"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Ch-Ch-Changes (2004)

Director:

Richard J. Lewis

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator)
Jerry Stahl (written by)

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

18 November 2004 (Season 5, Episode 8)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A body of a woman, her throat slit, is found in her car next to the highway. Autopsy reveals that Wendy...

Plot Keywords:

Investigation | Crime Lab | Police | Evidence | Crime Scene

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Dec. 17	11:00 AM	SPIKETV	Ch-Ch-Changes	#5.8
Thur. Dec. 17	3:00 PM	SPIKETV	Ch-Ch-Changes	#5.8

Cast

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
Aisha Tyler	...	Mia Dickerson
Lindsay Crouse	...	Dr. Mona Lavelle
Kate Walsh	...	Mimosa
Don McManus	...	Francis Lavelle
Katy Selverstone	...	Amber Hamshaw
Sam Anderson	...	Dr. Mercer
Raphael Sbarge	...	Aaron Laner

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Goofs:

Plot holes: Toward the end of the episode, the CSIs recover a video tape with fingerprints that leads them to the killer. However, in the opening, the killer is shown handling the video camera that contained the tape without gloves, so his or her fingerprints should have been all over it. The killer is shown tossing the camera away, and the CSIs recover it at the scene. They should have been able to get prints from the camera and identified the killer at the outset, or should have explained why usable prints couldn't be recovered.

Quotes:

Gil Grissom: I thought you'd want to know what happened to Wendy.
Mimosa: I appreciate your telling me. Killed by someone in our own community. As if we don't have enough enemies. Her parents never understood her, but still I think they should know. What do I say?
Gil Grissom: Show them an oyster.
Mimosa: I'm sorry?
Gil Grissom: There are two types of male oysters, and one of them can change genders at will. And before man crawled out of the muck, maybe he had the same option. Maybe originally we were supposed to be able to switch genders, and being born with just one sex... is a mutation.

Movie Connections:

References Dressed to Kill (1980)

Soundtrack:

Meller Rollins

barf alert for worst episode of a pretty reliable series

This one is awful. Do not bother. It is dumb and doesn't even have the courage of is own demented convictions. In a weird sort of Victor/Victoria, it uses women to portray showgirls who are transsexuals but some of whom proudly declare that they have retained some of their male equipment. This episode may have seemed sane in Vegas but, for once, what happened in Vegas should most definitely have stayed there. A few other episodes(animal alter egos, anyone?) didn't quite click but this one positively reeked .... words finally really do fail me. However, please do avoid unless you really want to see how low you can go and how bad things can get. This is bad, really, really, really bad. One more word -- avoid -- would be appropriate.