The fifth season of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" saw famed "Pulp Fiction" and "Kill Bill" writer and director Quentin Tarantino helm the two-part season finale, "Grave Danger." The episode sees Nick Stokes undergo a horrendous ordeal when he is taken from a crime scene, buried alive in a coffin, and held for a one-million-dollar ransom. The episode has often been heralded as one of the show's best, with Tarantino even earning a best director Emmy nomination for his work (via Emmys).
Nick Stokes actor George Eads gained a memorable piece of advice while working with the Oscar-winner. Talking with CSI Files in 2012 about working with Elisabeth Harnois and Ted Danson, Stokes explains, "I think every time... I don't want to say it gets better, but it gets more authentic every time I get together with the two of them. One thing I can take from Quentin Tarantino is make it real. It's a collaborative thing on our set; they allow us to add and take away dialogue."
It was Tarantino's genuine love for "CSI" that got the director to helm the two-hour episode in the first place. And it wasn't only Eads who had a kick working with Tarantino, as Walter Gordon actor John Saxon tells Spokesman, "He's so overwhelming enthusiastic. I think it really is one of his great strengths."
