CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) Pool Shark (2010) User Reviews

This Should Have Been The Premier!

[laurent1979 · 8/10 · 2 October 2010]

I'm not gonna lie. After the trainwreck of a season premier, I had visions and nightmares of my favorite series circling the drain....but then this episode aired. "Pool Shark" felt like a blast from seasons past, and it reminded me of all the reasons I love the show and why CSI has been so successful.

The premise was not new - murder at a casino, and Catherine takes point on the investigation, her knowledge of her father's world and business again becoming an asset and leverage. The mystery unravels in vintage CSI style, with a few newer elements thrown in as well. Drops is back for a visit, and heads right back through the revolving door of prison. This time I actually felt kinda sad for the guy. Wendy says a tearful goodbye to Hodges, which felt sad but a little overplayed. On one hand, the moping in the corner, starting to drown Henry suited Hodges' flair for melodrama, but it came off as insincere somehow. Anyway, Wendy's gone and will be missed.

What else was right with this episode, you ask? Notice how I haven't mentioned Langston yet? I have nothing specific against Langston, but I personally feel he's a horrible fit for the series, and - on the whole - the more prominent he is in an episode, the less I tend to enjoy it. He and Doc Robbins did the autopsy, which fit given his prior job, and I tend to like the dialogue between those two. Otherwise, he was mostly uninvolved, as was the (I shudder to recall) Bomb Twinkie from the last episode who I feared might become a lingering presence.

Only other comment I have is that I love the Catherine/Vartaan relationship; the producers said that this would be Catherine's last season, and that she would develop a love interest. I really want it to be Vartaan. One of the suspects in this episode, a casino-owner and acquaintance of her father, looks at Catherine with what I really hope is fatherly admiration. If this is supposed to be the start of something between those two, I'm gonna be sad.

Quite Far Fetched

[Hitchcoc · 6/10 · 10 March 2021]

I knew someone would use the "jump the shark" thing. The problem with this episode is that the possibility of pulling off this thing is beyond belief. A girl is injected with heroin while she floats on an air mattress. Then her jewelry is stolen. Elliot Gould is around for interest (always a good actor). But the plot is really lame. For extra interest, we must say goodbye to Wendy and her relationship with Hodges. I thought she was kind of cool. Oh, well.

Elliot Gould Still Acting at 73

[ccthemovieman-1 · 6/10 · 12 December 2011]

This was a "shark" war with competing casino owners apparently trying to do the other one in. One owner put another shark (not easy to do, but it's explained on the show) in a pool to harm someone and drive the business away to the other's guy casino.

Along the way, a "vet" gets murdered, too. How was that done?

Meanwhile, one of the casino owners was played by Elliot Gould who was in his acting heyday 30-40 years ago, although he has steady acting work at the age of 73. He sounded a little wooden to me. For an actor of his experience, I found that a bit odd. Then again, Scott Wilson was the same way when he played "Catherine's" father on this show 4-6 years ago. Wilson had a lot more life to him when he co-starred in "In Cold Blood" in the late '60s. Maybe it is time catching up to both actors.

Whatever, the episode is decent; nothing super, but interesting and entertaining enough. It certainly was a lot better than the season's lame opening episode and will keep you guessing right up to the end.

Wendy Farewell

[claudio_carvalho · 7/10 · 29 September 2023]

In a sunny day in a club in a casino, the swimming pool is crowded; out of the blue, a shark attacks a woman that loses her arm. The CSI investigators try to find how the shark has entered in the pool. While investigating the death, the autopsy and the surveillance tapes indicate that the woman was already dead in the pool, increasing the mystery. The casino owner, Earnest Boozell, who knows Catherine since she was a teenager, accuses his opponent Danny Macklin of being responsible for the shark attack, but the investigation proceeds.

"Pool Shark" is another unreasonable episode of CSI. A shark in a public private pool of a club is another absurd. The woman with overdose of heroin that is attacked by a shark would be tragic, but it is funny. The sad part is the farewell of the sweet Wendy; could have been Hodges instead. Or Ray. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Pool Shark"

Pool Shark = Jump the Shark

[jermceleb · 1/10 · 5 October 2010]

I think its very ironic that the episode CSI "jumped the shark" involved a shark in the main plot.

The entire plot was crazy/corny, even for CSI standards. First off, a shark in a swimming pool and nobody notices is dumb. Second, robbing someone in a pool with hundreds of other people in it by using heroin is awful. Third, CBS is doing a great job of removing hot characters from their shows this season. JJ from criminal minds and now Wendy from CSI.

A typical CSI show is either funny or dramatic. This episode was neither funny nor dramatic. Just an awful mess