CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) Ending Happy (2007) User Reviews

The Best Episode Ever- "Ending Happy"

[rshotel · 10/10 · 2 May 2007]

This episode has EVERYTHING! From Milton, the retiree who quotes Longfellow, to a romantic comment between Grissom and Sarah. Who dunnit? Everyone! Cause of death? Everything! A great guest cast, headed by James Whitmore, does an outstanding job in a super setting. A whorehouse in the desert, populated with old coots, beautiful ladies, an inept local constable, and strung out Happy hisself- one of those characters "who needed killing." If Emmy awards aren't given to the writers, cast, special effects artists- it will really be a CRIME.

I really, really need some comic relief, and this episode just made me grin from ear to ear. Thank you, CSI producers- this was the best of the best.

Ahhh....James Whitmore

[smcrabtr · 10/10 · 27 April 2007]

I've already watched this episode twice, and love it. It's great to see the creators still know how to have some fun with these characters...especially the interplay between Brass and Doc Robbins. My favorite, by far, has to be casting James Whitmore (see also The Shawshank Redemption, Them!, several episodes of The Twilight Zone, and the narration of Ken Burns' Lewis & Clark documentary, among many other credits) as the old man no-one takes seriously. I know it's not the exact line, but when, after completing the "I Shot an Arrow Into the Air" poem, Sara tells him to "Keep the Faith," I was almost hoping for her to call him Brooks - again see Shawshank.

bad day for a boxer

[nxgn_not_not · 8/10 · 27 April 2007]

This was probably one of the best in a long time. I like the miniature killer, but this was way more fun ... if one can say death can be fun. The Devil from Constantine makes a great Pimp. Don't know who the old Poet or the main Pleasure provider were but they did great. The voice over in the snake scene was very well done. I was touched personally by just a few moments of screen time, Wish I could remember who the actress was. Had a hard time with the "madam," she did well with what she had, winking & all that, but I just didn't know quite what to make of her. When I see it again I am sure I will get a lot more out of her work, but the first time through it was tough. She was in probably the best scene in the movie, when they were sampling her DNA, the thing with the cigarette, Magnificent.

Over all I gotta say the boxer had a bad day.

Funny :)

[mitja-rek · 10/10 · 27 April 2007]

It is one of the funniest episodes of CSI. Full of funny characters, turnarounds, weapons, and even theme song is humorous . Peter Stormare, from Prison break plays Russian accented brothel owner. The whole episode is about one murder. A murder of ex-boxing champion.

!!!SPOILER BELOW!!!

Many people tried to kill him, with different things: crowbar hit to the head, crossbow shot through the neck, fellatio administering shrimps, injection of a snake venom, but at the end it was not possible to determinate who really killed him. There were three people who tried to kill him. Bartender, brothel owner, and "pleasure" worker. Episode locations are Brothel and trailer park outside of city, CSI lab, and interrogation room. 70% of scenes are at brothel, which is unusual, since most CSIs are usually at lab.

Must see!

I knew that girl was familiar!

[sweet_3131 · 9/10 · 11 May 2007]

It amazes me sometimes, how these people can come up with interesting stories and this was one. Don't ask how many ways to leave your lover, ask how many ways to kill em'. LOL And not to leave out, one of my most fav character actors, Peter Stormare.. you can't have a bad show with him in it. To mcgarras... I was going out of my mind the first time she was on screen. I knew I knew her and it took me an hour after the show to figure out who I thought she was. I didn't think of What Women Want, my crazy mind went back farther.... I remembered her as a little girl on Growing Pains! It kills me the things I remember. But, I have to agree, my how she has grown

The # 1 best of all CSI

[jadaudel · 10/10 · 3 July 2016]

This is the number one best CSI ever! It is funny The stars are great very well picked, I watch it over and over it still makes me smile even many years later, It was good to see CSI go this way. Cool story as well James Whitmore: great pick and is missed Luis Antonio Ramos: pulled it off Ashley Johnson: too cute Peter Stormare & Wendy Makkena: thumbs up Vince Vieluf: thumbs up as well The list goes on...... Too bad the show had to come to an end. :( On the up side at least i have it on DVD Another good one is " Rashomama " again has it's funny side as well This is the number one best CSI ever! It is funny The stars are great very well picked, I watch it over and over it still makes me smile even many years later, It was good to see CSI go this way. Cool story as well James Whitmore: great pick and is missed Luis Antonio Ramos: pulled it off Ashley Johnson: too cute Peter Stormare & Wendy Makkena: thumbs up Vince Vieluf: thumbs up as well The list goes on...... Too bad the show had to come to an end. :( On the up side at least i have it on DVD Another good one is " Rashomama " again has it's funny side as well

One Of The Most Entertaining CSI Episodes Ever

[ccthemovieman-1 · 10/10 · 31 December 2008]

This is one of the craziest and most entertaining episodes ever on CSI.

