CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) Grissom's Divine Comedy (2008) User Reviews

Nasty 'Madeline,' Brutal 'Amelio'' & Good Guy 'Jim'

[ccthemovieman-1 · 8/10 · 24 January 2009]

I hope "District Attorney Madeline Klein" does not become a regular on this show. What a negative, irritating, annoying woman this is - and she works with CSI. Well, sort of. She actually does nothing but moan and groan about the CSI team and how bad they are, except for Grissom. This woman is a real loser, and she admits it. I wouldn't have known the role was played by veteran actress Bonnie Bedalia. She played Bruce Willis' wife in "Die Hard 1 & 2" and earlier played the lead role of Shirley Muldowney, the famous female car racer in "Heart Like A Wheel." Boy, Bonnie - as most of us have - has gained some weight in her older age. She's still a good actress and facially looks pretty good for a 60-year-old.

Despite "Madeline's" brutal personality, and the fact it's revealed she screwed up big-time on this case, which involves the death of a material witness who was going to testify in a gang case. The leader of the gang, locked in prison, is pretty amazing-looking with tats all over his body including a huge one on the back of his shaved noggin. He's "Amelio Avarado" and he's played by Robert LaSardo. The latter also played a bad guy in a CSI: Miami episode in the 2006 season. He's pretty intense.

The best part of this episode, I thought, was Paul Guilfoyle as "Lt. Jim Brass." He feels just awful about the witness being killed since he promised the family the man would be safe. Guilfoyle's sincere grief over this is convincing because the man is an outstanding actor. He's a veteran thespian who really knows what he's doing. It's a pleasure to watch him act.

Trying to find out exactly how the witness was murdered is the case here, as the man died in a fiery car and with a gunshot wound in his side. It's pretty interesting how it happened.

Dantes' Inferno

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 25 March 2023]

When a man named Don Cook is found dead on the road with his car and himself set on fire, DA Madeline Klein asks Ecklie by phone to send Grissom to investigate the crime scene. Don was a witness of one of the murders committed by the notorious La Tijera gang member Emilio Alvarado, and now the case is compromised. However, Grissom is resting at home with influenza. Brass, Catherine, Greg, Nick and Warrick investigate the crime scene while Catherine is Grissom's eyes and ears, talking to him and sending photos. They also find that Don was gunshot to his back and the rear bumper is marked with "LAT", meaning La Tiera. Brass interview Don's wife, Cody, and then he visits Grissom and tells him that he promised to protect Don and his wife if he testifies in court. When Warrick finds a gun in the glove compartment of the burned car, there is a twist in the investigation.

"Grissom's Divine Comedy" is a great episode of "CSI", with many twists along the story. There are few coincidences, like the gunshot that killed Don Cook, but most of the work of the CSI's are engaging. Great also to see Bonnie Bedelia in the role of an efficient District Attorney that commits a mistake while performing her work. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Grissom's Divine Comedy"

Gang Outreach

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 20 February 2021]

This is a well done episode where we get a look at the retribution gangs practice. Grissom and woman with whom he has worked before, an abrasive, miserable creature, enlists him to solve her case. What happens is what happens when you step on the tiger's tale. There are innocent victims along the way, unfortunately.