Catherine (Marg Helgenberger) and Vartann (Alex Carter) 'gettin' it on', interspersed with the Vic being chased and killed - and the five announcer (UK channel where the show is aired, warning us of violent scenes from the outset.) This scene not left to our imaginations. (Wonder what Marg made of it all, ha. I know it's only acting...) They then arrive at the CS and Vartann tells Catherine that the speed limit isn't a "suggestion." Catherine: "You gonna give me a ticket, copper?" A DB is found with his head on a spike and Ray (Laurence Fishburne) comments on the terror in his eyes - he knew he was going to die. Or rather it wasn't just the terror, but who actually did the dirty deed. (See later.) Catherine tells from the amount of blood on the ground that he was still alive when beheaded. Ray notices the blood moon and that it could be a ritualistic killing. Referring to the Book of Revelation and specifically the precursor to the End of Days.
This was CSI's answer to the Twilight saga and the battle between vampires and werewolves.
Nick (George Eads) doesn't find any tyre tracks or footprints or an ID. Ray: "Where is the bugman when you need him?" Nick answering his call. A longhorn beetle crawls out of the DB's mouth and some hair from an unknown source is also found. Ray's reference to 'bugman' immediately made me think of Gil and Nick mentions him too, later on. Nick has also become the 'bugman' now in the absence of Gil. In the season opener, Nick noticed the behaviour of the cockroaches too.
Ligature marks are found on his wrist and chains were used to hold him in place, there are also abrasions on his chest, indicating he ran into the barbed wire. David (David Berman) tells Nick that Doc Robbins (Robert David Hall) wants the head on the spike and the body with the fence brought back. David and Doc attempt to remove the head off the spike, Doc: "...like trying to get meat off a shish kebab." That'd be enough to put you off any sort of skewered meat! Lots of foody references in this episode. The spike went straight in the Vic's brain. David brings up the Lizzie Bordon poem, but Doc corrects him that the number of whacks she gave weren't 40, but 29. They can't determine the type of weapon used, until the flesh is boiled and the toolmarks are examined.
Sara (Jorga Fox) comments on how the will to kill is very strong. Ray remarks on the absence of body hair on the Vic. Sara finds traces of wax. Vartann doesn't find the Vic in the system and then throws a bombshell, by asking Catherine to move in with him. Overheard by Hodges (Wallace Langham) who dotes on what could have been with Wendy (Liz Vassey). The ingredients in the wax were rosemary, lemon juice and olive oil. Leading Catherine to identify the hotel which gives such waxes.
Ray finds the Vic was about to be married and Nick finds a yellow contact lens on the floor of his hotel room. Ray discovers the Celtic love knot ring. The venue for the wedding is chock-a-block full of vampires. Nick asks Ray for garlic. The Vic was Michael (Thad Luckinbill) and he was seen yesterday. Julie (Laura Breckenridge) his fiancee, says it's her fault what happened (and she's right) since she wanted to get married at the Convention. Her hand, Thomas 's hand (Max Beesley) and Michael's all had scars. Thomas comments they're not 'Sanguinarians' and their blood is symbolic of the life force that flows within. (Sorry maybe I always say this, but my first suspect was Julie) also because Ray made particular comment to the Celtic knot ring, signifying 'tying the knot'.
Mentioning Sanguinarians, or sanguine was more like the CSI:NY episode, Sanguine Love (season 6) written by Carmine Giovinazzo - not that I'm biased - hang on I am, jut a little!) but I thought that episode was exceptional. Kudos to Carmine for his great writing and creative talent! Everyone in their various groups also took their beliefs seriously in that episode.
Greg (Eric Szmanda) comments that to kill real vampires their heads need to be lopped off. Sara says he wasn't a real vampire. She doesn't believe in them. She's more of the scientific believer. Gil (William Petersen)would theorize over their existence, alluding to various cultures around the world. As did Ray when he mentioned the werewolf. Sara matches the stria, indicating the marks were made from one tool. Greg thinks it's an axe or a hatchet.
At the convention, Ray dons red contacts and vampire fangs and admits they make him feel powerful. They dress up to embrace their dark sides. The lens are similar to the one found in the hotel room. Nick tells Ray he scared of him. They get an axe from a weapon's seller who claims he's a direct descendant of Van Helsing. Back at the lab, Ray strikes 'Jello-man' with the axe, splattering Nick with fake blood. Nick finishes off the job, counting 16 strikes of the axe, beating the killer's strikes of 18. Ray surmises the Vic was struck from all sides, thus there had to be more than one killer.
