CSI Files
Captain
Synopsis:
Hours after having his neck stepped on by a bull at a rodeo, rider Cody Latshaw is found dead, a coil of rope by his body suggesting that he got back on the bull and was thrown again--this time, fatally. Dr. Robbins tells Catherine that the first injury created a hairline fracture in Cody's vertebrae, meaning that any trauma would have severed his spinal cord. Catherine posits that a second ride on the bull, Windtwister, likely killed Cody, and the evidence seems to back her up. The body of twenty-seven-year old Tiffany Rigden is found outside a convenience store, the victim of a hit-and-run. Nick and Greg are surprised when they find Cody Latshaw's truck around the corner of the scene, abandoned. They find two keycards for Pike's Gambling Hall--one on Tiffany and one in Cody's car. They learn Cody was staying in the hotel and Tiffany was his guest. When Catherine and Nick visit Cody's room, they find a love poem written by Cody and a note from Tiffany saying goodbye; she was getting married. Nick checks her record and learns she has priors for soliciting. Greg goes through Cody's possessions and is surprised to find an electro-ejaculator among his things. When Wendy Simms informs him that semen stains found on Cody's jeans are bovine, the CSIs wonder if Cody was bilking sperm from Windtwister and selling it for a hefty profit.
After a witness tells the CSIs he saw Tiffany get hit by the car an hour after Cody's death, they turn their suspicions on Erik Hong, her pimp, who according to phone records tried to call her several times before her death. Erik admits to being angry when he found Tiffany was leaving the business to get married, but denies killing her. A few hours later, his dead body is found in a bathroom in a country western bar. A girl named Coco recalls Tiffany and Erik from several nights before. Tiffany approached a young man named Troy and started talking with him and a few minutes later two girls approached her and started insulting her. A massive fight broke out and Troy dragged Tiffany away. The next night, Tiffany showed up to announce she was getting married. The CSIs track down the wedding chapel Troy and Tiffany were going to get married in, but the proprietor tells them Tiffany never showed. Warrick locates Troy in a parking garage where the man is sitting with a shotgun aimed at his chin, but when Nick arrives with the back up team, he's able to talk Troy out of killing himself. Troy was the one who shot Erik, assuming he was responsible for Tiffany not showing up to their wedding.
The CSIs discuss the case, pondering who could have killed Cody and Tiffany. Hodges identifies the rope found with Cody as being made of hemp, indicating it's an older rope. Nick and Brass pick up Cash Dooley, an older rodeo cowboy who they met earlier while he was taking care of Windtwister. Brass questions Cash, wondering if he and Cody had worked together to obtain Windtwister's sperm and sell it. Cash insists Cody wouldn't have done anything like that and gives up his actual partner, Dustin Lightfoot. Dustin reveals Cody's death was accidental; he happened upon Cash and Dustin stealing Windtwister's sperm and confronted them. When Dustin punched him, the blow proved fatal. Cash and Dustin left Cody's body in the arena to make his death look accidental, and then took Cody's truck to sell the sperm they'd obtained--only to hit Tiffany, who was hurrying to her wedding. The case closed, Grissom theorizes that the poem Cody wrote wasn't for Tiffany or his ex, Nancy, but for the bull, Windtwister.
Analysis:
Delving into both country western culture in Las Vegas and the bull riding arena, "Bull" is quite a ride. The body count in the episode is no less than three, coming one right after another and keeping the CSIs busy. Two of the deaths are accidents and one is the result of a misunderstanding, which stretches credibility a smidge. What are the chances that after accidentally killing Cody, Dustin and Cash would just happen to get in Cody's car and hit his girlfriend unintentionally? It makes for a great case, but it's still hard to ignore the nagging, "what's the likelihood of that actually happening?" question that runs through the viewer's mind while watching the resolution unfold. I wondered if Nancy might have been the culprit, and while I'm rarely disappointed when my suspicions turn out to be wrong, random chance seemed like a bit of a stretch.
