Fun and Games: Episode Ratings: Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars Rating 90 A middle of the night break-in at a suburban home on the edge of the Vegas desert leads the CSIs to discover an abandoned military compound being used to house a small cult. Once inside, they discover a mass suicide has taken place. However, with 11 bodies and 12 beds, Grissom surmises that the killer may be the one body missing.
picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "It's a big desert." picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "About 25,000 square miles." picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "And the nearest town is Pahrump. That's about 30 miles from here." Gil: But I got water. We can share." (He walks off.) Catherine: "Who are you today, Moses?" picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "I count five distinct treads: boots, shoes, sneakers. Drag marks are always right in the middle--thin, parallel lines." picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "The vic's shoes were scuffed at the toe, so he must've been dragged." picture courtesy of Erica (Flashback. Some people are walking, another is being dragged.) (They find a candy wrapper. Catherine takes a photo of it.) picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Well, whoever they are, they like junk food." Gil: "Who doesn't?" picture courtesy of Erica (Catherine bags the evidence and they continue walking.) picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "You ever seen the pyramids?" picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Does the Luxor count? What do you think? I haven't even been to New York." picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "I'd like to see the pyramids one day." picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Keep walking, we could come upon them today. (He smiles.) So, you like archeology, huh?" picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "Oh yeah. Whenever I want to feel small. (They look ahead.) Smoke?" picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica (The keep walking and eventually arrive at a badly charred car.) picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "I found the point of ignition. (She snaps a few pictures.) Molotov." picture courtesy of Erica (Flashback of the car exploding.) Gil: "You hear that?" picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Sounds like a motor. Think someone's in there?" picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica (They walk toward the bunker.) picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "This looks like some sort of observation post. Maybe used to monitor nuclear tests." picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Half of Nevada was a weapon site. (Gil starts down the steps.) Stop. You're not going any further without backup. (Catherine's phone rings.)" picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Brass: (over phone) "Catherine, where the hell are you guys?" Catherine: "That's a good question, Jim. I think we're about three miles northeast of the Copeland house. In front of some kind of a military installation." picture courtesy of Erica Brass: (over phone) "Hello, Catherine?" Catherine: "Jim, can you hear me? You're breaking up, Jim?" Brass: (over phone) "Cath..." picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Lost him." picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "Well, we got two choices: go back...or go forward." picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica (Catherine draws her gun. They enter the bunker.) picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "I don't hear anything but the generator." picture courtesy of Erica (They shine their flashlights ahead of them.) Catherine: "After you." Gil: "Las Vegas Crime Lab!" picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Anyone here?" (They keep walking and enter another room--cots with dead bodies line the walls.) picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "I count 11." picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Me, too. They're so young." Gil: "And number 12 is missing. Maybe that was the guy we found in the yard." (There's a loud noise behind them and they quickly turn toward it.) picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Who's there? Las Vegas Crime Lab! Identify yourself!" picture courtesy of Erica (Two officers appear almost out of nowhere.) picture courtesy of Erica Officer 1: "Don't shoot, don't shoot. LVPD. Captain Brass radioed us. Said you might be in here and need assistance." Gil: "Well, unfortunately, we're not the ones who need the help." picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "The mythology here appears to be similar to the Heaven's Gate cult in California several years ago. They committed mass suicide to shed their earthly bodies and hitch a ride on a spaceship hidden in the tail of the Hale-Bopp Comet." picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Well, these earthly bodies got a good workout first. Big room, big bed, light show. This cult was about getting laid." picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "Well, Jim Jones and Charles Manson used sex to manipulate their followers. I'm guessing they were timing their ascension to the Orionid meteor shower last night." picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "So, while you were watching shooting stars, they were dying." picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "There's 12 bunks in there, one bed in here. There should be 13 bodies. One prophet, 12 apostles." picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "And two people are missing." picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "Maybe they caught the spaceship." picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Well...would you settle for a flying saucer?" picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "What did autopsy say time of death was?" picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "3:15 a.m.?" picture courtesy of Erica Nick: (over phone) "Between 3:00 and 3:30." Catherine: (to Gil) "How did you know that?" picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "That's when the Orionid meteor shower passed over Vegas. Ask him if they all died about the same time." picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Nick, was T.O.D. same for everyone?" picture courtesy of Erica Nick: (over phone) "Approximately. It varied with body weight. Took between 12 and 20 minutes for them to die. (Flashback of people drinking the Ketamine and vodka.) Ketamine's really hard on the stomach. It induces vomiting. (Flashback.) I think a combination of alcohol and the drug just slowed their lungs. (Flashback of people trying to breathe.) Ultimately, they died of respiratory arrest." Catherine: "Okay. Thanks, Nicky. Got to go. (Closes her phone.) Did you notice those buzzards earlier?" picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "No. But something sure smells good to them. (They walk toward where the buzzards are circling.)" picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "Are you having the same mirage I'm having?" Catherine: "A silver Beemer in the middle of the damn desert? Yeah. Nice wheels. Somebody sure went out of their way to hide this car." Gil: "Well, you can sure smell what the buzzards are after." picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Decomp." picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica (Gil opens the trunk. There's a body inside.) picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Fits the description of the leader, Joseph Diamond. Guess he never made it to Australia." picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "Something tells me this wasn't a suicide. (He picks up something.) Like this tire iron. Convenient weapon of choice." picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica picture courtesy of Erica Catherine: "Well, assuming this is Diamond, and Ty Bentley was a spurned lover and not a member of the cult, we're still short one body." picture courtesy of Erica Gil: "Which I believe makes that body our number one suspect."
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