"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" After the Show (2003)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Kenneth Fink

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator)
Andrew Lipsitz (written by) ...

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

20 November 2003 (Season 4, Episode 8)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Julie Waters, a dancer, has been missing for 6 days. A suspect, Howard Delhomme, calls the police and turns himself in...

Plot Keywords:

Envy | Leg | Confession Of Crime | SWAT Team | Girl Strangling

Cast

William Petersen	...	Gil Grissom
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows
Gary Dourdan	...	Warrick Brown (credit only)
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes
Jorja Fox	...	Sara Sidle
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Xander Berkeley	...	Sheriff Rory Atwater
Martin Donovan	...	Howard Delhomme
Jaime Ray Newman	...	Julie Waters
Archie Kao	...	Archie Johnson
Paul Cassell	...	Delhomme's Attorney
Gildart Jackson	...	Oliver Micelli, Car Dealer
Branden R. Morgan	...	James Delhomme (as Brenden Morgan)

Language:

English

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Trivia:

This episode is based on an actual case, the murder of Linda Sobek. The case was solved by Elizabeth Devine who is the consulting producer of the show and a former CSI.

Quotes:

Catherine Willows: Your father ever tell you you were pretty?
Sara Sidle: I guess.
Catherine Willows: Did he ever tell you you were smart?
Sara Sidle: Yeah.
Catherine Willows: So it probably never occurred to you that you wouldn't be successful. If all you ever hear is that you're gorgeous, you can let everything fall away and leave you in a very dangerous place.

"I think that is why I would be perfect for your show"

I guessed right the director on the 14th second of the episode - right after the 'Bellagio fountains' scene. It's because of the absolutely genius soundtrack which perfectly suits to Kenneth Fink's style. He usually films the most tragic (e.g.1.7/4.3/4.4) and/or downbeat/dark episodes. And he is one of the three best directors of the series (along with Richard J. Lewis & Danny Cannon) if not the best one.

This episode also shows up mutual relations between team members, consisting of some conflicts and, in particular, Sara's envy of Catherine and Nick. (The Nick situation will come out a bit later in episode "No More Bets", in Lincoln.) But Nick of course proved to be much wiser than Sara when they were talking about Greg... It seems that she'll never stop behaving like a 14 years old teenager...

At this point, this is one of the best of Kenneth Fink's episodes. Watch it alone in the dark. Ones of the moments I liked were the 'interview w/Julie Waters' scene at the ending (her equivocal phrase - I won't reveal it here) & the 'SWAT' scene.

10 out of 10 for soundtrack & 10 for outstanding directing. Recommended for all the fans of downbeat movies.