CSI: SEASON 1 SCI 108 USEFUL CLIPS

The ones in bold are the most helpful. I don’t necessarily remember what my notes to myself on the other ones mean .

DISC 1

Episode 101:

  • :34 fibers
  • :37 pink spray to see handprints

Episode 103:

  • :04 UV
  • :05.20 – 7:30 and :09.39 to :10.38 Dirt – Cyanide links soil to local mines outside of city
  • :06 GC-MS
  • :12 – Using IR glasses at night to find a body underground
  • :36 Gil Grissom discussing Evidence “The evidence doesn’t lie” –interesting to discuss observation verses inference and the human interpretation behind evidence usage

Episode 100:

  • :02 Larvae/Entomology to tell the person is dead 7 days
  • :12 gunshot – homicide vs. suicide (futher away = bigger hole)
  • :17 hair was yanked out (a warning to not show this seen to early as I think the previous scene is with a prostitute or something…!)
  • :22 Grissom again: “Evidence cannot lie”

Episode 104:

  • :35 “As scientists, we bring ourselves to the case” – interesting discussion

DISC 2

Episode 105

  • :05 Entomology: maggots preserve what we digest (Drugs found in maggots on body)
  • :08 BLOOD SPATTER
  • :13 Blood Spatter with String
  • :27 “evidence only knows 1 thing – the truth” (Another interesting discussion)
  • :33 BLOOD SPATTER again

Episode 106

  • :37 Luminol and ALS (Alternative Light Source) used

Episode 107

  • :12 shoe prints – black light and electrostatic dust print lifter used

Episode 108

  • :11 fingerprinting with powder
  • :23 - :25, :30-:33, :35-:38 “Can 2 theories backed by solid evidence be true?” I used this in my Nature of Science lecture

DISC 3

Episode 109

  • :08 body temps
  • :19 fibers
  • :20 shoe prints
  • :33 “My money is on the physical evidence”

Episode 110

  • :08 BUGS
  • :14 Earprint
  • :19 spray can detect blood even after bleaching
  • :27 fluorescence – Ti in paint forgerty
  • :28 phenolphthalein

Episode 102 (Good for Glass)

  • :18.30 - :20.35 GLASS – good clip
  • :23.49 - :25.40 GLASS – good clip
  • :29 handwriting
  • :33.25 - :33.57 GLASS again – good clip

Episode 111 (Arson)

  • :11 flashover
  • :13 - :17 burned house with “spalling”
  • :20, :22, :27-:29. :31 fire, flashover
  • :34 GC for hydrocarbon

Episode 112

  • :02 Bomb – sulfur
  • :19 Bomb testing (I used to explain how Forensic Science can be experimental, though not usually because they recreate a bomb and see how far things fly)

Episode 113 (BONES)

  • :01 There are 206 bones in the body
  • :03 Using Search line patterns
  • :09 Bones
  • :15 Bones database
  • :20 Phenolphthalein in a drain – this is where CSI may not always get it right (I know it’s hard to believe). Just dropping a few drops of phenolphthalein on something found in a drain and seeing it turn pink doesn’t mean its blood – it could be DRANO!
  • :31 Bioassay

Episode 114

  • :32 Evidence is like fine wine – can’t drink it; gotta let it breathe
  • forged check

Episode 115

  • :02 Locard’s Principle
  • :08 Dog & Scient pads
  • :21 bullet entry and exit
  • :27 how far away were the gun shots

Episode 116

  • :05 fingerprints
  • :14 can you take spores off girl w/o warrant?
  • :16 Anthro – Age Progression computer technology
  • :23, :24, :32 fluorescence (minerals)
  • :25 Geiger counter
  • :30 a Pig is the most like human

Episode 117

  • :08 2 Knife marks
  • :20 Acid, Carbon steel
  • :33 handwriting

Episode 118

  • :22 Basic explanation of pressure and gas solubility (pop bottle)

Episode 119

Episode 120

  • :28 reactive reagent with HEME; turns swab BLUE
  • :32 spray for blood, turn lights off, black light

Episode 121

  • :06 de-fleshing a skull (kinda gross)

Episode 122