This is one of the funniest CSI episodes ever, in my opinion. That '70s mood almost reminded me about Naked Gun 33,1/3, when Leslie Nielsen "reminds" about '70s and we can see the cast in '70s boots and '70s pants and so on. Apart from that, this episode makes us understand how "familiar" CSI has become with the audience... They know people who watch CSI have become so close to the show that they don't need explanations about who everyone is, which is his/her story, why everyone acts in a way or another. There is no time "wasted" in recaps or whatever: simply 100% of one of the greatest show on TV. I also like this "mature" Greg Sanders. He has become really skilled and really serious, even if we know he is always a funny guy. Last, but not least, Daltrey's acting was really great, in all his "faces", not to mention the song-singing start of the episode! As I titled: I really wish I could hear him singing "Who are you?" or "Won't get fooled again" or even "Baba O'Riley". Do these titles ring any bell?
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Are you not entertained?
steveluck6 March 2022
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Too many poor reviews. I worked out it was Roger Daltry in heavy prosthetic make up singing in just a few seconds after that it's just a great fun ride watching him have fun with the part and the other actors. I don't suppose he ever realised how popular the show would be. I'm surprised it took so long to get him on the show. The young Katherine was a great bit of casting too.
I'll Be Back
Hitchcoc13 February 2021
Every once in a while we have an episode that pays tribute to the history of Las Vegas. While this may use mythical characters, there is a brotherhood that once existed and the creation of "gods." Here, several leftovers from the past begin to believe in ghosts from the seventies. Maybe rightfully, because they start dying violently. Very clever episode and believable once you accept the reality of the playing field.
One of my Favorite Episodes of CSI!
danettesawin24 April 2020
They hit it out of the park with this one. Roger was a fantastic guest star and made me a fan of his. The plot was great, the acting was great and the music was a bonus. All from the guy who sings on every single opening of CSI!!
An instant classic
Elmikee2525 December 2006
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This is by far, one of the best CSI episodes, along with the "Tarantino Episode" and the "Paul Milander" serial. I don't know; There's just something about this episode that makes you feel like you're in a movie theater watching those old gangster crime dramas, where you just can't help feel sorry for the "bad guy", but you feel even more satisfied not just for the fact that they caught him; but how they did it. And the soundtrack was excellent.
Another thing i liked from this episode was the fact that we get to see a teenage Catherine Willows, and her brief involvement with Micky Dunn, with those '70s clothes. Ican't help but repeating the word "EXCELLENT"
Another thing i liked from this episode was the fact that we get to see a teenage Catherine Willows, and her brief involvement with Micky Dunn, with those '70s clothes. Ican't help but repeating the word "EXCELLENT"
Quite a mickey!
rebeccarbutler31 May 2007
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Well, orbthesela, once you've watched fifteen or twenty years of U. S. "crime" shows, or even read forty of fifty British "crime" novels, you'll come to recognize the humor lurking in so many genre stories. You were brilliant to see through the rubber face of the Sinatra Karaoke singer. The writers know their audience is a savvy one. They wanted us to know who the killer is, but notice, there was a nice "twist" at the end. So we had the pleasure of being "in the know" for awhile as well as the pleasure of being surprised at the end.
Wasn't Roger Daltrey terrific? The Pinball Wizard! Of course, orbthesela, CSI's theme song, "Who Are You?" is an obvious link for you. Personally, I enjoyed seeing Katherine Willows as a sixteen-year-old and then as a forty-something discovering that the father she loves-hates actually protected her younger self from that sociopathic Mickey Dunn.
~Moliere
Wasn't Roger Daltrey terrific? The Pinball Wizard! Of course, orbthesela, CSI's theme song, "Who Are You?" is an obvious link for you. Personally, I enjoyed seeing Katherine Willows as a sixteen-year-old and then as a forty-something discovering that the father she loves-hates actually protected her younger self from that sociopathic Mickey Dunn.
