"Hitting for the Cycle" **SPOILERS**

[Speedystokesgirl]

So I have one question about something that's been bothering me. Why did Sara not print the pill bottle until they brought in Evan Ferrari? They found it at the scene and they were treating the case as a homicide. Wouldn't that make everything fair game as evidence?

Oh my gosh...I was going to ask that too! She said she couldn't collect it at the time, and I didn't understand why not. So not only didn't she print it, she didn't collect it, so where was it? Would they leave it at the scene? That seems weird.

It was in the garbage and she said something about not being able to collect because it wasn't relevant to the scene, at the time.

Something like that and his name wasn't on the bottle.

ETA: Just watch that part. Sara found the prescription bottle in the garbage, but because there was someone else's name on it and still pills in the bottle, the rules state should couldn't collect it because there was no direct link to the case.

 

[PraetorCorvinus]

So I have one question about something that's been bothering me. Why did Sara not print the pill bottle until they brought in Evan Ferrari? They found it at the scene and they were treating the case as a homicide. Wouldn't that make everything fair game as evidence?

Oh my gosh...I was going to ask that too! She said she couldn't collect it at the time, and I didn't understand why not. So not only didn't she print it, she didn't collect it, so where was it? Would they leave it at the scene? That seems weird.

It was in the garbage and she said something about not being able to collect because it wasn't relevant to the scene, at the time.

Something like that and his name wasn't on the bottle.

ETA: Just watch that part. Sara found the prescription bottle in the garbage, but because there was someone else's name on it and still pills in the bottle, the rules state should couldn't collect it because there was no direct link to the case.

Which sounds really odd to me. How do they know if it's relevant or not if they don't collect it? I would figure, given the nature of the guy's death, prescription drugs at the scene with someone else's name would be something to look into. I don't know. It felt very off to me.

 

[Speedystokesgirl]

Oh my gosh...I was going to ask that too! She said she couldn't collect it at the time, and I didn't understand why not. So not only didn't she print it, she didn't collect it, so where was it? Would they leave it at the scene? That seems weird.

It was in the garbage and she said something about not being able to collect because it wasn't relevant to the scene, at the time.

Something like that and his name wasn't on the bottle.

ETA: Just watch that part. Sara found the prescription bottle in the garbage, but because there was someone else's name on it and still pills in the bottle, the rules state should couldn't collect it because there was no direct link to the case.

Which sounds really odd to me. How do they know if it's relevant or not if they don't collect it? I would figure, given the nature of the guy's death, prescription drugs at the scene with someone else's name would be something to look into. I don't know. It felt very off to me.

Yeah, I felt the same way, why wouldn't you collect it? :shifty:

 

[waiting4summer]

Maybe because of all the rules related to medical information? If there's the possibility of it not being relevant, it might have violated the owner's right to privacy? Just a thought.

 

[PraetorCorvinus]

Maybe because of all the rules related to medical information? If there's the possibility of it not being relevant, it might have violated the owner's right to privacy? Just a thought.

Yeah I thought of that. But... the apartment only had one registered resident and the bottle had a different name. If anything, it would have appeared to be stolen drugs and something that would have needed to be processed. And it was in the trash. Dead body. Pill bottle in trash. Suspicious? Very!

Sorry, this just really bugged me.

 

[Desertwind]

I hardly even noticed this let alone dice it to death, guess the writers dropped the ball to some, maybe they need some of you to listen to. write them and ask why? I was really busy watching the episode and who or what was going to happen next. Actually sometimes the forensics of the show bore me. I try to look at the whole episode not a bottle that didn't get processed right. And didn't it get done right in the end?

 

[PraetorCorvinus]

I hardly even noticed this let alone dice it to death, guess the writers dropped the ball to some, maybe they need some of you to listen to. write them and ask why? I was really busy watching the episode and who or what was going to happen next. Actually sometimes the forensics of the show bore me. I try to look at the whole episode not a bottle that didn't get processed right. And didn't it get done right in the end?

