CSI: Miami

Recoil

Season 3, Episode 21, Aired 5/2/05

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After a bitter custody battle, shots are fired outside the courthouse. Bullets fly and the target is the little girl's mother. Horatio goes after the father, who he suspects may not be the girl's biological father after all. However, when the mother's shady past is uncovered, the team finds that she has a lot of enemies who would like to take a shot at her. Meanwhile, Calleigh's father returns to the crime lab for her guidance but for an unexpected reason.moreless

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David Caruso

Lieutenant Horatio Caine
Khandi Alexander

Chief Medical Examiner Alexx Woods
Sofia Milos

Detective Yelina Salas (Episodes 49+, Recurring Previously)

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By bankscountybabe, Jan 03, 2007 Report Abuse

A man at the court room shoots a womand and Brad is about to lose a case with his ex wife over his daughter. A man is found under a building 16 stories down. Brad is not her biological father. Fallen guy is a registered sex offender and he molested Amy. She was selling off her daughter. He killed the man who was molesting his child. Wolfe broke his hand on glass. The father really loves his daughter. Someone else shot Cheri. The shooter meant to shot Brad, but Horatio did. The mother got arrested for child soliciting. The biological father tried to shoot Brad.moreless

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By laudinha, Dec 02, 2005 Report Abuse

I heard nothing about an experimental episode... so this one was in no way a disapointment... I liked it's storyline very much... In it we see something that I trully believe... what you see isn't always what you get... and you can't expect to know someone just with a couple of meetings or because someone told you something...

The coincidence of the cop hiting the car of the man hired by the murder/biological father was for me a little too much... but except that... Very Good!moreless

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The previews of this epsiode promised an experimenal episode with the ending first and the being at the end of the epsiode. Boy, I was so wrong with this one, because the second half of the epsiode when back to the normal way of telling a story.moreless

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By Minarvia, Jul 05, 2005 Report Abuse

From the previews of this episode I thought that this episode was going to be an experimental episode, which I like, where the entire episode is told backward, with the ending first and the being last. Boy, I was wrong with this episode, only the first half of the episode was told like that. The second half of the episode was told in the normal fashion. When that happen I started to lose interests in the episode.
Which, made the entire episode disappointing to watch, because it was unfolding like a typical CSI:Miami episode and while there is nothing wrong with something like that. But, if you are going to do an experimental episode like the adds were promising, served it up as how the previews show it. Don't fall back to the typical way of telling an episode's story, with the being first, the middle second, and the ending, at the end.
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- Goof: When Calleigh falls to the ground in the opening teaser, she remains there with her eyes wide open and not making a single move for several seconds, giving the impression she has been shot. However, when the event is "repeated" later in the episode, she gets up immediately and says she's fine.
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- Wolfe mentions after the shooting that Horatio's weapon is a "department issue 9mm." Horatio's weapon is a Sig Sauer P229 which are only made in .40 and .357 . Edit
- Goof: Vincent Lesca's driver's license number is listed as L42-940-634. However, this is impossible since New York licenses do not use any letters in identification numbers. Edit
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- Original International Air Dates: Czech Republic: January 22, 2008 on TV Nova Edit
- International Episode Titles: Germany: Abgründe (Depths) Brazil: Tiro pela culatra (Backfire) Czech Republic: Tři výstřely (Three Shots) Edit
- Music:
  Massive Attack - I Am Home
  Massive Attack - Simple Rules
  (both songs from "Danny The Dog" soundtrack) Edit
Quotes
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- Calleigh: (to Ryan) You know, I've learned in this business, just because you know one thing about a person doesn't mean you know everything about him. Edit
- Alex: I found split ends... Eric: So, the guy needed conditioner... ?? Alex: Further south. Eric: This oughta be good. Edit
- Eric: That's a long fall Alex... Alex: Yeah, you know what they say... The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Edit
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- Frank Tripp: You know what they say, good fences make good neighbors. "Good fences make good neighbors" is a line from the poem "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost. Edit