However, this doesn’t make it any less disturbing.
Admittedly, the first episode of Grave Danger ends with a character blowing themselves up.
That said, this isnt amoment that madeCSIviewers quit the show.
However, its guest director ensures the episode is unforgettably intense.
What really betrays the director Grave Danger, however, is the two-parters ingenious plotting.
Typically, an average episode ofCSIfeatures the team working together to solve a murder.
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Here, one of the teams own members is the victim.
Usually, the victim is dead before the episode begins, and the villain is eventually caught or killed.
Here, the victim lives to tell the tale and the villains fate is more complicated.
Tarantino also directed an episode of E.R., “Motherhood,” in 1995.
This further subverts the usual formula of aCSIepisode, as the team is left with no leads.
Right up until its closing moments, Grave Danger is a showcase of Tarantinos ability to wrong-foot audiences.
Eventually, the character evens shoots out the lights in his coffin to preserve electricity.
Right up until its closing moments, Grave Danger is a showcase of Tarantinos ability to wrong-foot audiences.
The crew finally unearth Nicks trap, but it is rigged to explode once the door is opened.
WhileCSIs popularity changed television normsin the shows early years, its formula quickly became familiar to longtime viewers.
