Walter!

While channel surfing, I just discovered that my episode of CSI, Compulsion, is about to start on the West Coast.

So if you'd like to see me and my sweater, put on your local CBS station, and enjoy!

Afterthought: I'm having a really shitty day, which included an absolutely terrible audition (my fault, not theirs), and accidentally discovering that this is on has brightened my spirits just a little bit. I'm real proud of the work I did on CSI, and it's nice to remember how good it felt to earn the part, work on the show, and watch the episode when it first aired.

"Finders keepers!"

Comments

[Scott Alan Miller]

The clown sweater was better :)

[amanda]

Awesome! I watched it once, then watched the first new CSI I've seen in a while, then waited for Walter again!

It was fun watching my roommates try to figure out if Walter was the EvilBad or not, since they'd never seen that episode before. One didn't even believe me that it was you who was Walter.

... And I'll stop babbling now.

[Midnight tree Bandit]

...and you've never looked better, Wil! :)

I usually skip the reruns, especially if I've taped them , but I'm watching this one on tape (wife's hooked on Dancing with the "Stars") just for you!

I've been comparing the three CSIs lately, and came to the conclusion this is the best of the lot. The chracters in Miami just don't grab me the same way, and I just haven't really watched NY very much. I think a lot of it goes back to the coments you mae back when you were filming, about how much the cast and the crew obviously really like working together. Maybe the other two are just as folksy, but with the Vegas version, it really shows. Maybe it's because none of the actors were Big Names like David Caruso or Gary Sinise (when they started, anyway), so it's not as wrapped around one personality. I dunno, but anyway, you picked the good one to be on (or, I guess, they picked you).

[starshine_diva]

I watched it too!!!

I thought THAT was the new episode. And I was half glancing at the screen while the credits were rolling. And I saw "WIL WHEATON". And was like noooooooo wayyyyy! Of course, I immediately told everyone I was chatting with, including ppl on my IRC channel. And some of them were like, no way! Wil Wheaton's on CSI? What channel?

And then, which one is he?!?! And... What's his website again!?

It was really cool :)

And you did an excellent job. I especially liked the hand shaking/playing with the fingers thing when they were interrogating you. :)

It was the highlight of my night too!! Damn Canadiens lost again :(

[hanna]

Wow, I didn't realize that was you. However, I do remember the episode and thinking how good the actor was. Guess next time I should read the credits. I prefer Vegas to the others myself. :)

[starshine_diva]

psst... you should add "interesting" to your Buzznet Buzz words list.

[Bev Walton-Porter]

Loved the episode and I'd watch it a million times over. BY THE WAY, WIL...I'm not sure how to actually get your attention, but my editor at Writer's Digest Books wants blurbs for my upcoming first book on writing...and I'd LOVE to send you some pages 'round May and ask you (politely) for a blurb. I respect you as a writer a great deal and it would make my day to have your blurb on my book! I'd shine your shoes...or something! ;-)

[calyxa]

To be honest, from the time it first aired, I thought this particular epsiode of CSI was kind of weak. I remember having read about the audition on your blog and looked forward to it with great anticipation - I was not disappointed with Walter by any means - but perhaps my anticipation of the episode colored my overall opinion. Also, I still think of 'dark beaver' and the role you didn't get when I see the beginning of this episode. However, when compared to episodes like 'Slaves of Las Vegas' or 'Fur and Loathing in Las Vegas' or 'King Baby', the episode 'Compulsion' doesn't quite hold up as well. Then again, I'd rather watch re-runs of any of the Las Vegas CSI ep's than any of those cheesy knock-offs.

So - any news on that pilot you auditioned for back in one of your audio diaries in Radio Free Burrito, Episode n+? ?

[ThePanther]

Hi Wil! I've been reading for a long time, and this is my first time commenting. Fwee!!!

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I saw your CSI episode on Spike a few weeks back, and I absoloutely loved it. You're such a wonderful, great actor, I try to catch your work whenever I can!

I'm a huge fan of yours (hell, I asked you for an autograph at ComicCon one year, and I was shaking and giggling like a nervous little fanboy the whole time), including your books (of which I own both) and your bloch (which we're all a fan of. ^_^).

[justin kreutzmann]

very cool. will have to watch out for that episode...or watchout for a guy looking like you in that episode!!

