Living Doll (17 May 2007)

The miniature killer is ready to strike again, and Sara will be the next victim. Will CSI stop her in time?

Director:

Kenneth Fink

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Naren Shankar,

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
Jessica Collins	...	Natalie Davis
Liz Vassey	...	Wendy Simms
Dayton Callie	...	Ernie Dell
Sean Bridgers	...	Art Schuster
Meagen Fay	...	Rochelle Dorley (as Meagan Fay)

Storyline

The miniature killer is ready to strike again, and Sara will be the next victim. Will CSI stop her in time?

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Plot Keywords:

reference to david lynch

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the beginning of this episode (S07E24), a TV News reporter is doing a story on the death of Happy Morales, who died three episodes previous to this one (S07E21).

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Quotes

Catherine Willows: Okay... we're in a David Lynch movie. Where's the dwarf?

User Reviews

Little More Than a 60-Minute Teaser

This seventh season finale was advertised as revealing the Miniature Killer (who's been a thorn in Grissom's side from the season opener), but not before he claimed a CSI for his last victim. Well, we did find out the identity of the Miniature Killer, as well as his motivation and how he got the layouts of his murder sites. And I suppose being abducted does constitute being a victim. However, after a whole season of wondering who the Miniature Killer is, ending on a cliffhanger seemed like a letdown, particularly compared to the great, largely self-contained season finales from seasons 3 through 5 ("What's in the Box," "Chimera," and, of course, "Grave Danger," which had a similar premise).

To be sure, there are some chilling scenes in this episode, particularly the miniature hand moving under the toy car and the flashback to the Miniature Killer's first murder, including the way the victim's father tells it through his ventriloquist dummy, but I doubt inserting the shot of the overturned car in the rain and the arm clutching from beneath the wreck (or even opening with it) before going to the scenes in the convenience store could have made the teaser any more confusing than it already was, and it would have heightened the sense of dread and made the episode as a whole seem less like one long teaser for the next season premiere. Maybe we'll find out some relevance to the guy with the switchblade in his belt and the girls shorting out the microwave, but I'm not holding my breath.