Hodges identifies the hair from the Vic's mouth to be from Canis Lupus, i.e. wolf. Vampires were once slaves to werewolves, as legends go. Catherine tells him that as a scientist, "wanna-werewolves can't transform into wolves." Hodges gets personal with Catherine asking her who's going to move into whose place, since he had a chance to love and lost. Greg finds the wolf in the system, named Timber, owned by Kurt Francis (Michael Grazladei). The wolf took part in a fight. Sara states they should blame the owner for the fight, not the wolf. Wolves hunt in packs.
Whilst attempting to question the werewolves at the Convention, Ray demonstrates his ability to subdue Kurt, without the use of a gun, or any other weapon. Nick, meantime, has to draw his gun again to hold back the others. Nick's funny/sarcastic comment that werewolves and vampires are in the same movies. So they have plenty in common. His DNA was on the contact lens, but he claims he doesn't recall where he was. It was a full moon and he "shifted."
Sara and Greg examine Kurt's truck, to find dog collars, which could have been used to hold Michael as they have the same ligature patterns on him. Blood spatter on the door checks positive for blood and Sara smells vomit inside, which Nick objects to mentioning since he's eating. Yeah, about time someone said it. Greg tells him he's always eating. Someone drank Michael's blood and was sick, as humans don't have the enzymes necessary to digest blood. Ray asks what a vampire was doing in Kurt's truck? He mentions, Porphryia the vampire disease. Allowing Nick to recall the case they had a few years back about the woman who had the disease and used to grind up meat into protein shakes. (CSI episode Justice is Served, pun there.) Ray almost chokes on his shake! They're looking for a Sanguinarian. Ray opens the curtains at the Convention room and Thomas's skin burns. Nick: "the great thing about science is that it always sheds light on the subject."
Thomas tells them Michael was already dead and he got a ride back with Kurt. Why would a vampire kill one of their own? Nick was right when he said it was about the girl, Julie. They examine Thomas and Kurt's clothes and conclude there should be more blood spatter on them. Catherine deducing as cast off was present, they were both there. Hodges analyzes the cloak showing traces of a flowering herb, which grows at 2,500 feet in the mountains.
Nick: "Grissom, is that you, Gil" to Sara. Who tells him Gil wouldn't like him calling him by his first name. Sara asks Nick if he knows that a "12 letter word for 'beyond the forest' is Transylvania." Sara finds the axe buried in the ground and Nick finds pieces of a torn photo. Why not just take the objects with them, they had all that time to bury everything up there. So why not bury Michael too. Kurt's in the photo and so is Michael. He used to be a werewolf, but became a vampire after falling for Julie. (As Nick said it too.)
Ray and Sara notice marks on the handle of the axe during analysis and Ray mentions the marks on their experiment were from his wedding ring. The marks are from a Celtic ring. Julie admits to killing Michael since "love based on a lie" isn't love. She was whacked out! She won't testify against the others to avoid the death penalty. Well, not being cynical, but being who she professes to be, don't see her lasting long in any prison with the kind of inmates she'll come across, so the death penalty will be the least of her worries. Also what about Nick and Ray's findings during their experiment that there had to be someone behind Michael to have killed him. Shouldn't that be admissible at trial too for the jury to decide for themselves.
Catherine doesn't want to move in and bicker over small stuff, she's happy as they are. Ray and Nick watch the Nosferatu (1922) movie, which scared Nick when he was 7. Ray can't explain why there's such evil in the world, and how people can commit such violent acts. They wouldn't have a job if there wasn't any evil. Getting another call out. Ray: "let's go hunt some monsters." Hey Nick didn't even get to finish his sandwich!
This isn't CSI's (TV) first foray into vampire territory, see the episode Suckers, where Catherine and Warrick (Gary Dourdan) looked into the death of a teenage girl who thought she was a vampire. Also the episode, Werewolves, which dealt with Hypertrichosis. Allusions to werewolves too in the CSI:Miami episode, Sunblock.
I've said it to my friends and I'll say it again, why does George feel the need to go 'short back and sides, and get a haircut when he doesn't need to, He does that every season without fail and I come up with my comment, every season without fail! Ha.
Nick and Ray have a great rapport going, not just in terms of CSI to CSI, but as friends too and Nick still calls him 'Dr Ray'. They make a great team. Having been paired together last season, glad it's continuing this season too, they also really click and understand each other.
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