I like that they gave Finlay (Elisabeth Shue) something of an "origin" story when an old case resurfaces from a few years earlier that sends her racing to Seattle to track a Serial Killer. Very cool to see Brian Van Holt show up playing Fin's Ex-Husband. If they are going to take such a long time for Cougar Town to get back onto the airwaves, I'd like to see the entire cast of CT pop up on CSI.

And interesting, but very odd episode. The Transvestite that thought he/she was pregnant and then decides to give himself/herself a C-Section was just..... bizarre. Never thought I'd see that on CSI, and then again, I'm surprised that it took 13 years to get there. Weird indeed.

The best part about this episode was seeing a couple of actors (Pamela Reed and Kenneth Mitchell) from the series Jericho, which I'm a huge fan of. As for the episode in general, it didn't capture my imagination at all. It's not till the last 10 minutes did it get good with the twist to the case. Elsewhere, it looks like they are setting something up where Sara is gonna cheat on a character that hasn't been seen for years on CSI. We shall see.

Interesting plot regarding the news anchor, her investigation and her producer. I immediately knew from the opening that the "weather" report was pre-recorded and that the Reporter would be prime suspect #1. Well, it turned out to be nothing more than a red herring. So everything that came afterwards wasn't what I thought it would be which made the episode better because I was in the dark. But the most interesting thing going on was Sara and her refusing to answer the phone when Grissom kept calling her. I'm not sure if that was William Petersen's voice on the phone. It kinda sounded like him and it kinda didn't. Anyway, either they are going to finally get these two a divorce or this is going to be a way for his return to the show to save his marriage. I'd like to see Option #2. But I know that's never gonna happen.

The writers sure went out of their way to paint an elaborate web of red herrings and back stories to try in vain to convince us that it was someone else other than the most obvious suspect. There was no getting around that the main suspect would be the Tennis Pro that loses the match at the beginning. Even with all the hoop jumping throughout, I knew that it would eventually came back to the Pro.

As has been the case lately for me, the most interesting story is not the case, but the private lives of the characters and in this one it's the revelation that Hodges is getting married to some Italian Super Model which was very surprising because I thought the writers were going somewhere with him and Morgan. They did leave it open at the end with some unresolved feelings for Morgan when he hugs her. So, not really sure what's going on with the whole marriage thing.

What a sh*tty way to bite the dust in getting car jacked because some idiot's mistaken identity of Cheese for Drugs. Overall, the episode was just ok for me.

For a 2 Part Crossover episode, this one just felt off. The Crossover had Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) from CSI: NY in town to surprise his girlfriend Christine only to find out she is missing. You would think that this would be the A Story and take top priority. But it was the Wine Story that was carrying much of the episode, which itself was just okay. Anyway, Part 2 concludes this week over on CSI: NY with D.B. (Ted Danson) in tow. Let's hope they can finish off strong and make this a good one.