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Hours after having his neck stepped on by a bull at a rodeo, rider Cody Latshaw is found dead, a coil of rope by his body suggesting that he got back on the bull and was thrown again--this time, fatally. Dr. Robbins tells Catherine that the first injury created a hairline fracture in Cody's vertebrae, meaning that any trauma would have severed his spinal cord. Catherine posits that a second ride on the bull, Windtwister, likely killed Cody, and the evidence seems to back her up. The body of twenty-seven-year old Tiffany Rigden is found outside a convenience store, the victim of a hit-and-run. Nick and Greg are surprised when they find Cody Latshaw's truck around the corner of the scene, abandoned. They find two keycards for Pike's Gambling Hall--one on Tiffany and one in Cody's car. They learn Cody was staying in the hotel and Tiffany was his guest. When Catherine and Nick visit Cody's room, they find a love poem written by Cody and a note from Tiffany saying goodbye; she was getting married. Nick checks her record and learns she has priors for soliciting. Greg goes through Cody's possessions and is surprised to find an electro-ejaculator among his things. When Wendy Simms informs him that semen stains found on Cody's jeans are bovine, the CSIs wonder if Cody was bilking sperm from Windtwister and selling it for a hefty profit.
After a witness tells the CSIs he saw Tiffany get hit by the car an hour after Cody's death, they turn their suspicions on Erik Hong, her pimp, who according to phone records tried to call her several times before her death. Erik admits to being angry when he found Tiffany was leaving the business to get married, but denies killing her. A few hours later, his dead body is found in a bathroom in a country western bar. A girl named Coco recalls Tiffany and Erik from several nights before. Tiffany approached a young man named Troy and started talking with him and a few minutes later two girls approached her and started insulting her. A massive fight broke out and Troy dragged Tiffany away. The next night, Tiffany showed up to announce she was getting married. The CSIs track down the wedding chapel Troy and Tiffany were going to get married in, but the proprietor tells them Tiffany never showed. Warrick locates Troy in a parking garage where the man is sitting with a shotgun aimed at his chin, but when Nick arrives with the back up team, he's able to talk Troy out of killing himself. Troy was the one who shot Erik, assuming he was responsible for Tiffany not showing up to their wedding.
The CSIs discuss the case, pondering who could have killed Cody and Tiffany. Hodges identifies the rope found with Cody as being made of hemp, indicating it's an older rope. Nick and Brass pick up Cash Dooley, an older rodeo cowboy who they met earlier while he was taking care of Windtwister. Brass questions Cash, wondering if he and Cody had worked together to obtain Windtwister's sperm and sell it. Cash insists Cody wouldn't have done anything like that and gives up his actual partner, Dustin Lightfoot. Dustin reveals Cody's death was accidental; he happened upon Cash and Dustin stealing Windtwister's sperm and confronted them. When Dustin punched him, the blow proved fatal. Cash and Dustin left Cody's body in the arena to make his death look accidental, and then took Cody's truck to sell the sperm they'd obtained--only to hit Tiffany, who was hurrying to her wedding. The case closed, Grissom theorizes that the poem Cody wrote wasn't for Tiffany or his ex, Nancy, but for the bull, Windtwister.
Analysis:
Delving into both country western culture in Las Vegas and the bull riding arena, "Bull" is quite a ride. The body count in the episode is no less than three, coming one right after another and keeping the CSIs busy. Two of the deaths are accidents and one is the result of a misunderstanding, which stretches credibility a smidge. What are the chances that after accidentally killing Cody, Dustin and Cash would just happen to get in Cody's car and hit his girlfriend unintentionally? It makes for a great case, but it's still hard to ignore the nagging, "what's the likelihood of that actually happening?" question that runs through the viewer's mind while watching the resolution unfold. I wondered if Nancy might have been the culprit, and while I'm rarely disappointed when my suspicions turn out to be wrong, random chance seemed like a bit of a stretch.
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