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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. |
| 5-24 Recap |
Plump Fiction
Grave Danger - After Nicky's buried alive, Gil gets the band back together. But there's still no pancakes. |
2005.05.19 2005.05.25 |
B- |
Sobell |
| 5-23 Recap |
Dead Man's Party
Iced - Who could ask for more? Everybody's waiting -- leave your tapeworms at the door. |
2005.05.12 2005.05.18 |
B- |
Sobell |
| 5-22 Recap |
A Drink with a Dink
Weeping Willows - Catherine's near-hookup at a bar with a creep who later becomes a murder suspect leads to her episode-long walk of shame. |
2005.05.05 2005.05.10 |
B |
M. Giant |
| 5-21 Recap |
One tough mother
Committed - A criminally insane inmate gets framed by his equally batty mother. Because she loves him. Yes, really. |
2005.04.28 2005.05.04 |
A- |
Sobell |
| 5-20 Recap |
Reviving Elphelia
Hollywood Brass - Brass heads to Los Angeles to deal with his wayward daughter in a Very Special Episode. |
2005.04.21 2005.04.27 |
A- |
Sobell |
| 5-19 Recap |
Fantastic Four
4X4 - A series of little cases, strung together like interlocking loops, makes for a fun episode. |
2005.04.14 2005.04.21 |
A- |
Sobell |
| 5-18 Recap |
The wages of sin…
Spark of Life - Are evidently paid by other people. The world's dimmest adulterer manages to be responsible, directly or indirectly, for the deaths of four other people. |
2005.03.31 2005.04.06 |
B |
Sobell |
| 5-17 Recap |
Pissed off
Compulsion - Teenaged shame drives a boy to kill his brother; a serial rapist gets caught by a hotel bathroom. |
2005.03.10 2005.03.16 |
B |
Sobell |
| 5-16 Recap |
A sensitive look at weight in America
Big Middle - ...is probably airing somewhere on Frontline. Here, the obese are merely killing simply by being in the same room. |
2005.02.24 2005.03.02 |
C+ |
Sobell |
| 5-15 Recap |
No shit!
King Baby - As in, no more. Please. I don't care if this episode did involve infantilism. |
2005.02.17 2005.02.23 |
Sobell |
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| 5-14 Recap |
Bear this in mind
Unbearable - A bear gets more sympathy than the guy it mauled, for good reason. |
2005.02.10 2005.02.16 |
B+ |
Sobell |
| 5-13 Recap |
No money-back guarantee
Nesting Dolls - A runaway mail-order bride -- or her body, anyway -- sets Sara at odds with Catherine. |
2005.02.03 2005.02.09 |
B |
Sobell |
| 5-12 Recap |
The Young Turks in winter
Snakes - The show continues its shift away from Gil and Catherine as Warrick and Nicky helm cases involving cranky old men and crazy singers. |
2005.01.13 2005.01.19 |
C+ |
Sobell |
| 5-11 Recap |
Elementary, Dear Grissom
Who Shot Sherlock - Gil tests Liam a final time in a Holmesian murder, and the lab tech demonstrates that he's been paying attention. |
2005.01.06 2005.01.12 |
A |
Sobell |
| 5-10 Recap |
Awww! Kittens! In a rainbow basket!
No Humans Involved - Not really, but there's no way to write anything pithy about starving children that isn't also jerky. |
2004.12.09 2004.12.15 |
B- |
Sobell |
| 5-9 Recap |
You Can't Spell "Wreaking Holy Havoc" Without "Ecklie"
Mea Culpa - The newly promoted assistant director uses his powers for evil, not good, as he dogs Gil for the sheer sport of it. |
2004.11.25 2004.12.02 |
B |
Sobell |
| 5-8 Recap |
Boys who like girls who are boys
Ch-ch-changes - An MTF transsexual is killed, but at least her passing provides plenty of excuses for people to say the words "penis" and "vagina." |
2004.11.18 2004.11.24 |
B |
Sobell |
| 5-7 Recap |
Not even home-schooling would help
Formalities - Homecoming festivities end up killing two, boring millions. |
2004.11.11 2004.11.17 |
C+ |
Sobell |
| 5-6 Recap |
This episode had nothing to do with food
What's Eating Gilbert Grissom? - But everything to do with Gil's gnawing irritation about getting played by a serial killer. |
2004.11.04 2004.11.10 |
A- |
Sobell |
| 5-5 Recap |
For wives can also be lovers too
Swap Meet - At least, that's the attitude everyone in this neighborhood takes -- until the murder. |
2004.10.28 2004.11.03 |
B- |
Sobell |
| 5-4 Recap |
It is necessary to suffer to be beautiful.
Crow's Feet - So those who die at the hands of a Botox-pimpin', urine-drink-advocatin' doc are the prettiest of all. |
2004.10.21 2004.10.27 |
C |
Sobell |
| 5-3 Recap |
Mother, Drugs and Need
Harvest - It's Fun With Bioethics week, with a side trip into Blame the Mother-land, as the team tries to figure out who killed a middle-schooler with an extraordinary medical record. |
2004.10.14 2004.10.20 |
C |
Sobell |
| 5-2 Recap |
Family values
Down the Drain - Another team outing, as everyone tries to avoid getting blasted to Primm in a high-risk household crime scene. |
2004.10.07 2004.10.13 |
B+ |
Sobell |
| 5-1 Recap |
Four To Go
Viva Las Vegas - The team scatters as they tackle a suicidal hooker, a fried gambler, a plugged hit man, and a buried alien preacher. |
2004.09.23 2004.09.29 |
B+ |
Sobell |
| Extra |
Evel Dead
Evel Knievel - This made-for-TV biopic about the American daredevil crashes and burns on impact. |
2004.07.30 2004.08.06 |
Sobell |
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| 4-23 Recap |
I liked it better when they got pancakes
Bloodlines - Seriously. Anyone remember when the season finale didn't make you all depressed? Because I don't. |
2004.05.20 2004.05.26 |
B |
Sobell |
| 4-22 Recap |
Know what this episode needs?
No More Bets - Stifler's mom. And Stifler. And even a story about band camp. Instead, we get a second-stringer from American Pie. |
2004.05.13 2004.05.19 |
C+ |
Sobell |
| 4-21 Recap |
Love is like a roller coaster racing across the track...
Turning the Screws - Then, suddenly, it flips you over, pinning you underneath it. At night, the CSIs come. |
2004.05.06 2004.05.12 |
C+ |
Sobell |
| 4-20 Recap |
Chariots of Liars
Dead Ringer - As usual, sex and jealousy up the body count on this show; as not per usual, there is foot-racing involved. |
2004.04.29 2004.05.05 |
B+ |
Sobell |
| 4-19 Recap |
A hot temper
Bad Words - Note to parents: Try not to introduce your grudge-bearing son to fire. |
2004.04.15 2004.04.21 |
B- |
Sobell |