Feeling the Heat (23 Oct. 2003)

During a week-log heat wave, corpses are found, mostly accidentally. A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair decides to 'make an example' of a workaholic father who forgot his baby-boy in his scorching-hot... See full summary »

Director:

Kenneth Fink

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Anthony E. Zuiker,

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
Arye Gross	...	Paul Winston
Stacy Edwards	...	Vickie Winston
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Archie Kao	...	Archie Johnson
Chris Mulkey	...	Mr. Young
Carlos Jacott	...	Dr. Gardner
Erik Jensen	...	A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair

Storyline

During a week-log heat wave, corpses are found, mostly accidentally. A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair decides to 'make an example' of a workaholic father who forgot his baby-boy in his scorching-hot car with fatal result, but the team finds the couple lost a previous baby and may have murdered this one. Mark Young is missing since his teen date's fatal lake sports accident. A fat man on a crazy diet was electrocuted at home.

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Plot Keywords:

heat | boy | father son relationship | dead girl | dead child | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 October 2003 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Did You Know?

Goofs

After the CSI's arrive at the car that the baby has died in Grissom checks the temperature outside and inside the car. It is stated that the temp outside is 108 and the temp inside is 145. But since a bystander broke a front window most of the heat in the car would have already escaped, which should have resulted in a much lower inside temperature.

User Reviews

Three Stories That Aren't What They First Appear

There is a heat wave going on in Las Vegas and people are asked to be especially careful. In a parking lot, a woman returning to her car notices a baby inside another SUV. She calls for help, someone smashes the window but it's too late: the infant inside is dead. A few minutes later, the father comes out and sees what has happened.

A short time later, "Chief Deputy Jeffrey Sinclair" comes into the crime lab and tells Catherine he wants to press charges against this guy, to make him an example for others who carelessly leave babies in locked cars. (Grissom had remarked earlier that this was the 12th baby to die like this in the past year in Vegas.)

The second story involves a dead woman found by police floating near the shoreline of a lake. Nick and Sara investigate. "Dr. Al Robbins (Robert David hall), the medical examiner, says the woman died of a severe blow to the head. A guy who took her out on the boat is missing.

In a third case, Warrick is called to a house where the superintendent found a tenant sitting dead in his easy chair. The big guy apparently had come home after a three-mile run and collapsed. It looked like heat stroke, especially since he was taking a dangerous diet drug. Gil, taking himself off the baby case and leaving that to Catherine, comes to help Warrick.

As it turns out, not all of these stories turned to out to be crimes. One or more of these were just accidents, but I won't say which. All of these stories aren't what they first appear, either.