Walter notices the scars on the dog and Delko (Adam Rodriguez) says it's a fighting dog. Walter thinks there'll be a chip under his neck to identify the owner, which leads to a dog rescue place. Mason Torres (Ignacio Serricchio) says the dog escaped and shows Delko and Walter the cut fence. He didn't have time to retrain the dog yet. Obviously he had to be involved otherwise he'd never have been shown, you know foreshadowing and all that.
Natalia (Eva La Rue) notices Ryan looking at a tennis racket but he doesn't know how it got inside the locker room. Then notices it has marks on it and they realize it was used to bar the door closed from the outside. The racket is analyzed and Sam (Taylor Cole) calls in ME Tom (Christian Clemenson) for help since he's a great tennis player, he used to play in college and they play together in the mornings sometimes. He explains how a racket is customized for each player and you can tell a player from a pro. He measures the string tension which Sam looks up on the website and IDs the racket as belonging to Jack Brody (Aml Ameen) a famous tennis player.
Jack tells Horatio he's giving away rackets all the time. His arm injury was caused by the dog biting him and he admits he was there and called for help. That was his voice on the 911 call. He went to hospital that's why he didn't stick around and shows them his mauled blue jacket. Natalia takes more photos from the CS and finds shreds of paper. This leads her to a Janice Wells (Jodi Harris) who had paid $40,00 for her son to be trained. She confronted Coach about her son not improving but she couldn't get her money back. Her son tells her he doesn't even like tennis and Horatio advises she should listen to him.
Horatio and Tripp question Hopper on whether there were other disgruntled parents and he tells them about a scholarship fund where those who can't afford to play are taught. He sends the ledgers over with Andrew (Travis Caldwell) who also used to play tennis there ten years ago. He knows each expenditure off by heart but when it comes to an amount for $100,000 he doesn't talk about it until he has Coach's permission. Calleigh (Emily Procter) also notices Brenda's (Rebecca Lowman) name on the list, she's Austin's foster mother and wonders how she could afford $40,000.
Stacey (Dawnn Lewis) the secretary is questioned by Calleigh and she asks if Austin is around. He'll be in later and Calleigh notices she sanitizes her hands with soap after she shook her hand and after Calleigh gave her a card. Tripp brings in the boxes of files and notices a manilla envelope at the bottom of the box. It's marked for Miami Dade so someone wanted them to have it. Inside is a copy of a deposition where someone was abusing a child. The name is redacted. They think Coach paid for this incident to be settled. His lawyer says the file is sealed and a non-disclosure agreement was signed to keep the file secret. He advises Coach not to talk about it. Coach of course denying any wrong doing. They needed a name since the boy is a suspect in the case.
Since the abuse took place ten years ago, this should have led to them thinking of Andrew as he started to play there ten years ago. Calleigh tells Brenda she shouldn't leave Austin at the tennis academy since he may be in danger. Then offers to look after him whilst Brenda works. Ryan doesn't get anywhere with the deposition copy and Calleigh thinks there could be something on the envelope. She finds a chemical on the clasp which is common in hand sanitizers. Stacey doesn't want to get involved but finally gives her Andrew's name.
Horatio and Tripp question Andrew who states his parents made him say he was abused but he wasn't really. Calleigh talks to Austin who tells her Jack gave him a phone and told him not to tell. He could call him on it anytime he wanted. Calleigh warns he shouldn't listen to grown ups when they tell him to keep things secret. Walter notices a piece of trace in Ross's neck, which ME Tom, missed again. It's a blue piece of cloth, which is found to have come from Jack's jacket.
Jack is accused of abusing children and he angrily replies he didn't. He gave the phone to Austin so he could call him anytime and he stayed behind with him until Brenda came to pick him up. He tells them of a friend of his who was abused when they were at the academy together when younger. He confronted Coach and he threatened to end his career and no one would believe him.
Ryan and Sam are transporting evidence when one of the police dogs growls at Ryan, who was carrying the box with Ross's clothes in it. Sam tests them to show they were doused with pheromones. Thus Ross was also an intended target. Mason changed his name and was molested by Coach. He admits they came up with a plan to kill Coach but Jack didn't know about Ross. Horatio says he killed an innocent man, but Ross deserved it cos he asked him for help and he didn't do anything.
Natalia and Calleigh discuss how Jack and Mason will be on trial for murder when Coach goes free. Natalia suggests they should talk to Andrew and ask him to speak out. His non-disclosure agreement prevents him from saying anything. Calleigh asks if the abuse still continued after he signed the agreement, cos it means he can talk about any later abuse occurring after 2002. Coach is arrested by Horatio and he wants his jacket to cover his head. Horatio refuses, like they don't know ho he is. A man is shown in the crowd and it's apparent he is there to gun down Coach! The usual ending in most episodes of this nature.
CSI:Miami is obsessed or was obsessed with paedophile eps; such as 6.17 To Kill A Predator, 1.6 Broken, 7.6 Burn Out, 4.16 Deviant where Alexx was a suspect in a molester's death. They already had one this season with the child beauty pageant, Crowned. Where Horatio 'took care of' the abuser. Here it's left to what must be an angry parent to do the killing. Surprisingly Horatio was rather reserved with this paedophile considering he was no better than any others he's come across, but it's left to someone else to take vigilante action. He also kept his cool with him, no threats of any kind.
Adam Rodriguez directs in what is a mediocre episode at best. He tries to entertain with some different camerawork again when he zooms into the cast whilst they're in the lab and then the camera goes past them slow motion style. As said this storyline has been covered many times and it would have been better if they came up with a different twist or another angle.
Janice telling Natalia she doesn't "handle wild animals, I wear them." Calleigh losing her cool with Jack when she erupts that Austin has her. Clearly she still has a soft spot for him and he for her, but she hasn't visited him since he moved in with Brenda. Ryan bringing up Sam's ASA boyfriend again.
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