CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Getting Off
TV Flash files “Getting Off” as hour 85 of 337 in the TV Flash guide — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015) on CBS, season 4, episode 16, aired 2004-02-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E16: listed hour 85 of 337 in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guide, hour 16 of 23 in season 4. It aired 2004-02-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Early Rollout” (S04E15). Next is “XX” (S04E17).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Catherine and Sara deal with the death of what at first seems to be a transvestite. Later during autopsy they find out that the make-up he seemed to be wearing was actually facepaint, he was a clown. Grissom, Nick, and Warrick deal with the death of a man in a homeless area. They found out he worked in a recovery center for drug users.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Getting Off sit in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guide?
S04E16 is listed hour 85 of 337 — hour 16 of 23 in season 4, season 4 episode 16.
When did CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S04E16 air?
Getting Off aired 2004-02-26 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I start with Las Vegas CSI or a spinoff?
The original Las Vegas series is the mothership — stylish forensics as nightclub cinema. Miami, NY, and Cyber are franchise mitosis, not the first language.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Las Vegas criminalists solve murders with stylish science that made lab work look like nightclub cinema. Anthony E. Zuiker's CBS hit turned the who into the how, spawned a franchise mitosis machine, and put the "CSI effect" into real courtroom talk. 2000s procedural TV as global brand architecture.
The first useful image is glass, not a confession. Las Vegas criminalists solve murders with stylish science, moody lighting, and forensic close-ups that made lab work look like nightclub cinema. Anthony E. Zuiker's CBS series premiered October 6, 2000; the original Las Vegas run lasted through 2015, with a later revival limited series. William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger anchored early years of sunglasses, evidence, and gravitas beside George Eads, Jorja Fox, Paul Guilfoyle, and Eric Szmanda. The show turned…
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