CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, also referred to as CSI and CSI: Las Vegas, is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series which ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanning 15 seasons. The series, starring William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Ted Danson, Laurence Fishburne, Elisabeth Shue, and Jorja Fox, is the first in the CSI franchise. The series concluded with a feature-length finale titled "Immortality".

Director(s): Morgan Brody
Year:
2000
11,961 Views

Catherine Willows:
Pig and the piglets are in the pigpen.

Warrick Brown:
About time. Finally some good news.

Catherine Willows:
Did you know Pig, a.k.a Cole Tritt, was the only adult? The rest were all under 18. One was 14.

Warrick Brown:
You're kidding. Who raises these kids?

Catherine Willows:
I mean, they weren't all delinquents. Demetrius James was a college student.

Nick Stokes:
Hangin' out with the wrong crowd in the wrong town. I'm tellin' ya, havin' a fake I.D in Las Vegas is like havin' a - a free ticket on the hell train. Sex, drugs, gambling, no adult supervision, 24/7, by the time they're 21 they've done and seen it all.

Catherine Willows:
Make me slit my wrists why don't ya? I'm raising a teenager here.

Warrick Brown:
Ah, you're doin' a great job, Linds is gonna turn out to be a beautiful young woman. Besides, I grew up in Vegas, I didn't turn out so bad, did I?

Nick Stokes:
Yeah. That was pre-Mirage. Back when you were goin' to the casino, playin' the arcade games. Nah, Vegas is a different animal now.

Warrick Brown:
Yeah, these kids need to beat people up in the street to be entertained. They need some good discipline, they need their grandmother whuppin' their ass like I had.

Nick Stokes:
Yeah, a good slap.

Sara Sidle:
You know, it kinda sounds like you guys are blaming everyone but these kids. I mean, you don't get a bye just because you grew up here or your parents are on drugs or - - those kids were perfectly capable of telling the difference between a wild night out and beating somebody to death.

Gil Grissom:
The truth is, a moral compass can only point you in the right direction, it can't make you go there. Our culture preaches that you shouldn't be ashamed of anything you do anymore. And unfortunately this city is built on the principle that there's no such thing as guilt. "Do whatever you want, we won't tell." So without a conscience, there's nothing to stop you from killing someone. And evidently you don't even have to feel bad about it.

Captain Jim Brass:
[to April Perez] I bought it the hell we all bought it. But your sister was already dead when you raised that alarm. Her body told us that. There was no sexual assault. The evidence told us that, too. So you didn't think this through, sweetheart. So what are we left with? A false police report and a murdered little girl. So it's one to four for the Amber Alert. And for your sister, life imprisonment if it's an accident, and the needle if it's not.

April Perez:
I didn't kill Alicia.

Captain Jim Brass:
But you know, I get it. I get the picture. I mean, your brother's the center of attention. He's sick, he's dying. Your cells don't match. Your parents have Alicia. She's his savior. So, where do you fit in? What are you to this family?

April Perez:
I'm invisible.

Captain Jim Brass:
But not anymore you're not. She's dead, and your brother's sick. When he goes...

April Perez:
That's crazy, okay. I told you, I didn't kill my sister.

Captain Jim Brass:
I want to believe that. Come on. Help me to believe that. It just means you were in on it because you put on one hell of a show. You still using?

April Perez:
No.

Captain Jim Brass:
Maybe we should run your blood just to be sure, huh?

April Perez:
I use now and then to take the edge off.

Captain Jim Brass:
So how do you pay for this habit? Are you pimping your sister for drugs, April?

April Perez:
Why don't you make up your mind? No signs of rape. If I was selling my sister, there would be, wouldn't there?

Captain Jim Brass:
Depends on who you sold it to. You're not gonna talk your way out of this one. You need to get clean.

April Perez:
What I need is a lawyer, which means this conversation is over.

Daniel Perez:
[to Grissomm in a church] I didn't realize until... today... how lucky I am. I know pretty much... how and when I'm gonna die. Most people don't. It's what they're afraid of.

Gil Grissom:
Was your sister afraid?

Daniel Perez:
Never. I'm 11 years older than her, and she took care of me. She was my best friend, and I miss her. As much pain as... I caused her... and she wouldn't give up, and she... she wouldn't let me, either. That's why... during the last relapse, I made my parents swear that it was the very last time.

Gil Grissom:
But then your kidneys failed, and they broke their word, huh?

Daniel Perez:
They told me they... swore not to fight the cancer, so this didn't count. I wasn't gonna lose this fight. I couldn't watch her suffer anymore.

Gil Grissom:
This wasn't a mercy killing, Daniel. This was an execution. Bone marrow, transfusions... that's her blood in your veins. It dripped out of your nose onto the blanket while you were killing her. If you cared so much for Alicia, why didn't you take your own life instead of hers?

Daniel Perez:
Suicide isn't an option. It's an unforgivable sin in the eyes of God.

Gil Grissom:
But you believe that your god forgives murder? If that's your defense, it won't keep you out of jail.

Daniel Perez:
[in tears, crying] But my death will. See, I've got about six more months. I'll be dead before there's even a trial. I-I do want to thank you, though.

