"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Slaves of Las Vegas (2001)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Peter Markle

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator)
Jerry Stahl (writer)

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

15 November 2001 (Season 2, Episode 8)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The death of a woman named Mona whose body was dumped in a sand pit leads Grissom and Catherine to a fetish club run by Lady Heather...

Plot Keywords:

Dominatrix | Acronym In Title | Shipper | Dark Humor | Criminal Investigation

Cast

William Petersen	...	Gil Grissom
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows
Gary Dourdan	...	Warrick Brown
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes
Jorja Fox	...	Sara Sidle
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Melinda Clarke	...	Lady Heather
Kelly Rowan	...	Eileen Nelson
Mitchell Whitfield	...	Cameron Nelson
Tracy Vilar	...	Carla Delgado
Amaury Nolasco	...	Hector Delgado
Geoffrey Rivas	...	Detective Sam Vega
Perry Anzilotti	...	Marvin Fortay - Businessman

Language:

Japanese Sign Language | Japanese

Certification:

Germany:12 | Germany:12 (DVD rating)

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Quotes:

Gil Grissom: To get to the evidence, we may destroy the evidence.
Catherine Willows: Do you get these haikus out of a book, or do they just come to you?

Soundtrack:

Svefn-g-englar

Dominant Women and Weak Men

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This episode introduces the most beloved of recurring characters, Lady Heather who runs an S&M establishment. Melinda Clarke is absolutely lovely in the role.

Lady Heather is the only person Grissom has ever encountered who is as astute a judge of character as he. She is the only person who can see through him and deal with him as a true intellectual equal. In fact, in the scene where they have tea, he is distinctly uncomfortable at her ability to penetrate his defenses. She could plow right through them to his heart if she chose to and that visibly scares a man who has built his life around pushing intimacy away.

The dominance theme is continued in the plots which revolve around the attempts of castrated men to revolt against dominant women. From the check cashing place woman owner whose brother and husband foolishly and incompetently attempt to rob her to the house husband tamely tending a baby that he knows isn't his for his corporate careerist "wife" who treats him with undisguised contempt.