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25 September
'CSI' Ends Its 15-Season Run With 2-Hour Reunion Finale
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSEPT. 24, 2015, 9:24 A.M. E.D.T.
NEW YORK — There was scant evidence suggesting it would be a hit."CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" was a last-minute pickup by CBS, plugged into a Friday lineup whose widely forecast surefire hit would be a reboot of "The Fugitive," not a quirky little drama dwelling on hair fibers and blood spatter."I thought it was never going to succeed," says Jorja Fox. At the time she had a recurring role on "The West Wing" as a Secret Service agent, "but I thought, 'How fun would it be just to take this ride for a little while!' By Christmas, I figured I would be back on 'The West Wing.'""I figured there would be an audience for it," says William Petersen — "among those people who do crossword puzzles. I never thought the audience would also be everyone who's NEVER done a crossword puzzle!"Though set in Las Vegas, "CSI" occupies the world of forensic investigators who solve criminal cases not in the streets or an interrogation room, but in the lab, where the truth reveals itself in the evidence they probe.Premiering in October 2000, "CSI" was an out-of-nowhere smash. ("The Fugitive" flopped.) But that was just for starters. It would spawn two long-running spin-offs, set in Miami and New York, and recently gave birth to a third, "CSI: Cyber," which now will survive it as the 15-season run of the original "CSI" comes to an end Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT.
The two-hour farewell brings back bygone stars including Marg Helgenberger (who played exotic-dancer-turned-investigator Catherine Willows until departing three seasons ago) and Petersen (who headlined for eight-plus seasons as lab boss Gil Grissom).Petersen recalled that in 2000 he was looking for a TV series, "but I didn't want to play a lawyer, a cop or a divorced dad. 'CSI' was something different, and while we didn't know what it was going to be, we wanted a chance to figure it out."He got his chance and loved the experience, he says, then moved on in 2008 to pursue theater work. (Now he is joining another series, WGN America's "Manhattan," for its second season starting Oct. 13.)Being back on the "CSI" set for the finale "was like no time had passed," he says. "It felt like yesterday.""It was a delight to be back with Billy," says Helgenberger. "We always had great chemistry. He's a funny guy, and I laugh at all his jokes."But as the series marks the end, some viewers thought they'd never see, the inevitable question arises:
Why was "CSI" so big, for so long?Petersen observes that just weeks after "CSI" premiered, a much-disputed presidential election left many Americans confused and disillusioned. The terrorist attacks the following September traumatized millions.This all cemented a period of what Petersen calls "postmodern vagueness," with people doubting themselves and their world and wondering, "What does it mean? What does it matter? Where is the truth?""What our show did was give you the truth," he declares. "You can be confused about many things, but this little piece of lint that we found on the floor, you can count on that. Granted, it was just one small truth about one particular case, but it was something you could touch and see and trust in."
"The show had a new way of coming at crime and murder and mayhem," says Ted Danson, who joined the series in Season 12 as "D.B." Russell and now is a star of the "Cyber" spin-off. "Taking a scientific point of view on a crime show was new back then, and allowed viewers into the darker side of life in a way that wasn't just cops-and-robbers.""On pretty much every show we got the guy, thanks to irrefutable science," says Helgenberger. "We made science fun and interesting."Even now, when science has fallen into disfavor among many — people for whom what you believe overrules what science proves — "CSI" still champions the scientific method in the face of its cultural assault.As Grissom told his colleagues on an early episode: forget personalities, ambitions and assumptions. "Concentrate on what cannot lie: the evidence," he said. Ever since on "CSI," hard evidence with its glorious certitude paved the way to enlightenment.
The trip ends Sunday, "by offering the fans who've been loyal so long with an opportunity to say goodbye to the people they fell in love with at the start," says Danson, who vows, "It will be very satisfying.""I still feel a little delirious," says Fox, speaking only a couple of days after wrapping the finale."Right now, I really feel maniacally happy about it," she says, having spent most of 15 seasons as forensics scientist Sara Sidle. "I feel like, wow, look at this amazing run we were able to have! And now we've gotten a chance to close the book. That's a very comforting feeling."
