Match Made in Hell (2 Jan. 2011)

An Internet entrepreneur is killed in his pool by an alligator, and the investigation leads back to two high-profile matchmaking services, one of which may not be what it seems.

Director:

Eric Mirich

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
Amber Clayton	...	Kate Pender
Christian Clemenson	...	Dr. Tom Loman
Peter Wingfield	...	Paul Nichols
Julie Gonzalo	...	Abby Lexington
Julie Claire	...	Tandy King
Patrick Heusinger	...	Matthew Shaw
Antonio Leon	...	Ricky Tobar (as Antonio Leo)
Robert Shampain	...	Craig Taft (as Robert Shampan)

Storyline

Retired dot-com millionaire Matthew Shaw (27) is devoured by an alligator someone lured into his pool. He was phoning with Abby Lexington, a potential bride matched by ruthless Tandy King's exclusive dating service, but not actually exclusively. Shaw's hand was burned by even more ruthless gangster pimp-loan-shark baron Paul Nichols' goon Ricky Tobar. Forensics must tie everything together while Ryan goes undercover as a 'client'.

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Plot Keywords:

abuse | monster | torture | party | swimming pool

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 January 2011 (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?

Quotes

Ricky Tobar: I said I'm not talking until my lawyer gets here.
Eric Delko: [laughs] Your lawyer? H, who do you think pays for this guy's lawyer?
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: That would be mister Paul Nichols, Ricky's boss.
Eric Delko: He's not your lawyer, Ricky. He's your boss's lawyer. He's here to protect your boss.
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: By setting you up to take the fall, Ricky.
Eric Delko: Now, we know you attacked Matthew, and that's good for at least attempted. It's not too far from there to murder.

User Reviews

Just Another Day Down In South Florida

"Hey, pretty girls for rich men; I'd say it's an even trade-off," says one of the people involved in this matchmaking business that looks shadier and shadier as the story unfolds. How shallow is that?

The episode begins with an extremely dramatic moment. A man ready to take a dip in his backyard pool gets attacked by a big alligator that had earlier been lured onto his property. The man is torn and apart and killed. Often, CSI is not for the squeamish, and this is one example.

Thanks to blood trails, the man's hand found in the alligator and other evidence in the gator and nearby the man's house, the CSI teams begins to make progress. It makes more progress when it investigates two matchmaking-for-the-beautiful-and-rich services. Both are run by nasty people.

In between, we get a personal story about one of the girls and we get a whole lot of beautiful and strange people......par for the course on CSI: Miami.

A lot goes on in this very entertaining episode, one of the better ones in recent weeks so far in this Season 9.