to come out that he was just trying to play the part of a classic nerd and was blackmailing the killer into doing his work for him. that almost would have been better, seeing as all people who are geeks do not crowd themselves with action figures and anime (ok i do, but not all my nerdilicious friends do) but otherwise, i loved this episode. Who lit the fire under the writers bums?moreless
  • Interesting though not spellbinding

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    This episode was okay. I didn't hate it by any stretch of the word, but I did get rather bored during some of it. I think that was because part of the fun of watching CSI is figuring out who did it along with the cast. In this case we, the audience, already knew so we just watched the gang figure it out. I thought the ending was clever though, making us think he had gotten away with it only to find out that no he didn't in a very big rather shocking way. I felt kind of sorry for the guy in the end.

    I'm going to put out my token MORE GREG! Because I always do. ;) Though, truthfully, I would like to see the boy get something a little more meaty to work with. We are seeing him more than we did last year but he's still very much the wallpaper filler most of the time.moreless
  • Different but still more of the same

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    It was a good episode but still same old story.

    However, I liked that instead of seeing what we always see every week, the case combined the CSI's points of view as well as the ones involved in the murder.

    The addition of Ray is good but still lacks strength in the team, Willows is still a great leader but the team needs what Grissomm took with him. It's a more mature team, but they still need someone they can look up to.

    We learn something new about Ray and I wonder if that would be an issue in the coming episodes.

    Still can't stand Hodges, ugh!moreless
  • A different type of episode

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    In this episode of CSI, the following happens. We open this episode with a man being murdered, and within a matter of minute we know who the killer is. So the story between the killer and victim is told in flashbacks and it was actually quite interesting. They were planning a robbery together and 2 nights before it took place, one of them flipped and killed the other one. As the episode draws to a close we see the killer going through with the plan. We also see him confessing that he knew it wouldn't work, after the door off of the safe traps him inside of the room.moreless
  • Interesting and amusing one.

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    At the beginning we see the murderer but we don't know anything about the crime. Our criminal is abused and humiliated by his colleagues and nobody has ever asked an opinion to him. This episode reminds me a Christian Slater's film called He Was a Quiet Man. The two are similar in many ways.

    Anyway, this is a definitely a different episode. A little change of story telling can be good for one episode. Less Greg, no Sara. And I didn't feel right about that. Not a great episode but a good one. And I have to say, the actor who played the criminal is a right choice for the role. He does his job very well.moreless
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    • Goof: When Paulie is crushed blood runs from his mouth down to the bottom of his neck but a few seconds later it only reaches his chin.

    • Goof: As Belinda is being arrested, we see Paulie nervously fingering the flash drive he stole from Jason as he slips it into her purse. Later we hear the flash drive mentioned but the CSI's, who often go to enormous lengths to lift prints from almost anything, either didn't find or didn't look for prints on the drive. Finding Paulie's but not Belinda's prints on it should have quickly altered the direction of their investigation.

    • We learn in this episode that Langston has a genetic illness called "monoamine oxidase A" which, we are told, can cause violent behaviour

  • QUOTES (8)

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    • Catherine: So Jason and whoever killed him were out in the woods blowing up a safe? Ray: Which suggests that they were planning a good old fashioned robbery. Catherine: You know that my dad was a casino boss, right? Every few weeks he had to collect the revenue from all of his low-end, low-volume operations. Nickel slots from bars, mini-marts, grocery store keno, that kind of thing. And we're not talking small potatoes, either. A quarter mil, easy, even on a bad month. An armored truck would go around town making the pick-ups. But when they were done, the bank would be closed. So they would drive to Sam's business office, where he kept a big ol' vault in a room all by itself. Sam loved showing it off to me as the sacks of coin and bricks of cash went into it. Anyway, the money would go into the vault and stay there until the next morning when the armored car guys would return and take it to the bank. I think we need to find out if there's a safe on the premises.