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/09/24/arts/ap-us-tv-csi-finale.html?_r=0
3 June
Popular forensic cop show to end after fifteen years
By Adam Humphreys
Popular cop and forensic show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is to come to an end after fifteen years on television, after it was confirmed that American broadcaster CBS had decided not to renew the hit television show. Immensely popular, it has seen numerous stars come and go throughout its fifteen years, such as William Peterson, Jorja Fox, Elisabeth Shue, Lauren-Lee Smith, Louise Lombard, Laurence Fishburne and most recently Ted Danson. The show's infamous plotlines have evolved around assassination, kidnap, robbery and murder and even had what is now its most famous plotline, a two-part thriller directed by top well-known actor and director Quentin Tarantino Grave Danger, in which the team had to race against time to rescue their kidnapped colleague Nick Stokes. The double episode was dedicated to actor Frank Gorshin who died only days before the episodes were aired. Grave Danger pulled in a massive 35.15 million viewers and received a Primetime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. That's quite an achievement for a forensic drama series. During the television programme's fifteen years, the show has seen cameos from numerous well known actors, singers and actresses, including Chad Michael Murray, Max Beesley, Dakota Fanning, Kelly Hu, Amanda Seyfried, Dita Von Teese, Taylor Swift, Ozzy Osbourne and Justin Bieber. Later this year, a new spin off the show called CSI: Cyber will begin on Channel five. It is focussed on cybercrime and will star American actress Patricia Arquette and former Dawson's Creek actor James Van Der Beek. The spin off has had its first series and has become a hit on American television and a second series has already been commissioned; Ted Danson will be joining the show, reprising his character of D.B Russell. Having already seen CSI: NY, CSI: Miami I look forward to seeing this fourth spin-off of the franchise series, as it seems to be created from a new approach in storylines. Crime scene investigation has never looked so good.
http://uk.blastingnews.com/entertainment/2015/06/csi-to-end-after-fifteen-years-on-television-00422671.html
22 May
The End Game
Season 15 Episode 18
Channel 5
Saturday 23 May 10.20pm
Review by:David Butcher
Two swansongs in this episode – maybe three. It’s the end of the long-running Gig Harbor Killer storyline, the end of season 15 and – just possibly – the end of the orginal CSI altogether. At the time of writing the mothership for one of TV’s richest franchises hasn’t been renewed for another season by its US network, though it might be granted a two-hour movie finale.
Certainly, what was once the most-watched TV show in the world deserves a better send-off than tonight’s episode. The plot takes in Greek mythology, hothouse flowers and tattoo ink, but it’s nearly stolen away by Eric Roberts, who returns as sinister pimp Brother Larson. “Every time I talk to that guy I feel like I need a shower,” says Russell.
About this programme 18/18. When Emilia and Margot Vance - two attractive twins in their 30s - are found dead, the team fears the Gig Harbor Killer might have returned. A statue of Castor and Pollux used as a bludgeon, an elaborate astrological display alluding to the constellation Gemini, and a severed human finger are found as Finn and her colleagues investigate the scene of the crime. All the evidence seems to indicate that the twin-obsessed Paul Winthrop is back for sure - but the scope of the crime also suggests the murderer may have enlisted the aid of an accoplice. Last in the series. Cast and crew
Cast
DB Russell Ted Danson
Julie Finlay Elisabeth Shue
Nick Stokes George Eads
Sara Sidle Jorja Fox
Greg Sanders Eric Szmanda
Dr Al Robbins Robert David Hall
David Hodges Wallace Langham
Morgan Brody Elisabeth Harnois
Dr Henry Andrews Jon Wellner
Paul Winthrop Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Daniel Shaw Mark Valley
Colin Winthrop Barry Bostwick
Brother Daniel Larsen Eric Roberts
Crew
Director Alec Smight
Executive Producer Anthony E Zuiker
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dmfb6w/csi-crime-scene-investigation--series-15---18-the-end-game
Marg Helgenberger and her CSI co-star William Petersen (Reed Saxon/AP) “Certainly as an actor, it’s fun to do something completely different to what I did before. 22 years ago, I did a Stephen King series called The Tommyknockers,” she said. “When you’re working in that genre, in a lot of ways it’s liberating because you get to do things you wouldn’t necessarily justify. There are no rules so that’s always appealing and intriguing to me.” Under The Dome continues at 10pm on Mondays on Channel 5.
