Two things were shocking in this episode and the writers made sure we weren't seeing things because they repeated them several times. The first was seeing an old pal, "Tim Speedle," back from the dead (in "Eric Delko's" mind) and the second was seeing a guy fondle a girl's breast. Yeah, she had clothes but it was still startling enough for CSI to show the scene three times. Boy, they keep "pushing the envelope" on television, don't they?
The parts with "Speedo" were a little far out but still very cool and very sad, at the same time. Rory Cochrane played that guy, a regular CSI member the first three seasons, before being killed, shot to death by some thug. Cochrane wanted off the show, and so they literally eliminated his character.
Nobody took Tim Speedle's death harder than Delko, who was best-buddies with his CSI comrade. Tim and Eric would trade friendly insults with each other most episodes and both were fun to watch. They made a great team. I can't say the sometimes-annoying "Ryan Wolfe" (Jonathan Togo), who replaced Speedle, is in the same class. This episode made me realize I, too, miss that character and enjoyed the banter between Speedle and Delko. The show is still good but would be better had Cochrane stayed.
Anyway, we discover Delko has never fully been able to recover from his friend's loss, hence the hallucinations where he's swears he sees and talks to Speedle. The latter helps him solve this case, he thinks. Horatio knows better, of course, and helps Eric, by the end of the show, get some professional counseling with this issue.
The story deals more, however, with two young people trapped in an SUV by the beach, the female dying from carbon monoxide and the male winding up hanging on in the hospital after smashing his way out of the vehicle. The twists and turns involve whether this was a suicide or a murder. Later, a shooting at a college involves somebody financially involved with the two young people.
However, fans of this series will remember the scenes with "Speedo," I would think, more than anything else. Too bad he couldn't be resurrected and return to CSI!
The parts with "Speedo" were a little far out but still very cool and very sad, at the same time. Rory Cochrane played that guy, a regular CSI member the first three seasons, before being killed, shot to death by some thug. Cochrane wanted off the show, and so they literally eliminated his character.
Nobody took Tim Speedle's death harder than Delko, who was best-buddies with his CSI comrade. Tim and Eric would trade friendly insults with each other most episodes and both were fun to watch. They made a great team. I can't say the sometimes-annoying "Ryan Wolfe" (Jonathan Togo), who replaced Speedle, is in the same class. This episode made me realize I, too, miss that character and enjoyed the banter between Speedle and Delko. The show is still good but would be better had Cochrane stayed.
Anyway, we discover Delko has never fully been able to recover from his friend's loss, hence the hallucinations where he's swears he sees and talks to Speedle. The latter helps him solve this case, he thinks. Horatio knows better, of course, and helps Eric, by the end of the show, get some professional counseling with this issue.
The story deals more, however, with two young people trapped in an SUV by the beach, the female dying from carbon monoxide and the male winding up hanging on in the hospital after smashing his way out of the vehicle. The twists and turns involve whether this was a suicide or a murder. Later, a shooting at a college involves somebody financially involved with the two young people.
However, fans of this series will remember the scenes with "Speedo," I would think, more than anything else. Too bad he couldn't be resurrected and return to CSI!
