Living Legend (CSI)

"Living Legend"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 9
Directed by	Martha Coolidge
Written by	Carol Mendelsohn & Douglas Petrie
Original air date	November 23, 2006
Guest stars
Roger Daltrey as Mickey Dunn Barbara Bain as Mrs. Iris Paul
Season 7 episodes
2006–2007 Built to Kill, Part 1 Built to Kill, Part 2 Toe Tags Fannysmackin' Double-Cross Burn Out Post Mortem Happenstance Living Legend Loco Motives Leaving Las Vegas Sweet Jane Redrum Meet Market Law of Gravity Monster in the Box Fallen Idols Empty Eyes Big Shots Lab Rats Ending Happy Leapin' Lizards The Good, the Bad, and the Dominatrix Living Doll
Episode chronology
← Previous "Happenstance" Next → "Loco Motives"

"Living Legend" is the ninth episode in the seventh season of the American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, set in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the 150th episode of the show.

Plot

The Cadillac of an infamous mob boss, Mickey Dunn, is found in a lake after he disappeared years ago in August 1976 while fleeing a murder indictment. Shortly afterwards, a string of murders occur in which the killers almost eagerly leave evidence of their appearance for witnesses and the CSIs. Furthermore, an old picture of the victims standing next to Dunn outside the Desert Inn is planted on their bodies. The team must then find out what the connection is between the murders and Dunn. Further investigation reveals that the murderer uses the names of famous horror movie killers (Michael Myers, Pamela Voorhees and Freddy Krueger) as his aliases. A missing lawman's fate and the surprising reason for Dunn coming back to Las Vegas are revealed.

Musical references

• Mickey Dunn is quoted saying "He was a real good looking boy" which is a title of a Who song which Roger Daltrey sings.

• Prominent in this episode is Frank Sinatra's "That's Life". Mickey Dunn's resilience in taking a shot to the chest and getting out of the car, surviving and recovering from it is reminiscent of the song lyrics: "Each time I find myself layin' flat on my face I just pick myself up and get back in the race..."

• Equally, Dunn is shown as a has-been criminal boss, and the song lyrics, mainly in the last part of the episode, play as:

"That's life (that's life), that's what all the people say: You're ridin' high in April, shot down in May...".

Dunn was "ridin' high" in the 70's, was shot down (literally) and couldn't get that past back due to being off the scene for such a long while. Indeed, the lyrics would go on to: "But I know I'm gonna change that tune when I'm back on top, back on top in June...". As the episode ended, Dunn tried to argue that he was a living legend, and to get "back on top", but as Catherine Willows pointed out to him, nobody in the criminal underworld knew him anymore.

• Dunn also references the song "It Ain't Me Babe" by Bob Dylan when being questioned.
• "Who's Next?" is written on a board in the Karaoke bar, which is the name of The Who's fifth album. Tracks on this album include Won't Get Fooled Again and Baba O'Riley - the theme tunes for the other two CSI series.

See also

• List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes

References

External links

• "Living Legend" at the Internet Movie Database
• "Living Legend" at TV.com
• "Living Legend" at CSI Guide.com
• "Living Legend" at CSI Files

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