15 May
Under My Skin
Season 15 Episode 17
Channel 5
Saturday 16 May 10.20pm
Review by:Jane Rackham
The Nolan sisters go missing after an afternoon of girlie fun in a shopping mall. Not the Nolan Sisters of singing fame, of course. This is party girl Lexi Nolan and her 13-year-old sibling Cara. The CSIs get involved because a young man is found with his throat cut and on his mobile are pictures of him with Cara.
There’s another connection too. Lexi and Cara’s dad is the director of San Diego’s crime lab, a man who once offered Nick a job. Solving the case becomes something of a personal crusade for Nick who refuses to give up despite the interminable dead ends and red herrings.
About this programme 17/18. Two teenage sisters attract the attention of a young man - but sometime later, his dead body is discovered abandoned in a public toilet and the girls are nowhere to be found. The investigators learn that the missing sisters are the daughters of a crime lab director who had tried to recruit Nick for his own team, and suspicion falls on a biker gang their father helped to prosecute. Cast and crew
Cast
DB Russell Ted Danson
Julie Finlay Elisabeth Shue
Nick Stokes George Eads
Sara Sidle Jorja Fox
Greg Sanders Eric Szmanda
Dr Al Robbins Robert David Hall
David Hodges Wallace Langham
Morgan Brody Elisabeth Harnois
John Nolan Brett Cullen
Axel Vargas Luke Benward
Lexi Nolan Hunter King
Cara Nolan Harley Graham
Pete Corday Chad Addison
Crew
Director Alrick Riley
Executive Producer Anthony E Zuiker
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dk6bf4/csi-crime-scene-investigation--series-15---17-under-my-skin
9 May
Last Ride
Season 15 Episode 16
Channel 5
Saturday 9 May 9.15pm
Review by:Jane Rackham
The clichés and coincidences in this episode are like gunshot spatter. They’re everywhere, generally distracting us from the body of the story. A young woman painted from head to toe in chrome is found (artfully posed) in the woods. She has a weird mark on her back that leads the CSIs to conclude she had a “run-in” with a rare classic car.
But what is the connection between the dead “Silver Surfer”, a valuable collection of vintage autos, warring brothers and the mob? And why, when the usually oh-so-smart CSIs find the car that transported the body, don’t they immediately look in the boot for clues?
About this programme 16/18. A woman's body is found in the woods, covered in chrome paint. A shard of glass is discovered in a wound on her elbow, which is traced back to an extremely rare classic car. The only known model in existence belongs to a wealthy investment banker and son of a dead gangster, who is at odds with his brother over their father's collection of classic cars, one of which is unexpectedly missing. Both men had a history with the victim that makes them likely suspects, especially when evidence emerges that she may have arranged to have the car stolen. Cast and crew
Cast
DB Russell Ted Danson
Julie Finlay Elisabeth Shue
Nick Stokes George Eads
Sara Sidle Jorja Fox
Greg Sanders Eric Szmanda
Dr Al Robbins Robert David Hall
David Hodges Wallace Langham
Morgan Brody Elisabeth Harnois
Carlo Derosa Wil Traval
Alfonz Derosa Vito D?Ambrosio
Ken Bixler Matthew Glave
Ava Montrose Blair Bomar
Ruth Montrose Karen Silas
Crew
Director Tim Beavers
Executive Producer Anthony E Zuiker
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dkxfsh/csi-crime-scene-investigation--series-15---16-last-ride
5 May
CSI: Trilogy
Channel 5
Wednesday 6 May 10pm.
