Renee (Natasha Henstridge) informs Horatio that Toller has found a buyer for the printing plates. Calleigh (Emily Procter) speaks to Randy's son, Austin (Maxim Knight) and he knows if he tells her where his father is then he'll be arrested. He trusts Calleigh and she tells him someone else will be hurt if they don't find him.
Randy is found by the lifeguard tower. The CSIs have to play their usual macho "heroics" and demonstrate their 'heavy handedness' towards suspects, which doesn't make them any better than the suspects. As I said all the way through season 9, I don't like where the writers were taking the characters as each one of them showed a blatant disregard for treating their suspects so roughly. Here even Natalia gets in on the act by pushing Randy's head onto the table. He informs them Toller is making a deal with someone involved in ATM robberies and Horatio recalls Leo Kendry; (Mark Hengst) who works with Ricky Galindo. (Will Rothhaar)
The CSIs arrive too late to catch Toller but arrest Leo when Walter (Omar Miller) notices Ricky's car has a Garra Rufa fish inside, leading to the spa, Leo and the printing plates. Toller made off with a cashier, Melanie (Rachel Brosnahan) who will become his next Vic.
At the service station, Melanie tells the clerk the man will kill her and he believes she is in trouble, alerting the police. She provides him with a $100. She takes something from the store when she leaves and as they zoom onto the camera footage they notice it's a phone, which Toller uses to call Randy
Randy calls him back to arrange a meeting at the train yard: a bit of a silly place to meet and why have the team hide out on the other side of the tracks when they know trains will not only obscure their view but also get in the way of their operation. Toller wants the necklace Randy found whilst in prison. He realizes he's been set up and escapes. Delko (Adam Rodriguez) can only blame Randy for Toller's escape. Yeah blame the other guy for your own ineptness.
Walter and Calleigh look through the evidence from Toller's first killing and Walter suggests they should analyze his clothes as this wasn't done the first time.
Natalia talks to Ryan (Jonathan Togo) about her feelings of being locked in the boot/trunk and not being able to do the job. It reminds Ryan of the time he was shot with a nail gun in season 4's Nailed, he felt the same but he reminds her a friend told him he could get past that. That being her.
Walter's test on Toller's clothes finds traces of soot from a landfill site, so this is where he kills his Vics. Melanie is forced to wear the necklace which belonged to his mother, as we're shown a flashback of how his mother led him onto a killing path. They always have a 'mother complex.' He wasn't able to kill his mother for her brutality but he's exacting that revenge onto his Vic's. He forces Melanie to shout, "Jack, I'm ashamed of you." He ignites the accelerant just as the CSIs arrive and makes a run for it, again. Chased by Horatio and Delko.
He's eventually cornered by Horatio who is clearly in agony. Delko was a bit slow getting there considering he was right behind Toller, what took him so long in catching up. Horatio once again flashes to Marisol and he must leave her to finish his work. She's not ready for him to be here with her yet. Pangs of CSI:NY season 8 finale Near Death with Mac (Gary Sinise) and Claire (Jaime Ray Newman) when she told Mac this wasn't his time and he had to go back as he's still got plenty to do.
Horatio also kisses the photo of him and Marisol in one scene which he keeps in the Hummer. Renee asks who Marisol is as he said her name in the ambulance and he reveals he lost his wife who was murdered. Perhaps Renee will be there to present him with some closure. He tells her he's not okay and doesn't tell anyone else he was thinking of Marisol, not even Delko.
Austin wants Calleigh to adopt him and his sister but this job takes up her time. What about when she has children of her own or hasn't she thought of that?
Natalia mentions the close calls she's had over the year, as did I in my season 9 reviews. There was so much that was so over the top in this episode, that you had to suspend disbelief. Horatio and Natalia leaving hospital on their own volition and discharging themselves after their harrowing ordeal. Natalia "acting out" her anger on Randy. She's meant to be afraid after what she's been through and that scene was in stark contrast to the one with Ryan. They were meant to be able to reach Toller and yet they just watch the train roll by and well, just watch it some more. Delko says, 'let's move in' just as the train arrives, ugh.
Sorry but if this is the best they could do, no wonder cancellation was the end result. CSI:Miami showing how it was a poor shadow of its former self in seasons 1 and 2, which were exciting and interesting, fresh and full of characterization and not a trace of police brutality about. That's what made the show what it was and what made me like it. But not anymore. It really lost direction over the past years.
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