CSI Files
Captain
Synopsis:
The CSIs' latest case runs off course when Nick's car, which is housing all of the evidence in the case, is stolen. The chain of custody is broken, and Grissom and his team have to piece together what they remember about working the scene with the little evidence they have left while they wait for IAB to show up. The victim, Diane Chase, was found tied to the back of the wedding car of her son, Adam, and his new bride, Jill Shoemaker, as they were leaving Cupid's Kiss, where they'd just been married. Diane was a defense attorney for some very powerful people, including a mobster named Dino Fatelli. She recently lost Fatelli's case, landing the mobster in jail. He certainly would have had the resources to kill Diane, and to have Nick's car stolen.
The CSIs recount the interviews they did--Sara talked to the drunken groomsmen, Grissom talked to the bride, and Nick and Greg talked to the bridesmaids. It seems everyone hated Diane, save for her son--she was an overprotective mother who looked down on her new daughter-in-law. The CSIs obtain a copy of the wedding DVD and find Diane was extremely inebriated when she gave her toast. They also spy Ernest Chase, Diane's estranged husband, looking through the window in one of the shots, but the man denies any involvement in her death, and the fact that he spent the night in the drunk tank backs up his story. Greg thinks the key is a statue of Cupid shooting an arrow which he found in the hospitality suite--there was blood on the arrow's tip. Maybe Diane fell on it? When they discover high amounts of diazepam in Diane's system, the CSIs wonder if someone drugged her drink. Jill, the bride, had a prescription for the drug, but she didn't have the opportunity.
The CSIs catch a break when the car Diane was tied to is released to them, and they discover bloody towels in the trunk. When they discover Mikey Shoemaker, the bride's brother, owns a towing service, the CSIs send a team to see if Nick's car is there, and hit gold. Nick has another clue--the jacket he loaned to Mindy, one of the bridesmaids, has blood on it. From there--the pieces fall into place. Valerie, another bridesmaid, has a husband who is a doctor--it was he who gave Jill the prescription for diazepam. Valerie slipped some of the drug in Diane's champagne, causing her to be woozy. Diane went to the hospitality suite, where she confronted another bridesmaid, Lacey, threatening to sue them all for drugging her. Lacey lost her temper and shoved Diane--right into the Cupid statue. Valerie and Lacey went to the other two bridesmaids, Mindy and Cindy, and together the four of them decided to tie Diane to the back of the car and make it look like a mob hit. They also persuaded Mikey to steal Nick's car. By the time IAB gets to the lab, the case is closed.
Analysis:
After a series of darker episodes, it's nice to CSI get back in touch with its lighter side. No one expects a show about murder to be lighthearted most of the time, but CSI has always done a good job with dry humor, and there's plenty of it in this episode (along with straight up comic relief, courtesy of Greg). The key to a humorous episode of CSI is a victim we don't feel too bad for, and in this case it's the vicious mob lawer cum mother-in-law from hell, Diane Chase. The defense attorney is so universally hated that her ex-husband, Ernest (played by the excellent <font color=yellow>Ray Wise</font>, currently doing a memorable turn in season five of 24 as the vice president), asks if she's really dead, because he's not sure "it's possible to kill the devil."
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The CSIs' latest case runs off course when Nick's car, which is housing all of the evidence in the case, is stolen. The chain of custody is broken, and Grissom and his team have to piece together what they remember about working the scene with the little evidence they have left while they wait for IAB to show up. The victim, Diane Chase, was found tied to the back of the wedding car of her son, Adam, and his new bride, Jill Shoemaker, as they were leaving Cupid's Kiss, where they'd just been married. Diane was a defense attorney for some very powerful people, including a mobster named Dino Fatelli. She recently lost Fatelli's case, landing the mobster in jail. He certainly would have had the resources to kill Diane, and to have Nick's car stolen.
The CSIs recount the interviews they did--Sara talked to the drunken groomsmen, Grissom talked to the bride, and Nick and Greg talked to the bridesmaids. It seems everyone hated Diane, save for her son--she was an overprotective mother who looked down on her new daughter-in-law. The CSIs obtain a copy of the wedding DVD and find Diane was extremely inebriated when she gave her toast. They also spy Ernest Chase, Diane's estranged husband, looking through the window in one of the shots, but the man denies any involvement in her death, and the fact that he spent the night in the drunk tank backs up his story. Greg thinks the key is a statue of Cupid shooting an arrow which he found in the hospitality suite--there was blood on the arrow's tip. Maybe Diane fell on it? When they discover high amounts of diazepam in Diane's system, the CSIs wonder if someone drugged her drink. Jill, the bride, had a prescription for the drug, but she didn't have the opportunity.
The CSIs catch a break when the car Diane was tied to is released to them, and they discover bloody towels in the trunk. When they discover Mikey Shoemaker, the bride's brother, owns a towing service, the CSIs send a team to see if Nick's car is there, and hit gold. Nick has another clue--the jacket he loaned to Mindy, one of the bridesmaids, has blood on it. From there--the pieces fall into place. Valerie, another bridesmaid, has a husband who is a doctor--it was he who gave Jill the prescription for diazepam. Valerie slipped some of the drug in Diane's champagne, causing her to be woozy. Diane went to the hospitality suite, where she confronted another bridesmaid, Lacey, threatening to sue them all for drugging her. Lacey lost her temper and shoved Diane--right into the Cupid statue. Valerie and Lacey went to the other two bridesmaids, Mindy and Cindy, and together the four of them decided to tie Diane to the back of the car and make it look like a mob hit. They also persuaded Mikey to steal Nick's car. By the time IAB gets to the lab, the case is closed.
Analysis:
After a series of darker episodes, it's nice to CSI get back in touch with its lighter side. No one expects a show about murder to be lighthearted most of the time, but CSI has always done a good job with dry humor, and there's plenty of it in this episode (along with straight up comic relief, courtesy of Greg). The key to a humorous episode of CSI is a victim we don't feel too bad for, and in this case it's the vicious mob lawer cum mother-in-law from hell, Diane Chase. The defense attorney is so universally hated that her ex-husband, Ernest (played by the excellent <font color=yellow>Ray Wise</font>, currently doing a memorable turn in season five of 24 as the vice president), asks if she's really dead, because he's not sure "it's possible to kill the devil."
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