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[staveDarsky]

When a woman is found dead and her hair is done up ‘70s style complete with vintage clothes, the CSI team discovers clues that point to a killer with a hair fetish.

[KSCeres]

I really felt sorry for DB when he called Catherine and and told her "I lost one today". But I'm glad he's not being stoical about it and talked to someone who would understand.

[Arnold Robinson]

That was a good scene. I never really expected this from Ted Danson, but he really sold the emotional distress at both the murder scene and in the last scene. He's come a long way from Cheers.
I also have to admit that, probably because of all the cheap bait and switch moves on CSI:SOJ, I expected that the woman that DB connected with would be involved in the crime. It just seemed odd that she'd be the only one in the entire room that was looking at him.
The one thing that really confused me about the whole deal was why did Dr. Sleezeball only attack brunettes? Wouldn't whacking the blondes be that much less complicated?

[GoMocs]

Really, what are the odds that her wig maker would have both old women's dresses and morphine in his store?

[iscoffy]

The one thing that really confused me about the whole deal was why did Dr. Sleezeball only attack brunettes? Wouldn't whacking the blondes be that much less complicated?

I really didn't get this, either. Was his mom a brunette naturally and that's why he was fixated on brunettes? And why would he start with snipping their hair? And the reason for the enucleation wasn't really clear to me, either. It all seemed like it was a misdirect so we would think it was creepy wig guy and be surprised by the actual killer, but it was like they ran out of time a lot of stuff didn't really get explained.

Also, unless the creepy wig guy was wanting to give Sarah's hair a makeover, I don't get why he'd be so fascinated with it.

Edited by iscoffy, Feb 9, 2012 @ 1:43 PM.

[peeayebee]

And the reason for the enucleation wasn't really clear to me, either.

Hey, I learned a new word today!

When we first see the doctor, I thought he was the killer. Then he left the file for Sara and Morgan, so I thought I was wrong. Then I was sure it was the son, who was on the weird side and reminded me of Dexter. As soon as the wig maker (Roger Bart!) was shown to be the obvious killer, I knew it couldn't be him.

The first victim whose eyes were removed: Shouldn't her eyelids have been sunken down?

Until reading complaints here, I didn't even think about why he only chose brunettes. Maybe he just felt compelled to completely transform his victims, so he couldn't start with blondes. As for the eye removal/blindness, maybe he just didn't want them to watch him. But didn't he remove the first victim's eyes post-mortem?

[scarletine]

The wig-maker guy freaked me right the hell out. But it was far too early in the episode for him to have been the killer. Then I was so sure it was the son, with all the stink-eye he was giving Greg.

I admit I was totally surprised at it being the doctor. I thought this was a good case, but I agree it felt rushed. It could have been a very compelling two-parter.

[linderhill]

Also, unless the creepy wig guy was wanting to give Sarah's hair a makeover, I don't get why he'd be so fascinated with it.

I was wondering if he was seeing ghosts of the flatiron years in her hair. Lord knows her hair looked awful back then.

[Kel Varnsen]

I thought it was a pretty good and creepy episode. Although I am tired of serial killers in Las Vegas. I thought it was hilarious though with the sheriff talking about how this killer was going to scare off the tourists. The only thing I could think of was that if the 10 or so other serial killers that have been working in Vegas in the last 12 years haven't scared the tourists away (including that Squeegl guy who is still out there) then I doubt this one is going to.

[John Potts]

Kel Varnsen I thought it was hilarious though with the sheriff talking about how this killer was going to scare off the tourists.

To say nothing of going "I know that it's my job to catch criminals and you're just glorified techs, but I expect you to do my job for me and I'll do nothing to help!" Ecklie may be a jerk but at least he did occassionally help (when it didn't inconveniece him).

Besides, it was a bit off to have a serial killer story in a self contained episode. I know that episodes are written by different writers, but couldn't we get the occassional mention of reports of a "Hair Thief" that the police ignore (or at least, say "Yeah, we'll get to that when we've cleared up all the murders!"). It would make the escalation more believeable (well, for certain values of "believeable").