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Brian in Mesa said:Hollywood Brass was a good episode.
Yeah, it was!
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Check out the quotes regarding the Tarantino episode... 
Quentin Tarantino on Directing CSI Finale
Source: CBS
April 25, 2005
"Grave Danger," the two hour season finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, will be broadcast Thursday, May 19 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. In the episode, the CSIs are in a desperate race against time to save a member of their team who has been kidnapped and buried alive.
Without revealing too much about the storyline in order to keep it a surprise for viewers, the series' cast members and producers, as well as Quentin Tarantino, who directed and developed the story for the season finale, have this to say about this not-to-be-missed season finale:
"It's a thriller that involves us [the team] in the crime that's committed against one of our own, and we have to rally against the clock to save a life." -- William Petersen (Gil Grissom) on the season finale storyline.
"There's just too much good stuff in there to try and slam it into 44 minutes with commercials." -- William Petersen (Gil Grissom) on making the season finale a two-hour episode.
"I think his [Tarantino's] filmmaking style lends itself really well to CSI's in that, obviously, there's an enormous amount of close-ups, and it's a very visual show." -- Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows) on Tarantino directing the season finale.
"I think that watching him work and seeing the shots that he's calling and the shots that he's choosing and what he's doing, I know that what we can expect is something very Tarantino-esque, in the way that he's really attentive to detail and he makes you sit there and stay glued to your seat during his films, and that's exactly what's going to happen in our show." -- Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown) on what viewers can expect from the season finale.
"I think that over the years, if any fan has felt like they've gotten to know the characters, now they're really gonna get to know them even better… We're gonna take the next step in our relationship with our audience." -- George Eads (Nick Stokes) on what fans can expect from the season finale.
"...I was really surprised at how emotional it [the episode] was. I mean, you read it, and it's intense, and it's action oriented and it's exciting… There were a couple of times I just had to sort of like not cry, and I didn't ever imagine that I would get like that…" -- Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle) on the season finale script.
"Quentin's put his kind of musical stamp on the episode by picking a really good, kind of poppy, old classic hit by The Turtles… That's the kind of thing you'd expect from him, a really good soundtrack, and something really catchy and that'll kind of haunt you, and this is definitely one of those songs." -- Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders) on the season finale music.
"Quentin has used his filmic vocabulary to authenticate the Vegas environment and keeps the show provocative with characters that are iconoclastic Vegas personas… grungy couriers, old west lawyers, showbiz legends… His deft balancing of tangential reality with the gravity of the main story, in real time, is the essence of his style." -- Paul Guilfoyle (Captain Jim Brass) on Tarantino's style in the season finale.
"There's a time element to this episode, and if you watch the first 10 seconds, you're going to be with us 'til the end of it, because someone that you care about is in grave danger." -- Robert David Hall (Dr. Robbins) on the season finale suspense.
"They can expect the unexpected, they can expect great visuals. It's a thriller. Your heart will stop… Every time you think you're zigging, you're zagging in a Quentin Tarantino finale." -- Carol Mendelsohn (Executive Producer, Writer) on what viewers can expect from the season finale.
"One of our own is in trouble… I think the most important thing is you really get a chance to learn a little bit about all of our characters… It's the "Quentin-sential" ticking clock, if you will, and it really shows the family of our CSI team get together for one common cause." -- Anthony Zuiker (Creator, Executive Producer, Writer) on the CSI team coming together in the season finale.
"This is a thriller, it's a flat out thriller. A CSI is grabbed up from a crime scene and our people have to pull him out, and it's tense, and it's taut and it really is a CSI action movie." -- Naren Shankar (Executive Producer, Writer) on how the season finale is like a movie.
"I'm a big fan of the show, and so like I know like the backstory of all the characters and everything… it's great to meet them and work with them and I know their characters really, really well, and I know these sets from watching the show and stuff, so I feel strangely comfortable even though I haven't been here before." -- Quentin Tarantino (Director) on directing the season finale of a show of which he's a big fan.
"…something I really like about this episode is… it's very story-oriented. It plays sort of, you know, not to be too grandiose, but it plays like a movie." -- Quentin Tarantino (Director) on his love for the type of episodic storytelling that is being used in the season finale of CSI.
