Leapin' Lizards (3 May 2007)

CSI discovers that a woman may have been murdered, and her head mounted on a wall as a trophy, because the killer was convinced that she was actually a powerful alien reptile.

Director:

Richard J. Lewis

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), David Rambo (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 (credit only)
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Ally Sheedy	...	Shannon Turner
Dennis Boutsikaris	...	Dr. Sidney Buckman
Archie Kao	...	Archie Johnson
David Berman	...	David Phillips
Sheeri Rappaport	...	Mandy Webster

Storyline

CSI discovers that a woman may have been murdered, and her head mounted on a wall as a trophy, because the killer was convinced that she was actually a powerful alien reptile.

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Plot Keywords:

rolling eyes

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 May 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arc Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The episode title is an exclamation often used by the comic-strip character Little Orphan Annie.

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Goofs

When Greg Saunders is lifting a fingerprint from the bottom of the steam vac, he first dusts it and then presses a transparent lift pad (i.e. tape) onto the print and runs 2 fingers across it. As he does so, he misses half the print and when he pulls up the tape, you can clearly see (very briefly) that only half the print is transferred to the lift pad.

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Quotes

Sara Sidle: [laying in bed watching Godzilla together] I always feel sorry for the monster.
Gil Grissom: Then you better turn it off before they use the oxygen destroyer on him.

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Connections

References The X-Files (1993)

User Reviews

Sheedy Stars In This Shady Con-Game Tale

"Leapin' Lizards" was a good title for this episode, which involves people who think reptilian-like aliens are here on Earth to take over our planet.

A couple of very good special-effects made for two quick big laughs when one of the members of this cult sees "Brass" and "Sanders" as reptiles! Ally Sheedy, of "War Games" and 'Short Circuit" fame from the mid '80s movies, guest-stars in here a prime example of a person being duped into believing this nonsense and - more importantly - being used to so that she'd shell out her money.

Most of these far-out believers are always glad to pass out their money as is the case in this episode. Oh, yeah - there's a murder, too, with the victim's head mounted like a trophy on the wall!

We also get a very short scene with "Grissom" and "Sidle." That romance has been going on for a year but shown only a brief occasions and then very subtly.

Also subtly continuing during this entire season is the case of the "Miniature Killer." At the very end of this crime story, after it has been solved, we see "Gil" putting together a miniature house. I assume that, and the whole "miniature" case, will be explained and dealt with sometime in the next two weeks since that will mark the end of the 2006-07 season.