Sudden Death (10 Oct. 2010)

Just days before the professional draft, a star college quarterback becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when the bottle girl at a night club is found dead in his cabana.

Director:

Matt Earl Beesley

Writers:

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

Stars:

David Caruso, Emily Procter, Jonathan Togo

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
David Caruso	...	Lieutenant Horatio Caine
Emily Procter	...	Calleigh Duquesne
Jonathan Togo	...	Ryan Wolfe
Rex Linn	...	Detective Frank Tripp
Eva La Rue	...	Natalia Boa Vista (as Eva LaRue)
Omar Benson Miller	...	Walter Simmons (as Omar Miller)
Adam Rodriguez	...	Eric Delko
James Frain	...	Richard Ellison
Meta Golding	...	Dr. Victoria Mercier
Nadine Velazquez	...	Sarah Walker
Zane Holtz	...	Brady Jensen
Glenn Fitzgerald	...	Chip Ford
Peta Wilson	...	Amanda
Amy Laughlin	...	Erica Sikes
Wes Ramsey	...	Dave Benton

Storyline

Already celebrating his impending lucrative contract as professional quarterback in the insanely expensive Miami club The Dorset, hunky college star Brady Jensen got drunk in his cabana with his new agent Chip Ford and waitress-temptress Kristen Banks, who is found drowned in a fountain. Pressured, her colleague Sarah Walker admits manager Amanda made them take compromising pictures. Brady is arrested in a heroic pursuit, but fancy forensics set the team of a more elaborate plot. For one thing, Kirsten drowned not in water but a rare bottle of champagne ordered by tycoon Richard Ellison. Erica Sykes' sleazy reporting comes a price.

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Plot Keywords:

champagne | chipped tooth | champagne bottle | drinking | confetti | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hawthorne, California, 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?

Goofs

When the victim's mobile phone was found in the pool, Boa Vista uses the hand dryer in the ladies restroom to dry out the phone so they could turn it back on. However, all she does is hold the phone under the hand dryer for a few minutes. Doing so would not, in any way, remove the water from inside the phone. It would merely dry the outside casing.

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Quotes

Lieutenant Horatio Caine: The girl humiliated you, and you wanted to do the same to her.
Richard Ellison: It stopped when she ran away. She was fine.
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: She was not fine. She died from the champagne hours later.
Richard Ellison: I never meant to hurt her.
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: It's called... involuntary manslaughter.
Richard Ellison: I could go to prison for this?
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: I don't think you understand the situation. Your actions killed the girl.

User Reviews

Sleazy People

Wow, I wonder if any top college draft picks watched this show. If they did, they were reminded to behave themselves or they could have their name dragged through the mud and lose millions of dollars by being drafted much lower than anticipated.

Here, the college quarterback, who seems pretty straight-laced, does have a fling with a "bottle girl" at a swanky nightclub. Somehow the girls winds up dead and the QB has some explaining to do, especially after a long foot-chase in the opening scene.

You know right from the start, however, he's innocent but who is guilty? It comes down to several people, all of whom appear like low-lifes. The victim appears to have drowned but we learn there is a lot more to it than that.

Zane Holtz is so-so as college star, "Brad Jensen" and Glenn Fitzgerald is a little over-the-top as his agent "Chip Ford." Most of the characters in this story are sleazy. The episode but decent but a little unpleasant at times to enjoy.