She notices the blood spatter and the bullet hole to Andrew's head. David (David Berman) doesn't find any exit wound and DB finds GSR on the Mad Hatter's hat. The Vic was shot execution style. Finn tells David she's had weddings and marriages don't agree with her. Morgan (Elisabeth Harnois) refers to Ecklie as a wedding expert. He replies her mother is a "multiple offender."
Nick (George Eads) promises to get the woman's stolen brooch back. Lisa met Andrew in English class and he gave her an antique engagement ring. She didn't let it go and got him shot. Morgan finds what looks like a button. Commenting there was something old, new, borrowed and blue, as in the button. DB sends the ambulance man to help Lisa. Knew he was suspicious considering you don't get many paramedics with lines in a CSI episode. They're rarely spoken to.
Mandy (Sheeri Rappaport) refuses to play Hodges' (Wallace Langham) girlfriend since his mother's coming to town with her boyfriend. He mentioned dating someone at work. Which was true since he was dating Wendy. Mandy shows him the "eat me" card.
Doc Robbins (Robert David Hall) determines COD as brain injury. DB calling it a bullet to the brain. X-ray didn't show the bullet but the button was fired into his head. Mandy ran caterpillar's print and came up with a name Charles Dodson. Sara (Jorga Fox) recalls him as the caterpillar/Alan (Sam Harris). He says felons can't register as ministers for ten years in Vegas and this was his calling. Marriage is special and Sara agrees. Alan calls the criminals efficient and were professionals.
There's another robbery at a drive-in wedding place. That of Walter (Peter Jason) to Crystal (Nadia Bjorlin) and is caught on surveillance. Nick finds the SUV was stolen. DB: "it's official these two are staring to piss me off." Walter is concerned about his Rolls Royce whereas Crystal is more concerned with the ring. They have trace on their clothes which Greg (Eric Szmanda) asks them for.
Hodges' mother, Olivia (Jaclyn Smith) says he looks like a real doctor and she's happy he's found someone. Morgan pretends to be his girlfriend. The trace on the dress is denture cleaner and Olivia adds, they "finish each other's sentences. That's adorable."
DB puzzles over the mystery of the button and the gun bruise on Lisa's leg matches a World War II gun. A powder wad to keep the powder in, the blue button they found. The muzzle was obstructed by the button. Finn: "have the how, now need the who." She had to get one of those lines! Finn says the ring is common in both cases.
Greg and DB visit the ring store and the woman, Emily (Cameron Richardson) asks if they're together? There's another suspect seeing as she knows all about rings and sold them too. The ring is rare and Greg comments, "this diamond found a conflict." She mentions Crystal has been to the store before.
Greg tells Crystal fraud is a crime and she asks if he believes in love. Of course he does but he can't find the real thing. Not yet anyway. Olivia invites them to lunch and also asks Ecklie too. Morgan says the last time she had a meal with him, she was 14. Olivia made Hodges call him. Morgan agrees if Hodges puts all of her cases ahead of the trace line for a year. The Rolls is found and Sara notices the polyester fabric in the car as well as trace on the floor, some sort of filings. Morgan posits they were melting the gold down. There are a few shops which do this and Ecklie manages to find one. He tells Sara she watches too much TV. Sara wants a break, her husband's abroad and she works the night shift.
Inside the Cheshire cat is found dead and also the brooch is found. Doc Robbins determines COD to be thermal injuries: gold was poured down his throat. DB conducts an LRF test and finds the substance is iron pyrites, Fool's gold. So the DB isn't the real Cheshire cat. The robbers are planning another job.
Morgan is sorry about lunch and Ecklie says it's a nice thing she's doing for Hodges and it's an excuse for them to catch up. Morgan folds her napkin like her mother. Olivia comments Morgan gets her looks from Ecklie and she wants to celebrate young love as Hodges is her only child. Hodges says they met in LA on the Dick and Jane killer case (season 11) and Morgan was helping on the case. There was some "cross jurisdictional sexual tension..." as he describes it! He was getting carried away.
Sara asks Nick if he's working up his commutes but he gave up on that years ago. He's looking at the traffic map as no one saw the robbers. Sara says they know shortcuts, so they must be some sort of drivers, taxi or otherwise. Ambulance as I said.
DB says it was the best day of Lisa's life and her soulmate is killed. DB found robberies were committed three years ago in New York. Hey are they implying the CSI:NY lot were useless in not being able to catch the robbers, since such a case would have made it to the NY Crime lab!! Also there were three in Chicago last year. Finn makes the comment about three robberies on three consecutive days, so the last one is now.
There might be trace on the cast iron and Mandy checks the latex gloves and the charred skin may be from a finger. The print matches to the EMT and the polyester was from his uniform. Kyle (Pedro Pascal) was the same EMT DB spoke to. He moved here from Chicago and is married to Emily. Where Olivia and Hodges end up. Hodges notices the denture cleaner and finally gets it. They're held hostage. They're no longer shooting blanks and listened to the police scanner in the ambulance and will leave them in the desert. Hodges tells Olivia they won't be coming back from the desert. Nick tells Morgan they're on an open channel and Morgan determines they can hear them too. Should have known that from the earlier episode when she was kidnapped in the helicopter in 12.5 CSI Down.
Olivia wants Hodges to do something, he's just a lab rat. His job isn't exciting but the work is fulfilling. Morgan isn't his girlfriend and he undoes the duct tape, knocking Emily out. Kyle drives to a roadblock. Morgan looked worried didn't she, especially as she's been in that situation too.
Ecklie says Kyle admits to everything but Emily threw him to under the bus as Finn puts it. Finn returns the ring to Lisa. Olivia admits she doesn't have a count boyfriend, he probably can't even count. She's proud of her son, he saved her life and he decides to go to Italy with her. Finn stays for the service and Sara receives a plant from Grissom. DB looks at his wedding album, what he keeps that in the office. Morgan brings take out to share with Ecklie.
So CSI had to get in on the whole fairytale/Alice in Wonderland, Once Upon A Time theme with this episode, especially when DB says about the storybook weddings. Also we've just had the Mad Hatter episode too from Once Upon A Time.
This episode was similar to the CSI:Miami season 8 Meltdown one with the robbery in the jewellery store, where the man's fiance worked across the street. He held onto the ring and wouldn't give it up and he was there to buy an engagement ring. The trace found under the DB's nails was latex. Here Mandy also examines the latex to find a print. Boric acid was discovered leading Horatio to determine the gold was being melted down to sell and it led Horatio and Jesse to the entire gold melting ring run by women.
Wouldn't have thought they'd have left out Brass in such an episode but they did. Liked this episode for a few reasons, not least so that Jaclyn Smith made an appearance and she's hardly seen on TV these days. Also cos it made subtle references to some of the character's personal lives, but not in a full on way. Sara saying marriage is special and receiving the flowers/plant at the end from Grissom. Ahh he's always sending her something floral! Greg being asked if he believes in true love. Finn being sentimental in returning the ring to Lisa and staying for the service, adding plenty to her caring character.
DB reminiscing about his own wedding. Morgan and Ecklie breaking the ice between them. The only one not asked about love or marriage was Nicky! Not to mention, no one else met Hodges' mother which was a shame, unlike Ray's wife whom practically everyone at the lab met or commented on. Let's hope the show remedies that for Jaclyn's next appearance.
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