See Also: 'Getting Off' Episode Guide

CBS recently released the promo for tonight's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation outing.

Entitled "Getting Off", the episode revolves around the death of Doodles the clown. In a sub-plot, "Grissom learns some surprising news about Dr. Robbins."

The 30-second trailer is available for download online from the official CBS web site. For those of you with slower connections, here's a transcript:

CBS THURSDAY

[Establishing shot of a carpark at night.]

[Text: 'Thursday']

[The CSIs approach, putting down their kits.]

JUST WHEN CSI THOUGHT THEY'D SEEN IT ALL

[A man, Donny Zanks (known as "Doodles"), lies dead on the tarmac.]

[Sara bends down over his body.]

Sara: "This is new."

[Catherine inspects the body with Dr. Robbins.]

[Close-up of Donny's face: a computer graphic highlights one of his cheeks.]

Catherine: "It looks like he's got blush all over his cheeks."

THEY'LL FACE THE UNEXPECTED

[Catherine shines the UV light over the Donny's dead body.]

[She looks up.]

Catherine: "Kind of looks like a clown."

[Grissom sits behind his desk.]

Grissom: "That makes sense."

[Brass is surprised.]

Brass: "It does?"

SOLVING THIS CRIME

[Sara opens up a pair of double doors.]

[A computer screen shows a picture of Donny in clown make-up.]

[Catherine and Sara visit Bobby, the clown agent.]

[A clown practices his art.]

[Bobby stands behind his desks.]

Bobby: "Strippers are down the hall girl, this is clowns."

[Catherine shows him her badge.]

Catherine: "No kidding."

IS NO LAUGHING MATTER

[A door opens, revealing Grissom and Brass on the other side.]

[Greg stands in the lab, ready for action.]

[Sara and Catherine talk to a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Stern, in their home.]

Mr. Stern: "We hired a clown; what we got was a smackdown."

[Several hazy images of Doodles float across the screen.]

[Another clown in grey make-up offers his opinion.]

Clown: "The creep was a parasite."

[Text: 'TV's Most-Watched Drama']

[Bobby sits behind his desk, looking at a photo of the victim.]

Bobby: "That's Doodles."

A CASE BECOMES A CIRCUS

[Doodles walks across a room and picks up a telephone.]

[An image of Doodles looking pained? laughing.]

[Close-up of Grissom.]

Catherine: (off-screen) "So that leaves us with what?"

[Sara looks despondent.]

Sara: "Nothing."

A GREAT NEW CSI, CBS THURSDAY

[Text: 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - New Episode - Thursday 9/8C']

To download the trailer in streaming Real Media format, head over to the CBS web site.

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