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5-24 2005.05.19 |
Plump Fiction After Nicky's buried alive, Gil gets the band back together. But there's still no pancakes. |
| 4-18 Recap |
Pity the Nevada traveler...
Bad to the Bone - ...who gets stuck at a hotel where the proprietor makes Norman Bates look laid back. Gil tries to unravel the case, and fails. |
2004.04.01 2004.04.07 |
D |
Sobell |
| 4-17 Recap |
Casual sex kills
XX - At least, it can when your girlfriend catches you doing it. This is why you should probably not cheat on your prison lover. |
2004.03.11 2004.03.17 |
C+ |
Sobell |
| 4-16 Recap |
Words that should never go together
Getting Off - And they're all in the A-plot: clowns as the object of erotic desire. And there's a B-plot about what happens to rehabbing do-gooders, but it's nowhere near as creepy as the clown deal. |
2004.02.26 2004.03.03 |
B |
Sobell |
| 4-15 Recap |
Murder's only dirty if it's done right
Early Rollout - A moneyed couple with a money-shot past gets gunned down for a motive other than sex. |
2004.02.19 2004.02.25 |
B |
Sobell |
| 4-14 Recap |
When double-coupon promotions go horribly wrong
Paper or Plastic? - A shootout at the local grocery store leads into the dullest team investigation ever. Not even the glower of a cop on the edge can make this more interesting. |
2004.02.12 2004.02.18 |
B- |
Sobell |
| 4-13 Recap |
Gil Is The Very Model Of A Modern Crime Investigator...
Suckers - He's information forensic, with evidence, and skeptical/ He knows the operettas and he quotes the songs historical/ from Gilbert and from Sullivan and links them up with criminals. |
2004.02.05 2004.02.11 |
B |
Sobell |
| 4-12 Recap |
Gil and Sara, sitting in a lab
Butterflied - ...A-N-G-S-T-I-N-G. First comes denial, and then comes triple shifts, and then comes a long monologue about the perils of being a hyper-focused middle-aged workaholic who blew his chance with his nubile younger coworker. |
2004.01.15 2004.01.21 |
B- |
Sobell |
| 4-11 Recap |
"It's one of those open-and-shut things. They proved that ten different ways."
Eleven Angry Jurors - Well, Nicky's not used to supposin'. He's just a workin' man. His boss does all the supposin' -- but he'll try one. Supposin' he reopens an old case and, uh, the lady really did cremate her sister? Why, it's enough to get him a promotion! |
2004.01.08 2004.01.14 |
B- |
Sobell |
| 4-10 Recap |
"No, Sara, these killers are teenagers. That means they're cowards."
Coming of Rage - "Teenagers! F*** me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of serial killing, dude, at least it's an ethos." |
2003.12.18 2003.12.24 |
C- |
Sobell |
| 4-9 Recap |
Eaten up with negative feelings
Gil vs. the Volcano - Or the kind of caustic chemical cleaner that burns people's hands without reducing their esophagus to jelly when swallowed. That's the kind of cleaner Sara and Warrick look at when the depressed wife of an R&B star kills herself. |
2003.12.11 2003.12.17 |
C- |
Sobell |
| 4-8 Recap |
Sara Sidle is pretty too!
After the Show - Just not in the eyes of a killer photographer. Somehow, that doesn't seem like a big insult. |
2003.11.20 2003.11.26 |
C- |
Sobell |
| 4-7 Recap |
Deadlines for dead people
Invisible Evidence - An evidence gaffe puts the CSI team on a round-the-clock crime-solving spree. |
2003.11.13 2003.11.19 |
B |
Sobell |
| 4-6 Recap |
How to get a head without really trying
Jackpot - Gil traipses way up north to find a body that matches the head he received C.O.D. ("cash on death"). |
2003.11.06 2003.11.10 |
A |
Keckler |
| 4-5 Recap |
Yiff-A-Dee Doo-Dah
Fur and Loathing - Yiff-a-dee-doo-dah, yiff-a-dee-ay. My, oh my, those plushies like to play. Plenty of skritching, but no Warrick today. Yiff-a-dee-doo-dah, yiff-a-dee-ay. Sexy Blue Cat stole the episode. It's the truth, it's actual. Even if the ending was counter-factual. Yiff-a-dee-doo-dah, skritch-a-dee-ay. Wonderful feeling, wonderful day! |
2003.10.30 2003.11.05 |
B |
Aaron |
| 4-4 Recap |
Life's Most Precious Cargo
Feeling the Heat - It is not, as you would presume, children, but rather the overheated feelings of those who bear them. |
2003.10.23 2003.10.29 |
B- |
Sobell |
| 4-3 Recap |
Of all the cases to leave open...
