Grissom Versus the Volcano (11 Dec. 2003)

Grissom, Catherine and Nick investigate a car bomb which resulted in the deaths of three people, one of whom was an air marshal who rented the car. Due to the imprecision of the detonator, ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard J. Lewis

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Anthony E. Zuiker (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
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Xander Berkeley	...	Sheriff Rory Atwater
Randy J. Goodwin	...	Myles Rueben
Billy Keane	...	Roger Dunbar
Susan Diol	...	Beth Dunbar
Don Stark	...	Sam Hopkins
Tom Gallop	...	Attorney Randy Painter
Alex Carter	...	Detective Vartann

Storyline

Grissom, Catherine and Nick investigate a car bomb which resulted in the deaths of three people, one of whom was an air marshal who rented the car. Due to the imprecision of the detonator, the CSIs conclude that the target may not have been the air marshal, but the person who had previously rented the car. The man is a mystery himself, as he seems to be leading a double life. In town, Sara and Warrick work on the death of Amelia, the wife of Myles Reuben, a famous singer. His wife was found in her hotel's bathtub while Myles was performing downstairs.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Release Date:

11 December 2003 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sara Sidle (played by Jorja Fox) says "I'll take the west wing" when conducting a search, a reference to Fox's recurring role as Secret Service agent Gina Toscano on The West Wing.

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Quotes

[Grissom and Catherine are looking at a science project class volcano]
Catherine Willows: In fifth grade I built one of these as my science fair project, it was awesome. First place should have been mine, but they ended up giving it to this kid with some lame red ant colony.
[Catherine looks at Grissom who is smiling]
Catherine Willows: That was you!
Gil Grissom: Yeah, only my ants were black Argentineans.
Catherine Willows: Uh-huh...
Gil Grissom: I learned at a very early age that the bugs always win.
Catherine Willows: Right...

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Connections

References Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)

User Reviews

Don't fiddle with your class work

I must confess, that i am a real fan of CSI, since it aired in Germany and even bought the original DVDs to watch with captions for the hearing impaired to see all the wonderful terms like the blunt forced trauma and more. This episode again has special implications, what looks like a terror attack on an Air Marshal ends up as a .... Gil Grissom as dominating as he was in the early seasons unties the story in his regular manner. And everything works out with the inherent logic, that CSI has made a favorite for me, my all time favorite being "Fur and Loathing in Las Vegas". But that is another story.

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