Damned If You Do (8 Oct. 2010)

A mother identifies her son as the attacker in a brutal assault that left her seriously injured and her husband dead. But later she recants her positive identification, and another unrelated person confesses to the crime.

Director:

Christine Moore

Writers:

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

Stars:

Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Gary Sinise	...	Mac Taylor
Sela Ward	...	Jo Danville
Carmine Giovinazzo	...	Danny Messer
Anna Belknap	...	Lindsay Monroe Messer
A.J. Buckley	...	Adam Ross
Hill Harper	...	Sheldon Hawkes
Eddie Cahill	...	Don Flack
Robert Joy	...	Dr. Sid Hammerback
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chad Michael Collins	...	Officer Giles
Stacy Edwards	...	Grace Travers
Marcos A. Ferraez	...	Manny Ravrara (as Marcos De La Cruz)
Jonathan Goldstein	...	Steven Benson
Brian Guest	...	Paul Benson
Taylor Handley	...	Billy Travers
Derek Hedlund	...	FDNY Paramedic

Storyline

When a married couple is found beaten in their home, a mother identifies her son as the killer and the CSIs believe they have their suspect, but all is not what it seems when another witness comes forward.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 October 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television, CBS Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

There is no 116th precinct in Queens, NY.

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Goofs

Sid says the damage is mostly to the "front left temporal lobe," which Mac then says controls "language, speech, memory, [Sid: among other things." The frontal and temporal lobes both have a great deal to do with speech and language, but they are two distinct areas of the brain. In addition, the MRI image shows only the frontal lobe, not the "front left" part of the temporal lobe. Mac then say that the victim understood him and says that the same part of the brain is involved in comprehension. Sid agrees. Although many neural circuits overlap in language areas, language comprehension is generally believed to occur in the temporal lob, whereas language is generally believed to occur in the frontal lobe. These are not the same areas.

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Quotes

Detective Danny Messer: [at a bloody murder scene] Remember what I said about having a son?
Detective Lindsay Monroe: Yeah.
Detective Danny Messer: Never mind. I'm good.
Detective Lindsay Monroe: Start from the outside in?
Detective Danny Messer: Yeah. We got to eliminate any prints left by the first officers and the EMTs.
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: And Mac. And be honest - if that was you who responded to the scene, would you have known to try and get an ID by asking her to move her finger up and down?
Detective Danny Messer: Probably not. I guess that's why he's the boss, huh?

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Connections

References Risky Business (1983)

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Soundtracks

"In the Air Tonight"
(uncredited)
Written and Performed by Phil Collins

User Reviews

Not Always What It First Seems

Did the son kill his father (and almost his mother, at the same time)? Was he the one who bludgeoned these people in their bed? From the hospital, the mother indicates to "Mac Taylor" that he did, and the kid acts like a punk in the opening scene, so Mac and the team try to prove it.

Unfortunately, as things unwind, there is more and more doubt that the obvious suspect is guilty. If not, who is?

It turns out to be a decent episode but nothing that memorable, to be honest. As in most CSI stories, you can't judge what you first see or hear.