You Kill Me (CSI)
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| “You Kill Me” | |||||||
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| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 8 |
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| Written by | Sarah Goldfinger Douglas Petrie Naren Shankar |
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| Directed by | Paris Barclay | ||||||
| Original airdate | November 22, 2007 | ||||||
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You Kill Me is the eighth episode of the eighth season of the popular American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation which is set in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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[edit] Plot
Hodges stages hypothetical murders in the lab so his colleagues can play CSI; Grissom's team members reach out to him after Sara's departure.
In the first scenario Hodges lays out for Wendy Simms, Archie Johnson is logging bricks of cocaine out of a suitcase which suddenly explodes. Assistant Coroner David Phillips takes away the body, noting the lack of sexual trauma while Nick and Warrick, uncharacteristically tearful, examine the evidence. Their preliminary assumption is that the dealer booby-trapped the suitcase, ("will you just let me finish?" asks Hodges) but they then discover there were twenty bricks brought in, but twenty-one wrappers, leading them to believe that someone in the lab has added another brick. Examining the bomb, they track the blasting cap to a pack in Bobby Dawson’s locker, making him their prime suspect. Upon further analysis of the chemical composition of the bomb, they trace its components to Henry’s refrigerator, where a box of baking soda absorbed the telltale odor. Henry, confronted by Captain Brass, instantly confesses.
In the second scenario, Henry is found frozen solid in a freezer among several bottles of broken chemicals, the solid steel emergency release knob torn off. David notes the lack of sexual trauma again then lets Catherine Willows investigate, who thinks it may be a lab prank gone bad: Henry was locked in, panicked, broke several bottles and then died inhaling them. Bobby Dawson is again the suspect, when some peanut butter on the exterior of the door is matched to one of his discarded gloves, and Captain Brass interrogates him. However, the autopsy reveals that Henry overdosed on PCP, to which the real Henry, having joined the game, strenuously objects. Wendy then asks if Henry was found with any signs of having ingested, snorted or injected the PCP, which Hodges denies. Henry’s lab coat is tested, which confirms Wendy’s suspicions: it was soaked in PCP, which was absorbed through the skin when exposed to sweat.
In the third scenario, Wendy is the victim, having suffered a wound to the throat from the edge of a table when she fell off a ladder. David takes out Wendy’s body, whispering something to Greg Sanders, presumably about sexual trauma. His preliminary guess is that this a simple workplace accident; his second guess is that Bobby Dawson lubricated the ladder with gun oil, leading Brass to smack him around in yet another interrogation. However, the autopsy indicates that she would have been conscious for at least thirty seconds after sustaining the injury, which raises the question why she didn’t call for help or get blood on her hands, trying to hold the wound closed. There is also a burn mark on her wrist, where her bracelet seared the skin. Reasoning that electrocution would instantly stop the heart and melt her jewelry, Greg finds a car battery hooked up to the ladder and a strip of conductive tape just inside handhold of the evidence box Wendy was touching. Wendy then complains that this last scenario is ridiculous, the kind of thing Wile E. Coyote would dream up, then catches Hodges fiddling with a tape recorder.
Investigating further, Wendy discovered that Hodges is in the process of creating a board game called Lab Rats, complete with tiny figurines based on all the techs. Her amusement turns sour, however, when she notes that her figurine has her described as “Clumsy yet buxom.” Wendy yells at Hodges, calling him the “dumbest smart guy I know,” and leaves.
Later, Gil Grissom catches Hodges playing with the figurines, and they play out one final scenario. Hodges is explaining his game on camera when he is shot through the forehead. In the morgue, an angry Al Robbins tells a gleeful David to spit out what he's clearly dying to say; David happily yells, “No sign of sexual trauma!” The bullet, when removed from Hodges’ brain, is intact, and is matched to a gun that was seized by the lab and destroyed a month ago. The bullet also shows signs that it’s been fired twice. Investigating the camera angle by watching the tape, with all the lab techs laughing at Hodges’ death, Grissom pinpoints the source as a homemade zip-gun hidden in a box, activated by a pager. Once again, Bobby Dawson is the prime suspect, since he’s a gun guy who understands primitive firearms; in this scenario, Bobby breaks and runs, only to be gunned down by Captain Brass. When Grissom asks Hodges what he’s got against Bobby, Hodges replies, “Nothing. Running gag.” However, Bobby’s lab is on the other side of the wall, and he would never put himself down-range. Plus, Hodges straightened up right before the gun went off, leading Grissom to believe that Hodges killed himself.
In the final moments, Hodges asks Grissom about letting Sara go, and it becomes clear that Hodges feels he needs to let Wendy go, although he never truly had her at all.
[edit] Running Gags
Over the course of the episode, there has been several recurring features in each case. They include:
- The victim is a member of the crime lab.
- David Phillips always points out that "There is no sign of sexual trauma".
- The lab techs and CSIs often point out the miracles of trace evidence.
- Bobby Dawson is always the prime suspect, but always turns out innocent. At one point Grissom asks what Hodges has against Bobby, which he answers "Nothing. Running gag.".
- Jim Brass is always a very intimidating detective when questioning the suspects (at one point he gunned down Bobby, when he unwittingly got hold of a gun).
[edit] References
This is the second episode in which we see Lucky Chips. The first being Lab Rats.
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