For it to be processed "right in the end" implies something was done wrong in the beginning.

I'm sorry to keep going on with this damn pill bottle. It just broke my suspension of disbelief with the show. And that really annoys me. Alright, I've bitched enough. Shutting up now about that damn bottle. :lol:

... I'm probably going to have dreams about that f***ing bottle!! :scream:

 

[Dizzney]

Well Daniel Steck & Richard Catalani were the writers of this episode and usually Richard Catalani knows his stuff since he was a former CSI, so I am going to go with that they knew what they were talking about when they wrote that about the pill bottle.

 

[waiting4summer]

I hardly even noticed this let alone dice it to death, guess the writers dropped the ball to some, maybe they need some of you to listen to. write them and ask why? I was really busy watching the episode and who or what was going to happen next. Actually sometimes the forensics of the show bore me. I try to look at the whole episode not a bottle that didn't get processed right. And didn't it get done right in the end?

For it to be processed "right in the end" implies something was done wrong in the beginning.

I'm sorry to keep going on with this damn pill bottle. It just broke my suspension of disbelief with the show. And that really annoys me. Alright, I've bitched enough. Shutting up now about that damn bottle. :lol:



... I'm probably going to have dreams about that f***ing bottle!! :scream:

Way to let it 'roll off your back, PC! You are a better person than me.

I'm back.....less than 24 hours. lol

Back to the infamous pill bottle...

I was just watching the Plushy and Furry epi on USA. Gil and Catherine had to go back later and check the trunk of the car that hit Rocky after determining that the driver of the car was the ex-girlfriend of another suspect. Gil said in response to Cath's mention that the trunk had not been checked prior (something to the effect of) "without context there was no need to expect evidence within the trunk". I'm thinking that at first look, the man appeared to be a natural death and there was no need to look in depth at the pill bottle. Sara was trained by Gil, thus she would probably work a scene the way she was taught. thoughts?

 

[DJRideout]

Just tossing it out there that perhaps where they were so set on it being a "Natural" death, they kinda ruled it out. I mean, Sara did think enough to at least take a few photos of it at the time, even though she thought it wasn't relevant to the case. It wasn't evident until tox came back later that there were drugs in the guys system.

Though I do agree...a death, and a pill bottle with someone elses name on it, other then the registered owner of the apartment, should be suspicious enough to collect as evidence.

Just trying to help PC sleep better :lol:

 

[Dizzney]

But remember the pill bottle they had to use the scanner on it to read the name, so how did they know it was someone else's prescription prior to that?

 

[PraetorCorvinus]

Way to let it 'roll off your back, PC! You are a better person than me.

Just trying to help PC sleep better :lol:

:guffaw:

Thank you, ladies! I luv you too! :lol:

But yeah, I'm just going to accept that that is how things work in the CSI-verse. Probably in the real world too. Guess that's why I'm not an investigator. I'd want to bag and tag every damn thing at a scene. I'm just suspicious enough to do that. :lol:

 

[Smokey]

Okay, maybe it's different in different jurisdictions...I don't know. But I asked my brother today about the pill bottle since he used to be a sheriff's deputy.

He said that every death is considered a "crime scene" until proven otherwise, even if say a 99 year old person died in their bed. And therefore everything at the scene is collectable. He said they must have either made a mistake in researching it...or they wanted to cause discussion on a message board about it. :lol:

 

[Speedystokesgirl]

Okay, maybe it's different in different jurisdictions...I don't know. But I asked my brother today about the pill bottle since he used to be a sheriff's deputy.

He said that every death is considered a "crime scene" until proven otherwise, even if say a 99 year old person died in their bed. And therefore everything at the scene is collectable. He said they must have either made a mistake in researching it...or they wanted to cause discussion on a message board about it. :lol:

I think that's true, Smokey, because when my Grandmother died at my mom's house Hospice had to call the Coroner to tell them there was a death and that it was from cancer. This way they didn't have to come out to investigate.

 

[Hardline Pro]

I just watched the episode after DVRing it, all I can say is the ending was just...weird.