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C.S.I. New York Episode Guide
We see Aiden coming up behind DJ Pratt, her rape suspect, and introduce herself. He tells
her he knows who she is, and mocks her when she asks of his whereabouts three nights ago.
As Pratt dips his paint brush on paint thinner, a short flashback is shown of Regina and Aiden’s
conversation at the cafe, telling Aiden about the paint thinner. Aiden tries to convince Pratt to
cooperate but he blows her off. She sees the ring on his finger, which has the exact same design
as the bruise on Regina’s cheek. Pratt asks her mockingly what crime he committed, Aiden tells
him he knows exactly what he did and that she knows he did it before walking away.
Cut to the ME’s office. Dr. Zao is taking pictures of Whitman Price while Danny and Stella
watch. He then shows them pictures of the bodyguard’s fist and the subdermal bruising on the
victim’s chest, and they conclude it’s a match. Apparently, the victim had just swallowed the fake
diamond when the bodyguard caught up with him. The bodyguard searched the bra and when
he didn’t find the diamond he asked the victim where it was. The victim mocked him, saying
that he’d have to take it ”over my dead body”, and that was when the bodyguard hit him in the
chest. The victim trashed around, gasping for air and knocking over some garbage cans before
falling near the steps, dead. Stella confirms that they’ve got the killer, but the real diamond is
still missing.
Later we see Stella looking at Nicole Jordan’s pictures in her office just as Aiden walks in and
asks if she has a minute. Stella asks what’s on her mind, and Aiden asks for advice on how to
”tell someone who’s raped a second time by the same guy that he’s gonna go free again”. DJ Pratt
was acquitted 18 months ago because Regina refused to testify, and now that he’s struck again,
Regina’s expecting Aiden to catch him ”based on paint thinner and gut instinct”. Stella tells her
that if Aiden believes that Pratt is guilty, she could keep trying. She tells Aiden that as scientists,
they could analyze the evidence and determine whether a person is guilty or not, but they can’t
always come to the rescue. Aiden wants Regina’s torment to end, but she feels so powerless.
Stella says ”There’s always that one case that haunts us and strings us along”, but once you
close it, it’s all worth it no matter how long it takes. She assures Aiden, and she suddenly gets
excited when she realizes ”it’s there” and leaves Aiden slightly comforted but still unsure.
At the photoshoot after party, Stella and Danny confront Nicole Jordan about stealing the real
diamond. Nicole doesn’t know what they’re talking about, but Stella tells her what they know.
Nicole had switched the real diamond and the fake diamond in her dressing room where she
was sure to be alone, then hung the real one in the Christmas tree as a decor. Danny tells her
that he couldn’t figure out how nobody knew it was a fake, not even the victim, and her plan
would’ve been flawless if her bodyguard didn’t kill price over a fake diamond. Stella whips out a
small UV light, and as she flashes the light on the tree tells Nicole how fascinating the device is
because it can detect blood, semen, saliva... ”and in this case, a real diamond.” Stella takes the
real diamond (the one that doesn’t glow fluorescent) off the tree and gives it to Danny, who puts
it in an evidence bag. Stella tells Nicole that she ”hid it in plain sight” and left it on the tree so
in case the fake is discovered, they won’t be able to trace the real one back to her. Nicole tells
Stella they can’t prove anything, but Stella says they will once they dust the diamond for prints.
Danny comments on how wrong some people are about models (all beauty and no brains) before
cuffing Nicole and leading her out of the party. Case solved.
Mac and Hawkes still haven’t figured theirs out, and we see Mac walking to his office with
Hawkes while telling him about the GSR on the mosquito’s wing. He thinks that it bit the shooter
as he was firing the gun. Hawkes confirms that the unknown male blood in the mosquito was
not Bishop’s, and they zone in on Sorenson. Mac then recalls that Sorenson wasn’t just nervous
but he was also constantly scratching various parts of his body while they were talking. But as
much as they want to move, they can’t figure out the motive.
They check the video tape of the climb the climber’s friend took, and upon closer examination
they see the flash from the muzzle of the gun because the blinds were open. They go back to
the conference room, and Mac tells Hawkes that while he was up on the scaffold there were a
lot of people watching him from the next building. Hawkes wonders why would a person shoot
someone and not close the blinds, then Mac tells him so that someone else could watch the
murder.
Much later, Mac is at a room in Dandridge Hotel, looking through the window to the other
building. He notes that the room has a perfect view of the conference room and looks at Connie,
Dillard’s ex-wife and the woman seen in bed at the start of the show. Sorenson is also in the
room, and so is Hawkes. Connie tells Mac that she had just arrived that morning and she was
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