Rashomama
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| “Rashomama” | |
|---|---|
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 21 |
| Guest stars | Veronica Cartwright (Diane Chase) |
| Written by | Sarah Goldfinger |
| Directed by | Kenneth Fink |
| Original airdate | 4/27/2006 |
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"Rashomama" is an episode of the American television CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It is the 21st episode of the 6th season.
[edit] Summary
Nick, Greg, and Sara leave a car full of evidence in the parking lot of a diner, where it is stolen while they eat. With almost no physical evidence remaining, the CSIs attempt to crack the case using memory and deduction while waiting for the Internal Affairs Bureau to take their statements. Each investigator's recollection is colored by their own unique viewpoints.
[edit] Trivia
- The title of this episode is a reference to Rashomon, the film by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. A key element of the film is the difficulty of determining exactly what happened from conflicting eye-witness accounts. This is mimicked in this episode by four of the CSI's recounting the events at the scene from their own perspective, each of which differs in its interpretation of the events.
- "Rashomama" is also the title of episode 18 of the American sitcom Mama's Family which also follows the Rashomon formula of multiple eyewitnesses to the same event with conflicting stories that must be reconciled.
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