"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" For Warrick (2008)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Richard J. Lewis

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator)
Allen MacDonald (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

9 October 2008 (Season 9, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

CSIs past and present come together at the news of Warrick's death. But will Warrick's real killer successfully frame another police officer for his murder? |

Plot Keywords:

Police | Crime Lab | Investigation | Evidence | City

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
Liz Vassey	...	Wendy Simms
David Berman	...	David Phillips
Jorja Fox	...	Sara Sidle
Conor O'Farrell	...	Undersheriff Jeffrey McKeen
Marc Vann	...	Conrad Ecklie
David Gianopoulos	...	Daniel Pritchard
Archie Kao	...	Archie Johnson

Runtime:

Netherlands:55 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Grissom Delivers Warwick's Eulogy at his funeral, he refers to Warwick's "Tenaciousness" - There is no such word as tenaciousness. Grissom should have said "tenacity".

Quotes:

Captain Jim Brass: Nick, what was that shot?
Nick Stokes: Miss.

Movie Connections:

References The Godfather (1972)

CSI's Big "'Brown'-Out" Merits Tears, Not Jeers...

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Okay, CSI Fan, c'mon, admit it: you knew when last season left us with the horrific image of a mortally wounded Warrick Brown slumped over his steering wheel bleeding out, after being ambushed by the DIRRTY-er-than-Christina-Aguilera Undersheriff McKeen (Conor O'Farrell), what was coming next. It was all over the entertainment news wires, the speculation brewed for months: there was no way Gary Dourdan would be staying with the show.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have confirmation. Even the too-often shown previews made it pretty clear - Warrick was going from being a team member to becoming their most important case. Every cop show comes to this "very special episode" point sooner or later, and CSI's farewell to the troubled Mr. Brown was neither pitifully underwhelming, nor ridiculously over-the-top. As close as the team has become (at least on-screen), we knew that banding together to find Warrick's killer wasn't even in question. Nor was the equal participation with them in the hunt for the murderer by Jim Brass, who has always been a de-facto CSI member anyway.

If anything does stand out, it was seeing Gil Grissom's zen-like exterior finally slip and fall, to reveal the devastated man beneath, who not only lost a valuable team member and a close friend, but someone he mentored almost like he would his son...if he had one. Of all the team members, Warrick would've been the one Gil might have groomed to take his place when he finally strolled out the door for that "permanent coffee break."

No telling how that will go now, although we also know that Laurence Fishburne will be stepping in eventually, as Bill Petersen relinquishes his lead role in front of the camera and remains only as an Executive Producer.

What other changes will these departures bring? It will be interesting to watch...and the show is in need of a tune-up after what? Nine seasons?

Well, considering, Warrick couldn't have asked for a more dignified send-off.