Sometimes the Las Vegas CSI show is bent more on humor than it is drama and crime-solving. Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn't. It dd here, big-time, in the case of an ex-boxer found dead in a pool at a brothel somewhere outside Las Vegas. Man, this guy was hard to kill! How he's killed turns out to be an outrageous series of events. I'll say one thing for the victim: he was one tough dude!

Meanwhile, every time "Lt. Brass" thinks he's solved the case, "Doc Robbins" has bad news for him. "Doc" keeps finding out new ways the boxer became a corpse. The autopsy keeps changing and it gets very comical. Robert David Hall ("Doc") is always good as the medical examiner. I don't know how much "fame" he gets from this role, but it's not enough. He's really fascinating, every time he's on screen.

Another guy is just tremendous in this particular show (and all of them are, for that matter) is Paul Guilfoyle as the above-mentioned "Brass." I'm telling you, Guilfoyle and Hall proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are great comedic actors, not just actors in general. These guys had me laughing out loud several times each during this episode.

As for the guest stars, Peter Stormare, who has slowly blossomed into a film star after his role in "Fargo," is entertaining, as always. In this story, he's "Binky Babinkian." Wendy Makkena is equally entertaining as Binky's wife "Doris." It's hard to imagine she was once "Sister Mary Robert" in "Sister Act." She was cute then, and she's still a very pretty woman.....and a good actress. She and Stormare are hilarious in this episode.

All the characters over-the-top and fun to watch. You can add Vince Lieluf as "Connor Foster," the goofy bartender, to that group. It also was great to see James Whitmore again. He plays "Milton." I can't believe the 87-year-old still is acting. Good for him. There is a wonderful scene with he and Jorja Fox ("Sara Sidle") reciting Longfellow. I see by his resume here that he hadn't acted for four years until this little part, and hasn't acted since.

It was a pleasure to see him on screen again.

Still laughing

[limetalhead · 10/10 · 25 March 2009]

By far the funniest and my most favorite episode. How often do you see a plot where a has-been boxer dies at a brothel. Doc Robbins calling every time to tell Brass and Grissom the person they thought was the killer wasn't it was the best. I hate Brass and seeing him get screwed over and over was great. The dealings with the employees of the brothel is what made it too funny. I won't go into details but I'll mention the major players. First is Binky and Doris, owners of the brothel called the Sugar Cane Ranch. Second is the escort Dreama Little, played by a shockingly grown up and amazingly hot Ashley Johnson, who was little brat on Growing Pains that looked like 'Annie'. Third is the bartender Connor Foster, previously seen in that role in the episode 'Homebodies'.

Beyond that, the best part had to be all of the fine ladies wearing very little, especially the uber-delicious Marnette Patterson. FYI: She's Aimee, AKA the one who says the line "I popped his man-cherry".

Csi ooooh

[jd30152 · 10/10 · 17 May 2020]

I've been watching a CSI marathon on Hulu. This is our favorite episode of the whole series.

She's grown up

[mcgarras · 7/10 · 27 April 2007]

(No real spoiler but hints at the direction of the episode.)

I have to agree with the statements that that this was one of the best episodes this season. The constant redirection, the outrageous things done to the boxer, not to mention the whole "boxer trains at a brothel" idea are some of the most creative of the season.

I really like the continuity of this season. Events and plot lines from previous episodes affect the characters as the season progresses. But every once in a while, you just have to have fun and break away from the formula. It allows both the writers and the actors some freedom from having to continue to answer questions from previous episodes, while still allowing consistent character development.

But, to my summary. I wondered where I had seen the actress playing one of the "pleasure providers." I realized she was the daughter in "What Women Want." She has really grown up.

EDIT: I just realized where I had seen Doris Babinkian (the "madam"): Sister Mary Robert from the Sister Act movies. Talk about growing up.....

Five Rounds

[claudio_carvalho · 7/10 · 19 February 2023]

The washed-up boxer Lorenzo "Happy" Morales is found dead, drowned in the swimming pool of a brothel where he lives. The CSI team investigates the case and soon they learn that the hookers did not like him, only Doris, who lives with the owner George 'Binky' Babinkian. He tells Capt. Brass that he was training Happy in the academy he built in the brothel. They follow several evidences together with the coroner Dr. Robbins and they learn the following: Happy was poisoned by snake venom but did not die; Donna has given a low-job to him after eating shell fish, giving anaphylactic shock to his organism. When Connor shot him with a crossbow, he saved his life with a laryngoscopy; then he is hit by a crowbar by Dreama. In the end, he dies drowned.

"Ending Happy" is a funny episode of "CSI" with a very dark humor. As far as Dr. Robbins find new evidences, Dr. Robbins helps to find new suspect. In the end, no suspect is guilt for the murder of the responsible Lorenzo "Happy" Morales. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Ending Happy"