Smoke Gets in Your CSIs (2 Feb. 2009)

Calleigh is in a coma after a smoke inhalation injury sustained while investigating a case involving a dead doctor, drug dealers, and black market organ transplants.

Director:

Joe Chappelle

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Ann Donahue (creator),

Stars:

David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
David Caruso	...	Lieutenant Horatio Caine
Emily Procter	...	Calleigh Duquesne
Adam Rodriguez	...	Eric Delko
Jonathan Togo	...	Ryan Wolfe
Rex Linn	...	Detective Frank Tripp
Eva La Rue	...	Natalia Boa Vista (as Eva LaRue)
Megalyn Echikunwoke	...	Dr. Tara Price
Khandi Alexander	...	Dr. Alexx Woods
Josh Stewart	...	Colin Astor
Stephen Martines	...	Jeff Peralta
Kim Hawthorne	...	Wendy Kramer
Chad L. Coleman	...	Kevin Landau
Fredro Starr	...	Ricky Gannon
Elizabeth Ann Bennett	...	Teresa Vance
Peter Lavin	...	Dr. Donald Phelps

Storyline

Ryan Wolfe and Calleigh, are shot at and trapped in a fire on a crime site, and develop a serious respiratory condition after they are rescued. Only the prospective home buyer Jeff Peralta is linked to the site. The victim, heroin addict 'Elbows', played basketball with Colin Astor, and has Jeff's DNA under his fingernails. The bullets lead to drug dealer Ricky Gannon, who supplied the victim, which he referred to as 'Doc' because he was paid in pills: Dade General surgeon Donald Phelps stole the pills from his hospital girlfriend and has a 'private practice' with an amateur assistant.

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Plot Keywords:

dna | injection | fire | syringe | medical examination

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Release Date:

2 February 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

678 S Avenue 21, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Did You Know?

Goofs

Why would a medical doctor purchase heroin off the street, possibly contaminated with anything from adulterants to germs, when a man in his profession can so easily get his hands on pharmaceutical narcotics?

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Quotes

Colin Astor: I never shot anybody. Not that guy you found, and certainly no one as pretty as you.
Calleigh Duquesne: Can you explain to us how your skin got under his fingernails?
Colin Astor: I have no idea. I have seen that guy. That's Elbows.
Calleigh Duquesne: Can you elaborate on that.
Colin Astor: Met him at a pickup game last week. Shirts and skins at Biscayne.
Eric Delko: You happen to get his name?
Colin Astor: i just told you. We all called him "Elbows."
Calleigh Duquesne: Can you, - Calleigh coughing - Excuse me. - Calleigh coughing - Can you... - Calleigh coughing...
Colin Astor: Can i wh?
Calleigh Duquesne: You got some gum?
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User Reviews

Great Beginning

In this episode, "Calleigh" nearly bites the dust and a renegade surgeon messes up and pays for it big-time. This episode ain't "General Hospital," but it could have been called that.

The best part was the dramatic opening when Calleigh and "Ryan" were investigating a complaint about a foul smell emanating from a foreclosed house. They wind up in the attic with a dead body but then someone starts shooting at them and starts a fire in the house. It turns out really dramatic with the two CSI agents trying to get out with their lives. All the smoke puts Ms. Dusquense (Emily Proctor) in the hospital where a lovesick "Eric" watches over her.

Meanwhile, the team tries to put all the pieces together, and there are quite a number of them. Along the way, we get an old visitor, Khandi Alexander ("Dr. Alexx Woods), who is now working part-time at the hospital. Heck, she gets more lines in this one episode than the new girl who is playing the ME this season, has received almost all year. It's a shame Megalyn Echikunwoke (Dr. Tara Price) doesn't have a bigger role in this show, as Khandi did.