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| • Post Mortem • |
Episode Number: 148#
Original Airdate: November 09, 2006
Written By: Dustin Lee Abraham and David Rambo
Directed By: Richard J. Lewis
Synopsis: "When an elderly woman is murdered, the CSIs look to the neighbor and nephew as possible suspects. Mid-investigation, Grissom receives an exact miniature replica of the current crime scene, changing his thinking on the crime. Meanwhile, Greg faces an angry courtroom when he attends the hearing to ascertain his culpability in the death of the teenager he accidentally killed while defending himself against a mob."
Guest Stars:
David Berman as David Phillips
Archie Kao as Archie Johnson
Larry Mitchell as Officer Mitchell
Juliana Bellinger as Penny Garden
Amy Aquino as A.D.A. Valerie Nichols
Randall Arney as Judge Clayton Trueblood
Michael Bofshever as Coroner Patrick Athens
Lorraine Toussaint as Marla James
Vicellous Reon Shannon as Aaron James
DJ Qualls as Henry Briney
Kenneth Choi as Jason Tua
Carla Jimenez as Juror #1
David Clayton Rogers as Bruce Ortolani
Jim Beaver as Stanley Tanner
Leanza Cornett as Female Reporter
Mati Moralejo as Male Reporter
Omar Leyva as Vasco Ruiz
| | • Review • |
The body of sixty-five-year old Penny Garden is discovered in her house, flung over a shattered window in her living room. Dr. Robbins determines she died of exsanguination due to a wound to her jugular, but also notes that she had advanced lung cancer. The CSIs are suspicious when they find plenty of prescriptions at Penny's house, but none for painkillers. They focus their investigation on Jason Tua, a drug dealing neighbor, and Henry Briney, Penny's nephew who has been staying with her. Though Jason admits to buying Penny's painkillers, he denies killing her.
The mystery deepens when a miniature of the crime scene--like the one that depicted Izzy Delancy's death ("Built to Kill, Pt. 2")--shows up on Penny's doorstep. Grissom and Sara pour over the miniature, realizing they have a serial killer on their hands. Grissom notices glue on the back of the doll representing Penny and the chair in the living room and realizes the miniature was made before her death and that she didn't die where the killer thought she would, forcing him to move the miniature. A test of Penny's liquor reveals the killer poisoned it with nicotine and expected her to die in her chair. A neighbor's video surveillance footage reveals a nondescript man delivering the miniature to Penny's house, but his face is never visible.
While Grissom and Sara work Penny's case, Greg is forced to endure a public inquest into the death of Demitrius James, whom Greg struck with his car during a mob attack ("Fannysmakin'"). Sofia and Nick testify about the situation Greg entered into--the mob was beating Stanley Tanner and Greg feared for his life. But Demitrius James' mother and brother defend his character, and one of the jurors appears to be biased against the police. Greg defends his actions on the stand, but the judge brings up the fact that earlier that night Greg had been drinking with a D.A., though Greg does a quick calculation that proves the alcohol would have been out of his system by the time he got behind the wheel of the SUV. The jury finds the death excusable but not justifiable, and the James family has Greg served with a civil complaint.
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