With the ugly turnabout of Holly Gribbs' (Chandra West, concluding her quick time on the show at its beginning) shooting, surgery, and most certain death, Brass is reduced from lead of the crime lab back to Homicide while Gil Grissom receives "temporary promotion" to take over as the boss of CSI in Las Vegas. Sara Sidal (Jorga Fox) is a CSI in San Francisco called in by Gil (he trusts her and wanted IA away from the lab) to investigate internally what went wrong during the night Holly Gribbs was shot. Warrick placed a bet for a sonofabitch corrupt judge wrongfully, having to earn him a quick few thousand in an hour, further placing himself in a bad light while on leave due to his reckless disregard for orders entailing him to watch Holly while she dusted for prints. It appears as if Gil will have to fire Warrick for his misdeeds. Meanwhile, a fake suicide (prescription glasses dictate to Gil this was set up to look as so; he's further assisted by a "dummy drop" with tourists outside the hotel cheering on each drop of a forensic dummy by Nick from the roof!) is investigated as it pertains to a creep who won millions and dumped a girlfriend (carried along as a piece to bang as he tells her; yeah, nice guy this sleaze) after encouraged by her to use a twenty on a slot machine. An unfortunate guy who had spent so much time on that machine, winning nothing, and the dumped girlfriend are suspects. Red roof dirt, bloody carpet and towel, a square image embedded in skull from a statue, and carpet fibers in a watch all play a part in the answer of the whodunit. Also, the scumbag who murdered Holly doesn't realize that she damned him through a fingernails-scratch on the face, hidden pager, and use of a phone to give her a little time to decide how to combat him
the ultimate tragedy of being shot by her own gun does leave a bad taste in Catherine's mouth as she is adamant in working the Gribbs' shooting (because she encouraged Holly to stay a CSI for the night). This is Fox' introduction to the series and her quick earning of Catherine's favor indicates just how special to those on the team, and Grissom, she'd be. Warrick has a hard time ahead of him as the judge insists they are not done with gambled bets, but having Grissom as an ally and support does help. Highlights include Catherine "going method", talking seductively to Holly's killer to secure his residence and Grissom's mentioning of "following the evidence". Letting "the evidence speak for the victim" is now commonplace in forensics shows and reality crime television.
9 Reviews
dedication
pobdob5 July 2006
This episode was dedicated to Owen Wolfe - who was he? Enjoyed the episode but once again a TV show puts a dedication on the end but they never tell you who the person is that they are dedicating the episode to. I have looked on the net but can't find Owen Wolfe anywhere. Does anyone know who this person is? Would appreciate it any information. Thank you. Now I'll just have to fill space because they want 10 lines So this will be my last, well apparently it's not all, I have to keep typing until it tells me I can post my question. They must get a lot of people just gabbing away on here - let's try now. So now I'll just type some things like we went to the beach today and the wind was pretty cold but the kids enjoyed it. Hopefully it will warm up tomorrow and especially on Saturday since we will be going to Toronto for the weekend. Maybe this will be enough - if nothing else it helps with the typing practice. so thank you for listening and hopefully someone will have an answer for me.
The Jumper and the Case of Holly
Hitchcoc24 December 2020
As is usually the case, we have two significant cases being investigated. One is the death of the young woman who was on her first day. Katherine feels responsible and Warrick feels responsible for leaving her to feed his gambling fixation. Also, the story of a man who wins a fortune at a slot machine and then is found dead, having fallen from the roof of a building. Both are quite cleverly done.
re: dedication
rnafisa13 August 2006
I just watched the same episode and also wondered the same thing. The first entry I found on Google was this one. When I change spelling of the name and added 1971-2000, found this: Wolf, Owen. At the end of the episode, you will see In Memory of Owen Wolf, 1971-2000. Owen Alexander Wolf was a 29-year-old television production assistant who was shot in the head just as he was about to enter a Costco in Van Nuys. He was the victim of a botched armored truck robbery in which the two suspects fired heavily and indiscriminately at the crowd. Wolf was a Philadelphia native who had moved to Southern California to work in the film industry as a screenwriter, director or producer. His resume stated he had a bachelor's degree in literature and drama from Bennington College in Vermont and lived in Berkeley before coming to Studio City (Los Angeles). He had spent his summer working on CSI, and had recently worked on the WB show Felicity.
Answer to dedication
joanneb-524 January 2008
Wolf, Owen. At the end of the episode, you will see In Memory of Owen Wolf, 1971-2000. Owen Alexander Wolf was a 29-year-old television production assistant who was shot in the head just as he was about to enter a Costco in Van Nuys. He was the victim of a botched armoured truck robbery in which the two suspects fired heavily and indiscriminately at the crowd. Wolf was a Philadelphia native who had moved to Southern California to work in the film industry as a screenwriter, director or producer. His resume stated he had a bachelor's degree in literature and drama from Bennington College in Vermont and lived in Berkeley before coming to Studio City (Los Angeles). He had spent his summer working on CSI, and had recently worked on the WB show Felicity.
