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Download Promo For Tonight's 'CSI' Episode

By Caillan
February 26, 2004 - 11:10 AM

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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