~Moliere
One of the Best Episodes
claudio_carvalho12 February 2023
When a Mexican fisherman shows the hood ornament that he recovered from a car in a lake, Catherine and Warrick arrive to the scene since the car seems to belong to the notorious mob boss Mickey Dunn. Mickey ruled in the 70's in Las Vegas and is missing with his gold Cadillac with a gun ornament in the hood and license plate "CHAINSAW" since her killed a low-level mobster that finally would send him to jail. Meanwhile, in a karaoke bar, a man singing Sinatra's song "That's Life" is invited by a man in a wheelchair to drink beers. The singer Michael Myers introduces himself to Ken Billings. When the bar closes, Michael offers to push Ken's wheelchair in front of a limousine and Ken dies. Grissom notes that the wheelchair brakes were loosened in both sides and Ken has an old picture of four men and Mickey in front of his Cadillac. While the CSI team investigate the evidences of Mickey's car and the murder of Ken, an old woman in a low-budget hotel asks for help with her luggage to a man that has just left a hooker. When the man enters the room, she closes the door and strangles him to death. Sara and Sofia investigate the crime seen and learn that the name of the woman is Pamela Voorhees. When David Phillips arrives, he finds the same photo of Mickey and the four men in the mouse of the victim and they suspect there is a hit list.
"Living Legend" is one of the best episodes of "CSI", with a story with many twists. Catherine Willows has the chance to learn a little bit more about her father Sam Braun. Mickey Dunn is Machiavellian, and the names of the killers are very funny. The conclusion is perfect, with Catherine disclosing to the killer that he will spend the rest of his life imprisoned. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Living Legend"
"Living Legend" is one of the best episodes of "CSI", with a story with many twists. Catherine Willows has the chance to learn a little bit more about her father Sam Braun. Mickey Dunn is Machiavellian, and the names of the killers are very funny. The conclusion is perfect, with Catherine disclosing to the killer that he will spend the rest of his life imprisoned. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Living Legend"
I Couldn't Believe Our Forensic Experts Were Fooled For So Long
ccthemovieman-116 December 2008
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After 30 years, "Mickey Dunn" comes back and kills the people who supposedly killed him. Mickey was a big man in Vegas, and disappeared like Jimmy Hoffa. That same day, a law enforcement officer disappeared.
Now - much to the surprised of CSI workers, who seem clueless in this case, he's b-a-a-a-a-c-k! Mickey is not a sympathetic character, however, as we find out.
What really surprised me was that Mickey, a disguise-expert now fools his new CSI for awhile (but not us, the viewers, who saw the first two killers were the same guy. It was very obvious and almost insulting that the usually-intelligent forensic workers couldn't see it.)
Anyway, it was interesting to see rock 'n roll veteran Roger Daltrey of "The Who" play Mickey Dunn. Daltrey is a pretty good actor. Also in here was Barbara Bain, of TV's "Mission Impossible" fame. Nice to see her still acting in her mid '70s. She has a minor scene in here as "Mrs. Iris Paul."
Now - much to the surprised of CSI workers, who seem clueless in this case, he's b-a-a-a-a-c-k! Mickey is not a sympathetic character, however, as we find out.
What really surprised me was that Mickey, a disguise-expert now fools his new CSI for awhile (but not us, the viewers, who saw the first two killers were the same guy. It was very obvious and almost insulting that the usually-intelligent forensic workers couldn't see it.)
Anyway, it was interesting to see rock 'n roll veteran Roger Daltrey of "The Who" play Mickey Dunn. Daltrey is a pretty good actor. Also in here was Barbara Bain, of TV's "Mission Impossible" fame. Nice to see her still acting in her mid '70s. She has a minor scene in here as "Mrs. Iris Paul."
Art imitating art. Badly.
Anonymous_Maxine17 October 2008
Yes, there is no denying it. This episode is enormously disappointing. I don't mean to offend anyone, but I'm genuinely surprised to see such glowing reviews of this episode. I happen to be one of the few people who have seen every single episode of CSI up to this point, and when I saw this one just a few minutes ago I was so struck by how bad it is that I almost couldn't believe what I was seeing.
It's not that the episode is bad entertainment, it's just that by this point, after six and a half years of watching the show and getting to know the characters so well, it's so strange to see them stumbling around clueless in what has to be their most obvious case ever.
While you can't predict the exact ending from the first scene, the fact that all of the CSIs were looking at these pictures of "different" killers in cheap, dime-store Halloween make-up and never guessing that it might be the same person was ridiculous in the extreme. The leaps of logic that we've seen them all make in the past make no sense when they fail to see something so blatantly obvious right under their noses.