Cool Change
Metal_Robots4 February 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Picking up where the "Pilot" left off, "Cool Change" can easily be seen as the second half of the show's debut. It fleshes out characters like Catherine and Nick, who didn't have quite as much to do in the first installment, establishes Grissom as the team's official leader and introduces Sara Sidle, who will become an integral member of the team. She's a better outsider than Holly, if just for the reason that she isn't the cliched newcomer, the fish out of water trying to find her way. There's nothing wrong with that kind of character, but it's refreshing to see someone who's different.
Sara establishes herself immediately by dispelling Catherine's initial hostility. Catherine is naturally protective of her co-workers and doesn't take kindly to an outsider coming in to horn in on the case. "We can argue," Sara offers, "but two sharp women are better than one." With that simple statement, Sara calls out Catherine's behavior and offers a solution all in one. Reminding Catherine that they're on the same side, as women and as criminalists who want to uncover the truth reveals a lot about Sara's character. She's practical, she tells it like it is and she's not interested in petty disputes. Catherine responds to Sara's frankness and shares her work on the case. Sara in turn recognizes that Catherine has things under control and turns her attention to Warrick. It's a promising first meeting between the two women.
Catherine has an increased role in "Cool Change." She feels both guilt over and responsibility for Holly's situation after encouraging the young CSI to stay until she solves her first case. Grissom initially wants to give the case to Nick, who didn't have any contact with Holly, but Catherine insists on taking it, and she won't accept no for an answer. Interestingly, Grissom accedes, proving at least in this instance, her will is stronger than his. The audience also gets to see Catherine's brazen side when she calls the pager's owner and pretends to be a flirty young girl looking for a little fun when he picks up the phone. Catherine might be a bit unconventional, but her strong, forceful personality is evident from the get-go.
Warrick is in pretty deep water, even more so than he was in the pilot. Not only was he off placing a bet while Holly was getting shot, he managed to bet on the wrong team and lose Judge Cohen some serious money. The judge demands Warrick repay him double the original bet and if that weren't bad enough, the judge isn't done with the CSI, claiming that their business isn't over and that he'll call Warrick when he needs him. "I own you," the judge snidely tells the CSI. Warrick initially offered to place a bet for the judge in exchange for a warrant, a well-intentioned if ill-advised move. He's paying for it now; the bet he placed for the judge may have cost Holly her life and the corrupt judge recognizes an advantage when he sees one.
Grissom, now the leader of the CSI team, has to make the tough decision of whether or not to fire Warrick. Brass was in charge of the CSI team in the pilot but he's moved back to Homicide in this episode. I wonder if this was a network decision or if Anthony Zuiker's original plan was to have Grissom set up as a new leader for the show's first season. It's much more fitting to have Grissom in charge of the "nerd squad" as opposed to Brass. Brass represents the old school, the type who barks orders and leans on suspects hard for a confession; Grissom is the new order, the type who uses science to figure things out and is a fount of obscure information and observations because, as he tells Nick, "It's our job to know stuff."
Grissom is a much kinder, gentler leader than Brass. He affectionately calls Nick "Nicky" and clearly views the younger CSI as his protige. And he doesn't fire Warrick, saying, "If I let you go, I have to let me go." Grissom sees the graveyard shift as a genuine team, meaning they stand together. As Warrick says earlier on, he was left alone at crime scenes plenty of times as a rookie; Warrick's mistake, gambling aside, was something any CSI could have committed. If Grissom knew the whole story, however--that Warrick was placing a bet for a judge--he might not have been so forgiving.
Just as the team cohesiveness is established early on, so is how integral setting is to the show. CSI is a Las Vegas show; as is true of each of the franchise's offerings, the city plays a part in the show just as much as the characters do. The first two episodes feature a crime at a casino, a sly but pretty prostitute, a CSI with a gambling problem and a disreputable judge. Each episode opens with a shot of the Las Vegas strip: the glitz, the lights and the hotels flash before the viewer's eyes before the first body shows up. With its glamour, seedy underbelly, promise of unimaginable success and threat of dismal failure, could there be a more perfect setting for a crime show than the city of Las Vegas?
Sara establishes herself immediately by dispelling Catherine's initial hostility. Catherine is naturally protective of her co-workers and doesn't take kindly to an outsider coming in to horn in on the case. "We can argue," Sara offers, "but two sharp women are better than one." With that simple statement, Sara calls out Catherine's behavior and offers a solution all in one. Reminding Catherine that they're on the same side, as women and as criminalists who want to uncover the truth reveals a lot about Sara's character. She's practical, she tells it like it is and she's not interested in petty disputes. Catherine responds to Sara's frankness and shares her work on the case. Sara in turn recognizes that Catherine has things under control and turns her attention to Warrick. It's a promising first meeting between the two women.