Gil Grissom:
For what?

Gil Grissom:
For speaking for Alicia. You're probably the first person in her life to think only of her. You know, you may not believe in God, sir, but you do his work.

Gil Grissom:
Hey Natalie. My name's Gil. It's so nice to finally meet you. I-um, probably shouldn't say this, but I'm a huge fan. I've been a crime scene investigator for 22 years, and worked over 2,000 homicides, and you are by far... the best I've ever seen. I mean, you're such a great artist. And to be so young, and so talented, and... so pretty. I've thought about you every night for the last nine months. I even tried to do what you do. I built my own miniature. [Natalie nods her head]

Gil Grissom:
You saw it? How'd I do? [Natalie shrugs]

Gil Grissom:
You play chess? [Natalie shakes her head]

Gil Grissom:
I play. It's a hobby. Quiets my mind, you know? Soothes me. At one point I became so consumed by it, that whenever I closed my eyes I could see the chess pieces moving all around the board. I was obsessed with correcting all my bad moves. I wondered if a game could ever be played without a mistake. I'd love to play you sometime. I'm so impressed by the way you embraced your passion. You'd make a great CSI. This last one was brilliant. You studied our crime scene so well, tracking the car to the junkyard, and then towing it all the way out to the desert where you knew we wouldn't find it. And then, the way you killed Sara.

Natalie:
[shaking her head] I didn't kill her.

Gil Grissom:
You didn't?

Natalie:
[Natalie shakes her head] This is about her. Her, her, her. It's always about her.

Gil Grissom:
No, it isn't Natalie. It's about you.

Natalie:
[Natalie cuts him off] It's always about her. [she takes a blade from her mouth and slashes Grissom's throat and watches as he bleeds. Then in a baby voice]

Natalie:
Oh sad was the day for the little bisque doll, for they cut all her stitches away, and found the seat of the terrible ache. T'was a delicate task...

Gil Grissom:
[not cut, for it was all in her imagination] Natalie listen to me. Tell me where she is.

Natalie:
For none of the doctor's had ever before...

Gil Grissom:
Natalie.

Natalie:
...performed on a dolly's inside...

Gil Grissom:
Please tell me where Sara is.

Natalie:
...They tried to re-stuff her, but didn't know how, and this was her wail as she died...

Gil Grissom:
[yelling] Stop it! Just stop this! [shaking her]

Gil Grissom:
Tell me where Sara is!

Natalie:
...I've got a pain in my sawdust. That's what's the matter with me. [voice over, overturned car]

Natalie:
Something is wrong on my little inside. I'm just as sick as can be. Don't let me faint, someone get a fan. [a hand clawing at the ground from under the car]

Natalie:
Someone please run for the medicine man. Everyone hurry as fast as you can, 'cause I've got a pain in my sawdust.

Nathan Haskell:
Professor Langston, how good to see you. What brings you here?

Dr. Raymond Langston:
I came to gloat. [Sets photos on the table] Please, come in, Nate... We got these from a videotape of one of your kills. It's hard to believe, isn't it? Now, in all fairness, you did say that only dummies take souvenirs and Gerald Toliver was a pretty dumb guy. Maybe that's why Tom Donover killed him. You know, I've been thinking that maybe, that's the reason Tom Donover decided to follow in your footsteps, and carry on your work... [pauses] Anyway, none of that really matters now, because [starts laying out more photos] as you can see, we found your house in Lake Mead and we have Tom and the girl, she's alive.

Nathan Haskell:
Then what do you need me for?

Dr. Raymond Langston:
Closure. You once told me you've been thinking about it a lot, well I've been thinking about it, too. I need you to tell us where the girls' bodies are buried, Nate.

Nathan Haskell:
I see. So you're working with that cop now?

Dr. Raymond Langston:
We're gonna find them eventually, you know that. We'll dig, we'll dredge the lake, we'll tear that house of yours down to the studs if we have to. Now, why don't you save us the trouble? Tell us what we need to know. Look, maybe I could get something out of it for you.

Nathan Haskell:
Like what? You gonna reduce two consecutive life terms down to one?

Dr. Raymond Langston:
Like maybe I could guarantee that this isn't the last conversation that you'll have with someone who isn't shoving your food through a hole in the door. I promise you, Nate, you don't tell me what I need to know and the only person who will hear the sound of your voice again is gonna be you.

Nathan Haskell:
[Thinks] You follow the fence in the back yard.

Dr. Raymond Langston:
To where?

Nathan Haskell:
[Realizes Langston is bluffing and doesn't know where the house is or where the girl is] To where, what? There is no fence in the backyard... You thought you could make me slip up again and give you somethin' you want. You thought that you could get inside of my head? A person has to do what I've done to understand me. You have no idea what I've started. I'm a teacher, too. My students are everywhere, they're out there. I'll cut them free, I'm spreading the word, by the time you find them it'll be too late and there will just be more blood on your hands.

Dr. Raymond Langston:
Get him out of here.

Nathan Haskell:
[Cops are dragging Nate out of the interview room] She's already dead.

Dr. Raymond Langston:
Get him out of here!