Quentin Tarantino on Directing CSI Finale
Source: CBS
April 25, 2005
"Grave Danger," the two hour season finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, will be broadcast Thursday, May 19 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. In the episode, the CSIs are in a desperate race against time to save a member of their team who has been kidnapped and buried alive.
Without revealing too much about the storyline in order to keep it a surprise for viewers, the series' cast members and producers, as well as Quentin Tarantino, who directed and developed the story for the season finale, have this to say about this not-to-be-missed season finale:
"It's a thriller that involves us [the team] in the crime that's committed against one of our own, and we have to rally against the clock to save a life." -- William Petersen (Gil Grissom) on the season finale storyline.
"There's just too much good stuff in there to try and slam it into 44 minutes with commercials." -- William Petersen (Gil Grissom) on making the season finale a two-hour episode.
"I think his [Tarantino's] filmmaking style lends itself really well to CSI's in that, obviously, there's an enormous amount of close-ups, and it's a very visual show." -- Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows) on Tarantino directing the season finale.
"I think that watching him work and seeing the shots that he's calling and the shots that he's choosing and what he's doing, I know that what we can expect is something very Tarantino-esque, in the way that he's really attentive to detail and he makes you sit there and stay glued to your seat during his films, and that's exactly what's going to happen in our show." -- Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown) on what viewers can expect from the season finale.
"I think that over the years, if any fan has felt like they've gotten to know the characters, now they're really gonna get to know them even better… We're gonna take the next step in our relationship with our audience." -- George Eads (Nick Stokes) on what fans can expect from the season finale.
"...I was really surprised at how emotional it [the episode] was. I mean, you read it, and it's intense, and it's action oriented and it's exciting… There were a couple of times I just had to sort of like not cry, and I didn't ever imagine that I would get like that…" -- Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle) on the season finale script.
"Quentin's put his kind of musical stamp on the episode by picking a really good, kind of poppy, old classic hit by The Turtles… That's the kind of thing you'd expect from him, a really good soundtrack, and something really catchy and that'll kind of haunt you, and this is definitely one of those songs." -- Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders) on the season finale music.
"Quentin has used his filmic vocabulary to authenticate the Vegas environment and keeps the show provocative with characters that are iconoclastic Vegas personas… grungy couriers, old west lawyers, showbiz legends… His deft balancing of tangential reality with the gravity of the main story, in real time, is the essence of his style." -- Paul Guilfoyle (Captain Jim Brass) on Tarantino's style in the season finale.
"There's a time element to this episode, and if you watch the first 10 seconds, you're going to be with us 'til the end of it, because someone that you care about is in grave danger." -- Robert David Hall (Dr. Robbins) on the season finale suspense.
"They can expect the unexpected, they can expect great visuals. It's a thriller. Your heart will stop… Every time you think you're zigging, you're zagging in a Quentin Tarantino finale." -- Carol Mendelsohn (Executive Producer, Writer) on what viewers can expect from the season finale.
"One of our own is in trouble… I think the most important thing is you really get a chance to learn a little bit about all of our characters… It's the "Quentin-sential" ticking clock, if you will, and it really shows the family of our CSI team get together for one common cause." -- Anthony Zuiker (Creator, Executive Producer, Writer) on the CSI team coming together in the season finale.
"This is a thriller, it's a flat out thriller. A CSI is grabbed up from a crime scene and our people have to pull him out, and it's tense, and it's taut and it really is a CSI action movie." -- Naren Shankar (Executive Producer, Writer) on how the season finale is like a movie.
"I'm a big fan of the show, and so like I know like the backstory of all the characters and everything… it's great to meet them and work with them and I know their characters really, really well, and I know these sets from watching the show and stuff, so I feel strangely comfortable even though I haven't been here before." -- Quentin Tarantino (Director) on directing the season finale of a show of which he's a big fan.
"…something I really like about this episode is… it's very story-oriented. It plays sort of, you know, not to be too grandiose, but it plays like a movie." -- Quentin Tarantino (Director) on his love for the type of episodic storytelling that is being used in the season finale of CSI.
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I'm pumped for it...can't wait.
