Bad Words (15 Apr. 2004)

A teenager dies from inhaling smoke during a fire before firemen could rescue her. The rest of her family, her mother, younger brother, and grandmother are safe. Catherine, Nick and Warrick... See full summary »

Director:

Rob Bailey

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Sarah Goldfinger

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
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Tracey Needham	...	Jessica Abernathy
Max Jansen Weinstein	...	Sam Abernathy
Larry Poindexter	...	Fire Investigator Jack Clarke
Michael Gaston	...	Rick Chilson
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Jason Kravits	...	Pierce
T.E. Russell	...	Wilson Janek

Storyline

A teenager dies from inhaling smoke during a fire before firemen could rescue her. The rest of her family, her mother, younger brother, and grandmother are safe. Catherine, Nick and Warrick works on the case which unveils an unexpected and shocking finding. Gil Grissom and Sara investigates the death of a man found in a hotel's bathroom. Autopsy reveals that he had swallowed 6 pieces of game tiles and had suffocated to death. The tiles lead the two detectives to an annual championship of Logos, a word game similar to Scrabble.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 April 2004 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Sara is looking at the Logos player match-up some of the names included are Ted Bundy (serial killer); Ned Devine (fictional movie character from Waking Ned Devine) and Leslie Moonves (head of CBS).

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Goofs

The young boy uses chafing dish fuel to write the word on the linoleum floor and then lights it. The word is written in the middle of the kitchen floor, several feet from anything flammable. However, it is pointed out when the CSIs are first going through the house that the adhesive underneath the linoleum is highly flammable, and all that would be needed for it to go up in flames would be a simple crack in the linoleum.

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Quotes

[investigators can't explain why a victim was home]
Catherine Willows: Hey, if you can explain the behavior of teenagers, more power to you.

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Soundtracks

"Mysterious Traveller"
(uncredited)
Written by Simon J. Hunter
Performed by Simon J. Hunter

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