Here's hoping Sqweegel will become this season's multi-episode "Big Bad" in the tradition of the Blue Paint and Miniature killers. The episode was, in my view, outstanding. The black latex-clad Sqweegel slithers creepily through his victims' cars and houses and (I shudder) sleeps under their beds. The premise is fairly simple - he attacks people honored by the City of Las Vegas who harbor secrets or skeletons in their closets. He attacks them twice - once cutting them up and telling them to confess and repent, and a second time two weeks later, this time killing them if they haven't done as ordered. Incredibly forensics-savvy, he leaves no evidence, and the only name CSI's can find is Ian Moone - an anagram for "I am no one." I sincerely hope this is the start of a recurring character for this season, as I LOVED the Miniature Killer storyline.
So why is this not a 10? Well...I rarely give 10's and sadly this episode was not without it's one eye-roll-inducing, poorly-written, poorly-acted, I-almost-got-up-and-got-coffee scene of Langston idiocy. The team is in the evidence room and Langston lapses into theory, drawing stupid diagrams and talking about "truth." Even Nick, Greg, and Catherine give each other dubious looks. Now even the other characters think he's a waste of space and screen time. And again, lose the cane already!
So why is this not a 10? Well...I rarely give 10's and sadly this episode was not without it's one eye-roll-inducing, poorly-written, poorly-acted, I-almost-got-up-and-got-coffee scene of Langston idiocy. The team is in the evidence room and Langston lapses into theory, drawing stupid diagrams and talking about "truth." Even Nick, Greg, and Catherine give each other dubious looks. Now even the other characters think he's a waste of space and screen time. And again, lose the cane already!