The hunt is on for Meemo (Robert Lasardo) hence the title, as he goes on a killing spree. Tripp (Rex Linn) tells Walter (Omar Miller) all air units etc are out in the search. Horatio (David Caruso) catches one escapee on the bus, except for Meemo. Flashbacks to Marisol getting killed. Horatio says they'll get him, "if it's the last thing we do." Well it wasn't. Meemo boards a yacht, kills the husband and steals the jewellery. In another episode where Horatio no longer has the final word before the opening credits.
Ryan (Jonathan Togo) finds prison shoe treads on the yacht. The dead man's wife rips off her necklace when Calleigh (Emily Procter) questions her and tells her she can't blame herself. Ryan has no idea how he's getting away. Natalia (Eva Larue) finds Meemo's girlfriend, Ivonne (Melonie Diaz) works at a drycleaners. She denies being in contact with him or seeing him. She wants to get her daughter Elsa (Faith Dyer) back so she can't see him. There's nothing on her phone but the earrings matching the necklace are found. It was apparent she was lying. Delko (Adam Rodriguez) loses his cool a lot lately, since he returned to the show. She was going to sell the jewels and put them into savings for Elsa.
Meemo goes to the hospital and shoots two workers there when they give him the wrong answer on when they started work there. He let's a third one off, not only cos the policeman fired at him, but cos she's new there. CSI:Miami in an unusual departure from its violent episodes doesn't show such graphic scenes of people getting shot like that, and did this time in an unprecedented scene of violence directed particularly against women. The social worker, Aaron and Kenneth aren't shown being shot but the women were. He leaves his clothes behind under the truck covered in fresh spatter, as well as stealing a 9mm handgun and the dispatch radio to listen in to the police. Then hides in a garbage truck.
Horatio is contacted by a civillian on the radio. Aaron (Khary Payton) tells him he needs to be arrested for not doing his job. He doesn't want to die. On the contrary, Aaron was doing his job and wanted Elsa removed from the foster home, so Meemo killed an innocent man, not that he hasn't already done that. Meemo shoots him regardless. He's got unfinished business, as does Horatio. It's been 5 years since Marisol was killed, as he reminds Horatio and us, oh what for, we don't need to be reminded now after all this time. Was CSI:Miami really clutching at straws for storylines in its ninth season. Marisol hasn't been mentioned for so long until now. Horatio: "I'm gonna kill you for that." That's one threat he wasn't able to keep thus far in the episode. He usually keeps all of his promises.
Ivonne tells Delko Elsa isn't in her life but he tells her she let Meemo back into hers. He wanted to see her but he couldn't and she opened her big mouth, so it was all her fault those killings took place. She told him Elsa was in foster care. Elsa was taken to hospital when she was injured and she told Meemo about the accident. Horatio agrees she shouldn't have done that. Walter asks Kenneth (William Ragsdale) if he was familiar with Aaron's case and he claims not to know anything. Elsa was taken to hospital with secondary burns. Walter gets the address of foster mother, Joanne (Annie Corley) who was only shot in the leg by Meemo, why leave her alive. The hospital couldn't take her in rightaway which is why he shot the two intake workers. As Walter draws the conclusion that's why Meemo asked when they started work there.
Look it's Ryan with Horatio this time and not Delko. Elsa didn't come home from school. She was missing two days and she didn't report her, that would've been enough to get her shot by him but he let's her off. Ryan can't believe she didn't report her, "are you kiddin' me?" Hey that's Flack's (Eddie Cahill) line. Horatio says they'll find her. So why's Meemo persistently calling Horatio when he can find her himself, just to taunt him and why's Horatio reassuring him that they will find her, in order to save some lives, but not like that will help.
Ryan, Walter and Delko process Joanne's house and Walter finds a small torn piece of paper in the garden and Delko finds the same under Elsa's pillow. Ryan finds someone broke into the house. The paper was from a drycleaning leaflet, again leading to Ivonne and this was getting rather boring. She was there to be near Elsa and left her a glass teddy. Delko hopes it's a promise they can keep and find Elsa. Calleigh hiding behind the desk and Delko just standing around when they were meant to be investigating, but there's not a shred of paper or anything else before them on the desk.
Calleigh says one person should know where she is. Hey Delko still standing around, when Ryan comes to inform them about Joanne. Aaron recommended Joanne be removed as her foster mother. Kenneth knew everything about the case and has Elsa. Meemo hears about Kenneth's sighting, which was stupid broadcasting it over the radio when he has one with him. Then Horatio and Delko are surprised when he turns up where they've stopped Kenneth. Delko demands Meemo doesn't talk to him about family and threatens to shoot him on several occasions, but doesn't. Meemo takes Kenneth hostage and shoots him. Horatio has flashbacks to Marisol, as Meemo escapes once more.
Another routine episode, but I have no idea how anyone can find needless and senseless carnage thrilling, even if it is CSI:Miami. There wasn't anything exciting about it and it's a wonder CSI:Miami actually was renewed for a tenth season. I used to like CSI:Miami once upon a time, especially in its heyday, but then it got all about drug lords and gangs and Russian mobsters pretty quickly. It was my fave CSI show at one point (now replaced by CSI:NY - wonder why.) With a newer, fresher approach last season, CSI:Miami has now returned to its familiar action-orientated stance. I wouldn't have minded so much if it had newer villains, but returning to the older characters doesn't make it interesting. Lots of posturing over Marisol. No one lined up gunning for Horatio, though only one escapee was actually shown being arrested and that was by Horatio too. He didn't appear to be menacing or gunning for Horatio, he was getting away. So much for LaBrock's warning previous episode that they'd be out for a "red-headed detective." Not even Meemo gunned for Horatio.
A hardened criminal and killer like Meemo was placed in a private prison, instead of maximum security was ridiculous. He may have been searching for his daughter, but his first act out of prison is to shoot an innocent man for the fun of it and to steal from him. There's no sympathy that can be garnered for such a vile human being, even when he finds out about Elsa he still goes on a shooting rampage and yet through it all he has the audacity to demand Horatio gets her back. Plenty of people lose their children, but his action was extreme.
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