David (David Berman) stumbles down the edge whilst making his way down to the Vic. Pete was at the Theta Delta party and he doesn't have a phone, which Nick (George Eads) points out is unusual. He suffered anti-mortum bruising on his face and a crushed skull. Morgan (Elisabeth Harnois) posits he didn't fall off the bridge. Nick thinks he could have been pushed by the same person who fought with him. Finn takes candids as DB calls them, shots of the crowd since the killer may have returned to the scene, like Charlie (Brandon W Jones). He tells DB the photo is trending. It was posted at 3.57 by Voyeur4U, so the person who posted knew about the DB beforehand. Charlie thinks the killer may have wanted to "post and boast." Finn: "good theory, must run in the blood."
Doc Robbins (Robert David Hall) finds he suffered a beating, lots of it and contusions but no defensive wounds. Morgan says he was assaulted at 10pm and there's no blood on his clothes. Nick and Greg (Eric Szmanda) found his bloody clothes but his room was empty. DB tells Finn to make herself at home in his office when she pours his coffee and sits on his desk. Archie (Archie Kao) runs an ISP trace on Voyeur4U and goes though the photos from the party. Morgan finds Pete was openly gay and kept a Vlog (video blog) like a Perez Hilton on campus version. Jonesin4 sent him some violent posts and Archie narrows down that Voyeur4U was Pete's own account. He traces the GPS to WLVU campus and to the third floor. Here they find Jonesin4, aka Sebastian and he has Pete's phone. Nick asks if Greg thinks he's the killer. Greg: "think we have a strong connection."
Sebastian (Ivan Germaine De Leon) admits he's also gay and he was at the bridge. He found Pete and took his phone, later he called them anonymously. Nicky loses his cool in that scene. Pete had the campus dirt and said as much in his Vlog entry that he would be revealing this. Photos of Brooke (Chelsea Kane) are found with Pete arguing at the party. Brooke tells Finn and Morgan Pete could be cruel and Jake, (Beau Mirchoff) her boyfriend tells them Pete wasn't liked and he warned Brooke about him. Greg finds Pete's things but not his computer. Pete got an A+ for one of his papers for phone hacking, from Tom Laudner, (Paul Blackthorne) his professor. Greg says he has a tabloid TV show where he harasses celebs. Greg would know this, recall he had those gossip mags etc from earlier seasons where he'd know everything about celebs. Such as in The Accused is Entitled. Also Greg used to hide porn mags around the lab, just thought I'd remind you of that, ha.
DB visits Laudner and he boasts of a "safe environment for students". Yeah about as safe as you can get with a letch professor around! He mentions the "haves and have nots" just as Stella did in CSI:NY episode A Man A Mile. He calls Pete his student, not his employee so he didn't want him digging the dirt on anyone. Claiming Pete had his secrets. Laudner: "hope you return the favour for an exclusive." See the end. Nick finds a flashdrive in Pete's clothes and DB wants a knife like Nick's. He used that last time too didn't he to cut open the football in Brain Doe when DB was there. I want me one of those touchscreen computers! Pete was hacking e-mails and photos too and in Jake's file Nick finds a photo of Jake with Sebastian after recognizing his tattoo on his arm. Jake stole Pete's computer and Pete hacked Jake's phone to steal the photos. DB promises if he cooperates then the photos will be buried in evidence. Brass reluctantly agrees. Jake gives them his DNA. Sebastian texted him after Pete was dead and he wanted the photos so took his computer. Didn't Jake think he'd have kept copies of everything!
Greg brings in Pete's remote digital receiver and Archie finds it's still getting a signal and the live feed shows an office, which is apparent it's Laudner's. Charlie brings DB lunch made by his wife and DB goes for the salt and vinegar crisps, cos clearly his wife doesn't let him eat those as he gets salad. Finn, meanwhile rifles the fridge for lunch but doesn't find anything good. Charlie comments on Finn being a drag last time and DB tells hims second time's a charm, and Charlie adds that his mother isn't the only one who worries.
Brooke knew about Jake's "sexual confusion" which made him a perfect boyfriend for her re her purity vow, which is important to her. She was with Jake all night but it was all innocent. Their argument was over Laudner and Pete wanted to be like him. His next Vlog would reveal the truth. Archie hones in on a poster via the signal which is "Celebrities Indisposed," Greg positing the office belongs to Laudner, well it wouldn't be anyone else's. Nick finds the camera on the bookshelf pointing towards the couch. Greg discovers a bloodspot and the carpet had been cleaned, as well as multiple donors on the couch.
Laudner tells DB 38 women are enrolled in his class and anything that happened was consensual. He doesn't see this as a scandal. DB: "I hate it when a suspect blows a hole in a perfectly good theory." Which doesn't make him a killer. Nick wonders if DB is letting Laudner get to him, which DB replies is besides the point. Nick thinks Pete saw something Laudner didn't want him to and DB thinks perhaps he didn't take no for an answer. Finn and Morgan take DNA swabs from the students on the basis of finding some epithelials under Pete's nails which they didn't disclose to the public and they fell for it. One of them says the pretty girls get an 'A' and it's no secret. Finn tells Ashley (Melissa Farman) she was assaulted and claims she killed Pete. She was there to jump, see the suicide reference at the start, and he came, but not to help her. She saw his phone and tried to take it and he fell. Finn knows it wasn't her fault what Laudner did. But Ashley refuses to testify.
Brass posits the DA will only file charges with witness testimony, so Laudner is free to do it again. Greg finds the prints on the lamppost belonged to Ashley, ranging from 5-8'. DB: "have to take our victims as they come." So who posted the news about Laudner on the Net, one of the students, it had to have been cos the CSIs wouldn't do something like that. Charlie shows DB the story is trending and Laudner is suspended.
A case which wasn't really new or different, CSI:Miami has covered quite a few about hacking, paparazzi, trending photos on the Net, gossip etc, and so has CSI:NY. So Laudner got suspended that's not really punishment for someone who deals with the sordid side of celebrity. Some would say certain celebs warrant their behaviour plastered everywhere. The ordinary public may get embarrassed at such behaviour if it was exposed on a social networking site but in the main someone like Laudner who showed absolutely no remorse at sleeping with his students, even if it was consesual will not be affected by it. All in all, he'll just get a book deal out of it. Now that's not justice or punishment.
Sara and Hodges were absent this episode. No need to explain the episode title. Everything's trending these days be it good, bad or boring!
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