Kessler made a big mistake years ago, trusting a guy named McCarty. He shows up here and keeps the young guy from starting fresh. Also, he is a sociopath. He and his friend, who will be facing an indictment, end up in a hotel room with a couple hookers. The friend and one of the hookers have been killed in cold blood. This is a really good episode with one of those no win things where heroic action is forced. Grissom comes back but plays almost no role in this episode. Grissom has a lot on his desk that will be important in the near future.
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Surrpise Exit By One CSI Boss & An Early Return By Another
ccthemovieman-122 December 2008
Warning: Spoilers
Wow, this turned out to be a very dramatic episode and a sad ending. It's a case of a big mistake made in the past coming back to haunt a basically good person. The dirty people around him, especially a father-figure-type guy, all combine to ruin the man. I've tried to be as general as possible, as to not spoil things even though I did put a spoiler-alert on the review.
One good thing: CSI boss "Gil Grissom" (William Petersen) is back. I didn't expect him for another week. He's got a nasal-sounding cold, too, but that's never mentioned. He's got a lot of mail on his desk and one of the packages, you can bet, is another dollhouse. Hopefully, that will be dealt with next week.
Liv Schreiber did a decent job filling in for the absent Peterson. "Michael Keppler," didn't have the warmth and appeal of "Grissom," but he was tolerable. Several CSI people, including "Catherine," seemed to like him a lot.
Len Cariou was excellent in the guest-starring role of "Frank McCarty," a cop who knew "Keppler" back in his Trenton, New Jersey, days.
One good thing: CSI boss "Gil Grissom" (William Petersen) is back. I didn't expect him for another week. He's got a nasal-sounding cold, too, but that's never mentioned. He's got a lot of mail on his desk and one of the packages, you can bet, is another dollhouse. Hopefully, that will be dealt with next week.
Liv Schreiber did a decent job filling in for the absent Peterson. "Michael Keppler," didn't have the warmth and appeal of "Grissom," but he was tolerable. Several CSI people, including "Catherine," seemed to like him a lot.
Len Cariou was excellent in the guest-starring role of "Frank McCarty," a cop who knew "Keppler" back in his Trenton, New Jersey, days.
One of the best episodes in recent memory
LoveIsAStateOfMind29 December 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Let me start off by saying that I have nothing against Grissom. Most of the time. After all I ship him. With Catherine. But as far as I'm concerned, the past four episodes where he has been absent have been the BEST since Season 3 (or parts of Season 5 at a push). I mean KEPPLER. He was intriguing and interesting and the past 4 episodes have had him and Catherine sharing the largest chunk of screen time which couldn't make me happier since Catherine is the only character in the show that I really truly care about anymore. Oh and Archie because he's adorable. And actually though I hated her inclusion at the beginning, I'm turning into a big Sofia fan as well. And of course Wendy had her biggest part yet in this episode! Anyway, I digress. The last few episodes with Keppler and Catherine playing the biggest roles were among the best of the season in my opinion. I think the writers outdid themselves trying to compensate for the loss of Grissom and it really paid off. Amazingly so. And I love Catherine playing a big part but not in the 'let's have her kidnapped, possibly raped, involved in a car crash, have her daughter kidnapped, have her father die in her arms' kind of way.
Onto the episode .......I can't believe they killed Keppler!!! I think I was more upset than if they killed Grissom off which shows that there's something seriously wrong there! Poor Catherine! If I thought they gave her a hard time in previous seasons, they're practically torturing her this season! Now they've gone and killed off the latest person whom she liked and trusted. I liked the fact that Keppler managed to shoot Frank to stop him shooting Catherine though. And I thought Grissom was a bit harsh to Catherine when she phoned to tell him that Keppler had phoned her and Gil was like 'he's not your priority' and she was just like 'I just wanted to tell you ....' At least Grissom was there to pull her away from the ambulance when Keppler died. =( So I think we established from this that I care about Catherine, Keppler (who's dead), Archie, Sofia (surprisingly) and sometimes Grissom when he interacts with Catherine. Oh and I like Brass too! What about the rest? Warrick I've always been ambivalent about, Sara's beginning to irritate me a bit, Greg's just kind of there and Nick? I'm so disappointed in Nick! I used to be a massive Nick fan but these past few episodes he's also beginning to annoy me too. Glah.
But yeah, 'Law of Gravity' = amazing episode. It just upsets me greatly that we won't be having Mike Keppler pop into the lab now and again. *sigh*.
Onto the episode .......I can't believe they killed Keppler!!! I think I was more upset than if they killed Grissom off which shows that there's something seriously wrong there! Poor Catherine! If I thought they gave her a hard time in previous seasons, they're practically torturing her this season! Now they've gone and killed off the latest person whom she liked and trusted. I liked the fact that Keppler managed to shoot Frank to stop him shooting Catherine though. And I thought Grissom was a bit harsh to Catherine when she phoned to tell him that Keppler had phoned her and Gil was like 'he's not your priority' and she was just like 'I just wanted to tell you ....' At least Grissom was there to pull her away from the ambulance when Keppler died. =( So I think we established from this that I care about Catherine, Keppler (who's dead), Archie, Sofia (surprisingly) and sometimes Grissom when he interacts with Catherine. Oh and I like Brass too! What about the rest? Warrick I've always been ambivalent about, Sara's beginning to irritate me a bit, Greg's just kind of there and Nick? I'm so disappointed in Nick! I used to be a massive Nick fan but these past few episodes he's also beginning to annoy me too. Glah.
But yeah, 'Law of Gravity' = amazing episode. It just upsets me greatly that we won't be having Mike Keppler pop into the lab now and again. *sigh*.
Dark Secret from the Past
claudio_carvalho16 February 2023
Nick and Keppler investigate the crime scene in a hotel room, where a man was shot twice on the bed and a prostitute on the floor with one shot to the back and severed left hand. Capt. Brass tells them that the man is Det. Dennis Graves of the Trenton Police Department and Det. Frank McCarty found the bodies. Frank is the father of Keppler's love Amy McCarty, who died years ago, but they do not disclose their relationship to the CSI. Soon Frank presses Keppler to get rid of the evidences of the case; otherwise, he will expose his past and all his cases will be annulled.
"Law of Gravity" is one of the best episodes with a great story full of mysteries. The lesson is important, mainly for young people: never do wrong, whatever profession you have. The past may haunt you, no matter how many goof things you may have done. To be able to have a good night sleep is important to everybody. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Law of Gravity"
"Law of Gravity" is one of the best episodes with a great story full of mysteries. The lesson is important, mainly for young people: never do wrong, whatever profession you have. The past may haunt you, no matter how many goof things you may have done. To be able to have a good night sleep is important to everybody. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Law of Gravity"
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