I thought it was fair, but you could surely tell somebody different wrote it.
The song throughout the episode was stupid.
The ME and his assistant acting gay when they were doing the autopsy on the still alive Nick and their comments and his parents comments were very hokey.
Warrick and his conversation with Nick about not having his piece and being harrassed was VERY out of character for him and stupid.
The end where Nick goes to see the girl convict was idiotic.
Nick getting pulled out of the coffin by his buddies tugging on a rope connected to his belt looked VERY FAKE. I think a bomb squad would have been called in. I didn't know Grissom was also an expert with explosives and explosive triggers??
The cast stood around too much and watched him on the video. I kept thinking to myself, "Get out there and look for him you idiots!"
There was hardly any science/ "CSI stuff" in this one.
The fire ants attacking him was a silly premise as well, but it did add to the story and Nick's frustration. I thought the clue that he had to be in a nursery was a little dumb as well.
I'm not a fan of Tarrantino, so that's probably one of the things that worked against the episode for me.