CSI:Miami
Bone Voyage
The team discovers a severed leg belonging to a girl who went missing in Nevada, prompting Horatio to call Dr. Raymond Langston for help. Laurence Fishburne guest stars.
CSI: New York 10.55pm
Hammer Down
Ray Langston visits New York to help Mac's unit investigate a trucking ring that specialises in human cargo
CSI: Las Vegas 11.50pm
The Lost Girls
Langston returns from New York, having failed to find a kidnap victim - but the murder of a prostitute reveals evidence that might lead him to the missing girl.
1 May
Hero to Zero
Season 15 Episode 15
Channel 5
Saturday 2 May 10.10pm
About this programme
15/18. A caped vigilante tries to deter a brutal gang from their petty pursuit of arbitrary violence, but Sara and Nick are soon investigating his death. Their first witness is the homeless man whose life was saved by the have-a-go hero's intervention, but all he can remember seeing is a red pickup truck. CCTV footage of vandals attacking a shop on the same night offers another potential line of inquiry, with blood samples pointing to Trey Peach, who may be the inspiration for the antagonist in a DIY comic-book found among the deceased's belongings.
Cast and crew
Cast
DB Russell Ted Danson
Julie Finlay Elisabeth Shue
Nick Stokes George Eads
Sara Sidle Jorja Fox
Greg Sanders Eric Szmanda
Dr Al Robbins Robert David Hall
David Hodges Wallace Langham
Morgan Brody Elisabeth Harnois
Trey Peach Quincy Brown
Scott Hunt/Male superhero Greg Finley
Seth Leif Gantvoort
Brad Jeffries Levi Fiehler
Crew
Director Frank Waldeck
Executive Producer Anthony E Zuiker
24 April
Merchants of Menace
Season 15 Episode 14
Channel 5
Saturday 25 April 10.10pm.
Review by:Jane Rackham
It's shamefully easy to guess the identity of the murderer but at least this is an intriguingly offbeat story, the sort that CSI does so well. Turning a flashlight onto the sickening way murderers can be iconised, it opens at a murderabilia convention where aficionados gather to buy, or just drool over, serial killers' merchandise. That could be the jacket he wore, an autograph or - creepiest of all - his bones, sharpened to be used as a weapon.
“It's a whole new level of demented,” says Nick Stokes as the CSIs investigate a frenzied stabbing that clearly has connections to the Sin City Slasher, executed some months earlier for his vicious crimes.
About this programm.
14/18. A car that used to belong to murderer Lucas Reem is being sold off at a convention dedicated to serial killer memorabilia when the body of auction house employee Damon Harlow is discovered inside. Fingerprints in the car point to Nora Waters, whose sister was killed by Reem, and she confirms that she had sat in the car with Harlow, whom she had been dating. DNA tests reveal the victim was stabbed with a knife made out of a bone belonging to Reem himself. Crime drama, starring Ted Danson. Cast and crew
Cast
DB Russell Ted Danson
Julie Finlay Elisabeth Shue
Nick Stokes George Eads
Sara Sidle Jorja Fox
Greg Sanders Eric Szmanda
Dr Al Robbins Robert David Hall
David Hodges Wallace Langham
Morgan Brody Elisabeth Harnois
Kyle Jessup Richard Harmon
Nora Waters Mekenna Melvin
Crew
Director Alec Smight
Executive Producer Anthony E Zuiker
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dkcxts/csi-crime-scene-investigation--series-15---14-merchants-of-menace
14 April
Wednesday 15 April
Channel 5
Celebrity CSI
9pm CSI: NY Kim Kardashian, Second Chances
10pm CSI: Taylor Swift, Turn, Turn, Turn
10.55pm CSI: Ozzy Osborne, Skin in The Game
11.50pm CSI: Sharon Osborne, Dead Rails.
