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The Artist Is Present: Directed by Gina Lamar. With Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria, Mandeep Dhillon, Ariana Guerra. The CSI team investigates when a nervous system is found hanging above a local car dealership.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Gina Lamar
- 2024-05-05
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The Artist is Present is the eighth episode in Season Three of CSI: Vegas.
The CSI team investigates when a nervous system is found hanging above a local car dealership. Also, Chavez and Max search for a missing source in their ongoing investigation of the robotics factory.
Victim: Jesse Moore (deceased)
On the case: Allie Rajan, Beau Finado, Catherine Willows, Chris Park, Joshua Folsom, Maxine Roby, Det. Serena Chavez, Det. Carson
In a brief flashback to five weeks ago, an unseen victim lies on a table while another unseen figure studies a book about the human nervous system. The perpetrator then grabs a scalpel and prepares to make their move.
In the present day, Darya Shahin drives to the car dealership she owns and prepares to open for the day's business. Before she can do so, she's horrified to find something hanging above the door—a nervous system, painted white, complete with a brain and eyeballs. A test comes back positive for hemoglobin, confirming that someone ripped a nervous system out of a body, coated it in plastic, and painted it. The question now is: where's the rest of the body?
Darya tells Allie and Det. Carson that the dealership's security cameras had been cut by someone the week before. She believes that someone attempted to rob the place but got spooked off before they could go through with it. Since the killer would know that the cameras were inoperable, the thought is that this was an inside job perpetrated by one of the employees. Upon gazing at "Branch Man," Chris theorizes that the killer is an artist creating something new for shock value. While preparing the figure for transport, Folsom spots green paint on one of the pieces of twine being used to hold everything together.
In autopsy, Dr. Hudson marvels at the completely intact plastinated nervous system, explaining to Max that silicone replaced all of the water and fat to preserve the specimen just as it was. To Max's surprise, he explains that anyone can go online and find how plastinated specimens are typically created for medical schools and museums; the process itself also isn't overly difficult if one knows what they're doing. While tracing the silicone used might be difficult, Max notes that they can take vitreous fluid from the eye to make a positive identification of their victim. With the nervous system on the slab, Dr. Hudson spots an impression on the cranial nerve that indicates the victim had Bell's palsy on their right side. Max, meanwhile, focuses on an oily smudge on the brain that could be a fingerprint belonging to the killer.
Main Cast
•Paula Newsome as Maxine Roby •Matt Lauria as Joshua Folsom •Mandeep Dhillon as Allie Rajan •Ariana Guerra as Det. Serena Chavez •Jay Lee as Chris Park •Lex Medlin as Beau Finado •Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows
Guest Cast
•Derek Webster as Dr. Milton Hudson •Abraham Lim as Eric Chang •Gabe Fonseca as Frank Pappas •Dahlia Salem as Dr. Lydia Amato •Natasha Hall as Valerie Hammond •Sean Alexander James as Detective Carson •Craig Gellis as Kenneth Miller •Zabeth Russell as Darya Shahin •Wyni Landry as Sacha Thorpe •Travis Richey as Jesse Moore
•Against the Blade by The Horrors
•Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves
•Chris brings up his "ChrisSolves" social media account. The account, which he created to give viewers a "slice of the CSI life," was heavily featured in the Season Two episode Eyeballs.
•Chris reveals why he wears a key around his neck at all times as a reminder: "There's a key for every lock, every problem has a solution, and I can be that solution."
The CSI team investigates when a plastinated nervous system is found hanging above a local car dealership. Also, Chavez and Max search for a missing source in their ongoing investigation of the robotics factory.
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Apr 28, 2024 · “The Artist Is Present” – The CSI team investigates when a plastinated nervous system is found hanging above a local car dealership.
Synopsis: The CSI team investigates when a plastinated nervous system is found hanging above a local car dealership; Chavez and Max search for a missing source in their ongoing investigation of the robotics factory.
May 6, 2024 · The following contains major spoilers from CSI: Vegas Season 3, Episode 8, "The Artist is Present," which debuted Sunday, May 5 on CBS. CSI: Vegas falls down its own rabbit hole with "The Artist is Present," which tries to combine art, science and technology into one 42-minute package.
May 5, 2024 · Back to video. CSI: Vegas • Season 3. S3 E8: The Artist Is Present. Sign up for Paramount+ to stream. TRY IT FREE. 42M MAY 05, 2024 TV-14. S3 E8: The CSI team investigates when a plastinated nervous system is found hanging above a local car dealership.
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