Mike
Mike
Weeping Willows episode last night was pretty good. My wife was psyched because she really likes the actress Marg Helgenberger and thought it was cool to see her act with her real-life husband Alan Rosenberg.
Tarantino ep was great, was hoping he'd win the Emmy.
New season has kicked off, watching the first one on tape right now.
New season has kicked off, watching the first one on tape right now.
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I am liking how they are continuing the Tarantino finale last year with the idea of an accomplice.
Mike
Mike
Prosecutors see 'CSI effect' in white-collar cases
By Martha Graybow
Sat Sep 24, 2005
Jurors schooled in crime investigations through watching TV dramas expect prosecutors to show them sophisticated forensic evidence -- even in white-collar trials -- making it tough for the government to prove cases, two federal prosecutors said on Friday.
Alice Martin, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, said that the so-called "CSI effect" -- a reference to the hit CBS television show about gruesome crime scene investigations -- hurt her case against HealthSouth Corp. founder Richard Scrushy.
Scrushy was acquitted of securities fraud and other charges by an Alabama federal jury in June -- a blow to prosecutors seeking to punish alleged corporate wrongdoing.
Jurors in post-verdict interviews "said, 'we needed a fingerprint on one of the documents or we needed him (Scrushy) to say the word 'fraud' on the audiotape"' that was secretly recorded by a former HealthSouth finance chief, Martin said at a white-collar crime conference at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington.
"They said, 'they always do fingerprints on TV," she said.
David Anders, an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan who prosecuted ex-WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers and former investment banker Frank Quattrone, also told the conference that jurors expect forensic-type evidence in white-collar cases.
"The 'CSI effect' is not something that we're happy about," Anders said.
Prosecutors often base white-collar fraud cases on relatively dry evidence contained in reams of e-mails and complex accounting documents. Few of these trials resemble the cases featured on "CSI," about forensic scientists in Las Vegas who reconstruct murders by analyzing evidence like blood stains with high-tech tools.
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," U.S. television's top-rated drama last season, is one of about two dozen police procedural series airing on prime time in recent years, including two spinoffs -- "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: "NY."
Gerald Lefcourt, a criminal defense attorney in New York, said lawyers for white-collar crime defendants also need to keep in mind that jurors -- particularly younger ones in their 20s and 30s -- are widely influenced by what they see on TV and like to see visual presentations at trials.
"These are people who by and large have grown up on television," he said. "The day of the lawyers droning on is really gone. I think that jurors today, particularly the young ones, expect quickness and things they can see."
By Martha Graybow
Sat Sep 24, 2005
Jurors schooled in crime investigations through watching TV dramas expect prosecutors to show them sophisticated forensic evidence -- even in white-collar trials -- making it tough for the government to prove cases, two federal prosecutors said on Friday.
Alice Martin, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, said that the so-called "CSI effect" -- a reference to the hit CBS television show about gruesome crime scene investigations -- hurt her case against HealthSouth Corp. founder Richard Scrushy.
Scrushy was acquitted of securities fraud and other charges by an Alabama federal jury in June -- a blow to prosecutors seeking to punish alleged corporate wrongdoing.
Jurors in post-verdict interviews "said, 'we needed a fingerprint on one of the documents or we needed him (Scrushy) to say the word 'fraud' on the audiotape"' that was secretly recorded by a former HealthSouth finance chief, Martin said at a white-collar crime conference at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington.
"They said, 'they always do fingerprints on TV," she said.
David Anders, an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan who prosecuted ex-WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers and former investment banker Frank Quattrone, also told the conference that jurors expect forensic-type evidence in white-collar cases.
"The 'CSI effect' is not something that we're happy about," Anders said.
Prosecutors often base white-collar fraud cases on relatively dry evidence contained in reams of e-mails and complex accounting documents. Few of these trials resemble the cases featured on "CSI," about forensic scientists in Las Vegas who reconstruct murders by analyzing evidence like blood stains with high-tech tools.
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," U.S. television's top-rated drama last season, is one of about two dozen police procedural series airing on prime time in recent years, including two spinoffs -- "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: "NY."