10 April
Dead Woods
Season 15 Episode 12
Channel 5
Saturday 11 April 10.10pm
About this programme
12/18. Abby Fisher and her boyfriend are mugged while out walking and she suddenly has a harrowing flashback to 10 years previously, when her father shot and killed her mother and sister and left her for dead. She demands to speak to Sara and tells her she has remembered a distinctive odour from that night that she also smelled while she was being robbed. After running a series of tests, the team asks for permission to dig up Abby's father's body and discover traces of a drug in his liver. Crime drama, starring Jorja Fox.
Cast and crew
Cast
DB Russell Ted Danson
Julie Finlay Elisabeth Shue
Nick Stokes George Eads
Sara Sidle Jorja Fox
Greg Sanders Eric Szmanda
Dr Al Robbins Robert David Hall
David Hodges Wallace Langham Morgan
Brody Elisabeth Harnois
Abby Fisher Ashlee Fuss
Garth Fogel Dean McDermott
Randy Pruitt Ben Browder
Crew
Director Philip Conserva
Executive Producer Anthony E Zuiker
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dh547t/csi-crime-scene-investigation--series-15---12-dead-woods
5 April
New ITV Drama Code of a Killer focuses on real-life Newbold Verdon murderer
The first part of an ITV drama based on the use of DNA to capture Newbold Verdon double murderer Colin Pitchfork is to be broadcast on Easter Monday. Called Code of a Killer, it stars Shameless actor David Threlfall and John Simm. The show will look at the early days of the use of DNA, which has transformed crime detection over the past 30 years. The series will centre on the first use of DNA to solve a murder. The guilty party was Colin Pitchfork of Newbold Verdon. A 15-year-old girl called Lynda Mann left her home in the Enderby area to visit her friend in November 1983. She did not return and the next morning she was found raped and strangled to death.
The police had little to go on and didn’t make much progress over the next few years. But then in July 1986 another 15-year-old girl was murdered in the same area. Dawn Ashworth took a short cut on her way home and her body was found two days later. She had been beaten, raped and strangled to death. However, since the first crime a technique called DNA profiling had been invented by a Leicester scientist. Over the next six months police asked 5,000 local men to give them a DNA sample. At first all came back clean and police thought the trail had gone cold. However, a woman overheard a conversation in a pub. A worker at a bakery revealed he had been paid £200 to give his own sample DNA instead of a fellow employee.
The fellow employee’s name was Colin Pitchfork. He was a married man with two children. Pitchfork lived in Newbold Verdon until his marriage in 1981 and was described by village residents as a loner. He attended Market Bosworth High School and Bosworth College in Desford, before starting his trade as a baker at a Leicester college at the age of 16. The woman who overheard the conversation reported it to police. In September 1987 Pitchfork was arrested in the neighbouring village of Littlethorpe and a sample of DNA was found to match that of the killer. Life On Mars actor Simm will play scientist Dr Alec Jeffreys, who developed the method at Leicester University, while Shameless star Threlfall plays Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker, who headed the first major investigation using it. The drama follows Mr Baker as he investigates the brutal murders of Leicestershire schoolgirls Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth between 1983 and 1987. A teenage boy had confessed to one of the murders but when evidence from the crime scenes was analysed, it was discovered he was unconnected and his confession was false, and the world’s first DNA manhunt was launched. Executive producer Simon Heath said: “Code Of A Killer is a testament to the pioneering science of Alec Jeffreys and the foresight and determination of David Baker. Together they brought justice for two grieving families and changed the course of criminal investigation forever.”
* Part one will be broadcast on ITV on Monday night at 9pm with part two scheduled for a week later.
http://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/itv-drama-feature-real-life-newbold-8968987
3rd April
Angle Of Attack
Season 15 Episode 11
Channel 5
Saturday 4 April 10pm.
