CSI Review: 7x06 Burn Out
Date Aired: Sunday 18th March, 8:30pm
Station: Nine Network
Just as "Fannysmackin'" allowed Eric Szmanda to show off his talent, "Burn Out" was William Petersen's turn. While I never doubted what a brilliant actor Petersen is, his portrayal of Grissom in this episode is the best I've seen it. No one has to say anything for us to know that Grissom had an intense migrane coming on as the episode progress, the the mention of it was for the sake of those people who don't know about Grissom's migrane's. We could see the pain Grissom was in, and the frustration as he tried to work out if he had the right pedophile (Carl Fisher) in custody.
Continuing with the strong storylines, the mystery surrounding the location of the boys and why they left was extremely well handled. The mistreatment by the grandfather was a good twist and plays nicely in contrast with Warrick's comment in "Fannysmackin'" about the children of today needing a good grandparent to smack them around and knock some sense into them. Here we have a grandfather who takes things too far, and ultimately leads to the boys running away and being the main culprit of the death of Lucas Hanson.
I was left questioning to the end if Carl was behind the murder of Lucas, and I actually believed he was when Jason refused to identify him fully in the lineup and we heard the voice over. And the ending itself was somewhat of a surprise - Carl simply make the right choice in taking Lucas to the hospital, a bad choice anyone could have made.
The very end with Grissom sneaking into Brass' office to lay down was beautiful. The way this scene was edited, the shots of the people outside with their shadows on the blinds and the muffled shouting played nicely with the pain on Grissom's face and the confusion and fast racing thoughts that must be in his mind. He truly is showing signs that he is burning out. The fact he uses Brass' office shows the trust and friendship between the two - Grissom knows Brass won't disturb him unless it's important. And this scene also takes us back to the start, showing the journey of how Grissom ended up laying on Brass' couch with a very, very bad migrane.
This is a good episode and very well done, continuing the growing strength of Season 7. I look forward to the next episode and seeing how this all effects Grissom in the long term.
Station: Nine Network
Just as "Fannysmackin'" allowed Eric Szmanda to show off his talent, "Burn Out" was William Petersen's turn. While I never doubted what a brilliant actor Petersen is, his portrayal of Grissom in this episode is the best I've seen it. No one has to say anything for us to know that Grissom had an intense migrane coming on as the episode progress, the the mention of it was for the sake of those people who don't know about Grissom's migrane's. We could see the pain Grissom was in, and the frustration as he tried to work out if he had the right pedophile (Carl Fisher) in custody.
Continuing with the strong storylines, the mystery surrounding the location of the boys and why they left was extremely well handled. The mistreatment by the grandfather was a good twist and plays nicely in contrast with Warrick's comment in "Fannysmackin'" about the children of today needing a good grandparent to smack them around and knock some sense into them. Here we have a grandfather who takes things too far, and ultimately leads to the boys running away and being the main culprit of the death of Lucas Hanson.
I was left questioning to the end if Carl was behind the murder of Lucas, and I actually believed he was when Jason refused to identify him fully in the lineup and we heard the voice over. And the ending itself was somewhat of a surprise - Carl simply make the right choice in taking Lucas to the hospital, a bad choice anyone could have made.
The very end with Grissom sneaking into Brass' office to lay down was beautiful. The way this scene was edited, the shots of the people outside with their shadows on the blinds and the muffled shouting played nicely with the pain on Grissom's face and the confusion and fast racing thoughts that must be in his mind. He truly is showing signs that he is burning out. The fact he uses Brass' office shows the trust and friendship between the two - Grissom knows Brass won't disturb him unless it's important. And this scene also takes us back to the start, showing the journey of how Grissom ended up laying on Brass' couch with a very, very bad migrane.
This is a good episode and very well done, continuing the growing strength of Season 7. I look forward to the next episode and seeing how this all effects Grissom in the long term.