I don't have much to say. We have the contrivance of the circles of hell in Dante's Inferno. A reporter is embedded with the crew as they attempt to put a stop to a serial killer. There are some runic things going on. The girls are posed. So they end up sending one of their own into danger, not knowing where she is headed. This is the conclusion of Season 13 and it is another police drama with little regard for froensics.
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FireMedicBear1904718 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Why is this one of my favourite CSI episodes? Black Sabbath and a hometown reference: Conrad Ecklie and D. B. Russell are watching Sabbath in concert. Ecklie comments that he saw Black Sabbath - in Philly, at the Spectrum, in '78 - the very same concert I saw Black Sabbath in concert (first time I saw Van Halen live, too). The entire plot could have been ghastly, but who cares, the nostalgia alone rates the top episodes list for me.
The Nine Circles of Hell
claudio_carvalho6 December 2023
Russell and Ecklie attend a Black Sabbath show to meet the reporter John Merchiston. He wants to see how the CSIs work and Ecklie wants a positive view of the department in the press. Russell is informed about a dead body and he goes with John to the crime scene. They see a mummified woman in a porn stage of an X-rated producer and Finn notes that she was strangled. While processing the spot, Nick and Finn find a Bible and find a wooden object with a spider inside. Dr. Robbins and David rehydrate the body and reconstruct her face that Ecklie gives to the press. The former stripper and prostitute Angela "Miss Kitty" Banner recognizes the victim as Megan Ramirez, who was a former porn actress and stripper. Now she was a member of the Fellowship of the Fallen Angels in a church run by Brother Larson. She also tells to Russell and Brass that there are other missing girls. When she gives the files to them, Brass notes that one of the missing girls is Ellie, and he calls his ex-wife Nancy saying that Ellie is in Las Vegas. Soon Finn goes to the hospital, where the missing girl Teresa Hill has been in coma for two weeks. Nick and Greg find another missing girl, Chloe Rudolph, and her pimp dead in a freezer and another Bible with a wooden object inside. Russell researches religious themes, and when he sees Dante's Divine Comedy, he examines the pictures of the victims and concludes that each of them is representing the Nine Circles of Hell. The CSIs believe Brother Larson may be the culprit and bring him to the station.
"Skin in the Game" is the last episode of the Thirteenth Season of "CSI" and, as usual in the last episodes, great, to be continued and ending with a cliffhanger. The plot is smart, with the serial-killer basing his murder in the Nine Circles of Hell in Dante's Divine Comedy. The gruesome murders recall the style of "Seven", being dark and grim. The beginning with a Black sabbath's concert is a plus in this show. The ironical answer of Ozzy Osbourne relative to 1986 is hilarious. Now the criminal has Brass' daughter Ellie and Ecklie's daughter Morgan in his possession, and we do not know what might happen. Looking forward to see the sequel. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Skin in the Game"
"Skin in the Game" is the last episode of the Thirteenth Season of "CSI" and, as usual in the last episodes, great, to be continued and ending with a cliffhanger. The plot is smart, with the serial-killer basing his murder in the Nine Circles of Hell in Dante's Divine Comedy. The gruesome murders recall the style of "Seven", being dark and grim. The beginning with a Black sabbath's concert is a plus in this show. The ironical answer of Ozzy Osbourne relative to 1986 is hilarious. Now the criminal has Brass' daughter Ellie and Ecklie's daughter Morgan in his possession, and we do not know what might happen. Looking forward to see the sequel. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Skin in the Game"
Back to "Old Ones"
fantomas11028 May 2013
Warning: Spoilers
I liked this episode, is there any better way to start off an episode than with a unraveling new Black Sabbath song ? Ozzy "interview" was little bit funny, he would suck as an actor really :) The real deal starts when Brass finds out that Ellie might be one of the victims, I love Brass, he is definitely my favorite character, how hes a desperate poor guy, he don't believe in future, blame himself for everything, and so he became a captain, to help others at least, when he cant help himself... I have mixed feelings about Morgan kidnapping, I mean they could just left it to be the Paul Guilfoyle moment, he deserve it, but whatever. Also that guy, who picked Morgan was pretty good, the reporter was little unimportant, but when I sum it, this was great finale (not good as season 5,7 or 8). Cannot wait to see how it end, its going to be a long summer :)
What is up with the ratings?
alexandriarch26 August 2020
Every time I see a CSI Episode rated a little higher than the other ones, it is horrible. This episode is no different. It's nothing like CSI. It's basically Criminal Minds. No science again, characters doing things they'd never have clearance or training to do. Just awful and completely unbelievable.
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