Unshockable (4 Mar. 2010)

Catherine and Nick try to find out how a member of the band Rascal Flatts was nearly electrocuted during a concert, while Ray runs into roadblocks while investigating the death of a retired CIA chief.

Director:

Kenneth Fink

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Michael Frost Beckner

Stars:

Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Laurence Fishburne	...	Dr. Raymond Langston
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Liz Vassey	...	Wendy Simms
David Berman	...	David Phillips
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Jorja Fox	...	Sara Sidle
Will Patton	...	CIA Associate Director Craig Halliday
Jay DeMarcus	...	Himself
Gary LeVox	...	Himself
JoeDon Rooney	...	Himself
Seth Gabel	...	Larry Colton

Storyline

The corpse found in Lake Mead, electrocuted and multiply wounded, yet none of those being the cause of death, is identified as retired CIA deputy director of operations Vance Colton. The team insists on investigating while the CIA wants to take over the case, and some mysterious Germans try to steal it. One of the Rascal Flatts band brothers is electrocuted, nearly fatally, on a Vegas stage trough his guitar. The team grills them on their latest row, manager Buddy and their road crew.

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Plot Keywords:

electrocution | drowning

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 March 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television, CBS Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On Two and a Half Men: It Never Rains in Hooterville, April Bowlby (Hot Groupie / Marta Petrovich)'s character, Kandi, acted in a CSI spoof called "Stiffs".

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Goofs

The German operatives speak with American accents.

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Soundtracks

"Unshockable"
(uncredited)
Written by Rascal Flatts and Dustin Lee Abraham
Performed by Rascal Flatts
Courtesy of CBS Productions

User Reviews

Country music, CIA, and CSI all on CBS

Rascal Flatts fans probably love this episode and seeing the guys perform, one gets hurt, flirts with Catherine and can't remember being a country music singer. Very light, funny story, and all is well in the end when who you suspect as the bad guy is the bad guy. The obsessive fan is truly comic relief. We learn Nick doesn't have to like country music just because he is from Texas, and Doc Robbins knows his guitars. Second "B" story, Langston and Sara work the death of a retired CIA big shot who is found in Lake Mead, canoe missing. We hear a comment about Grissom and Sara's honeymoon and a canoe. Of course the CIA comes in, as do the bad guy Germans, the story takes more directions than a squid and then they find Sarin, and Langston knows all the answers before anyone else, meets with the CIA guy who seems to know Langston's dad in the past. While this episode wasn't a complete wash,it doesn't hold up to writing from past seasons. Too much of Langston and his vast knowledge of everything. Rascal Flatts was enjoyable,Jorja Fox is lovely, but the CIA-German-son connection was a real stretch. The CIA guy offers Langston a job, let's hope he takes it.