"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Go to Hell (2007)

Director:

Jeffrey G. Hunt

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator)
Douglas Petrie (written by)

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

11 October 2007 (Season 8, Episode 3)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The parents of a missing girl are found murdered in a seedy motel room, and a registered sex offender now working as a church pastor is suspected. Meanwhile, Sara tackles a case involving a dead homeless man.

Plot Keywords:

Sex Offender | Exorcism | Investigation | Crime Lab | Police

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
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Harold Perrineau	...	Rev. Rhodes
Liz Vassey	...	Wendy Simms
Jessica Lucas	...	Ronnie Lake
Rhys Coiro	...	Reverend's Lawyer
Brittany Robertson	...	Amy Macalino
Sam Witwer	...	Officer Casella

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television

Quotes:

Sara Sidle: [to the new CSI, Ronnie] You know what, that question, I will answer. We're not here to protect anyone, Ronnie - not even the cops. We're here to figure out what happened. If you can't do that, you should get a different job.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Is 'Ronnie' Replacing 'Sara?'

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

A minister is a former sex offender and nutcase. Gee, what's new in Hollywood? Does Hollywood every portray an honest, hardworking, God-like minister (or priest)? Of course not. Here we are again with the bad guy being a pastor. This guy also is a registered sex offender! Come on. Give me a break. I don't know who the actor is who played him but he looks and sounds a lot like Chris Rock. I'm not even to comment further of the typical bias against clergy shown on TV and in the movies, but this episode is a good example of it.

On another note, are we seeing "Sara Sidle's" replacement? It's getting obvious that Jorja Fox's role here is going to end.....a real shame. We have a new CSI and she's played by the stunningly-pretty Jessica Lucas, a young Canadian actress. She plays "Ronnie." She's new and idealistic and is given a few constructive lectures by Sara, who obviously is getting cynical about the job.

In real life, Sara wouldn't even be working; she would be taking time off from her horrible recent ordeal in which she almost died. Yet, here she is, working on another case - the second crime story in this episode, and it's not an uplifting one, that's for sure.