Tarantino Begins Shooting 'CSI' Finale

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Filming for the CSI season finale, which will be directed by <font color=yellow>Quentin Tarantino</font>, began earlier this week at the Santa Clarita Studios in California.

The shooting will also take the cast and crew on location to Las Vegas for the episode, which will fade the season to black with a cliffhanger. Tarantino, who has been a fan of the show since it premiered, approached the producers earlier this year to express his love for the show. The producers took the opportunity to bring him on board. "When he came in to talk to us, he told us this story about how he felt he had discovered the show when it first came on the air and he was an instant fan," said executive producer <font color=yellow>Carol Mendelsohn</font>.

Though the episode was written by Mendelshon, <font color=yellow>Anthony Zuiker</font>, and <font color=yellow>Naren Shankar</font>, the idea for the plot came from Tarantino himself. The producers fell in love with it instantly and began to work on the script, which promises to see more bugs and blood than usual, as is characteristic of the director's style. Added Mendelshon, "I mean, there's Quentin Tarantino in our writers' room. And he loves television. He's watched every TV movie, every TV show and he pitched out the first idea and we said, 'You don't have to go any further. It's a great idea.'"

But the great idea has been kept a secret since Tarantino came on board. The episode, which Shankar described as, "much more of a thriller than we normally do," will see one of the characters in a life or death situation. Though the producers admitted nothing will happen to front-man Gil Grissom, they revealed the victim is on Grissom's team, which includes characters Sara Sidle, Greg Sanders, and Sofia Curtis. Fans will have to wait until the premiere of season 6 to learn of the character's fate.

The CSI season finale is set to air on May 19th. To read the original article, visit World Screen.com.<center></center>
 
I'm really excited about Tarantino directing. Can't wait to see this!
 
I can't wait either. I haven't been watching much of CSI lately (life, eh), but I'll be sure to clear my schedule to watch this episode. I adore Tarantino.
 
I'm so thrilled. *squeals with glee* I can't wait! I mean, I don't want the season to be over, but I want to find out which character is in the life or death situation, and, though I've never seen a Tarantino-directed film, I've heard he's amazing.

Anyone taking bets on the life or death character? My money's on Sara or Greg. Can't see it being Sofia. The character hasn't been fleshed out enough for the viewers.
 
I couldn't agree more. I LOVE Tarantino - he is an amazing director - all of his films are terrific, and the fact that the idea for this episode came from him, and was written by the CSI writing team means that two great geniuses (or is that genii) have combined.

I agree that the person to be in the 'life or death' situation will not be Sofia - will the audience care? Although, isn't she leaving to have a baby...? My money's on Sara, purely because this really has been her year in terms of plotlines - all the revelations regarding her past have to be leading somewhere. I just pray to all the gods in the universe that it ends up being a 'life' and not 'death' situation, because I couldn't bear it if they killed off Sara :-(
 
I'm also looking forward to the season ender. Although I'm not happy about waiting a whole summer to find out the fate of the person in danger. I too hope it's not Sara, I love the character and it wouldn't be the same without her.
 
Read this on another CSI site from TV Guide.com:

Apr 18 2005 - The latest TV Guide (April 24-30) dropped this bombshell: In this finale directed by Quentin Tarantino, the split-shift teams could finally get back together, says Executive Producer Carol Mendelsohn, but the reuion will "be short-lived for one member. CSI loses one of its own and must come face-to-face with a criminal mastermind."
 
That'll be an interesting episode. It sounds kinda depressing though. At least the team will be together.
 
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