[Chad.Hicks]

Ya know, I sincerely hope you take this as a credit to your acting career, but I saw this on a Netflix rental 2 days ago and I had *NO FREAKING IDEA* that was you.

I kept looking at it going "I should know who this actor is, and I don't", and I think it was not just the makeup that threw me off.

I had never seen you act a part (or makeup) like that, and it was fantastic! I've seen several different actors in action over the years, but this one takes the cake. Kudos to you on a job well done!

(P.S.: I deliberately avoided looking for the information on the episode you starred in, just to see if I would be able to locate you in the episode during the season, and I totally missed it :/ )

[Lorelli]

Love that episode. Had just gotten home tonight from class and was feeling sick, when my roomate beamed, "Come watch Wil Wheaton!"

Still remember eagerly waiting all week last year for it to air.

Fabu job, sir.

[Mike W.]

cool to see that one again Wil. Wasn't expecting a second CSI tonight and having your episode on again was a bonus.

cheers, Mike

[Lex]

That has to be one of my favorite episodes. It's way aswesome and you did a great job.

[Quanta]

My sister has the season 5 DVDs, so I actually got to watch this one for the first time a couple days ago.

Interesting episode, though you kinda wanna take a brick to the kid's face by the end of it.

I also found it kinda funny when they were pulling you out of your box, 'cuz I got to thinking "You know, if somebody asked 'I wonder what happened to Wil Wheaton?' and I showed them this scene, what would their reaction be?"

[oregonchick]

I missed this when it first came out, so it was a new episode for me... except that I had read a bunch of praise that your other blog fans had posted on WWdN.

All I can say is wow - you were so deep into "Walter" that it's like you were physically altered by the experience. If I hadn't known to look for you as the crazy homeless guy, I wonder if I would have even recognized you at all. Great job, Wil!

I hope that seeing this episode reaffirms your talent to you so that you can dust off today's not-so-hot audition and look for the next role to sink your teeth (and all the rest of you, apparently) into!

[CarolP]

Walter is so pretty. I wish he was my boyfriend.

:)

[CarolP]

Auditions come and go, writing lasts forever. Work on your book instead, Wil. You'll feel much better.

Now if only I could take my own advice and get back to that script. hmmm.

Damn you Wheaton! lol.

[shauna]

Ok, I didn't see the episode, but when I opened the page, the picture sure scared the crap out of me. Wow! That's good makeup work, cuz I know you ain't that ugly.

As for today's audition, don't worry. You'll get it next time. You know you're good. But I think there's something in the air. Crappy day all around, my friend. Tomorrow will be better....

Shauna

[Plainsong]

Do you know it's not even aired in Finland yet? It was supposed to be this week, but the darn presidential run-offs means we get debates instead.

If anyone is watching Conan, you're up on what's happening in the Finnish presidential elections. ;)

And despite what Fox News said about it, it's the presidential election, and not the prime minister election. But who reads this blog that also watches Fox News? ;)

Anyway, I had already taken a sneak peak at Walter thanks to the wonders of bit torrent, but I look forward to seeing him in on the small-big screen any week now!

Yeah, too bad he couldn't have worn the clown-sweater.

[sarahalyse]

I came home tonight and my roommate announced happily, "I'm watching a CSI I actually haven't seen yet!" Unfortunately, I had most certainly already seen it.

I should see you in a shitty wig convulsing and mumbling "finders keepers!" every day after work.

[sween]

I caught your name in the opening credits as I was walking past the tv and immediately plunked myself down on the couch to watch it. I told my wife that you were in it and to watch out for you.

Your first scene came and went and she said nothing. Then I said, "That was Wil Wheaton."

She had no idea.

She spent the rest of the episode in shock every time you were on. She was very impressed.

Rock on, dude.

[aegix]

The prosthetic double-chin they added is a nice touch.

[Katherine]

. . . at the time, I had no tv and so one of your other WWdN readers mailed me a videotape of the show which I watched in the school library's media center with headphones and a bag of chips. Great fun watching all the woo-woo dream stuff and waiting for your entrances. And for the life of me, I couldn't understand why the Whole Show wasn't just Walter Walter Walter :) You did such an excellent job . . .

[napoleondynamitefan]

*shrieks in terror* lol. jk. It was all out of humor.

Somehow, I keep missing Compulsion everytime it is aired. I don't know how I do that, because I am always looking out for it.

Someday. : )