All I can say is: WOW!
First episode was all set-up but the second certainly delivered! George Eadsn a bloody fantastic performance and certainly kept the drama going. Tranatino's prints were all over the script (ho ho) with some of that great conversational dialogue that he does so well. Cameo by Tony Bennett which was a nice touch. Tonnes of twists. Lovely direction. Real nice departure from the usual CSI plotting and we learnt more about the characters than ever before.
Only bum note: the random black and white 'dream' sequence towards the end which just drained a lot of the tension away, right before the very end.
But overall: WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!
It was totally mental... I got the slight impression that Tarantino was taking the piss out himself as some of the touches were so obvious (obscure music, TV program board games, pans around talking characters etc)
Still fun mental... given the plot I'm surprised that Five actually showed it. The BBC or ITV would have canned it for six months.
For some odd reason that was the first episode of CSI I've actually seen... must check out some more
Can't get enough of the show meself.
One slight thing I've remembered - Tarantino seems to reduce all his black characters into stereotypes. During a changing room chat with Nick, Warwick Brown - one of the more complex characters on the show - was virtually turned into a ghetto mobster by the language he was using, which is so out of keeping with his on and off duty character that it jarred quite a bit. Not sure Tarantino knew what to do with him ...
Oh and you can see Tarantino's his just aching to make a 'Women in prison film"... oh yeah
Bugger - I missed this. I was pissed off when they were cancelled last week, and knew they were on this week, but did my We Love Telly magazine tell me they were on yesterday. No. It said there'd be some rubbish CSI: Miami or CSI: Normanton episode or something. So imagine my anger when, flicking round the channels before bed I saw some fellah being lifted out of a plastic box. And then I saw Grissom. And I thought - Bugger.
Man, this was awesome.
I have to admit, that while I love the show, I was starting to flag a bit with this season, but this two parter restored my faith.
I'd echo what LMS said about George Eads. He was bloody great.
But Grissom was awesome at the end, the scene with him lip-reading Nick: I was nearly sobbing! Then calling him 'Poncho'.
For those who don't watched it, this display of emotion was astoudingly atypical for Gris, but it was played beautifully.
I did wonder why 5 pulled this last week... but the scene with the kidnapper at the end of episode 1 cleared that up. Was that John Saxon, by the way?
Yes.
Yes it was.
Anyone tell me what "number" this was?
ie if series 1 episode 1 is number 1, what number would this be???
(Don't ask-stupd Danish tv guides!)
Series 5, episode 24. I think.
cheers Wils,
How many eps per season?
It was the last two episode of the seasons