Under a Cloud

This starts off with Sara Sidle discovering a bomb and holding it till it can be removed from the scene. This leads to an investigation into a foreign power. The other plot line is Greg Sanders professional life being put in question for a case he investigated long ago. A man was falsely imprisoned for seven years and Greg is thought to have planted evidence. Decent episode.

During a stormy night, a man is removed from a channel with head injury and hypothermia. Sara goes to the hospital to process him and takes his backpack to look for an ID. However, she finds an armed bomb inside and the Bomb Squad is activated to take the bomb and detonate it. The CSIs try to find where the man felt in the channel to locate the target and Sara believes he is an Armenian terrorist. Meanwhile, Greg is sued for the imprisonment of the peeper Gus Ellis seven years ago. He was accused of raping and murdering the college student Claire Gibson based on his blood on a crowbar close to the victim. Defense Criminalist Jennifer Rhodes accuses Greg of planting evidence and now she will carry her independent investigation of the evidences. Russell assigns Finn to assist Jennifer in the review.

"Under a Cloud" is an episode of CSI with two good cases. Sara and the bomber demand lots of technical investigation from the scientists and is well-resolved in the end. Greg's case is more emotional and the viewer certainly feels sorry for the situation of Greg Sanders. The rookie officer responsible for the mistake is also reason for pity from the audience. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Under a Cloud"

Season 14 has been relatively bad compared to previous seasons. This is the worst acting I've seen on the series. There are some very few experienced actors here giving terrible performances in this one so it might be due to direction and production. I. Particularly Shue and Thompson might as well be reciting their lines off a note pad. The dialogue is clumsy and clunky. The basic outline subject matter was a bit unrealistic to begin with but there still should have been plenty to work here. What they came up with didn't work well enough. Ted Danson and Elizabeth Shue's character's continue to be the weakest of the entire CSI run. That's tough for me to say because I like them. Shue is even worse in this one than usual. She's just not suited to the character she's asked to play here. The other main principles are fine. They haven't been given much. George Eads was missing in this one and boy was he missed and the others had diminished responsibilities in this one. Why? Who knows. Maybe the show runners are attempting to tank the show. All and all a disappointing effort across the board but this show is judged against its own stellar previous works. Even the worst CSI crime scene episode is still a C and better than at least half the other shows on the air.