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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.