Catherine has an increased role in "Cool Change." She feels both guilt over and responsibility for Holly's situation after encouraging the young CSI to stay until she solves her first case. Grissom initially wants to give the case to Nick, who didn't have any contact with Holly, but Catherine insists on taking it, and she won't accept no for an answer. Interestingly, Grissom accedes, proving at least in this instance, her will is stronger than his. The audience also gets to see Catherine's brazen side when she calls the pager's owner and pretends to be a flirty young girl looking for a little fun when he picks up the phone. Catherine might be a bit unconventional, but her strong, forceful personality is evident from the get-go.
Warrick is in pretty deep water, even more so than he was in the pilot. Not only was he off placing a bet while Holly was getting shot, he managed to bet on the wrong team and lose Judge Cohen some serious money. The judge demands Warrick repay him double the original bet and if that weren't bad enough, the judge isn't done with the CSI, claiming that their business isn't over and that he'll call Warrick when he needs him. "I own you," the judge snidely tells the CSI. Warrick initially offered to place a bet for the judge in exchange for a warrant, a well-intentioned if ill-advised move. He's paying for it now; the bet he placed for the judge may have cost Holly her life and the corrupt judge recognizes an advantage when he sees one.
Grissom, now the leader of the CSI team, has to make the tough decision of whether or not to fire Warrick. Brass was in charge of the CSI team in the pilot but he's moved back to Homicide in this episode. I wonder if this was a network decision or if Anthony Zuiker's original plan was to have Grissom set up as a new leader for the show's first season. It's much more fitting to have Grissom in charge of the "nerd squad" as opposed to Brass. Brass represents the old school, the type who barks orders and leans on suspects hard for a confession; Grissom is the new order, the type who uses science to figure things out and is a fount of obscure information and observations because, as he tells Nick, "It's our job to know stuff."
Grissom is a much kinder, gentler leader than Brass. He affectionately calls Nick "Nicky" and clearly views the younger CSI as his protige. And he doesn't fire Warrick, saying, "If I let you go, I have to let me go." Grissom sees the graveyard shift as a genuine team, meaning they stand together. As Warrick says earlier on, he was left alone at crime scenes plenty of times as a rookie; Warrick's mistake, gambling aside, was something any CSI could have committed. If Grissom knew the whole story, however--that Warrick was placing a bet for a judge--he might not have been so forgiving.
Just as the team cohesiveness is established early on, so is how integral setting is to the show. CSI is a Las Vegas show; as is true of each of the franchise's offerings, the city plays a part in the show just as much as the characters do. The first two episodes feature a crime at a casino, a sly but pretty prostitute, a CSI with a gambling problem and a disreputable judge. Each episode opens with a shot of the Las Vegas strip: the glitz, the lights and the hotels flash before the viewer's eyes before the first body shows up. With its glamour, seedy underbelly, promise of unimaginable success and threat of dismal failure, could there be a more perfect setting for a crime show than the city of Las Vegas?
The Suspects
claudio_carvalho9 August 2022
Jim Brass is transferred to the police department and Grissom is appointed as the new chief of the CSI team. Holly Gribbs dies in the hospital, and Sara Sidle is assigned to work in an internal investigation. The whole team is feeling bad, but Warwick is worse since he had been assigned to supervise the rookie member. When a jackpot winner in a casino falls off the balcony of a hotel, Grissom and his team investigate the case.
"Cold Change" is a great sequel of the first episode of "CSI". The team has a new case to work while also trying to find the murderer of Gribbs. The plot is well-resolved again, with the investigation of suspects. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Mudança Fria" ("Cold Change")
"Cold Change" is a great sequel of the first episode of "CSI". The team has a new case to work while also trying to find the murderer of Gribbs. The plot is well-resolved again, with the investigation of suspects. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Mudança Fria" ("Cold Change")
cool change
barnold-3915511 May 2018
CSI? Maybe not
My-Two-Cent5 June 2021
Me being an arm chair detective and an even better arm chair CSI I was perplexed by the fact that the head guy of the CSI team sprayed luminal on a suspected blood stain in a pretty well lit room which in every The First 48 episode Ive ever watched they used darkness and a UV light source to show the suspected blood and I didn't see any source of UV light to luminous the blood in this episode which is INFURIATING to me based on the fact that the entire show is based on the collection of forensics and to have the simplest of test being done incorrectly by the head of the department is unforgivable.. There should be no f-ups when it comes to shows like this.. I hate when Criminal Minds continues to call the "unsub" (unknown subject) an "unsub" even after they've learned the "unsub's" identity or how I've seen a few characters handle evidence without wearing gloves..
Your making shows based on the professional collection of evidence how about being a little more professional by making sure it's collected correctly.. Two shows in and I'm out on CSI.!
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