"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Grave Danger: Volume 1 (2005)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator)
Quentin Tarantino (story)

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

19 May 2005 (Season 5, Episode 24)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The CSI Nick Stokes is kidnapped while investigating a crime scene and buried alive in a glass casket by his kidnapper...

Plot Keywords:

Million Dollars | Buried Alive | Dynamite Explosion | Coin | Explosive

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
Scott Wilson	...	Sam Braun
Tony Curtis	...	Tony
Frank Gorshin	...	Frank
Andrew Prine	...	Rodger Stokes
John Saxon	...	Walter Gordon
Lois Chiles	...	Jillian Stokes
Michael Bacall	...	Delivery Man

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:PG

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Trivia:

The episode is dedicated to Frank Gorshin, who died shortly before the episode originally aired.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The ants that are attacking Nick Stokes are identified as fire ants. In one clip, these ants bite Nick and a CSI style close up follows venom from one ant's bite into Nick's heart. Fire ants actually release their venom through a sting from the abdomen; their bite is only to get a grip.

Quotes:

Conrad Ecklie: I'm proposing we eliminate all overtime on lab work except for priority cases, stop hiring based on attrition, reassign existing personnel based on peak staffing needs. Over the next fiscal year, that should clear at least a million.
Undersheriff McKeen: Assuming any of those measures actually saves money, which isn't really the issue here, is it?
Conrad Ecklie: I'll take the heat.
Undersheriff McKeen: You want to do something for your people? Get them ready for a funeral.

Movie Connections:

References Cabin Fever (2002)

Soundtrack:

Lucky Too

Buried Alive

The CSI Nick Stokes (George Eads) is kidnapped while investigating a crime scene and buried alive in a glass casket by his kidnapper. The Las Vegas Police Department receives a package with a tape and a hardware to permit watch Nick inside the casket, together with a request of one million dollars cash to release him. The mayor refuses to pay the ransom, but Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) asks her wealthy father and gets the amount. Then Gil Grissom (William Petersen) schedules a meeting with the criminal to deliver the money and be informed where Nick is.

The plot of "Grave Danger Volume 1" is very similar to 1999 "Oxygen", i.e., a person buried alive with limited oxygen and the police fighting against time trying to find some clue. This episode of CSI was released in Brazil with the sequel in a DVD with a beautiful package and exploring the name of Quentin Tarantino, but I have found nothing original or special. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Perigo a Sete Palmos" ("Danger Six Feet Under")