Calleigh (Emily Procter) and Ryan talk with the pageant organizer, Darla (Kiersten Warren) she herself resembled a little girl in terms of intelligence and she sends her husband, Edwin (Larry Sullivan) to take care of the mothers. Darla hasn't announced Suzanne's (Jenny Cooper) murder yet, but Calleigh breaks the news with the other mother, Alicia (Lindsay Northern) there. Those girls didn't even look like children and Delko later says what I was thinking, that they resemble dolls, real life ones you could play dress-ups with.
Melrose is drawn towards Calleigh who tells her the Doctor, Rachel Porter (Aisha Hinds) will come and talk to her but Melrose doesn't want Calleigh to leave. She gives her the necklace she wears for Melrose to hold onto for her. This season they were showing how much children are drawn to Calleigh, prompting her later on to perhaps decide on having her own. Well it looks that way. It was obvious Melrose had something to do with with Suzanne's death. I mean who would hide out in the bathroom if she didn't have anything to hide. Some children would want to get out of there and get help.
Rachel asks if she saw who hurt her mother and Melrose recalls her father shouted at her. Melrose also replies her mother just fell. Which was another obvious clue. Larry (Nick Sandow) says they argued over the amount of money Suzanne was spending at these pageants and he wasn't aware Melrose was awake, but he didn't kill her. Ryan and Calleigh look at the surveillance photos and Ryan finds the tape was played and stopped at specific intervals. Especially when Melrose and Tori (Caitlin Carmichael) the other girl, were in the frames. Thus the girls were being targeted. Calleigh calls Delko, who arrives at the room to find Tori missing. Alicia didn't kill Suzanne over a Regional but she took the dress to her room to show her what she had done to it. That's when the bead must have dropped off.
Darla's phone shows she was allowing her husband, Edwin to target the girls. She claims he made her do it and threatened her. At their house, Delko finds a separate part in the garden which reveals a section for children. Natalia (Eva la Rue) finds Tori's clip on the ground and Delko finds a music box. Prints on the box show that Jan (Meredith Hagner) Melrose's sister was also at the scene. Showing she too had been kidnapped by Edwin. But she doesn't recall anything and also used to take part in the pageants.
Horatio (David Caruso) wants her to see the Doctor and she coaxes memories from her. Jan recalls seeing a big mouse on screen and was held in a cinema. Walter (Omar Miller Benson) finds six cinemas where the cartoon played and Edwin used to do his own thing on a Tuesday. Only one of the cinemas was closed on Tuesday. Tori is being held here and refuses to play with Edwin.
Natalia and Horatio holds guns on him and he threatens to shoot Tori. Horatio allows him to run so he can give chase and shoots at Edwin. He falls over the balcony and hangs from it. Horatio refuses to help him and Edwin pleads for help, stating he can change. Edwin falls and Horatio just casually looks on. Clearly wanting to mete out his own justice once again and play vigilante. However Edwin being a paedophile wouldn't have lasted long in prison anyway.
Walter analyzes the crown and finds there are prints on there which weren't visible before, like someone was holding it. The substance is analyzed as fake tan. He asks ME Tom (Christian Clemenson) if Suzanne has tanned fingers and he finds she does. He thinks he missed it but Walter reassures him it wouldn't have been visible yet. Melrose was being sprayed by Suzanne and she didn't want to be, whilst jumping on the bed. She took hold of the crown from her mother and Suzanne fell onto it. It is ruled an accident. Calleigh hugs Melrose. What if she really wanted her dead - so no more beauty pageants. Just saying there are children who are capable of such actions. Calleigh reveals to Ryan she was in a pageant herself when younger, seems like they're the done thing down South. Ryan can't believe parents would subject their children to them instead of letting them be just that, children. Delko is disgusted with the whole idea.
Once more we get Horatio showing how much he has really changed and is no longer able to tolerate criminals without taking on the role of judge, juror and executioner upon himself. Which is demonstrated over and over again every episode, practically. It appears the writers were no longer concerned with 'doing the right thing' and especially as a law enforcement official. Either that or they thought, CSI:Miami will probably meet its end and so they couldn't be bothered anymore. Cos Horatio has come along way from the caring officer he once was. Edwin: "I can change..."
Horatio: "none of us changes that much." Well Horatio is living proof that he has changed for the worse.
The idea for this episode was pitched to the writers by Eva La Rue and her own daughter, Kaya McKenna Callahan was seen in the episode as Blakley.
Walter: "Samo I got something."
Samantha "oh way to go Simmons."
Walter: "was that supposed to be funny?"
Samantha; "seeing as you're holding biological evidence in the trace lab, I figured you came in here for an ego boost." A fun scene between the two to break up the seriousness of proceedings. Just as well.
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