Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead (24 Feb. 2011)

When two people who were thought to be dead come back to life, the evidence leads CSI back to a discredited ex-professor who conducted bizarre death-related experiments in the 1970s.

Director:

Paul McCrane

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Tom Mularz

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
Jorja Fox	...	Sara Sidle
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
David Berman	...	David Phillips
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Rebecca Field	...	Lisa Calgrove
Keegan Allen	...	Max Ferris
Camille Chen	...	Alice Katsu
Christoph Sanders	...	Kurt Dawson
Archie Kao	...	Archie Johnson
Jon Wellner	...	Henry Andrews

Storyline

The team expects bloody murder after Nate's escape, but in stead two 'corpses' seem resurrected, in Max Ferris's case even during 'autopsy'. The crucial factor is a natural toxins combination, not unlike voodoo-zombie-powder. This and the subjects' identity all lead to retired professor Dr. Aden, who used it in secret 1970s near-death research for the Pentagon.

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Plot Keywords:

poison | underwear | swimwear | bare chested male | adolescent

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 February 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Television Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min 43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At one point Dr. Aden exclaims that the treatment of his work is like "Philo Farnsworth all over again." Philo Farnsworth was an eccentric inventor who had to spend many years in court battling with the RCA corporation to finally receive the credit for inventing television.

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Goofs

David is about to perform an autopsy. He's been touching the body, clothes, and personal effects, when he gets a call. He doesn't take off the rubber gloves to answer the call, transferring germs to the phone, leaving himself and other liable to pick up the germs.

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Connections

References Alice in Wonderland (1951)

User Reviews

The Counter-Culture Actor Back In A Familiar Role

Remember the old, whacked out hippie from the old TV series, "WKRP In Cincinnati?" He was played by Howard Hesseman. Thirty years later, Hesseman is still playing that role....at least in this episode.

This time he's a raving, lunatic ex-professor who worked on a project in which people can go into other worlds, or heaven, or wherever they wish. As usual it's a hard lesson he and others use when they try to play God. Two people wind up dead and Hesseman ("Dr. Aden") wind up mentally screwed up big-time. The cool part was in the beginning when one of the kids was pronounced dead and then gets up and walks out of the medical examiner's room. Assistant "David Phillips" (David Berman) passes out from the shock!

Once in awhile - a couple of times each season - CSI (Las Vegas) goes way off the deep end on some stories. This is one of them.