Gil Grissom:
Tom Haviland's attorneys are not waiving time.

Nick Stokes:
Are you serious?

Sara Sidle:
They're actually exercising their right to a speedy trial?

Gil Grissom:
No requests for continuances, no stall tactics. They're pushing for their day in court.

Warrick Brown:
Good defense attorney always does the last thing you expect.

Catherine Willows:
Yeah. What typically drags on for months has now been put on the fast track and the prelim is less than 72 hours.

Greg Sanders:
I'm only done processing half the evidence.

Catherine Willows:
You're going to have to call in help, because if the judge thinks that our evidence isn't strong enough to go to trial, he's going to dismiss the charges on Tom.

Sara Sidle:
Can't the D.A. drop the charges and we'll refile when we get our evidence together?

Catherine Willows:
Sure, but the odds are that Tom will relocate to Europe and pull a Polanski.

Greg Sanders:
And what's a Polanski?

Gil Grissom:
Get-out-of-jail-free card. One more thing: Westcott just added a forensic scientist to their roster. She wants him to examine every piece of evidence we have against Haviland.

Nick Stokes:
As soon as it's processed they'll get a copy of our report.

Gil Grissom:
They're entitled to see it as it's processed.

Nick Stokes:
I've never done a case where the defendant took advantage of that rule of discovery.

Gil Grissom:
Well, when you can't attack the evidence itself, you attack the method of gathering the evidence.

Sara Sidle:
So who's their guy?

Gil Grissom:
Dr. Phillip Gerard.

Sara Sidle:
Phillip Gerard? Your mentor is their forensic scientist?

Gil Grissom:
Yeah. Marjorie Westcott's a smart lawyer.

Nick Stokes:
The evidence says either one of them could have done it, but I think they were in it together.

A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair:
Okay, I'll proceed against Marlon for the murder and bring charges against Hannah for conspiracy.

Conrad Ecklie:
Another trial? You sure you want to go through all this again?

A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair:
Stacy's parents and the community will have my ass if I don't.

Sara Sidle:
Well, then maybe this is good news. I was just going over Sofia's notes from the original investigation. The night of the murder, Hannah and Marlon's parents had left them alone in the house. A pizza was delivered to the residence around 9:00 PM.

Nick Stokes:
That's right around Stacy's TOD.

A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair:
So, did anybody talk to the delivery guy?

Sara Sidle:
Yes, and at the point that Sofia did, a month had passed. Now, the delivery guy's at the house all the time. He recognized photos of both kids, but he could not be sure which one answered the door that night.

Nick Stokes:
But one of them did answer the door. [Sara nods] So that means they were not together at the time Stacy was killed.

Conrad Ecklie:
Yeah. So much for conspiracy. We're right back where we started.

A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair:
Where we are is in the crapper. Look, I have to disclose the cart. Defense is going to eat me alive.

Nick Stokes:
Marlon's your guy. He's your guy - just because Hannah wasn't there doesn't mean she didn't help plan this.

A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair:
Well, I sure hope it's Marlon, because he's the one we have on trial.

Nick Stokes:
I stand by the case we filed.

Conrad Ecklie:
I agree. The girl's just trying to protect him.

A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair:
Sara?

Sara Sidle:
This was more about brains than brawn. I think Hannah did it.

Conrad Ecklie:
Two out of three.

A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair:
In my world, that's called an acquittal.

Sara Sidle:
We were just talking about murder and whether we would commit it. I couldn't, Warrick could and Nick's on the fence. We're taking an exit poll.

Nick Stokes:
Catherine, you're a mother. You and Lindsey are on that plane. How far do you go?

Catherine Willows:
All the way.

Sara Sidle:
[surprised] You didn't even hesitate.

Catherine Willows:
That's right. If it involves the protection of my child I fight to the death.

Warrick Brown:
See? We have four people here, all with different opinions. Think of how the passengers must have felt.

Sara Sidle:
What do you think, Grissom?

Gil Grissom:
I can't answer that question.

Catherine Willows:
That's a cop-out. It's a simple question. What would you have done if you had been one of those passengers?

Gil Grissom:
It's not about that. You all have different opinions but you've taken the same point of view. You've put yourself in the shoes of the passengers, but nobody's put themselves in the shoes of the victim. That's the point.

Sara Sidle:
I'm sorry. What are you saying?

Gil Grissom:
Nobody stopped to ask Candlewell if he was all right. They just assumed, because he was kicking the back of Nate's seat, that he was a jerk - because he was pushing his call button that he was bothering the Flight Attendant - because he was trying to get into the lavatory he was making a scene - because he was going back and forth up and down the aisles, he was posing a threat.

Catherine Willows:
He was a threat.

Gil Grissom:
No. He turned into a threat. It didn't have to be that way. People make assumptions. That's the problem. You just did. And I think these passengers made the wrong assumption and now this guy's dead.

Warrick Brown:
Well, if that's your stance how could it have been prevented?

Gil Grissom:
If just one person had stopped and taken the time to look at the guy, to listen to him, to figure out what was wrong with him it might not have happened. It took five people to kill him. It would've only taken one person to save his life.


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