    • Nick: Knowing the deep, dark secrets of your co-workers is a slippery slope. Ray: There was a time in my life where that could've come in handy. (they all give him a look) I used to work along side an angel of death. Catherine (looks at the files): It's mostly online shopping and DVD rentals. I take it the office firewalls porn. Greg: Don't they all.

    • (Ray is reading his dad's DNA profile and finds out he has monoamine oxidase A gene) Wendy (walks in and sees monoamine oxidase A on the file, but nothing else): Ooh, monoamine oxidase A. Ask me anything. What do you wanna know? Ray: What do you know about it? Wendy: Kind of a lot. My research group in grad school developed a protocol to synthesize the gene. What's the case? Ray: It's just something that I'm working on. Wendy: You know, that specific mutation there has actually been linked to violence. For example, there was this Dutch family, and all the males who had that were rapists or arsonists. And in mice without the MOA gene all exhibited highly aggressive behavior. Ray (gets up and starts to walk off): MOA deficiency doesn't make you violent. Wendy: I didn't say it did. Ray (as he's walking out): Just because something might happen doesn't mean it will. It's genetics, not destiny.

    • Ray: Action figures and anime, for the computer guy, that's always the cliche. Nick: Lemme guess, you were a G.I Joe guy? Ray: No, but my dad was.

    • Ray (seeing Hodges looking at himself through the computer camera): So, they say some people have a good side and a bad side. What's the verdict? Hodges: I don't seem to have a bad side.

    • Catherine: This looks like an implantable RFID. Radio frequency identification chip? Doc Robbins: Yeah, I know they're used for tracking inventory at Walmart. And unless the 13th Amendment got repealed while I wasn't looking, (points to a picture of the victim) that's not inventory. Catherine: Implantable RFID are pretty new. There's some high-end nightclubs that give them to their VIPs to make it easy for them to run up a tab. Doc Robbins: Oh, yeah. Having a chip surgically implanted in your body is so much more convenient than putting a credit card in your pocket. Catherine: Well, not everything I wear out has pockets. Doc Robbins: I'll buy you a purse.

    • Ray: What's the angriest you've ever been? Nick: I've been mad enough to kill somebody, didn't do it. You? Ray: High threshold, short fuse. David: Me too. In high school, I vented my frustrations by devising elaborate tortures for my classmates. In comic book form, of course. Nick: Well, whether the killer woke up this morning with the intention to beat this guy to death or not, right now, he's a new man, with a new plan and a big fat secret. Ray: Secrets are hard to keep.

    • Nick: If the killer is smart, he is already out of town, laying on a beach somewhere and drinking a margarita. Langston: Well, let's hope he is not that smart, then.

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    • Original International Air Dates: Australia: October 15, 2009 on Channel 9 Sweden: December 7, 2009 on Kanal 5 Norway: February 23, 2010 on TVNorge Finland: August 18, 2010 on MTV3 Slovakia: September 22, 2010 on JOJ Germany: September 30, 2010 on RTL Czech Republic: December 2, 2010 on TV Nova

    • Music Featured in this Episode: Any Way You Want It - Journey Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie

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    • Ray: What's the angriest you've ever been? Nick: I've been mad enough to kill somebody, didn't do it. This is a reference to "For Warrick (2)," where Nick was alone with Warrick's killer, Undersheriff Jeffery McKeen. McKeen tried to tempt Nick to shoot him, finally causing Nick to fire his weapon near the Undersheriff, scaring him.

    • Hodges: Desi. Ray: Lucy. This is a reference to the famous married/divorced couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez. They starred and produced their own show I Love Lucy.

    • Paulie: Belinda, I have those TPS reports... The 1999 comedy Office Space has several scenes with an office worker being harassed about TPS reports. An actual document used in software engineering, the term has come to denote any pointless paperwork.

    • Jason: There's an app for that. When Paulie is talking about how dark it is in the service tunnel, Jason pulls out his iPhone and says "there's and app for that" which is the Apple iPhone slogan.

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