And what about the names from horror movies? They keep getting names of witnesses like Mike Meyers and F. Krueger and Pamela Voorhees. I don't know why this was thrown into the show. No one gets it until they get F. Krueger, then the CSIs sit around wondering about that last one until one of them mentions that Pamela was the killer in the original Friday. He even remembered that it was the question Drew Barrymore got wrong in Scream. Wow, great puzzle. It took them entire SECONDS to figure it out!
I've noticed that season 7 took a huge leap for the better as far as interesting and unique episodes, but make no mistake, this is not one of them...
It's not that the episode is bad entertainment, it's just that by this point, after six and a half years of watching the show and getting to know the characters so well, it's so strange to see them stumbling around clueless in what has to be their most obvious case ever.
While you can't predict the exact ending from the first scene, the fact that all of the CSIs were looking at these pictures of "different" killers in cheap, dime-store Halloween make-up and never guessing that it might be the same person was ridiculous in the extreme. The leaps of logic that we've seen them all make in the past make no sense when they fail to see something so blatantly obvious right under their noses.
And what about the names from horror movies? They keep getting names of witnesses like Mike Meyers and F. Krueger and Pamela Voorhees. I don't know why this was thrown into the show. No one gets it until they get F. Krueger, then the CSIs sit around wondering about that last one until one of them mentions that Pamela was the killer in the original Friday. He even remembered that it was the question Drew Barrymore got wrong in Scream. Wow, great puzzle. It took them entire SECONDS to figure it out!
I've noticed that season 7 took a huge leap for the better as far as interesting and unique episodes, but make no mistake, this is not one of them...
Such a let down
Bifrostedflake4 February 2007
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***Contains spoilers*** It would have been such a good episode if I hadn't figured it out in the first five minutes of the program starting.
Aside from the fact that the prosthetics were blatantly obvious and anyone worth their salt should have spotted them as being such when seeing them, the killer used the interesting tack of using serial killers names, Michael Myers could have been passed off as coincidence, but Pamela Voorhees? Has no one in the CSI department of Las Vegas seen any horror movies? Let alone the fact that it was only realised by them about 35 minutes in when the name 'F.Krueger' was thrown into the mix.
I found myself utterly frustrated by this episode, almost shouting at the screen at the blatant stupidity of the characters.
Aside from the fact that the prosthetics were blatantly obvious and anyone worth their salt should have spotted them as being such when seeing them, the killer used the interesting tack of using serial killers names, Michael Myers could have been passed off as coincidence, but Pamela Voorhees? Has no one in the CSI department of Las Vegas seen any horror movies? Let alone the fact that it was only realised by them about 35 minutes in when the name 'F.Krueger' was thrown into the mix.
I found myself utterly frustrated by this episode, almost shouting at the screen at the blatant stupidity of the characters.
Bad makeup makes this episode so obvious
idaafk3 October 2021
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I love CSI, but bad makeup of this level is unforgivable. When csi agents are supposed to fall for it. It is so obvious that it is a mask. I lost some respect for the series because they could allow this to air. You know during the first five minutes what's up and WHO's the murderer.
Revenge!
bob-lambert27 May 2012
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As has already been said, the fact that the CSI team didn't spot the prosthetics on the first photo was bad enough, but when they couldn't see that the first two killers were the same person in prosthetics the whole episode lost all credibility. Add the third and fourth photos and it degenerates to laughable. There's a difference between the willing suspension of disbelief that pervades all of the CSI franchise (like the way that zooming in can reveal more details regardless of the resolution and contrast of the original picture), and straightforward stupidity for the purpose of the plot.....
But, there is a redeeming feature to this episode if you are British - Roger Daltrey's awful American accent! It's never better than poor for much of the show, but the low point is the hospital scene where it's almost non-existent. After 42 years we finally have revenge for Dick Van Dyke's Cockney accent in "Mary Poppins"!
But, there is a redeeming feature to this episode if you are British - Roger Daltrey's awful American accent! It's never better than poor for much of the show, but the low point is the hospital scene where it's almost non-existent. After 42 years we finally have revenge for Dick Van Dyke's Cockney accent in "Mary Poppins"!
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