Pledging Mr. Johnson
- Episode aired Oct 27, 2000
- TV-14
- 45m
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7.7/10
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A severed leg is found in a lake while a fraternity pledge goes badly.A severed leg is found in a lake while a fraternity pledge goes badly.A severed leg is found in a lake while a fraternity pledge goes badly.
Terrell Clayton
- Homicide Detective Kane
- (as Paul Terrell Clayton)
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Did you know
- TriviaThis episode was inspired by a real life hazing gone wrong. In 1959, Richard Swanson choked to death on a piece of liver while pledging the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of Southern California.
- GoofsWhen the team is examining the frat boy, discussing the petechial hemorrhaging, the ME shines the pen light into the decedent's eye, which flutters in reaction to the light, revealing the dramatic irony that using a fake corpse is better than trying to make an actor play one.
- Quotes
Catherine Willows: You're right, you know. I should be just like you. Alone in my hermetically sealed condo, watching Discovery on the big screen, working genius-level crossword puzzles. But no relationships, no chance any will slop over into a case. Yeah, right. I want to be just like you.
Gil Grissom: Technically it's a townhouse. And the crosswords are advanced, not genius. But you're right, I'm deficient in a lot of ways. But I never screw up one of my cases with personal stuff.
Catherine Willows: Grissom... WHAT personal stuff?
- ConnectionsReferences Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Featured review
The Leg and the Frat Boy
When two men that are fishing in a boat in a lake find a severed leg, the police and Grissom and Catherine investigate the case. Soon the coroner puts together the leg with the body of the victim in the morgue. They learn that she was Wendy Barger and although she was married, her husband had not had intercourse with her for months since their marriage had practically ended. Soon they learn that she had a lover that lives nearby the lake and they had just had dinner and sex before her death. Further, she died before falling off the boat in the water. Meanwhile Sara and Nick go to a fraternity house to investigate the apparent suicide of James, a teenager that was pledging to join the fraternity. The leaders Matt and Kyle tells a story about the request of James, but Sara and Nick do not buy the story. Warrick is helped by Grissom to catch the corrupt Judge Cohen.
"Pledging Mr. Johnson" is another great episode of CSI, with another two good cases and the resolution of Warrick's problem with Judge Cohen. Catherine learns an important lesson with Grissom to be limited to the case with no speculations to avoid undesired consequences. The arrogant Kyle is an annoying character. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Implorando à Sr. Johnson" ("Pledging Mr. Johnson")
"Pledging Mr. Johnson" is another great episode of CSI, with another two good cases and the resolution of Warrick's problem with Judge Cohen. Catherine learns an important lesson with Grissom to be limited to the case with no speculations to avoid undesired consequences. The arrogant Kyle is an annoying character. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Implorando à Sr. Johnson" ("Pledging Mr. Johnson")
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