A Bullet Runs Through It (Part 2)

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This CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode is my favourite so far in the sixth season (my all time fave being Grave Danger).

This episode picked up where the LVPD left off, at a huge crime scene involving a shoot out with drug dealers where a police officer was shot by friendly fire. There were also several other shoot outs near the crime scene, making it really big.

I love this episode because it showed so much raw emotion from the characters. Sofia, the police officer suspected of firing the shot that killed a fellow officer, was at the brink of breaking down but she didn’t have anyone to turn to for help. Sara finally showed seething anger directed at Sofia. Jim Brass was so sympathetic to Sofia because he had been through it before. And as always, Grissom was the image of grace under pressure and logic because he never abandoned the science. I just couldn’t believe that he was so detached even as a hall full of angry people were demanding an explanation about the shooting of a high school student near the drug dealer shoot out.

But the best scene, in my opinion, was when the the wife of the downed officer met the police officer who accidentally shot her husband. To err is human; to forgive, divine. The wife was the epitome of this adage. I was expecting her to slap the shooter during the wake… or maybe to punch him in the nose. Instead, she hugged the officer. The officer, on the other hand, was so overwhelmed by emotion that he broke down and cried. I won’t mention who this officer was; watch out for the replay on AXN or Studio 23.

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