Tripp (Rex Linn) has Esteban in the line up and he's as arrogant as ever, choosing to suck his lollipop. Kirk identifies him as his attacker, he's certain. Later Vina questions this identification based on there not being any Latinos in the line up, as she tells Delko (Adam Rodriguez.) They need hard evidence.
ME Tom is still with Chelsea's body and Walter notices the dogs bark at a crab, ME Tom finds it's taken a bone. Leading to the discovery of another body, this time a male who has been shot through the head. ME Tom even manages to find the bullet inside the skull. Calleigh (Emily Procter) runs some tests and finds the bullet matches a gun registered to Diego Navarro (Carlos Bernard).
Horatio and Tripp try to question Diego and Horatio finds the remnant of a woman's shoe in the fire, the heel of the shoe. Diego is arrested for the gun charge. Vina responds by saying she doesn't live here. Back at the lab Delko runs tests on the heel and needs Calleigh's help in figuring out where the shoe is sold. Delko tells Calleigh Elizabeth (Olivia Taylor Dudley) could help with the shoe but she doesn't want him to get her involved. Then tells him to be careful. Elizabeth did have a pair but she loaned them to Chelsea.
Chelsea agrees to testify as long as Diego goes away but Diego's lawyer brings up Delko's 'personal' relationship with Elizabeth, showing him a photo of the two together. Delko is adamant he was taking her to a safehouse but the judge (Richard Herd) finds in favour of Diego leading the shoe evidence to be excluded.
Natalia (Eva la Rue) and Calleigh head back to the beach and widen the search area. Here Natalia finds a lapel pin belonging to a yacht club. One that Diego was a member of when he was 14.
Vina denies recognizing the pin but Natalia shows her the photo, Vina coming up with the argument that plenty of people would have a pin like that. It was obvious the man they found was Diego's father, considering the contempt she showed for her husband and for her son. Vina confronts Diego and tells him she's going to turn him in and he breaks a bottle. She runs and hides in the room and calls Horatio for help. When Horatio arrives he finds her holding Diego, a gun nearby.
Horatio gives ME Tom the bloody towel and he must speed up his findings. Ryan (Jonathan Togo) and Walter go through Diego's belongings and Ryan finds a lollipop. Walter claiming he hasn't had one of those since he was 9. Ryan finds it's plastic and it contains something. This being a microchip which Dave (Wes Ramsey) manages to pull from the lollipop. It contains the address of some properties and some which are encoded, much to Ryan's chagrin. It's actually a code to a location.
The warehouse contains the Navarro's property and downstairs they find the lab where the Vic's were killed, including a jar with their eyeballs. Natalia and Horatio analyze the evidence and Horatio finds a small piece from a latex glove. Natalia analyzes the DNA and matches it to Esteban. In court, still looking as smug as ever, Esteban is finally caught and comments on the gifts he's given to the judge. Vina tells Horatio she's glad it's over but Horatio tells her Diego is awake. The first thing she asks is whether he can talk but he's not going to let her see her son.
The DB is finally identified as Diego's father, Alfredo but Horatio doesn't believe Diego shot him, though he did help her bury the body. He finds the room Vina was hiding in wasn't locked and she made up the story of Diego coming after her. Vina calls Horatio from her plane telling him he won't find her and she's left to bask in the sun whereas Esteban sits in prison.
This episode seemed to be wrapped up too quickly and rather hurriedly. Conveniently Vina is brought in to not only show that murder runs in the family, though it skipped a generation with Diego, but that she is able to get away with it. Which was her single reason for showing up, especially since she must have heard where Chelsea's DB was found and she came to clear up loose ends, viz, Diego for herself. Though question to ask is why Esteban buried the DB at the family plot, let alone leaving a witness alive? Diego must be going through a case of deja vu, especially after covering for his mother's murder of his father and now he had to cover his son's killings too.
All of the cast were in this episode for a minute there it looked like Natalia wouldn't be in it again, then it seemed Ryan would be absent. Calleigh warning Delko to stay away from Elizabeth, was it out of genuine concern or jealousy on her part?
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