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CSI Miami - Darkroom
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Original air date: November 13, 2006

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The Quotable Caine:
Tripp: "Maybe it's a prank." H: "No such luck, Frank."


Episode Recap: A bloody dollar bill is handed in at a toll booth. The words "He is going to kill me" are written on it. The CSI team is called in. Just down the river a body is found but the DNA does not match the blood from the dollar at the tollbooth. The female victim has ligature marks on her arms. The evidence on the dead victim gets traced to an old 'unused' building where large amounts of modeling pictures and 'trophies' are found. Seeing the girl that was found dead amongst them got them wondering if these were all victims, confirmed when
Natalia Boa Vista's sister's picture is among them and she can't get in touch with her....will they find her in time??

When a bloody five dollar bill with the words "He's going to kill me" written on it is given at a toll booth, it draws the Miami team's attention. When the body of a woman identified as Leslie Anderson is found on a cove not far from the booth, the CSIs fear the woman's prophetic words may have indeed come true, until Alexx determines she's been dead for two days. Surveillance footage from the tollbooth reveals the woman in the car had ligature marks on her wrists similar to those on Leslie's, but when the CSIs try to discern the license plate on the car, they discover it's covered up with photo blocking material. Natalia processes trace from Leslie's pants and discovers it's made out of clay and mortar; this, along with a valet stub from a Coral Gables restaurant Ryan spots under the wind shield wipers on the car leads the CSIs to an old building in the area. When Ryan and Delko go to investigate, they discover blood drops, a safe, and a man named Tommy Boyer loitering. When they bring him in, Tommy tells Horatio he was looking for his fiancée, Jill Girrard, who has been missing for several days. He found Jill's car outside the building and went in to look for her. He asks Horatio to find Jill, and Horatio vows that he'll help. In the safe, Ryan and Delko discover photographs of a multitude of women, each bagged with a personal item from each woman. They take the packets back to the lab, where Valera has failed to match the blood on the five-dollar bill to either Leslie or Jill. When Natalia sees the photographs of the women, she gasps when she recognizes her sister, Anya, among them. She rushes to the DNA lab where she swabs her own cheek and asks Valera to run it against the blood on the bill. Sure enough, the genetic similarities prove the blood is from Natalia's sister. Horatio decides to hold a press conference to help the lab get names for the women they can't identify. Reporter Erica Sikes corners Ryan to ask him about Natalia's sister, and he cautions her not to reveal the girl's connection to law enforcement for fear of further endangering her life. Horatio sends Natalia to the apartment where Anya lives with a fellow aspiring model named Sasha. Sasha tells Natalia that Anya got a call back for a photo shoot, and Natalia takes the message machine to hear the call for herself. It leads them to a high end photo shoot, where a man named Gavin LaPorte points the CSIs in the direction of photographer John Stockman. The arrogant photographer's DNA matches semen found in Leslie's body, but he tells them the sex was consensual. The pressure mounts when Erika Sikes reveals that Anya is Natalia's sister, and Anya places a frantic call to Natalia, telling her sister she thinks she's near the water. Ryan is able to ID the voice on Anya's answering machine as Gavin LaPorte, whom he met at the photo shoot. Gavin claims he simply called to let Anya know her prints were ready. Tommy Boyer brings Horatio a suspicious "Dear John" letter he received from Jill, and an embossed logo on the stationary leads the CSIs to Bill Star's Custom Upholstery, where they discover the car from the tollbooth surveillance footage, complete with the blocked license plate. They force Bill to turn it over, along with the address of the person who dropped it off. The CSIs head to the address Bill gave them, which turns out to be for a boat. They storm it and find Jill Girrard trapped inside the bedroom. She seems too traumatized to talk about her ordeal, but the CSIs are surprised to discover that not only has she not been raped, but she also swallowed the key to the room she was supposedly locked inside. Calleigh questions Jill, who is apparently suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. Her captor spared her when she told him she was a virgin, and she's too afraid to give up his name. The CSIs turn to the car, where they find Anya's blood and several small granite rocks, leading them back to the cove where Leslie was discovered. They find another girl buried there, terrified but alive. She tells them her abductor is holding another girl at the studio, and Horatio hurries there, where he finds Gavin photographing a traumatized Anya. He chases Gavin around the building but finally catches up to him, freeing Natalia's sister. Natalia and Anya are reunited, but the search for LaPorte's victims, who are scattered around the country, is far from over.
Body count: 1


The Crimes:

Victim(s):Jill Gerrard, Anya Boa Vista, Lesley Anderson

Suspect(s):

Whodunit: Gavin the Creepy modeling guy

Path of evidence:

From the field:


From the morgue:


From the lab:


Personnel issues: Natalia Boa Vista's sister gets taken as a victim.


Guest stars:

  • Elisabeth Harnois ~ Jill Gerard
  • Jonathan Cherry ~ Gavin LaPorte
  • Amy Laughlin ~ Erica Sikes
  • Cirroc Lofton ~ Tommy Boyer
  • Michael A. Goorjian ~ John Stockman
  • Boti Bliss ~ Maxine Valera
  • Jamie Strange ~ Sasha Coolidge
  • Natalie Morales ~ Anya Boa Vista
  • Shannon Kane ~ Leslie Anderson
  • Julianna Guill ~ Kellie - Toll Booth Girl #2
  • Janelle Velasquez ~ Carla - Toll Booth Girl #1
  • Mike Stone ~ Bill Starr
  • Nikka La Rue ~ Reporter #2
  • Natalia Baldwin León ~ Reporter #1
  • John J. Dalesandro ~ Male Reporter


Music:
Emily Haines - Our Hell (ending scene)

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CSI_is_my_life sister 0 Nov 10 2007, 11:07 PM EST by CSI_is_my_life
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Eva La Rue's real sister plays one of the reporters in this episode
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dramaqueen04252 real 1 Nov 6 2007, 4:10 PM EST by talissmann
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i heard that this episode was acually based on real events involving Nikka La Rue (also playing the kidnap vic in the episode) being kidnapped in almost the same way... if i were her i wouldnt be able to play that role because you would think it would bring back some bad memories...
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