"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" The Theory of Everything (2008)

Director:

Christopher Leitch

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator)
Douglas Petrie (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

1 May 2008 (Season 8, Episode 15)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

While investigating a series of unusual deaths, the team discovers that all of the victims are tied together through a strange set of circumstances.

Plot Keywords:

Reference To Winston Churchill | Migraine | Title Spoken By Character | Investigation | Crime Lab

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 8	10:00 AM	SPIKETV	The Theory of Everything	#8.15
Tue. Dec. 8	3:00 PM	SPIKETV	The Theory of Everything	#8.15

Cast

William Petersen	...	Gil Grissom
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows
Gary Dourdan	...	Warrick Brown
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Chloe Webb	...	Evelyn Polychronopolous
Karl Makinen	...	Kyle Planck
Christine Lakin	...	Margo Delphi
Archie Kao	...	Archie Johnson
Sam Witwer	...	Officer Casella
Jose Pablo Cantillo	...	I.A. Officer Galvez
Don Swayze	...	Dave Bohr

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Trivia:

Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from "MythBusters" (2003) make a cameo appearance in the lab scene where George Eads is testing the non-police-issue pepper spray.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The so called "ground squirrels" shown and referred to are not ground squirrels, but were in fact Fox Squirrels (Sciurus nigra) which live in trees and are not even native to, or live the wild in Nevada.

Quotes:

Wendy Simms: What do you think turned it green?
Hodges: It might be sulfur.
Wendy Simms: Sulfur is a naturally occurring component of blood.
Hodges: But in massive doses, it tends to turn blood a blackish, avocado green. When the sulfur atom attaches to the hemoglobin molecules green. Which is why First Officer Spock's blood is green in Star Trek.
Wendy Simms: No, it's not.
Hodges: Yes, it is. Trust me, I'm an expert.
Wendy Simms: Well, apparently not, because otherwise you would surely know that the oxidizing agent in Vulcan blood is copper and that is why his blood is green. I mean that and the fact that he had a Vulcan father since his mother was actually human. And further more, he was promoted to Captain just prior to Star Trek II and then he retired as a civilian ambassador.
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Movie Connections:

References "MythBusters" (2003)

A Totally-Insane (But Fun) Episode

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

There are so many wacky, insane things in this episode, I wouldn't know where to start.

Suffice to say, this show continues people with green blood, a deer killed with a crossbow and then having a skirt put on it; a lady who wears tinfoil and says she communicates with aliens, a 60-some year old married couple who die in their sleep in the same night but aren't murdered; a ultra-violent drunk who is beats up several officers at police headquarters, is pepper-sprayed and then tasered and then bursts into flames and dies.

In addition, there are lawnfuls of dead squirrels at the old folks place and at their welder/sculptor neighbor's, who is a woman who is flaky......and then there is the big story about brutal migraines and what they are doing to some of the above-mentioned people.

Among the wacky, sad to say, are the three usual CSI suspects: the ludicrous "Hodges,"Wendy," and "David." The latter, the assistant ME, is brought to tears over a dead animal but is never upset at a human being killed. Another CSI worker, the female who wears glasses ("Mandy?"), tells Hodges he'd better stop living with his mom if he wants a girl, meaning her. There is a lot more, but why spoil it? At the end of the show, Grissom gives his "Theory of Everything" which could possibly tie all the bizarre events together. His New Age speech all being tied together by some invisible string is utterly laughable, but he's serious and all his CSI subordinates seem to nod in agreement. Man, these "scientists" will anything about the universe, except about a God, of course.

None of the three CSI shows gets as bizarre as this one has done the last three years. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's insultingly-stupid but it's usually pretty interesting. Never a dull moment in Las Vegas, I guess, especially when you have wackos as the good guys and the bad guys!