"CSI: Miami" Dead Air (2006)

Director:

Sam Hill

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator) &
Ann Donahue (creator) ...

TV Series:

"CSI: Miami" (2002)

Original Air Date:

24 April 2006 (Season 4, Episode 21)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A misdialed cell phone number sends the team on a desperate search for a kidnapper.

Plot Keywords:

Deoxyribonucleic Acid | Locker Room | Detective | Investigation | Crime Scene

Cast

David Caruso	...	Lieutenant Horatio Caine
Emily Procter	...	Calleigh Duquesne
Adam Rodriguez	...	Eric Delko
Khandi Alexander	...	Dr. Alexx Woods
Jonathan Togo	...	Ryan Wolfe
Rex Linn	...	Detective Frank Tripp
Eva La Rue	...	Natalia Boa Vista (as Eva LaRue)
Alana De La Garza	...	Marisol Delko
Blake Gibbons	...	Rick Miller
Brendan Fehr	...	Dan Cooper
Boti Bliss	...	Maxine Valera
Kiko Ellsworth	...	Jack Hilson
Kevin Gage	...	Charlie Pelson
Arianne Zucker	...	Brenda Collett
Sara Downing	...	Kelly Simms

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the start the girl receives the call from the kidnapped woman, when Horatio looks at the screen of the phone the centre of the screen says restricted number but above this the screen says "No SIM card inserted", so the phone could not have been called.

Finding The Kidnap Victim & Soap Opera In The CSI Office

Some bimbo sipping her cocktail at an outdoor restaurant table gets a call on her cellphone from a desperate woman. She almost hangs up but stays on and hears this woman pleading for help, asking "Mitch" to save here. She obviously dialed the wrong number but at least the bimbo - who is shown to be really shallow - does the right thing by going to a nearby policeman. "Lt. Horatio Caine" (David Caruso) conveniently is nearby and he takes the phone from her and hears a man threatening the woman followed by a shouts from a male and then a gunshot.

The CSI quickly finds out who she was really calling. (It's a little too quick for believability considering all the numbers involved.) They discover that "Mitch" is her husband she was trying to call him. He knows about the kidnapping because he'd received a ransom and death threat if he called the cops. He's frantic, but cooperates with Lt. Caine.

The rest is the usual: every suspect they have who looks like the guilty party only leads them to the next step. This is typical for the CSI shows where you usually don't see the real killer until the end.

Anyway, nothing special but a decent show. A quick sidebar as "Ryan Wolfe" (Jonathan Togo) trying to date "Natalia" (Evan LaRue Callahan). She was Eric Delko's (Adam Rodriguez) former girlfriend who still, obviously, has feelings for the latter. It's all very soap opera stuff but the writers like to fit this kind of stuff in every show.