The Unusual Suspect

This was a very good episode because it did an above-average job of keeping the viewer guessing. That's normal, but this was really one where you - and the CSI team - went back- and-forth wondering which person among two was the killer. What made it an "unusual suspect" was that the question was which of two young kids did it? Was it the original kid who was charged in the crime, a 15-or-16-year-old boy or was it is gifted 12-year-old daughter. Or, a third scenario which Nick came up with late in the show is that both kids collaborated on the killing. That, too, is plausible.

There are a number of clues which point to either or both the subjects, and even possibly a third party (the boyfriend of the dead high school girl). The girl was killed almost scientifically which leads one to think the smart girl did it, but it also involved some physical strength which she couldn't have had. It's a puzzler.

Juliette Goglia does an outstanding job as the 12-year-old "Hannah." She reminded of gifted young actress Dakota Fanning. Some needed humor is provided by Wallace Langharn as the obnoxious "Hodges," who seems to be getting more screen time of late.

Overall, a solid "whodunnit."

Who Killed Stacy Vollmer?

In a courtroom, Det. Sofia, Dr. Robbins and Nick go to the stand to testify about the murder of the popular high-school student Stacy Vollmer, who was found wrapped in a shower curtain and buried in a flower bed in her school. The prime suspect is Marlon West, and all the evidences point to him. When his twelve-year-old sister Hanna goes to the stand and confesses the crime, the judge gives seventy-two hours to the prosecution to check the evidences to proceed the trial without reasonable doubt. Who killed Stacy Vollmer?

"The Unusual Suspect" is a great episode of "CSI", with a reasonable doubt for characters and viewers. Even after the final confession of Hanna to Sara, I believe there are viewers that do not know whether the girl is telling the truth. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "The Unusual Suspect"

HOW in the HECK could Grissom, of ALL people, MISS THIS Episode!!!!!!!!

PLEASE!!!!!!!

ZERO EXCUSE for Not having him do Battle with that Very Precocious 12yr old!

Period.

Cliched plotline. A person is charged with murder and in comes a person who says they did it, at the last minute. In this case we have a teenaged boy who is a sociopath accused of murdering a tennis star/cheerleader/homecoming queen/straight A student. His sister is a genius and just before summations, she says she did it. The investigation is quite interesting. The time frame is totally unbelievable. Anyway, we have the old guesswork by us mere mortals as to who committed the crime.