Rating 65
When two female corpses are uncovered in a new housing development construction area, the CSIs are led into the world of Russian mail-order brides, where young women get work visas and come to America hoping to land a man who will marry them and give them citizenship. Meanwhile, Sara is reprimanded by Ecklie for an inappropriate comment and ends up opening up to Grissom about her long-held family secret.
Dr. Robbins: "Two sets of hands. Two sets of feet. Two skulls, two bodies. Both appear to be female. Jane Doe bottom's curled up. Jane Doe top's laid out flat."
Catherine: "This looks like ... barbed wire."
Dr. Robbins: "It's in her mouth. Could be a dental appliance."
Catherine: "Or maybe some kind of torture device."
Dr. Robbins: "You're thinking ritualistic?"
Catherine: "Oh, I don't know what I'm thinking."
Gil walks into the doorway interrupting the two.
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Gil: "Hey! They told me you dug up two bodies covered in tar?"
Gil: "So. How you going to separate them?"
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Catherine: "I'm not sure yet. Obviously I can't saw through without potentially destroying evidence, so ... if the tar were harder, I could chisel it. If it were softer, we could peel it off."
Gil: "I have an idea."
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Catherine: "Of course you do, but last I checked, the backlog on grave was about ... mmm ... a hundred cases?"
Gil: "You've been spending too much time with Ecklie. I'm off the clock. I came in early for this."
Catherine uses a drill on the tar, making four holes down the middle of the block, once Catherine is done Gil places funnels into the holes.
Catherine: "You ever done this before?"
Gil: "Nope ... but I do know that tar becomes as brittle as glass at about minus two hundred degrees."
Gil pours liquid nitrogen in the holes Catherine had made. Once that's finished he uses a hand axe and taps it with a hammer down the middle of the block of tar.
Catherine: "Okay, Mr. Wizard."
Gil hits uses the hammer again, this time hitting harder and the block of tar separates into two pieces. Gil and Catherine begin chiseling away the tar, working to get to the body within.
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Catherine: "Not much left of her but the clothes."
Gil: "Well, let's see what our other one looks like, shall we?"
They move to the second block of tar and begin chiseling. Gil lifts up a piece of tar and the skull of the second body collapses. He looks down then over to Catherine.
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Gil: "Huh."
He glances down at his watch.
"Oh, boy. I gotta get my shift started. Good luck with the case."
Catherine: "No, no, no. You're not going to just destroy this skull and split."
Gil: "You can make a nice mold from the impression."
Catherine: "I'm short-handed as it is."
Gil: "I think Sara just wrapped a case. If you need her, she's yours."
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Catherine: "Okay, here's what I wanted to show you. The facts just don't match up."
Gil walks into the room where Catherine and Ecklie are going over files.
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Gil: "You wanted to talk to me about Sara?"
Ecklie: "I haven't received her disciplinary action. What's the holdup?"
Gil: "Well, I'm not firing her."
Catherine: "What action are you taking?"
Gil: "I've taken it."
Ecklie: "I thought I was clear."
Gil: "You were. Now let me be clear. Sara's behavior is a direct result of my management."
Ecklie: "So I should fire you."
Gil: "But you won't."
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Ecklie: "Look, Gil ... I've been there. We're human. We get attached to people, we try to fix their problems. It doesn't work."
Gil: "She's a great criminalist, Conrad. And I need her."
Ecklie: "I'm sure you do. You know what? She's a loose cannon with a gun. And she's all yours."
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Impressions, Bits of Insight and the Pics that Don't Fit
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