Homebodies - The CSIs' near-perfect record (come on -- check out previous recaps for their clearance rate) gets marred by a home-invasion case. |
2003.10.09 2003.10.15 |
B- |
Sobell |
| 4-2 Recap |
The Thin Blue Line Got Thinner
All For Our Country - Gil and Brass butt heads over the possibility that a cop slew a sexed-up serial-killing couple; both are proven half-right. Catherine and Sara deal with the grossest case ever. |
2003.10.02 2003.10.08 |
B |
Sobell |
| 4-1 Recap |
Making an Ass of U and Me
Assume Nothing - Part one of the series' second two-parter (the first one was in season one -- remember Holly Gribbs?) centers around a couple that kills together. |
2003.09.25 2003.10.01 |
C |
Sobell |
| 3-23 Recap |
Blast It All
Inside the Box - A bank explosion staged to procure evidence from an unsolved murder has major repercussions for Catherine. |
2003.05.15 2003.05.22 |
B- |
Sobell |
| 3-22 Recap |
Blasted!
Play With Fire - The lab gets blown to kingdom come; Sara blows her working relationship with Gil there shortly afterward. |
2003.05.08 2003.05.15 |
D |
Sobell |
| 3-21 Recap |
Gil Has To See A Man About A Horse
Forever - The A-plot this week shows the CSIs that there's no need to skin the pony to make a ponyskin bag. |
2003.05.01 2003.05.08 |
B |
Sobell |
| 3-20 Recap |
Not a Punchline So Much as a Poison Line
Last Laugh - A shock comic gets what he so richly deserves, but Gil's still compelled to solve the case. |
2003.04.24 2003.05.01 |
B |
Sobell |
| 3-19 Recap |
Strangers on a Chorus Line
A Night at the Movies - Gil unravels a murder mystery through an in-depth knowledge of Hitchcock. |
2003.04.10 2003.04.17 |
B+ |
Sobell |
| 3-18 Recap |
Linguo Dead? Linguo IS Dead.
Precious Metal - A man is killed by his robot creation; Catherine and crew determine if artificial intelligence took an unwelcome leap forward, or if people were behind it. |
2003.04.03 2003.04.10 |
B |
Sobell |
| 3-17 Recap |
Hank, You Duplicitous, Body-Moving Bastard
Crash and Burn - Sara's brief foray into the world of human relationships ends badly; Gil and Nicky take down an evil juvenile genius. |
2003.03.13 2003.03.20 |
B |
Sobell |
| 3-16 Recap |
A Doggone Shame
Lucky Strike - Catherine and Warrick investigate a kidnapping that ended in a kennel, while Gil and Nicky deal with batty circumstances. |
2003.02.20 2003.02.27 |
C+ |
Sobell |
| 3-15 Recap |
All Wet
Lady Heather's Box - A Very Special supersized CSI makes much use of the wet stuff in the name of character development. |
2003.02.13 2003.02.19 |
B |
Sobell |
| 3-14 Recap |
Hairy Palms Are Only The Beginning
One-Hit Wonder - An onanistic menace alarms Gil, Catherine, and the boys. Meanwhile, Sara gives a friend the gift that keeps on giving -- a Murder II indictment. |
2003.02.06 2003.02.12 |
B |
Sobell |
| 3-13 Recap |
You're Not My Real Dad, Gil!
Random Acts of Violence - Or so Warrick effectively says throughout this episode as he violates Gil's trust in the line of duty. |
2003.01.30 2003.02.05 |
A- |
Sobell |
| 3-12 Recap |
Rage On, Diary!
Got Murder? - Yeah, there are women in the trash and eyeballs in birds' nests, but this episode is all about the rage diary. |
2003.01.16 2003.01.23 |
B |
Sobell |