Vipper II

I'd LOVE to see Liz Vassey get a permanent spot as a CSI.

fuzzbox

I think the OP was referring to characters going out in gunfire in the entire CSI universe.

CSI: LV - Holly Gribbs and Warrick Brown
CSI: Miami - Tim Speedle and almost Eric Delko
CSI: NY - Aiden Burn

-jason

CPA-ESQ.

Well I was shocked to see him shot dead

I didn't know he was going to leave the show - so I was caught off guard.

I knew something was going to happen as soon as the under sheriff taped on his window and the car was parked in an alley.

Vipper II

Aiden didn't go out via gunfire, but I understand the point.

Shannon Nutt

There's always a chance that Nick finds him right away and Warrick spends a season in a coma.

Of course, after tempting us with an episode where we thought for sure that Sara was going to die of a heat stroke out in the desert (not to mention the "Nick in a coffin" show), it would seem silly if yet another CSI survived a near-death event.

mrpayroll

You all seem to be forgetting that Gary Dourdan was charged with 3 felonies for drug possession.

He may not be available for a cameo!

Chris

CPA-ESQ.

I hope not - you would think that at least 2 shots - one to the head at point blank range by a veteran cop would leave a man dead.

Shannon Nutt

First time...Hollywood star...he'll get probation. Assuming he gets Robert Downey, Jr.'s legal team.

Burgundy LaRue

Anything is possible, but wow, would that be pushing it. He was shot twice in the spinal cord area and head at point-blank range by an expert marksman. Survival has to be less than 2%. I realize that Bruckheimer may want to keep the door open for Dourdan's recovery and possible return, but the odds just aren't in favor of that.

Jon2

My bad. Should have been more specific, you are right about what I meant.

But the trend is not just CSI. It seems a lot of other dramatic shows are taking the tack of just killing a character rather than let them walk away.

I suspect though the trend has more to do with "politics" than story, and is really about the way producers have of treating an actor who wants to leave. I'm pretty sure most actors would prefer not to "burn bridges," so to speak.

As for Warrick being dead, I guess we won't know for certain until the next season starts... or if someone reveals it before then.

To be honest, story and plot-wise, I thought it was a really stupid thing for them to have the UnderSheriff to do. This guy has been pretty clever up till now. If he was concerned that Warrick wouldn't give up trying to find out who framed him, what does he think Grissom is going to do. Before Warrick is let out of jail, they know there is a high ranking mole in the LVPD.

And, FWIW, for more ammunition that I think killing characters is an overused cliche in the CSI universe.

Nick Martin

^^Regarding Jon2's spoiler ^^

Does that mean tonight's Miami was the series finale and not the season finale?

TGM

I always thought they should have setup a long standing serial killer storyline, something like the miniature killer, but started way back in S1... about an elusive serial killer that they simply were never able to catch.... dedicate 1-2 episodes a season to this particular storyline... always set it up to be the CSI teams "great white whale"... then for CSI's big finale, you find out that it was Grissom!!! Of course fans of the show would probably throw a shitfit, but if it was done right, it would have been the best finale in TV history. but alas... a pipe dream.

Big Boy Laroux

they've done a few serial killer runs (the bathtub guy, the blue paint killer) that have spanned a few seasons. but nothing that's gone the entire run.

TheMovieman

I was thinking the same thing. By killing Warrick, now he's got like 5 people (Warrick's friends) who will work hard to find the killer. If he had let Warrick alone, he could've just played it by ear because I hightly doubt Grissom and his team would've been pursuing to find the mole as vigorously but with Warrick's murder...

Shannon Nutt

Well there's always the chance that next year's season finale will have Catherine waking up and seeing Warrick in the shower.

Burgundy LaRue

Ha! In that case, Warrick had better have some water skis strapped on and the shark repellent ready.

Exactly. And the undersheriff has to realize that if anyone can connect the dots back to him, it's Grissom.

Red Dog

I haven't watched CSI for a couple of seasons save a few episodes, but I did enjoy this episode. Between this storyline and Jorja Fox being gone, and hopefully Liz Vassey getting bumped up to a series regular, I might have to tune back in next season. I'll probably try to catch some of this season's episodes over the summer in reruns as well.


That was the one problem I had. I didn't know if Warrick had some extra knowledge about this mole that his best friends didn't because, otherwise, killing Warrick doesn't make much sense.


Did they ever hook up? When I stopped watching a few seasons ago, it looked like they were on that road.

Patman

They squashed the Warrick-Catherine thang by marrying off Warrick in the off-season a few years ago.

DJariya

I caught this last season and I thought it was a really solid season finale.

Again, as some of you have mentioned, I think Warrick is as good as dead. They cannot do three straight near-death season finales with Brass getting shot, Sara being left for dead by the minature killer and now Warrick.

I think Gary Dourdan will probably do at least a guest spot for the season premiere either as a corpse or in a hospital bed ready to die.

Aegean2007

It's actually been 4 straight season finales:

5th: Nick (buried alive)
6th: Brass (shot)
7th: Sara (Miniature Killer)
8th: Warrick (shot)

TheMovieman

Not sure but that could be due to the fact they need to grab the viewer's attention since it started competing against Grey's Anatomy. Can't recall when GA moved to Thursdays, though but it has been at least 3 years I think.

Nick Martin

Jorja Fox will be in the season premiere.

We all know what that means :

TheMovieman

That makes sense. It would seem odd for her not to be there, at least they didn't just have her send flowers and one of the CSIs reads the card that its from Sara, lol.

Nick Martin

This was reported on the TV Guide site that she is guest starring in the premiere, not appearing through archival stuff.

ultimaton

Last year, when the CSI's determined the miniature killer had spent time in a foster home, someone here at DVDTalk pointed out that early in the show's run it was mentioned that Sarah had been in a foster home at one point. I thought it would have been kind of cool if they had made her the killer (obviously this was before the episodes were the MK was revealed), and that these murders were her twisted way of showing her love for Grissom. She sees he's "burning out", so she gives him the biggest mystery/case of his career to re-energize him.