Review by:Jack Seale
Occasional viewers and people who (quite reasonably) gave up on this show several years ago: come back! This episode is a corker, starting with the intriguing first corpse. He’s lying in the road, peppered with thick glass, which turns out to be from the window of his 30th-floor office. But the tower where he used to work as an accountant is 100 yards away, and two different windows are smashed, which means he’s been… shot at his desk by a rocket-propelled grenade? Surely not.
The team end up interrogating members of the Air Force and a sinister aeronautics contractor, in a story filled with hi-tech surprises.
About this programme 11/18. Russell and the team investigate a suspected hit-and-run, but the lack of skid marks on the road and the unusual impact angle leads them to think that this could be a suicide. The victim is identified as Bradley Weaks, an accountant who worked on the 30th floor of a nearby building and broken windows in his office confirm that this was where he fell from - however, a scorch mark on the floor suggests a detonation and a residue of jet fuel leads the CSIs to another body. Crime drama, starring Ted Danson. Cast and crew
Cast
DB Russell Ted Danson
Julie Finlay Elisabeth Shue
Nick Stokes George Eads
Sara Sidle Jorja Fox
Greg Sanders Eric Szmanda
Dr Al Robbins Robert David Hall
David Hodges Wallace Langham
Morgan Brody Elisabeth Harnois
Bernard Mills Matt Letscher
Amanda Holland Tamara Feldman
Claudia Mason Virginia Williams
Jack Ferris Arjun Gupta
Crew
Director Kevin Bray
Executive Producer Anthony E Zuiker
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dhxqfb/csi-crime-scene-investigation--series-15---11-angle-of-attack
28 March
Dead Rails
Season 15 Episode 10
Channel 5
Saturday 28 March 9.55pm
Review by:Jack Seale
Sharon Osbourne slips elegantly into the role of a pool-hall manager in an episode weirdly stuffed with Brits and Aussies. If you can’t place the hustler in the hat, he’s Bernard Curry, formerly known as Luke Handley from Neighbours.
The story concerns a pool player who’s been done in on the baize. The law of cheesy crime drama dictates that one of the team must now reveal a youth misspent holding a cue: of course it’s cutesy Morgan, who spends the rest of the episode trying to re-create a blood spatter made by a cue ball. But where was Osbourne’s character on the night of the murder? “I was hosting an all-female trick-shot competition at the Tangiers,” she says, straight-faced.
About this programme
10/18. Ex-con Jimmy Turelli is killed in a car accident and the investigators soon determine he had suffered previous trauma, with a trail of blood leading them to a shallow grave where he had been buried alive. Morgan discovers evidence that leads the CSIs to an exclusive club where Turelli worked before going to prison, and they find out he was involved in a new kind of pool game that is popular in Los Angeles. They speak to manager Elise Massey and learn there is more going on behind the scenes than meets the eye. Guest starring Sharon Osbourne. Cast and crew
Cast
DB Russell Ted Danson
Julie Finlay Elisabeth Shue
Nick Stokes George Eads
Sara Sidle Jorja Fox
Greg Sanders Eric Szmanda
Dr Al Robbins Robert David Hall
David Hodges Wallace Langham
Morgan Brody Elisabeth Harnois
Elise Massey Sharon Osbourne
Kevin Crawford Alimi Ballard
Mary Hammond Alexandra Holden
Zoe Tate Laura Wiggins
Calvin Tate Bernard Curry
Jimmy Turelli Christopher Atkins
Crew
Director Frank Waldeck
Executive Producer Anthony E Zuiker
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dhnwy9/csi-crime-scene-investigation--series-15---10-dead-rails
25 March
CSI Cyber will air sometime in April on Channel 5
More information will be posted as and when it's made available
20 March
Let's Make a Deal
Season 15 Episode 9
Channel 5
Saturday 21 March 10pm
Review by:Jane Rackham
After an inmate at Clark County Jail is discovered in the prison laundry wing having apparently been stabbed to death, the CSIs have 2,000 “caged suspects”, many of whom are convicted murderers and none of whom is known for having high moral standards or being especially truthful. But as the investigation proceeds it’s clear that the victim had also been poisoned and then strangled. Someone obviously wanted to make sure the guy was well and truly dead.
