CSI goes back to solving a cold case for its 300th ep, a cold case which didn't really happen 14 years ago, but for the purposes of the story/plot, it did. But it was actually meant to be 13 not 14! Gwen (Kiersey Clemons) is found dead in Jack Witten's (Jason Priestly) house. He's a suspect in the murder of Darcy (Bethany Joy Lenz)14 years ago, but they couldn't prove anything. Catherine (Marg Helgenberger) and Sara (Jorga Fox) investigated when Catherine was supervising in Grissom's absence. The clue that probably ties them to Darcy's case is that the current DB was also hit over the head. Glass is found nearby and Greg (Eric Szmanda) and David (David Berman) talk about The Premiere, a casino that Jack was going to build years ago. Greg also saying he could write another book on how many buildings weren't built in Vegas that should have been. Ooh do I sense another book from Greg. Better not, it'll vanish from our screens and we'll never hear about it again. Also being the 300th, it was a reference to Greg and his writing prowess. Jack pretty much became a recluse.
There was camera footage of Jack and Darcy leaving the club together and coming back to his house. They found she had been roofied as well as other drugs in her system. This case is close to home for Sara again, not leastwise she investigated it, but cos these ones usually are. She finds a carpet fibre from the rug in Jack's bedroom and she thinks it might be a match to the fibre that was found in the boot of Jack's car 14 years ago. It had Darcy's blood on it and also there was blood in the boot of his car when her dumped her DB. What they can't understand is that if he was guilty back then, then why would he call for help now.
Jack says he was in his preservation room and was watching movies that's why he didn't hear what happened. Having a knack for always getting my suspects right, I knew Jack didn't kill Gwen or Darcy back then, it would have been too obvious for starters! Greg and Finn (Elisabeth Shue) search for evidence in Jack's house and Greg finds a piece of desiccant and cork. It's what's used to preserve pills in bottles and if his father had artwork which Jack would have inherited, then it would have come from that. But the walls have movie posters on them. Greg thinks there's a secret room where the artwork is kept and finds a split in the skirting boards. Inside he hears a woman shouting for help and he manages to enter the code correctly, guessing the year the movie would be released.
Inside Emily (Lindsay Bushman) is bound and saying Jack killed Gwen, as she heard her screaming. Sara and DB (Ted Danson) question her in hospital and she tells them they met him, got drunk and came back here. Sh needed the loo and so he tied her up in her whilst she heard him killing her. Which was a lie since Greg couldn't hear her from outside and didn't until he actually found the secret panel. DB has his doubts too and tells Sara not to rush into things for the same reason.
Doc (Robert David Hall) recalls the case and how Grissom had gathered a select team, it's not about the winning but it's the losses that they remember. Adding that Morgan (Elisabeth Harnois) is also a part of that team now. Doc finds the piece of glass isn't from a wine glass so it could be from the lamp instead. But Finn thinks since it had a broad lens, it could be from a flashlight, so where is the flashlight. They find that Gwen and Emily have a record for burglary and Morgan thinks they were at Jack's house to steal and he wasn't aware of their presence. Greg finds the light hidden in a crate. Greg calls Sara and she tells him that Emily has died. Doc tells her not to make any Smurf jokes as she's all blue. Apparently she swallowed some silver and inside her stomach contents he finds a roll of film. They think that they were looking for the film when Emily got a text and realized she was cheating with Emily's boyfriend. Emily hit her with the flashlight. Emily staged the scene and tied herself up, making it look like Jack had done it.
Hodges (Wallace Langham) works on the film and finds a frame with Darcy, Sara adding that she's flirting to the camera. But Jack claims he didn't take it or had seen the photo. Hodges tries to find what sort of camera the picture was taken with and gets Henry (Jon Wellner) to do some posing for him while he films, some sexy Marilyn, Blue Steel, pouting shots and a silent film one. Hodges finds the camera matches and this was used by a Geer (Adam Johnson). Who owns a photoshop. But Sara and Officer Mitchell (Larry Mitchell) finds him dead. Emily found the film and swallowed it so Geer hired her to retrieve it. Geer worked for Jack and they were tying to build the casino together.
