Rashomama (27 Apr. 2006)

A criminal defense lawyer is murdered at her son's wedding and tied to the back of a car with beer cans. It is later revealed that she had a bad attitude at the bride, the groom's father, and basically everyone else.

Director:

Kenneth Fink

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Sarah Goldfinger

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
Louise Lombard	...	Sofia Curtis
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Liz Vassey	...	Wendy Simms
Ray Wise	...	Ernest Chase
Veronica Cartwright	...	Diane Chase
Daniel Roebuck	...	Frank Rosetti
Carmen Argenziano	...	Sylvano Fatelli

Storyline

A criminal defense lawyer is murdered at her son's wedding and tied to the back of a car with beer cans. It is later revealed that she had a bad attitude at the bride, the groom's father, and basically everyone else.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 April 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

1288 S Oakland Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode is a parody of Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon, which first exposed him to an international audience. The original movie is about a murder seen from the differing points of view of four of the characters.

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Goofs

Outside the diner, the Undersheriff is putting an antacid tablet in his mouth with his left hand in the wide shot (with Brass and Grissom), but it switches to his right in the close up.

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Quotes

Gil Grissom: "You'd think she'd know better than to wear white on the bride's big day." Spring is but a song/Where love and laughter are not wrong/The blossoms of desire do belong/And Harmonia axyridus fly along.

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Connections

References American Beauty (1999)

User Reviews

"Come For The Wedding, Stay For The Funeral"

In startling opening, we see a bride and groom happily waving as they leave in a convertible following the wedding. Dragging behind them are not tin cans, but a dead person. Next, we see Gregg, Sara and Nick discussing how long the crime scene took with Nick saying the sentence I used here as the subject head.

This episode was really horrible, one of the worst I've ever seen in the six years of watching this show. It tried to be funny and smart-ass, and wound up only being stupid with ludicrous dialog and a nasty, profane edge to the thing, with more smugness than a Chevy Chase film festival. I guess was part of CSI's attempt at black humor.

Everyone in here, even most of the CSI workers, had "attitudes" and one wonders what kind of audience this show is after. This episode is a good example of why I now prefer the New York and Miami spin-offs to this show, which was terrific the first few years but has "pushed the envelop" too much for its own good. The episode was just way too sleazy. It included guest star Veroncia Cartwright. Well, at least she fit in with the rest of these dirt-bags.