Horatio (David Caruso) has breakfast with his son, Kyle (Evan Ellington) and thinks the waitress likes him. Horatio says it's the uniform she likes. Actually Kyle thinks it's the man wearing the uniform. He's going to be transferred and deployed in 14 days. He has a dangerous job; which Kyle likens to being just as dangerous as Horatio's job. His friend Brian Nassir (Ethan Rains) appears to be missing and he inherited the lot from his father. Someone's on fire inside and Kyle believes it's Brian. ME Tom (Christian Clemenson) warns the others to be careful as the limbs may fall off the DB. To Horatio, the killing resembles an execution and reminds ME Tom of the gang wars in the 1990's.The DB is encased in rubber. Natalia (Eva Larue) finds an antique torch. Horatio tells her the gas can may have prints.
The Range Rover parked outside doesn't belong to Brian. The torch is from the Vietnam War and belongs to the neighbour. Kyle loses his temper with him. The neighbour, Glenn (Jeff Kober) says Brian was a Muslim and he won't apologize for the fact this is his country. He thinks he's an extremist, since things go on there at night, he has to be vigilant. Tripp (Rex Linn) calls Glenn a piece of work and they'll be watching him. Kyle explains he and Brian were at Boot Camp together and Glen's just mistaking racism for patriotism. As does most everyone these days. ME Tom checks dental records to find that the Vic isn't Brian. Tripp finds the car belongs to Rahim Farooq (Navid Negahban) and the dental records are a match to him. How could they already know the dental records match Rahim, if Tripp has only just found out the car belongs to him. That makes Brian a suspect.
Rahim's wife, Salumeh (Necar Zadegan) tells Calleigh (Emily Procter) and Jesse (Eddie Cibrian) that her husband found it hard here. She feigns grief. Like Tony (Michael Weatherly) in NCIS, I too went for the wife as the obvious suspect. At any rate it's a wonder the CSIs didn't suspect her, since in such cases, the spouse is always considered a primary suspect. Jesse looks at the photos. Maya (Inbar Lavi) is her daughter. Jesse scans the mother's prints so she can be eliminated as a suspect, but they match the gas can. She claims Rahim always left it in the car. Calleigh asks her if she's ever been to the garage. Horatio alongside, ME Tom, finds a piece of charred paper, which he's sending to QD (Questionable Documents.) Brian calls Kyle, who has Horatio turn up and Tripp arrests them both for murder. Kyle doesn't feel he did the right thing in telling Horatio.
Ryan (Jonathan Togo) processes Brian and Calleigh checks the contents of Maya's purse, coming across a bus ticket to St Petersburg. Ryan uses a portable gas chromotographer to read the signals of any compounds Brian's touched and tests positive for gasoline. But he's been at the garage, he's bound to have gas there. Maya also tests positive for gasoline on her arms and hands. She admits the gas was meant for her as her father had a violent temper and was angry at her. Calleigh asks if he was trying to kill her. Maya was promised to another man in an arranged marriage but she met Brian.
Her mother says Rahim is a proud man and wouldn't agree to the marriage being called off. Horatio says he and Brian share the same faiths, but it wouldn't matter to her father. They left him alive. Walter (Omar Miller) calls it an honour killing. Horatio doesn't believe Rahim's death was self-defence. Walter gets defensive when it's said he's accusing Brian of murder, but Walter isn't doing that. Kyle lets Horatio know Brian saved his life from an IAD, why's he only telling him this now.
Walter finds the Vic's jacket protected the paper but not enough. Horatio advises to view it under the infra red filter as ink dyes show up better. Horatio recognizes the writing as Farsi, how did he know? and he's got a translator in Kyle. He must have been an expert in the language already, so how'd he learn it so fast. Kyle calls it a contract and the signature reads 'A Saleem'. Ryan questions Ahmad (Assaf Cohen) and asks what his motive is. Walter tells him a witness (Glen) saw him outside the garage. He admits he's been there and followed Maya. He saw them together and they just had to kiss outside. He called off the marriage. But Rahim said she brought dishonour on both families and shamed him. Ahmad thought if she found someone then she deserves to be happy. He didn't tell Rahim where he saw them.
Calleigh examines the call history of Maya's phone and finds a voicemail she left for her father, saying they need to meet at the garage. Jesse concludes that her phrase "put an end to this, doesn't ooze confidence." That Maya probably had access to the family gas can too. Maya just wanted to tell Rahim the truth and introduce Brain to him. Calleigh warns her only Brian can corroborate her story. Jesse refers to them as Romeo and Juliet and that they left before the fire was set, but they need more than circumstantial evidence to prove it. He and Natalia grid search the garage. Natalia finds two holes made from a heel. The heel was dug into the silt. Ryan thinks it could be Maya's, but it doesn't match hers as it's too chunky. Just because Maya was their main suspect they automatically suspect her and she had to be wearing heels too. But they didn't think of her mother until now. She also happened to be wearing the same shoes from the garage still! Wouldn't they have smelt of gasoline and also her clothes as well, viz, her trousers.
She didn't want Maya to go through this and Rahim was angry at her for supporting her daughter. She wanted to warn Maya. Horatio tells her she stood over her husband whilst he burned. She says there was no honour in what he was doing and she didn't corrupt her daughter. Oh and why was Rahim carrying the contract around with him anyway. Brian isn't going back with Kyle just yet. Horatio wants Kyle to come home alive. Horatio was really concerned for Kyle and him leaving for dangerous lands and it was good to see him portray such emotion towards his own son, which is usually reserved for others children. The relationship between father and son has developed with Kyle displaying a more mature character and now that he's leaving again, real emotions are revealed.
A bit judgemental in its portrayal of arranged marriages, as if the daughter has no option but to go through with it, it is the case with many Feudal, or traditional families, but not with everyone. A mother would do anything for her child and here, Salumeh demonstrates just that. An episode which delves into the life of this family and their relationships, whilst also focusing on that of Horatio and his son. Salumeh killed her husband to keep Maya safe and alive, Horatio wanting Kyle back home safely and alive too, where he'll always be waiting for him. Also showing the extreme contrasts in his feelings for Kyle and Rahim's for Maya.
The neighbour's threats, or suspicions don't pan out into anything this time, but shows that bigotry and racism, are truly alive and kicking, lashing out at Muslims, albeit American Muslims and how they will always be viewed with suspicion and contempt.
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