Jack admits he was trying to help Darcy since they had the same problems and were at NA together. She was like a daughter (he didn't look that old!) and he had problems with women and couldn't control himself. So he woke up next to Darcy but she was dead with blood all over her. Geer had a photo showing her like that. So why again would he need the other photo if he had the bloody one. Geer offered to clean up the CS in return for money, of course.
Greg and Sara need to clean up the photo and see why it's relevant which Greg has them do and he notices the bank building in the background in it was from 2001, when Bush won Florida (and we all recall the controversy surrounding that.) Darcy was meant to have been dead already. Sara waits for Darcy at the airport and shows her Geer's phone records where he was warning her that her photo had been found, as she says she was defending herself and she hasn't had much luck with men. She's a wife and mother now and claims that she's not a cold blooded killer. She had to escape her father who would molest her. Sara doesn't know if she's telling the truth but she knows Darcy is troubled and that's cos Sara's been through the same herself, but she doesn't believe Darcy's changed. DB tells Sara he's glad she pursued this one and didn't give up. Her father is getting a lawyer for her.
Ecklie (Marc Vann) apologizes to Jack and he thanks him for giving him back his life. He's still concerned about Darcy and wishes he could have done more to help her back then. Sara and Greg put away the evidence and she thinks Jack could still build The Premiere, but Greg thinks it's too outdated now. Sara finds that dancer's head dress that Greg wore from the Table Stakes ep and he tells her to put that away. That was a sweet moment between Greg and Sara and they've really got this brother/sister vibe going on between them.
Catherine didn't appear to the team in person, but as flashbacks showing how she had an influence on them, including Greg when she told him not to give up on any lead especially since she knows he wanted to be out in the field. But back then Greg wasn't interested in being a field CSI. Also when Ecklie gives the case to dayshift, you know that's what he was like back then and Sara accuses him of being too political. Recall Catherine telling Grissom in an early ep that he wasn't politic enough, showing their differences. But in 3.2 The Accused is Entitled, she says he is politic now, so "Ecklie must be rubbing off on you." Very consistent. Still it was good to see Marg especially since George wasn't able to be in the 300th. A milestone which he was unfairly excluded from. SO at least he was in the montage of clips at the end of the show, showing just how far we've come with this show (and how old we've all grown! ha).
As for the case, it was interesting enough and as I said Jack wasn't guilty of Darcy's murder. It was a nice change watching Jason not playing a bad guy. It was also good that Sara and Greg got to take the lead in the 300th as they've been around the longest in the show, but Brass (Paul Guilfoyle) only managed to get two scenes. They do seem to be downsizing his scenes in preparing for giving him the old heave ho at the end of the season. Though I have no idea why in terms of his character still having plenty to do in the show.
Did you notice the scenes where the number 300 figured, some in more prominent places than others. Including the car number plate of Jack's car. There was also a 300 above the number in the right corner showing the expiry date. The computer was a Nosumi 300. There was a 300 on the clapperboard. Also behind Sara with the poison sign. There was an inverted 300 when Sara and Greg were talking about the photo in the lab. The camera Hodges pointed out had a 300 on its side. 300 in the cage when Ecklie took Catherine and Sara off the case. One on the wall when Ecklie was apologizing to Jack at the end of the ep. 300 behind Hodges in the lab showing 300 days without 'a lost time accident.' 300 on the spine of the book in DB's office when he was speaking with Ecklie. As well as on the bank statement. Also 300 frames were mentioned a few times in relation to the frames of Darcy on the film. Phew. There were also two less visible 300's, one behind Sara on the board when she goes to meet Darcy's father and the second one was on the label of the bust next to Finn when she's talking with Greg.
As well as the movie posters in Jack's house being the names of CSI eps, Blood Drops, Burn Out. The montage had clips from Living Doll, Gumdrops, Fur and Loathing, Scuba Doobie Doo, Anonymous. Started watching this from the Pilot ep back in 2000 and have stuck around ever since! But it was funny how they hairstyles were 'disguised' and their clothes too as they didn't dress like that back then.
Some good quotes too.
Sara: "All this evidence, all these years. You ever think you've had enough?"
Greg: "Are you kidding. I'm just getting started."
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