Art Imitates Life (23 Oct. 2008)

CSI is caught in a race against time to catch a failed artist-turned serial killer who is leaving his victims in unusual poses all over Las Vegas.

Director:

Kenneth Fink

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Evan Dunsky

Stars:

William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
William Petersen	...	Gil Grissom
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Lauren Lee Smith	...	Riley Adams
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Jerzy Skaggs
David Berman	...	David Phillips
Alex Kingston	...	Patricia Alwick
Alex Carter	...	Detective Vartann
Gabriel Casseus	...	Detective Williams
Googy Gress	...	Cabbie
Will McCormack	...	Langston Weller

Storyline

Day after day, the overworked team, which also has to cope with bereavement and work in new forensic colleague Riley Adams, is confronted with another bizarre death in a public place. It becomes clear that all victims, who have very little in common, must have been murdered in a gas-chamber, moved and staged like macabre artwork. Indeed a critic proves key to the case.

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | posed murder victim | therapy | dead woman with eyes open | poison | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 October 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

55 min 55 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene at Skagg's studio, he's working on a painting of a dead man lying in a red convertible with his arm trailing along the edge of the door. The pose Jerzy's model is in is a homage to 'The Death of Marat', a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David. Jean-Paul Marat was a political figure in the French Revolution before his assassination in 1793. Art imitating life imitating Art.

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Goofs

When the artist is first being interviewed by Brass in his studio his headphones switch position between camera shots. Close up they are twisted round so the band is in front of his throat; when Brass is also in the shot the earpieces are either side as if he's just removed them from his ears.

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Quotes

Catherine Willows: [arriving at a crime scene where the body is propped up in an upright position] She forget to fall down?

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