"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" The Finger (2002)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Richard J. Lewis

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator)
Danny Cannon (writer) ...

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

31 January 2002 (Season 2, Episode 14)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Catherine Willows becomes part of a kidnapping when a suspicious-looking man is questioned about his bloodied hands...

Plot Keywords:

Investigation | Crime Lab | Police | Evidence | Crime Scene

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 15	4:00 PM	SPIKETV	The Finger	#2.14
Sun. Nov. 15	11:00 PM	SPIKETV	The Finger	#2.14

Cast

William Petersen	...	Gil Grissom
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows
Gary Dourdan	...	Warrick Brown
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes
Jorja Fox	...	Sara Sidle
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Tom Irwin	...	Roy Logan
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Christopher Wiehl	...	Hank Peddigrew
Al Sapienza	...	Logan's Attorney
Barbara Williams	...	Diane Logan
J. Robin Miller	...	Amanda Freeman
Gigi Bermingham	...	Waitress
Madison McReynolds	...	Lindsey Willows

Language:

English

Certification:

Germany:12 | Germany:12 (DVD rating)

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Goofs:

Continuity: When the LVPD officer stops Roy Logan after he leaves the bank, he notices what looks like blood on Logan's hands. Yet the bank teller and manager in the previous scene apparently never noticed the blood, despite having numerous opportunities during the hour they spent with him, including several close views of his hands (such as when he presented his driver's license). When he was in the bank, blood was also not apparent to viewers, so the makeup department must not have added it during that scene.

Wow!

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This is definitely one of the best episodes of CSI I've ever seen, and that's saying something, as I've seen almost all of them before. It's clever, engaging, interesting, and a bit scary, too. In other words, it's perfect.

The basic premise: Catherine is at a bar when she meets a man who has found the finger of his wife in his home. They talk, and the man gets a phone call from a mystery person who tells them that they're being watched. He also says for them both to leave the café and drive to a certain location, or else face dire consequences.

But Catherine, being the quick thinker that she is, realizes something: Sara's on a date in the very same bar! So Catherine grabs the finger, puts it in a glass of ice water, and plunks it down on Sara's table as she walks out with the man. And now Sara and the rest of the CSI's have to figure out what's happening just from the one finger before it's too late for Catherine and the other man.

Overall, a very suspenseful, well-written, and awesome CSI episode. A definite must-see.