Alter Boys (1 Nov. 2001)

A woman is found dead at a spa while a young man is found burying dead bodies.

Director:

Danny Cannon

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Ann Donahue

Stars:

William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
William Petersen	...	Gil Grissom
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows
Gary Dourdan	...	Warrick Brown
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes
Jorja Fox	...	Sara Sidle
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Dylan Baker	...	Father Powell
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Corbin Allred	...	Ben Jennings
Jeremy Renner	...	Roger Jennings
Sasha Alexander	...	District Attorney Robin Childs
Skip O'Brien	...	Detective Ray O'Riley
Wayne Wilderson	...	Paramedic
Lindsay Price	...	Kim Marita

Storyline

A patrolling cop accidentally catches Ben Jennings, who has no criminal record, burying lawyer Oliver Dunne's corpse. His priest priest Powell tries to convince ex-Catholic Grissom Ben must be innocent, having been an altar boy like his brother Roger, a hardened violent criminal. Ben gives away there's another corpse, David Ramirez, denies killing anyone but refuses to incriminate Roger. Shelley Danvers is found in a casino spa, died from cardiac arrest. The team finds the body was moved to the gym, actually from the sauna, where she has a fatal allergic reaction. Both staff, concerned for the hotel reputation, and her own room mate friend lied.

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Plot Keywords:

hanging | brother brother relationship | loyalty | dog | jail | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 November 2001 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television, CBS Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At approximately 7 minutes and 25 seconds into the episode we can see the "dead" body on the post mortem table exhaling.

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Quotes

Father Powell: You don't believe?
Gil Grissom: In religion. I believe in God, in science, in Sunday supper. I don't believe in rules that tell me how I should live.
Father Powell: Even if they're handed down by God?
Gil Grissom: How many crusades were fought in the name of God? How many people died because of someone's religion?
Father Powell: Fanaticism, not religion.
Gil Grissom: Semantics. They're still dead.

User Reviews

CSI:Crime Scene Investigation-Alter Boys

Another unnerving performance from Jeremy Renner(he portrayed Jeffrey Dahmer in DAHMER and was also in the highly revered HURT LOCKER)highlights this particular episode of CSI, as a recently paroled criminal who possibly murdered two people, having his innocent brother bury the bodies, caught by a police officer, blood in the poor kid's car implicating him. A gun is found(ballistics can not tie it to slugs taken from the body of the first victim due to tampering with the barrel)as well as blood(unusable to to dry cleaning)but neither can convict Renner. Pizza flour is what links Renner to the first victim but it isn't enough to convict him. The second case concerns a healthy women who had a stroke in a sauna and how it could pertain to shellfish and a catfight over a guy in a bar. A haunting ending where the evidence doesn't put the right man in prison, with the one convicted taking drastic measures to keep from going to jail. We also see that Grissom was once a Catholic; Dylan Baker guest stars as a priest who knows the innocent young man locked up for the crime committed by his brother due to epithelials found on the yellow tie used to strangle the second victim.