Compulsion (10 Mar. 2005)

A female flight attendant is brutally raped and killed in her hotel room. Ecklie brings a five-year-old cold case to Grissom and his team which bears a striking resemblance to the new case.... See full summary »

Director:

Duane Clark

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Josh Berman,

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
Aisha Tyler	...	Mia Dickerson
Lee Tergesen	...	Martin Hawkins
Wil Wheaton	...	Walter
Diane DiLascio	...	Yvonne Hawkins
Tamara Clatterbuck	...	Michelle Acheson
Jason Segel	...	Neil Jansen
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges

Storyline

A female flight attendant is brutally raped and killed in her hotel room. Ecklie brings a five-year-old cold case to Grissom and his team which bears a striking resemblance to the new case. Catherine's team investigate the death of a young boy in his own bed. He was beaten to death while his parents and older brother were in the house.

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Plot Keywords:

child murder

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 March 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Alliance Atlantis Productions, CBS Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
[a flight attendant enters the hotel]
Front Desk Clerk: Welcome back, Mrs. Krell.
Martha Krell: I told you, it's Martha.
Front Desk Clerk: Your room's ready and I have your credit card on file.
Martha Krell: See you in the morning. I'm beat.
Front Desk Clerk: Call me if you need anything, Martha.

User Reviews

Crime clue inaccurate?

If I remember this episode correctly, the threads from the pipe that killed the boy in his bed were running horizontally across his temple area. The boy was supposed to have been laying on his bed when hit with the pipe blows and killed. It was determined by the CSI's that he was killed by someone standing by his bed. Not at the head of the bed or at the foot of the bed. If that was the case and the boy was killed by the pipe the pipe threads should have been vertical across and not horizontal. Even though the blood splatter on the tee shirt did help them figure out who killed the boy I think this minor bit of evidence detail was overlooked if I am remembering this episode(Compulsions) properly.