Episode 220
Cats in the Cradle

Thursday, 25 April 2002

Episode Synopsis
Grissom and Catherine investigate the stabbing death of an 80-year-old woman who lived in a run-down house full of cats; Nick and Sara comb through the remains of a car bombing that was, apparently, a murder plot gone awry.
Staff
Written by:
Kris Dobkin
Directed By:
Richard J. Lewis
Ranking
Ratings Position: 1
Average Score: 7.98 /10
Number of Votes: 47
Starring
Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders
Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown
George Eads as Nick Stokes
Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle
Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows
Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass
Robert David Hall as Dr. Al Robbins
William Petersen as Gil Grissom
Guest Starring
Courtney Jines as Jessica Trent
Diane Farr as Marci Tobin
Ed Lauter as Clay Tobin
Ellen Geer as Ruth Elliott
Frank Military as Tyler Elliot
J. Marvin Campbell as Hazmat Guy
Joseph Patrick Kelly as Officer Metcalf
Larissa Laskin as Debbie Stein
Megan Gallagher as Janet Trent
Skip O'Brien as Sergeant. O'Riley
Steve Hytner as John Claddon)
Tuc Watkins as Marcus Remmick
Video
Title: Cats in the Cradle Promo
Size: 1.84Mb
Length: 31 Seconds
Music
Title: Busenfreund
Artist: Tosca
Album: Suzuki
Scene: When Sara is examining the cap of the pipe bomb.
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Comments
Taylor 09 December 2002  Vote: 10/10
I would have never guessed that the little girl did it, it turned the whole case around.!
marghelgenberger 06 March 2004  Vote: 10/10
An exellent episode that touches you, the two girls and the cat... I almost cried!
Cath-girl-90 04 April 2004  Vote: 10/10
First I thought the girls mother did it. I never thought it was the little girl! And before this episode I played with the innocent little girl next door...
taz331 14 April 2004  Vote: 10/10
i liked were greg had the glove on his head
sethsyrevamp 13 May 2004  Vote: 10/10
That girl earned the 10, she made believe that little girls are evil...
Spacejammies 26 May 2004  Vote: 1/10
Yuk! Cats, yuk! Yuk.
GuiaO 31 July 2004  Vote: 7/10
Hey, I like all the CSI stuff and I think I've watched every single one at least twice, probably more. Creepy for a kid to do it .....
sns 06 September 2004  Vote: 10/10
A very upsetting ep... it made me sad that the little girl was so spoiled. And also a bit happy that I wasn't at the crime scene. I have three cats so I do know what cat pee smells like. It's already bad enough when it's a couple days old... that lady
C.S.I Level 3-Newbie 24 July 2004  Vote: 10/10
Beautiful stuff. I loved the story and it backed up my belief that a) Cat's DO eat people and b) Kids can be cold-blooded killers. Quite a sad story...but it is CSI eh?
iluvnick 31 October 2004  Vote: 9/10
Good epi. Greggo was hilarious!
_.paper.scars.and.picture.frames._ 09 December 2004  Vote: 9/10
ahahaha, the bit where greg was dancing to marilyn manson with the glove on his head and the mask thing. i was in hysterics for about five minutes. or more. that little girl was freaky.
sanderz_sweetie 18 December 2004  Vote: 9/10
okay. that little girl was a sociopath!! what song was greg listning to? he was awesome with the glove!
mal_ganis 26 October 2004  Vote: 7/10
Does anyone know what song it was that Greggo was jammin to?
csi_chickadee 23 January 2005  Vote: 10/10
The little girl totally freaked me out!!!! And a mere two hours before i played with my 7 year old neighbor.... What song was Greg dacing to with the glove? that was hilarios, by the way!
annikask8s2005 20 January 2005  Vote: 9/10
The little girl being the killer was totally a shocker for me. That was just brilliant becuase you would have never suspected her and the thing she said at the end was creepy she( the actress) played that roll well . Hah I also loved the part with Greg an
James Corck 23 March 2005  Vote: 8/10
Creepy episode, I love the performances of the two girls and Marg Helgenberger. The idea of the cats eating a corp also appears in the spanish movie "La comunidad".
James UK fan 14 February 2005  Vote: 10/10
Dis is 1 of my fav episodes love all parts of it as unusual as u xpect 4m csi luv the shot wit the body + all the cats!!! Brill, the girl ws mad tho.
csi_best_show 02 April 2005  Vote: 10/10
"im like a sponge , i just absorb information" greg is definatly the best person on csi!
Silver 186 14 April 2005  Vote: 9/10
Good episode, I thought it was a good twist to have the little girl killing the cat woman, also I thought the bomb thing was good. I felt so bad for the husband, I thought that the father and wife got what was coming for them.
showhat 14 April 2005  Vote: 10/10
i'm like a sponge.i absorb info. Griss i thought that was my line! well i absorbed it....oh how i love greg.....that was funny when he had the glove on his head hahaha....that kids was physico!!!!
emd4v15 03 May 2005  Vote: 8/10
ROCK ON, GREGGO! I'd go to his concert if he was a rock star.
CathWillows81 07 May 2005  Vote: 8/10
Love anything with creepy psycho kid killers...very unexpected. Funny how whenever the girls were around they shunned Gil and would only talk to Catherine. Poor Gil...he could never be a family man.
LiL_CSI_ChiC 01 May 2005  Vote: 10/10
Go Greg! Way to play air drums with a rubber glove on your head! Haha... he is so funny... that sponge remark cracks me up no matter how many times I hear it! And I am now officially terrified of spoiled little girls... O.O
greg_sanders_girl 14 June 2005  Vote: 9/10
I'm now very wary of little girl's who are used to getting there own way.Very good twist in this episode.luved it. Greg is soo funny. makes me laugh everytime. Rock on greg!
emydragon 19 November 2005  Vote: 9/10
I love creepy child eps.
NOTGUILTY 18 April 2006  Vote: 8/10
Greg is insane. THe funny part is Gris doesn't have a clue about him.
zack007attack 16 August 2006  Vote: 9/10
Feel bad for the girls. But a great episode. But i don't fully understand why the woman would bomb her own car to frame the person who cares about her the most. The cats were amazing. One of the top ten episodes, definitely.
leggo_my_greggo 31 January 2007  Vote: 9/10
the only reason this ep gets a good rate is cuz of greg! i was pciwlsh!(peeing cuz i was laughing so hard!) "i coulve been a rock star" "im like a sponge, i absorb things" he's my altime fav! LOVE GREG!
csi_roxsmyworld 08 February 2007  Vote: 10/10
i must say--greg was flippin hilarious!!!!!!!! i loved him in this one! the convo between him, griss, n cath was priceless! "i couldv'e been a rock star"...."there's still time greg"...."im like a sponge, i absorb things"..."i thought that was my line"...
jjhammer 10 October 2006  Vote: 1/10
Entertaining, but what a stupid end. How could a little girl stab someone in the chest with a pen? Very unrealistic.
Trof 04 March 2009  Vote: 8/10
decent episode, though I thought both cases would be a bit more complicated
csiforever 11 April 2009  Vote: 8/10
i liked this one, never would have thougt it would have been the little girls. and the cats were really creepy but all in all a really good episode
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