"Dead Doll" is the eighth season premiere of the American crime drama television series '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', which is set in

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, and the 166th episode overall. Written by

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and

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and directed by

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, the episode aired on September 27, 2007 on

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. This episode is the conclusion from the previous episode Living Doll and the end of "The Miniature Killer" arc story.

Plot

The eighth season begins with Grissom and his team searching for

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, who was kidnapped by the miniature killer and left to die underneath a wrecked car in the middle of the desert during a storm. In the episode "Dead Doll", Natalie Davis (the Miniature Killer) mostly sits in prison - except in the flashbacks. It shows Natalie using a taser on Sara and putting Sara in the trunk of her car. Sara escapes, but Natalie catches her, drugs her, and puts her underneath a Red Mustang, like in the model. Sara wakes up under the car, but it starts to rain. She manages to pull her arm free and escapes from underneath the car. She starts to wander the desert with a mirror that she took from the car. In the end she collapses in the desert, but Nick and Sofia drive by where Sara is located, and Nick sees the sun reflecting off the mirror. He rushes to her and finds her without a pulse. A helicopter and medics come to take her to the hospital. Grissom insists that he goes with her. At the very end of the episode she opens her eyes, and looks at him.

Reception

The episode was the most watched in America and got 24.8 million viewers, which, according to the ''

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'', gives it "its largest margin of victory to date opposite ABC's ''

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'' at 9 p.m. (with 20.5 million viewers)."Csi Reigns on CBS
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'', September 29, 2007

Production notes

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who plays

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is a regular cast member now and he is listed in the opening credits. *

Louise Lombard Louise Lombard (born Louise Marie Perkins; 13 September 1970) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Evangeline Eliott in the BBC drama series ''The House of Eliott'' (1991–94), Sofia Curtis in the CBS drama series '' CSI: Cri ...

who plays

Sofia Curtis '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, William Petersen, Cynthia Chvatal, Naren Shankar, and Don Mc ...

is no longer in the opening credits. She does appear in this episode but is listed as a "Special Guest Appearance".

References

External links

CBS Episode Guide
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"Dead Doll"
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