CSI: Miami

48 Hours To Life

Season 4, Episode 4, Aired 10/10/05

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Horatio and the team are trying to figure out how to free an innocent young man after a harsh interrogation with Frank Tripp sends him to jail.

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David Caruso

Lieutenant Horatio Caine
Emily Procter

Calleigh Duquesne
Adam Rodriguez

Eric "Delko" Delektorsky

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Horatio goes out of his way to make right what's wrong with the way a young boy is viewed after killing a fellow inmate. In the end we all learn killing isn't right, but in some cases, necessary when the stakes are your integrity and character.moreless

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By jmhop23, Feb 28, 2008 Report Abuse

This episode shows a side of Horatio we sometimes see in other episodes. He has integrity and character. He stays with something he believes. He's always good with kids especially and this episode is no different although the main character in prison really isn't a "kid" anymore. However, Horatio genuinly likes this boy and wants what's best for the young man. This is the 2nd time I've seen it and this time I enjoyed it just as much as I did before. The poor kid was just embarrassed and was going to "go down with the ship" so to speak just to avoid people knowing the truth about why he killed in the first place. It's not that killing is O.K. and Horatio makes that all clear near the end when he says to the boy something like, "All I know is that in the end, all we have is the truth."moreless

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By bankscountybabe, Jan 03, 2007 Report Abuse

A black guy is found with blood all over him. A woman is found dead in her boat. The kid confessed to doing the murder but he couldn't have. The blood was dry before he stepped in it. The girl had airebubbles around her mouth. Mrs. Bolland had an affair with the black man b/c her husband was gay. she was shot in open water. The woman who was interested in the boat says her boyfriend killed the woman. someone staged the black guy to killing the inmate. She was smoothered. The shot didn't kill her. Mr. Bolland had blood spatter on his wrist band from an airbubble. Darrell Raped toby.moreless

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it was an exciting episode, i really tot the african american did it cos i didnt understand why he was running. i seating at the edge of my seat wondering how it was going to end. i really felt sorry for the boy he's whole life ruined.moreless

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By stephshady, Sep 06, 2006 Report Abuse

det frank tripp didnt do the guy any favours and i think maybe he's racist cos if he's bad mouthing cuban americans in one episode, he's doing something else. poor boy raped in jail i wish the prison institution in the United states should do something about that. its sad almoost every new prisoner is raped by a fellow stronger prison on the 1st of his or her incarceration, so where's the allowance for rehabilitation? all in all it was a great episode.moreless

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By Malora, Aug 10, 2006 Report Abuse

The episode depicted a very harsh image of American jails. It seems ridiculous that on a confession without any evidence that a person can be thrown straight into the deep end of a harsh jail.

This week there was a considerable focus on the young man in jail, and it does show the prison system to be woefully inadequate but the characters of Ryan, Calleigh and Eric were underused this week whilst Frank was not a big part which seems a shame considering the crux of the story was down to him. Horatio of course had the lead but he seems to do more detective work than crime scene processing most of the time. The lad techs this week seemed even less of a part than usual. Calleighs **** to the guy in ballistics seems unfair as the guy probably has a lot of work to do, as highlighted with Calleigh in one episode. but I also see her point, she needs the evidence. I do think she was harsh though.

It was a pretty good week all in all but if the writers increased the use of some of the lab techs as well as Calleigh, Ryan and Eric and bring the focus more to the the forensics rather the the detective side.

Still, pretty good entertainment.moreless

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Great show and acting!

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By JPPT1974, May 30, 2006 Report Abuse

A man who is accused of rape goes to prison and gets harrassed after a tough interrogation by Frank Tripp
Who will become a series regular comes this fall in 2006
But I think that the man was left out to dry and that
The team has forty-eight hours to clear him
But leave it to H to find the real culprit!

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Trivia
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- Goof: When Horatio arrives at the scene of Darren's murder they tell him that one of the guards found the shank used to kill him. Later Calleigh claims she found the shank. Edit
- Goof: Having the CPU fan covered up would not make the hard drive hot the CPU fan is there to cool the CPU not the hard drive and basically all computers these days have a built in safe mode and when the CPU reaches a certain temp well before you could feel the temp through the case would shut itself down to avoid damage and it did not. Edit
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- Original International Air Dates: Czech Republic: March 11, 2008 on TV Nova Edit
- International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: 48 hodin života (48 Hours of Life) Edit
- Featured Music: Lovasok a szakadék felé by Bigtétény's Finest Edit
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- Tobey: Do you really think telling the truth is going to get me out of here? Horatio: Here's what I think. Here's what I know. That at the end of the day, the truth, Tobey...the truth is all we have. Edit
- Cooper: M Boland is the only one who signed on today. Wolfe: Yeah that's her husband. How did you know that? Cooper: I'm a computer geek, Ryan. It's what I do. Edit
- Michael: We're re-organising. Horatio: You mean getting divorced. Edit
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- Due to his seemingly quiet and non-violent demeanor, Toby is mockingly referred to by a fellow prisoner as "Theo Huxtable", referring to one of the impossibly pleasant children on the The Cosby Show. Edit
- 48 Hours to Life is a reference to the time that they have to clear Toby. 48 hours is how long they have to prosecute him. Life is a reference to Toby not living as long as 48 hours. Edit