Adzix
CSI Level Three
Re: Nick/Sara -- #20 -- The Adventures of Poncho and Sunshin
NICK: Aluminum ch ... ? I've never heard of this before.
SARA: It's a cochineal.
NICK: A what?
SARA: A cochineal. They're scaled insects. Carminic acid is found in their intestines.
(Quick flash of the bug eating a leaf.)
SARA: (v.o.) It's bitter, so it discourages predators.
(End of flash. Resume to SARA.)
SARA: As a dye, it's been prized for centuries.
DAVID HODGES: Since when did you become an insects expert?
SARA: Entomology textbook. Grissom gave it to me last Christmas.
DAVID HODGES: Oh.
SARA: When I can't sleep, I read.
(HODGES turns to look at NICK.)
NICK: Funny, I didn't get a Christmas gift from Grissom. Did you?
DAVID HODGES: No. (NICK looks at SARA.) Uh, so, assuming that she was tattooed in prison, how'd she get a hold of the bugs?
SARA: Well, um, cochineals feed on cactus plants. They probably grow wild in the prison area.
i adore this scene. i think Nick's expression when he finds out about Sara's relationship with Grissom will be very similar to this one.
hey everyone i hope y'all don't mind if i pop in for a sec. i just wanted to add that there is a very similar scene in XX, when Sara says that she got a present from Grissom for Christmas and Nick eyes her with unreadable expression on his face. here is a transcript:Yeah, if they had been a bubble above his head, it would said: "Are you high?"
I think that Nick doesn't even suspect it's Sara who Grissom is dating. And I would love to see Nick find out about it from someone else besides Grissom and Sara. I think his reaction will be more sincere then.
NICK: Aluminum ch ... ? I've never heard of this before.
SARA: It's a cochineal.
NICK: A what?
SARA: A cochineal. They're scaled insects. Carminic acid is found in their intestines.
(Quick flash of the bug eating a leaf.)
SARA: (v.o.) It's bitter, so it discourages predators.
(End of flash. Resume to SARA.)
SARA: As a dye, it's been prized for centuries.
DAVID HODGES: Since when did you become an insects expert?
SARA: Entomology textbook. Grissom gave it to me last Christmas.
DAVID HODGES: Oh.
SARA: When I can't sleep, I read.
(HODGES turns to look at NICK.)
NICK: Funny, I didn't get a Christmas gift from Grissom. Did you?
DAVID HODGES: No. (NICK looks at SARA.) Uh, so, assuming that she was tattooed in prison, how'd she get a hold of the bugs?
SARA: Well, um, cochineals feed on cactus plants. They probably grow wild in the prison area.
i adore this scene. i think Nick's expression when he finds out about Sara's relationship with Grissom will be very similar to this one.