Blood Drops (17 Nov. 2000)

The team is called to a suburban house where the whole family, except the two daughters, have been murdered with no apparent motive.

Director:

Kenneth Fink

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Ann Donahue (teleplay),

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
Timothy Carhart	...	Eddie Willows
Allison Lange	...	Tina Collins
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Glenn Morshower	...	Sheriff Brian Mobley
Marc Vann	...	Conrad Ecklie
Skip O'Brien	...	Sergeant Ray O'Riley
Eric Nenninger	...	Jesse Overton
Dakota Fanning	...	Brenda Collins
Aasif Mandvi	...	Dr. Leever

Storyline

A teenage girl runs out of her house in the middle of the night screaming for help. The crime scene inside is a mess with four dead bodies, her father, mother and two brothers, lying in pools of blood. The only survivors are the oldest daughter,Tina, and Brenda, the youngest member of the family. Grissom assembles his team together and announces that this will be the only crime scene for his shift. Meanwhile, he assigns Sara to take care of Brenda, much to her dismay as she is not good with children. Nonetheless, during the course of the investigation, Sara discovers a maternal side in her.

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Plot Keywords:

murder of family | bloody body of child | dead children | child murder | reference to william shakespeare | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 2000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio:

4:3 Full Frame

Did You Know?

Trivia

Grissom quotes lines from Shakespeare's "Macbeth" twice, and each quote is said by Lady Macbeth.

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Quotes

Catherine Willows: How's the little girl?
Sara Sidle: Uh, well, the *shrink* said she's in a catatonic state as a result of trauma. *I* could have told you that. Oh, but she *did* respond to the name Buffalo.
Gil Grissom: Respond how?
Sara Sidle: She freaked out.
Gil Grissom: And, what are doing about that now?
Sara Sidle: Going back to the girl. She's out in the car. The windows are cracked. Hey, give me a little credit, she's at the hospital.

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Connections

References Quincy M.E. (1976)

User Reviews

Forget it Gil, it's Vegas.

Blood Drops is one of the more calm, character driven episodes of the show. There isn't a lot of fancy editing or thumping music, just a sense of dread. The dark mood is very appropriate to the bloody, quadruple slaying in a six person household. Only a too quick third act, which has the motive reveled all too easily, keeps the episode from being perfect. It's still very good and the first episode to feature a retooling of a major Hollywood motion picture. Dakota Fanning plays one of the young girls whose family is killed and, at times, seems to be looking off camera at someone stabbing a puppy. This episode also features the first appearance of Marc Vann as Conrad Ecklie, Gil Grissom's lab nemesis. Blood Drops is one of the essential episodes of the first season and holds up very well among the run of the series.