Burn Out (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) complicated than Grissom or the rest of the CSI team ever expected. William Petersen submitted this episode for consideration in the category of "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" on his behalf for the 2007 Emmy Awards. Burn Out (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) "Burn Out" is the sixth episode in the of the American crime drama "", set in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two young boys, a Caucasian and a Black, go missing. Later, a known pedophile (played by Alan Tudyk) who lives in the neighborhood is found to be an arson victim. In an attempt to extract his confession,
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation auction ended October 7, with the prop being sold for $15,600; CBS donated the proceeds to the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association. Real-life crime scene investigators and forensic scientists warn that popular television shows like "CSI" (often specifically citing "CSI") do not give a realistic picture of the work, wildly distorting the nature of crime-scene investigators' work, and exaggerating the ease, speed, effectiveness, drama, glamour, influence, scope, and comfort level of their jobs, which they describe as far more mundane, tedious, limited, and boring, and very commonly failing to solve a crime. Another criticism of the show is the