Post Mortem (9 Nov. 2006)

Greg has his day in court for running over and killing a street gang member right before his own beating, and a second crime scene replica is found--this time after the murder of an elderly woman.

Director:

Richard J. Lewis

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Dustin Lee Abraham (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
Louise Lombard	...	Sofia Curtis
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
DJ Qualls	...	Henry Briney
Lorraine Toussaint	...	Marla James
Amy Aquino	...	A.D.A. Valerie Nichols
Jim Beaver	...	Stanley Tanner
Randall Arney	...	Judge Clayton Trueblood

Storyline

Grissom, Willows and Sidle investigates the murder of 65 year old Penny Gardner who was apparently pushed through her living room window and bled to death from the cuts she sustained. The woman suffered from advanced cancer but they can find no painkillers in her house leading them to initially explore robbery as a motive. When the miniature killer leaves his calling card however, they know who they are dealing with. Greg Sanders attends the coroner's inquest into the death of Dimitrius James whom he struck and killed with his car in order to prevent him from killing someone.

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Plot Keywords:

miniature | flashback | trial

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Alliance Atlantis Productions, CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The papers Greg is served at the end have his name listed as 'Greg Sanders' while a legal document such as this would use someone's full legal name, in this case 'Gregory Sanders' or even 'Gregory Hojem Sanders'.

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Soundtracks

"Word Up"
(uncredited)
Written by Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins
Performed by Willis

User Reviews

This Episode Plays On Your Emotions, And Has The Return Of The 'Miniature" Killer

Yeah, this was an interesting CSI episode, as most of them are, but it was very unsatisfying, too.

Greg gets to go to a hearing about the thug he ran over in his auto after the guy went after him. That turns out to be unsatisfying and a continuing story. A very biased judge and an ultra-liberal jurist make those scenes annoying. Greg is considered "excused," which is a little confusing the way they word it. He's also going to be sued by the dead man's parents.

Then there is the case of the woman killed in the opening scene of this episode. This not only was unsatisfying but very misleading as certain scenes show a killer in the room with her but the conclusion, if I heard it right, was that she stumbled through a plate glass window to her death, having just been poisoned.

The only cool part of that story is that it, too, is a continuation from the "miniature" killer. Now, someone has delivered another small doll-house with clues on who poisoned her.....if you look close enough, which Gil Grissom does.

Anyway, this was a hard episode to watch because of good-guy Sanders being falsely accused by some really irritating people, such as the parents of the killed thug who think their son never did anything wrong.

Soo.....be prepared to get your emotions up watching this episode.