Gerald Lefcourt, a criminal defense attorney in New York, said lawyers for white-collar crime defendants also need to keep in mind that jurors -- particularly younger ones in their 20s and 30s -- are widely influenced by what they see on TV and like to see visual presentations at trials.
"These are people who by and large have grown up on television," he said. "The day of the lawyers droning on is really gone. I think that jurors today, particularly the young ones, expect quickness and things they can see."
Just got Season One and Season Two from Best Buy for $19.99 each.
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I have watched both season 1 and 2 through on DVD as well. Great show.
From Buddy TV:
Liev Schreiber has signed on to join the cast of CSI in a recurring role. Schreiber will play a forensics expert who moves to Las Vegas and occasionally aids the team in their investigations.
Schreiber's first episode will air on January 9th. He will fill the temporary void left by William Peterson (“Grissom”) while Peterson goes on hiatus to act in a play.
Liev Schreiber has signed on to join the cast of CSI in a recurring role. Schreiber will play a forensics expert who moves to Las Vegas and occasionally aids the team in their investigations.
Schreiber's first episode will air on January 9th. He will fill the temporary void left by William Peterson (“Grissom”) while Peterson goes on hiatus to act in a play.
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From Buddy TV:
Liev Schreiber has signed on to join the cast of CSI in a recurring role. Schreiber will play a forensics expert who moves to Las Vegas and occasionally aids the team in their investigations.
Schreiber's first episode will air on January 9th. He will fill the temporary void left by William Peterson (“Grissom”) while Peterson goes on hiatus to act in a play.
Oh, cool, I like him.
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I forget now, but there is something going on with Grissom this season...harkens back to his hearing problem before...
Of course right now, I can't remember it. Wonder if that will be worked into the plot to explain his absence.
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Oh yeah...Grissom is having migraines...
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Holy crap...that was a GREAT season finale....
Loved the entire miniature plot all season...
Good stuff CSI!
Loved the entire miniature plot all season...
Good stuff CSI!
According to TV Guide:
Gary Dourdan has told the "CSI" producers he is leaving the show. Dourdan has played Warrick Brown since the show began in 2000.
It is the second major departure this season for "CSI," as Jorja Fox made her final appearance as Sara in November.
On the other hand, Marg Helgenberger and George Eads are expected to follow William Petersen's lead and re-sign with the show.
The magazine adds that producers have already put out a casting call for a new male series regular in his late twenties to early thirties to play Ray Santoro, a "handsome, smart and athletic" CSI who transfers from Henderson to join the graveyard shift at the Las Vegas crime lab.
Gary Dourdan has told the "CSI" producers he is leaving the show. Dourdan has played Warrick Brown since the show began in 2000.
It is the second major departure this season for "CSI," as Jorja Fox made her final appearance as Sara in November.
On the other hand, Marg Helgenberger and George Eads are expected to follow William Petersen's lead and re-sign with the show.
The magazine adds that producers have already put out a casting call for a new male series regular in his late twenties to early thirties to play Ray Santoro, a "handsome, smart and athletic" CSI who transfers from Henderson to join the graveyard shift at the Las Vegas crime lab.
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Is there a NY thread? That's my favorite CSI.
'CSI' co-star Gary Dourdan arrested for drugs
By DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer
Apr 29, 2008
"CSI" co-star Gary Dourdan was arrested Monday for possession of narcotics and dangerous drugs, police said. The 41-year-old actor was found asleep in his car by the Palm Springs Police Department, authorities said.
An officer saw Dourdan's car parked on the wrong side of the street with the interior light on and someone sleeping in the driver's seat at approximately 5:12 a.m. Monday, according to Palm Springs police Sgt. Mitch Spike.
The officer described Dourdan as disoriented and possibly under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The officer arrested Dourdan after locating suspected cocaine, heroin, Ecstacy, miscellaneous prescription drugs and paraphernalia. Dourdan was released on $5,000 bail at 10:30 a.m. Monday. A court date was not immediately scheduled.
Dourdan has played crime scene investigator Warrick Brown on CBS' "CSI" since 2000. Several celebrities were in town for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in nearby Indio, Calif. It was not immediately clear whether Dourdan attended the event.
Representatives for Dourdan did not immediately return phone calls Tuesday.
By DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer
Apr 29, 2008
"CSI" co-star Gary Dourdan was arrested Monday for possession of narcotics and dangerous drugs, police said. The 41-year-old actor was found asleep in his car by the Palm Springs Police Department, authorities said.
An officer saw Dourdan's car parked on the wrong side of the street with the interior light on and someone sleeping in the driver's seat at approximately 5:12 a.m. Monday, according to Palm Springs police Sgt. Mitch Spike.
The officer described Dourdan as disoriented and possibly under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The officer arrested Dourdan after locating suspected cocaine, heroin, Ecstacy, miscellaneous prescription drugs and paraphernalia. Dourdan was released on $5,000 bail at 10:30 a.m. Monday. A court date was not immediately scheduled.
Dourdan has played crime scene investigator Warrick Brown on CBS' "CSI" since 2000. Several celebrities were in town for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in nearby Indio, Calif. It was not immediately clear whether Dourdan attended the event.
Representatives for Dourdan did not immediately return phone calls Tuesday.
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His character had drug problems on the show! Life imitating art?
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Good God on season finale.
Sara is returning next season. 
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http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/07/63411/index.html
ET confirms that after eight seasons, William Petersen is leaving the hit CBS drama "CSI," but sources tell ET this does not signal the end of the series, which continues to be one of the top rated shows on CBS.
The actor, who plays detective Gil Grissom, will exit the show at midseason, with the 10th episode of the upcoming season being his last as a regular cast member.
"For me, it's a really good situation," Petersen tells Entertainment Weekly who first reported the story. "I don't want the audience to think it's NOT... [It isn't] like there's something going on, like 'Petersen's unhappy,' 'cause it's not true. It's quite the contrary. "
Meanwhile, executive producer Carol Mendelsohn tells EW he may just be back. "He will remain throughout the run of the series an executive producer," she says. "He will, whenever CBS asks, come back. I don't think you've seen the last of Gil Grissom."
ET confirms that after eight seasons, William Petersen is leaving the hit CBS drama "CSI," but sources tell ET this does not signal the end of the series, which continues to be one of the top rated shows on CBS.
The actor, who plays detective Gil Grissom, will exit the show at midseason, with the 10th episode of the upcoming season being his last as a regular cast member.
"For me, it's a really good situation," Petersen tells Entertainment Weekly who first reported the story. "I don't want the audience to think it's NOT... [It isn't] like there's something going on, like 'Petersen's unhappy,' 'cause it's not true. It's quite the contrary. "
Meanwhile, executive producer Carol Mendelsohn tells EW he may just be back. "He will remain throughout the run of the series an executive producer," she says. "He will, whenever CBS asks, come back. I don't think you've seen the last of Gil Grissom."
I hope his departure kills the ridiculous Gil/Sara pairing. Bleh.
Ted Danson Surprisingly Takes On 'CSI'
http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/breaking-ted-danson-takes-over-on-csi/
He's coming in as a new team leader on the graveyard shift of the original CSI filling one of the voids left by Laurence Fishburne who himself took over from William Petersen. The talks with Ted Danson only started about two weeks ago and closed late today, so this was truly fast casting. The show moves to a new night -- from Thursdays to Wednesdays -- in the hopes of growing that 10 PM time slot and invigorating ratings. Fishburne never clicked with viewers, and Danson seems like sensible casting. "A proven TV star coming into an aging hit is quite a coup. Danson most recently had a gig with FX's Damages and has been a regular on HBO's Bored To Death which will continue.
http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/breaking-ted-danson-takes-over-on-csi/
He's coming in as a new team leader on the graveyard shift of the original CSI filling one of the voids left by Laurence Fishburne who himself took over from William Petersen. The talks with Ted Danson only started about two weeks ago and closed late today, so this was truly fast casting. The show moves to a new night -- from Thursdays to Wednesdays -- in the hopes of growing that 10 PM time slot and invigorating ratings. Fishburne never clicked with viewers, and Danson seems like sensible casting. "A proven TV star coming into an aging hit is quite a coup. Danson most recently had a gig with FX's Damages and has been a regular on HBO's Bored To Death which will continue.
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