Living Legend

They hit it out of the park with this one. Roger was a fantastic guest star and made me a fan of his. The plot was great, the acting was great and the music was a bonus. All from the guy who sings on every single opening of CSI!!

Yes, there is no denying it. This episode is enormously disappointing. I don't mean to offend anyone, but I'm genuinely surprised to see such glowing reviews of this episode. I happen to be one of the few people who have seen every single episode of CSI up to this point, and when I saw this one just a few minutes ago I was so struck by how bad it is that I almost couldn't believe what I was seeing.

It's not that the episode is bad entertainment, it's just that by this point, after six and a half years of watching the show and getting to know the characters so well, it's so strange to see them stumbling around clueless in what has to be their most obvious case ever.

While you can't predict the exact ending from the first scene, the fact that all of the CSIs were looking at these pictures of "different" killers in cheap, dime-store Halloween make-up and never guessing that it might be the same person was ridiculous in the extreme. The leaps of logic that we've seen them all make in the past make no sense when they fail to see something so blatantly obvious right under their noses.

And what about the names from horror movies? They keep getting names of witnesses like Mike Meyers and F. Krueger and Pamela Voorhees. I don't know why this was thrown into the show. No one gets it until they get F. Krueger, then the CSIs sit around wondering about that last one until one of them mentions that Pamela was the killer in the original Friday. He even remembered that it was the question Drew Barrymore got wrong in Scream. Wow, great puzzle. It took them entire SECONDS to figure it out!

I've noticed that season 7 took a huge leap for the better as far as interesting and unique episodes, but make no mistake, this is not one of them...

Every once in a while we have an episode that pays tribute to the history of Las Vegas. While this may use mythical characters, there is a brotherhood that once existed and the creation of "gods." Here, several leftovers from the past begin to believe in ghosts from the seventies. Maybe rightfully, because they start dying violently. Very clever episode and believable once you accept the reality of the playing field.

When a Mexican fisherman shows the hood ornament that he recovered from a car in a lake, Catherine and Warrick arrive to the scene since the car seems to belong to the notorious mob boss Mickey Dunn. Mickey ruled in the 70's in Las Vegas and is missing with his gold Cadillac with a gun ornament in the hood and license plate "CHAINSAW" since her killed a low-level mobster that finally would send him to jail. Meanwhile, in a karaoke bar, a man singing Sinatra's song "That's Life" is invited by a man in a wheelchair to drink beers. The singer Michael Myers introduces himself to Ken Billings. When the bar closes, Michael offers to push Ken's wheelchair in front of a limousine and Ken dies. Grissom notes that the wheelchair brakes were loosened in both sides and Ken has an old picture of four men and Mickey in front of his Cadillac. While the CSI team investigate the evidences of Mickey's car and the murder of Ken, an old woman in a low-budget hotel asks for help with her luggage to a man that has just left a hooker. When the man enters the room, she closes the door and strangles him to death. Sara and Sofia investigate the crime seen and learn that the name of the woman is Pamela Voorhees. When David Phillips arrives, he finds the same photo of Mickey and the four men in the mouse of the victim and they suspect there is a hit list.

"Living Legend" is one of the best episodes of "CSI", with a story with many twists. Catherine Willows has the chance to learn a little bit more about her father Sam Braun. Mickey Dunn is Machiavellian, and the names of the killers are very funny. The conclusion is perfect, with Catherine disclosing to the killer that he will spend the rest of his life imprisoned. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Living Legend"