"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Ending Happy (2007)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Kenneth Fink

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator)
Evan Dunsky (written by)

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

26 April 2007 (Season 7, Episode 21)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A washed-up boxer is found dead at a nearby bordello. There are several suspects, motives, and signs of injury. But the medical examiner is having a hard time figuring out which blow was the actual cause of death.

Plot Keywords:

Reference To Longfellow | Reference To Paula Abdul | Police | Crime Lab | Investigation

Cast

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 (credit only)
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Peter Stormare	...	George 'Binky' Babinkian
Kurt Fuller	...	Sheriff Ned Bastille
Luis Antonio Ramos	...	Lorenzo 'Happy' Morales
Vince Vieluf	...	Connor Foster
Wendy Makkena	...	Doris Babinkian

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television

Trivia:

James Whitmore's final filmed acting performance.

Quotes:

Gil Grissom: Where's your coroner?
Sheriff Ned Bastille: Couldn't get him on the horn. Probably out in some barn, up to his elbows in a cow's vagina.
Sara Sidle: Excuse me?
Sheriff Ned Bastille: Oh yeah, coroner's a part time gig here in Bryant County. He's a veterinarian. That's his money gig.

Movie Connections:

References "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002)

Ahhh....James Whitmore

I've already watched this episode twice, and love it. It's great to see the creators still know how to have some fun with these characters...especially the interplay between Brass and Doc Robbins. My favorite, by far, has to be casting James Whitmore (see also The Shawshank Redemption, Them!, several episodes of The Twilight Zone, and the narration of Ken Burns' Lewis & Clark documentary, among many other credits) as the old man no-one takes seriously. I know it's not the exact line, but when, after completing the "I Shot an Arrow Into the Air" poem, Sara tells him to "Keep the Faith," I was almost hoping for her to call him Brooks - again see Shawshank.