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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation :: The Hunger Artist (02x23)

Episode Information

Title:

The Hunger Artist

Episode #:

02x23

Original Airdate:

Thursday May 16th, 2002

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Episode Crew
Director:	Richard J. Lewis (4)
Writer:	Jerry Stahl

Episode Summary

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When a young woman's body is discovered stuffed in a shopping cart under a freeway, the CSIs investigate. They find that the woman's body is disfigured and starting to decompose, and her face is covered with gashes and scars, leading the team to believe that someone shoved her face into a fan. After seeing the rest of the contents of the cart: an expensive handbag, fashion magazines and a leather day planner, it is clear she was not homeless at all. Grissom expresses the belief that not only did someone want her dead, but "they wanted her ugly."

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Catherine MacNeal (1)	played	Grissom's Doctor	Recurring (first appearance)
•Mark Sheppard	played	Rod Darling	Recurring (first appearance)
•Bill Sage (1)	played	Frank McBride
•Bonnie Burroughs	played	Dusty
•Erin Guzowski (1)	played	Lola
•Jimmie F. Skaggs	played	Tookie
•Keith Allan (1)	played	Fashion Photographer
•Nicole Randall Johnson	played	Nurse
•Susan Misner	played	Cassie James
•Tricia Helfer	played	Ashleigh James

Main Cast

•Marg Helgenberger	played	Catherine Willows
•George Eads	played	Nick Stokes
•Paul Guilfoyle (1)	played	Captain Jim Brass
•William Petersen	played	Gil Grissom
•Gary Dourdan	played	Warrick Brown
•Jorja Fox	played	Sara Sidle

Featured Songs

Artist	Song Title	Played When
•Natasha Bedingfield	Wild Horses
•Nine Inch Nails	Gave Up
•Stellar Kart	Me and Jesus
•Stellar Kart	Smiling Faces

Cultural References

Episode Title: The Hunger Artist

The title of the episode is from a short story by Franz Kafka also entitled The Hunger Artist. In addition, the plot of the episode is very similar to that of the short story.