CSI Nick Stokes seems so traumatised by the case, it possibly marks the start of actor George Eads’s departure storyline.
About this programme 9/18. DB and the team investigate a murder at Clark County Jail after a prisoner stumbles upon the body of fellow inmate Bruce Grady, who had recently received a mysterious note calling him a liar. The CSIs learn the victim was not only an informant for the district attorney, but had also been enlisted by the FBI, and it becomes clear that Grady had made a plethora of enemies. Crime drama, starring Ted Danson. Cast and crew
Cast
DB Russell Ted Danson
Julie Finlay Elisabeth Shue
Nick Stokes George Eads
Sara Sidle Jorja Fox
Greg Sanders Eric Szmanda
Dr Al Robbins Robert David Hall
David Hodges Wallace Langham
David Phillips David Berman
Belinda Goff Jane Adams
Carl Brenner Ryan Devlin
Lincoln Mayfield Anthony Cross
Pete McCrone Grant Harvey
Bruce Grady David Bottrell
Crew
Director Brad Tanenbaum
Executive Producer Anthony E Zuiker
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dhd9q5/csi-crime-scene-investigation--series-15---9-lets-make-a-deal
13 March
Rubbery Homicide
Season 15 Episode 8
Channel 5
Saturday 14 March 10.10 pm
About this programme
8/18. Nelson Kern is found stabbed to death in an alley, and the team discovers a life-sized rubber doll suit drenched in blood in some rubbish nearby. Inquiries lead Russell and Greg to a night club that catered for members of a fetish scene who dress up as dolls in custom-made outfits, and a barman tells them the victim was attacked the week before after leaving the bar and gives them the number plate of the assailant's motorcycle. Crime drama, starring Ted Danson. Cast and crew
Cast
DB Russell Ted Danson
Julie Finlay Elisabeth Shue
Nick Stokes George Eads
Sara Sidle Jorja Fox
Greg Sanders Eric Szmanda
Dr Al Robbins Robert David Hall
David Hodges Wallace Langham
David Phillips David Berman
Belinda Goff Jane Adams
Stan Brock Richard Gilliland
Jonah Brock Callard Harris
April Brock Margo Harshman
Nelson Kern Mark Aaron
Wagner Clay Miller Josh Wingate
Crew
Director Louis Shaw Milito
Executive Producer Anthony E Zuiker
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dg6jcf/csi-crime-scene-investigation--series-15---8-rubbery-homicide
6 March
Road To Recovery
Season 15 Episode 7
Channel 5
Saturday 7 March 9pm.
Review by:David Butcher
In CSI, a party always ends badly. If a night starts with dancing and laughter, it ends on a slab. And if a drop-dead gorgeous woman is seen in the opening sequence enjoying a night on the town, she'll have dropped dead gorgeously by the titles.
I'm not sure where this puritanical streak comes from, but it is rammed home in those autopsy scenes at the Doc's lab, where this week's victim is shown opened up like a book, her lungs removed, as the Doc reminds us that, “As good as she looks on the outside, her insides paint a different picture.” She is Daycia, a trophy wife playing hooky from a fancy rehab centre, and she had quite a night. About this programme 7/18. A body found in the swimming pool of an abandoned house is identified as Daycia Fox, who was attending rehab in Las Vegas to treat her addiction to alcohol and drugs. The post-mortem reveals no trace of chlorine in the water in the victim's lungs and the team concludes she died in the bath back at the clinic, with somebody moving the body to make it look like a tragic accident. Crime drama, starring Ted Danson.<font siz