CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) Harvest (2004) User Reviews

The Amber Alert

[claudio_carvalho · 7/10 · 11 January 2023]

When April Perez reports that her thirteen-year-old Alicia Perez has been kidnapped by an Afro-American man driving an old Buick, the CSI team investigate the scene and an Amber Alert is issued. Capt. Brass interviews the parents Sybil and Carlos and he learns that April had drug problem. Meanwhile, Grissom and Sara look through Alicia's room and Sara learns from Alicia's brother Daniel that his sister was in love with her schoolmate Jimmy Jones. When they meet Jimmy, the boy tells them that Alicia was upset since she would have to donate her kidney to Daniel and she liked to play soccer. When they find the body of Alicia dumped on the road, they make news discoveries about the case.

"Harvest" is a sad episode of "CSI", where a young teenager is used by her family to provide blood, bone marrow and organs to her older brother. The plot is well-constructed and resolved by the entire team. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Harvest"

Star studded episode

[xbatgirl-30029 · 7/10 · 13 July 2023]

The story of this episode is good but not necessarily amazing. What makes this episode fun watching it almost 20 years later is the number of quality guest actors. I include Aisha Tyler in the count, even though she was a semi regular this season. There's also Carlos Gomez who played one of my favorite characters on The Glades, which I watched maybe 3 times total. And DB Woodside from both Buffy and Lucifer. Obviously, Melissa Leo became the biggest name. I'm sure someone has kept a count of how many CSI guest actors went on to become successful, either finding regular work in well known shows or becoming household names with big awards. This one has to have one of the highest amount in one episode. Even some of the lesser known actors are recognizable from frequent roles on other series. I do wish the script gave more time to America Ferrera's character or Woodside's to round them out and give them closure, but that was just the nature of the show that the minor characters might only get a few minutes. It's just strange to see really famous actors have so little to do. Ramon de Ocampo though had a super touching, moving scene at the end that showed he could keep up with the award winners. Finally, I did also like that Catherine's ongoing issues with Lindsay continued to carry over for years, including into the new CSI Vegas series. It's cool to see Lindsay go from little girl to grown woman with a kid of her own.