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Tarantino’s 'Grave Danger' Episode Tops CSI Ratings
10/8/2025
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Story summary
- Quentin Tarantino directed the 'Grave Danger' episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CSI); Eads recalls emotional moments during filming.
- Tarantino told Eads to imagine his mother watching him die during the buried-alive scene.
- Tarantino also said the buried-alive concept came from the 1972 film The Longest Night.
- The episode ranks among CSI's highest-rated.
- CSI creator Anthony Zuiker praised it as quintessential.
