CSI: Vegas 1.9: The Confession and The Stain

An excellent next-to-last episode of what I hope will be the first season of CSI: Vegas on CBS tonight, with both a good standalone story and a sharp ratcheting up of the continuing David story.

The standalone story was a devil and angel story, literally.  Well, not quite literally, but the murder victims are a couple who underwent surgery so the guy looked like a devil with horns and his partner had wings like an angel.  Their bodies, discovered months after the couple was killed, provided an ideal case for Allie and Josh to investigate, replete with metaphysical overtones.

Meanwhile, as Sara and Gil struggle to get the goods on Wix, they also have to talk David out of falsely confessing to get a lighter sentence.  This sets up the story for David confessing via a video, which stops the trial cold and ups the ante for Sara and Gil to nab Wix.

In a classic Gil move, he realizes that the confession was forged.  The search is on for where the confession was recorded -- because that would reveal David's location -- and a stain on a wall provides an essential clue.  Sara realizes exactly what happened in a final montage of scenes which serves a fine entree to next week's finale.

However that ends -- and I hope it's with the exoneration of David, who has suffered enough -- it will be fun to see where CSI: Vegas goes if it has a second season, which, as I said, I hope it does.   The David story provided a powerful continuing thread, and I think the duality of each episode -- the standalone and the continuing story -- worked very well.  If Sara and Gil continue in the series, which I'd say is essential, the two would need a continuing case to investigate.  I wouldn't mind seeing another character from the original CSI, or maybe one of the spinoffs, come back, but that's getting ahead ourselves.

I'll see you back here next week with a review of the season finale.

See also: CSI: Vegas 1.1: CSI on Trial ... CSI: Vegas 1.2: My Half-Joking Suggestion for the Villain ... CSI: Vegas 1.3: Three Especially Enjoyable Facets ... CSI: Vegas 1.4: Difficult Progress ... CSI: Vegas 1.5: Double Header ... CSI: Vegas: 1.6: Bald Luminol ... CSI: Vegas 1.7: Monet, Grissom, and Truth ... CSI: Vegas 1.8: Down the Drain