Episode 109
Unfriendly Skies

Friday, 08 December 2000

Episode Synopsis
Grissom and his team investigate the death of a first class passenger on a flight to Las Vegas. The investigators are forced not only to examine the physical evidence, but also to interview all of the first class passengers to get their personal accounts of the incident.
Staff
Written by:
Anthony E. Zuiker, Andrew Lipsitz, Carol Medelsohn
Directed By:
Michael Shapiro
Ranking
Ratings Position: 1
Average Score: 8.42 /10
Number of Votes: 60
Starring
David Berman as David Phillips
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
William Petersen as Gil Grissom
Glenn Morshower as Sheriff Brian Mobley
Judith Scott as Dr. Jenna Williams
Guest Starring
Bruce McGill as Jimmy Tadero
Channing Carson as Emily Berhle
Christina Chambers as Vicki Mercer
Christine Tucci as Dr. Kiera Behrle
David Kaufman as Nate Metz
Deirdre Quinn as Shannon
Douglas Roberts as Tony Candlewell
Dyana Ortelli as Marlene Valdez
Edmund Wyson as Co-Captain Michael Arrington
Gerald Castillo as Max Valdez
James Avery as Preston Cash
Joe Michael Burke as Carl Kelly
Kevin Cooney as Captain Murdle
Lorry Goldman as Lou Everett
Russ Cootey as Police Officer
Comments
custa19 26 April 2003  Vote: 1/10
Really Quite Dull
lumpster429 12 May 2003  Vote: 10/10
great story line. the ending was good. Surprising.
supercybergeek 29 March 2004  Vote: 10/10
awesome from start to finish, great ending with a touch of sociology
marghelgenberger 18 April 2004  Vote: 10/10
What is there to say... It is GREAT!!!!
ducky81 28 May 2004  Vote: 9/10
Loved the bathroom scene..... looking for Protein!!! hee hee hee = ) gotta buy one of those luminous glow thing one of these days
cory6 01 June 2004  Vote: 10/10
This ep showed that CSI is more than cheap plots and gross effects. This is a wonderful, psychological episode with a great storyline and suberb acting! Loved Cath as the "people person." :)
gregsarafan 02 August 2004  Vote: 8/10
quote: awesome from start to finish, great ending with a touch of sociology ---------------------------------- nicely said! i loved the ending!
CSI830 12 August 2004  Vote: 9/10
The "Cite your source" conversation.....it´s a classic!
jp_400 12 September 2004  Vote: 10/10
best epiosde along with The Finger and I-15 murders
rantaknu 12 August 2004  Vote: 10/10
Best episode right after The Finger.
misgiven_thoughts 01 November 2004  Vote: 10/10
This was a fantastic episode, the ending was well constructed, and everyone can learn a lesson from grissoms "cite your source" chat. A great storyline and a surprising ending. Worth the 10 out of 10!
greg_is_hot 18 November 2004  Vote: 10/10
LOL sara told grissom about having sex in a plane bathroom, i loved that conversation
greg_rocks015 08 January 2005  Vote: 10/10
so loved the talk about sex on a plane btween Sara and Warrick
iluvnick 31 October 2004  Vote: 10/10
2nd 10 I ever rated. Awesome. Specially love it when they reconstructed the crime scene! Love 'Max' and 'Marlene' s sarcartic remarks.
hudd 31 January 2005  Vote: 10/10
Whoa! This was different. No twisted plot, no unexpected ending, went right to the awful truth, strike!
CsiFanatic012 04 December 2004  Vote: 9/10
It was a really good episode!. I don't understand why the flight attendant didn't help the dude... Oh well
showhat 18 March 2005  Vote: 9/10
it was awesome...and it was funny when Nick and Warrick had to pretend to be husband and wife lol and cath the people person?haha that was funny to
Sien 19 January 2005  Vote: 9/10
I thought the end was supreme. I love when Nick and Warrick fight like kids. its so funny.
lfowler 26 January 2005  Vote: 10/10
Great interaction between characters as always when the entire team get together. Fantastic.
CsI 03 April 2005  Vote: 8/10
That was a good episode they all should of been arrested. the stupid shreiff hes on the top of my hate list along with conrad
CSIK 03 April 2005  Vote: 8/10
Interesting twist...death on a plane. I didn't like the ending though, and how everyone got off scott free.
CSIfan 18 March 2005  Vote: 10/10
this episode was great and funny when nick said to warrick Cya buttercup haha.it took 5 people to kill him but it would have taken 1 to save his life...that was sad
emd4v15 03 May 2005  Vote: 10/10
There were some classic moments in this episode. Love the way Cath handles the interviews and evidence collection from the witnesses. Sara and Grissom's conversation is fantastic, too. Interesting conversation at the end about who thinks they could commit
CathWillows81 07 May 2005  Vote: 7/10
Like Cath's role in the case. Nothing exceptional about the episode as a whole though. The ending was stinky.
CSI-Ballistics 12 May 2005  Vote: 7/10
Good episode in formula but I wasn't too thrilled about the ending. Best momment is when Nick makes some sarcastic remark about one of the passengers who says he didn't see anything, and it turns out he's blind... woops.
emydragon 19 November 2005  Vote: 9/10
Get's a nine jsut for what Grissom said at the end...It took 5 people to take his life but it would have only taken 1 to save it. Very sad and touching, I liked how everyone's opinions were different about it, and the fact they all got away.
Aethery 20 November 2005  Vote: 10/10
Certainly deep at the end.. hmm.
CSIchik 02 January 2006  Vote: 8/10
wat can one say...mile high club? so suprising sara...
ArekExcelsior 06 March 2006  Vote: 10/10
This episode is among the most moving of CSI episodes I've ever seen. I'm not surprised that they let the five passengers off at the end: that would be a hard case to win. But Grissom gives as poignant a justification for the CSI as one can find: the idea
sara_fan 15 March 2006  Vote: 10/10
My favourite ep ever ! The "cite your source" moment made me become a sara fan. I was so surprised by that, sara didn't seem to be THAT cool before, and the end is really moving. I still hear the music final. Long life to CSI !
csi_roxsmyworld 10 January 2007  Vote: 9/10
sara n griss's talks always crack me up-they were made for eachother-but i still think sara n greg should go out--hes sooo sexay! me makes me laugh!--over all, i liked this one
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