Pirates of the Third Reich (9 Feb. 2006)

A half-naked woman is found half buried in the desert with a branding on her arm. She has no hair and is missing her right hand. The woman turns out to be Lady Heather's estranged daughter.... See full summary »

Director:

Richard J. Lewis

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Jerry Stahl

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
Melinda Clarke	...	Lady Heather
Liz Vassey	...	Wendy Simms
Kevin Crowley	...	Jacob Wolfowitz / Johann Sneller
Jim Cody Williams	...	Happy Jack
Tony Amendola	...	Professor Rambar
David Berman	...	David Phillips
Jeff Sugarman	...	Dr. Mulligan

Storyline

A half-naked woman is found half buried in the desert with a branding on her arm. She has no hair and is missing her right hand. The woman turns out to be Lady Heather's estranged daughter. The autopsy reveals that the woman was a victim of an experiment and starved to death. The team investigates the Betz Clinic where the deceased underwent a sleep therapy session for her insomnia.

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Plot Keywords:

dominatrix

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

9 February 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the garage, after Lady Heather hands Grissom the bag with the condom in it, Grissom's hands on the bag and the bag both change positions in between shots.

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Quotes

Wendy Simms: I have a question. How do you have sex with the guy who killed your daughter?
Gil Grissom: Revenge is an act of passion.

User Reviews

A Very Strange And Sick Episode

A dead body is found in the windy desert. She's emaciated, bald, and has some sort of "brand" on her with a number (#18), reminding Brass and Grissom of similar people who suffered this kind of fate 60-some years ago. What is going on?

It really gets bizarre in a hurry, as the medical examiner and DNA specialists discover the woman had someone else's eye put into her socket in the last week and that she had some really weird viruses in her that were eating her organs from the inside out. Some of this is really gross.

It gets even more weird as they find a lunatic guy on the streets who claims he is "Captain Jack," a pirate. (No, it's not Johnny Depp). At the doctor's office, Captain Jack is missing an eye, apparently was lobotomized and has the same "brand" that the dead girl had, expect his brand says "19."

If this episode wasn't strange enough, "Lady Heather," a sex-sicko from the past whom Grisson (William Petersen) always liked, gets involved when the dead girl turns out to be her daughter.

What is so typical of these secular-progressive-written shows is that "Lady Heather," who commits crimes in this CSI-Las Vegas show as well as despicable sex acts, is shown as a "good guy" and a sympathetic figure. In this story, she kidnaps a guy and is literally whipping him to death....and she gets a hug from Grisson. Are you kidding me?