"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" The Descent of Man (2009)

Director:

Christopher Leitch

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator)
Evan Dunsky (written by)

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

9 April 2009 (Season 9, Episode 19)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Nick and Riley investigate the case of a badly injured skydiver, while Dr. Langston investigates the death of a religious leader out in the desert. |

Plot Keywords:

Investigation | Crime Lab | Police | Evidence | Crime Scene

Cast

Laurence Fishburne	...	Dr. Raymond Langston
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
David Berman	...	David Phillips
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Liz Vassey	...	Wendy Simms
Lauren Lee Smith	...	Riley Adams
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charisma Carpenter	...	Mink
Erin Daniels	...	Schuyler
Emmanuel Delcour	...	Pierre Delongue
Greg Germann	...	George
Michael Gianelli	...	Allen McKenna
Lindsay Hartley	...	Gretchen Javid
Archie Kao	...	Archie Johnson
Kavon Karami	...	Ismail Javid
Andrew Kirsanov	...	Holy Steven
Eric Allan Kramer	...	Deputy Sheriff
Christopher Maleki	...	Persian Killer
Timothy McLaughlin	...	Flight Mechanic
Ivo Nandi	...	Max Girard
Joe Ochman	...	Bird Watcher
Charley Rossman	...	Highway Patrolman
Jeffrey D. Stevens	...	Paramedic
Larry Sullivan	...	Officer Akers
Jon Wellner	...	Henry Andrews

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Trivia:

In this episode the scene where the victim "Holy Steve" is killed was filmed at "Vasquez Rocks", a famous film set used in many westerns and most notably featured in the episode "Star Trek: Arena (#1.18)" (1967). Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is actually located in northern Los Angeles County, California.

Quotes:

Captain Jim Brass: So, according to this, you said that you struck the Steven with his staff. You smote him. That isn't true, is it?
George: Yea - no.
Captain Jim Brass: What did you hit him with? Oh, it says here a large rock.
George: Yes.
Captain Jim Brass: No, wait a minute, the branch of a tree.
George: Yes.
Captain Jim Brass: No, a hockey stick.
George: Yes.
Captain Jim Brass: You didn't really kill Steven, did you?
George: No.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References North by Northwest (1959)

The team is working again, better than the 200th!

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Everyone got a little action this week. Nick and Riley get the skydiver, Ray (level 1) is out on his own investigating a dead guy in the desert, and Catherine and Greg get two rich dead guys by a pool. We learn the skydiver and the rich guys are connected. Ray tells an old fable about a religious man dying from an object falling from the sky and solves his case. The skydiver and dead guys by the pool are a little more complicated. Editing and visual mistakes abound in this one--why is the grave shift working days? Why is Ray working alone? Why is Hodges in the morgue working a dead body? And put on your "closed captions" cause you will never understand the accents of a couple of these guys. Brass is letting off his zingers as usual. After 30 minutes, we finally get Catherine and Greg--both seem to have disappeared this season. With this one, maybe there is hope on the horizon that CSI will get back to it's old self. Whoever thought this show needed a big "star" to be good needs to be fired.