"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" I Like to Watch (2006)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Kenneth Fink

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator) and
Richard Catalani (writer)

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

9 March 2006 (Season 6, Episode 17)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The team is followed by a reality TV crew as it investigates the vicious rape of a real estate agent...

Plot Keywords:

Acronym In Title | Shipper | Dark Humor | Criminal Investigation | Detective

Cast

William Petersen	...	Gil Grissom
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows
Gary Dourdan	...	Warrick Brown
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes
Jorja Fox	...	Sara Sidle
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Louise Lombard	...	Sofia Curtis
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Taraji P. Henson	...	Christina (as Taraji Henson)
Liz Vassey	...	Wendy Simms
Jack Noseworthy	...	Dwight
Karis Campbell	...	Tara Weathers
Brett Rickaby	...	Maintenance Man

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Quotes:

Nick Stokes: Two pieces of duct tape, both have been swabbed for DNA and fingerprinted.
[Hodges is looking around for someone]
Nick Stokes: Grissom wants you to compare adhesives. He's looking for a match.
[Nick glances for whom Hodges is casting about]
Hodges: Ok. That'll take a laser ablation test. That's good.
Nick Stokes: Why's that good?
Hodges: Well, laser ablation is both visual *and* dramatic.
Nick Stokes: Are you looking for the video crew right now?
Hodges: [scoffs] I would think they would be looking for *me*.
Nick Stokes: Relax, man, their show is only an hour long; laser ablation takes, like, six.
[...]

'Too Many Forensic Shows'

One of those annoying crime "investigator" shows is following the Las Vegas CSI around on a case as Gil and Catherine walk into a big hotel to check out a crime scene. Gil tells the cameraman, "There are too many forensic shows on TV."

That great line opens this episode. I am sure William Petersen enjoyed saying that line, as he was quoted years ago as being against a second CSI show, much less three, plus other copy- cat efforts on TV.

Anyway, the local CSI investigates after a seriously-wounded woman staggers out of a room, also the victim of some kind of date-rape assault in which she was tied up. Who did this? It doesn't help that the victim can't remember much expect that a fireman came to her door. That's the story for the episode. There are no secondary crime stories.

At first, I didn't the way they handled the filming, most of it through the lens of the tabloid- TV camera, which means just one straight-on angle, weaker sound than normal, etc. However, as it went on it served its purpose: providing something a little different. The flashlight-camera was kind of cool.

Humor was provided by the nerd-ish "Hodges," who mugged for the tabloid cameraman. Meanwhile, the case involves a guy with a "foot fetish." Man, these Las Vegas shows get weird at times.