"I am not ready for this." "Yeah, you are." "Besides, you got to be." "Dr. Ray's still on leave from the concussion." "We're all tapped out." "I got a multiple in northtown." "Call me if you need anything, okay?" "¶ ¶" "Damn it, Derrick, you're screwing up my one-to-ones." "Sorry." "This stuff is giving me the desire for pancakes." "Yeah, me, too." "Kids." "Okay," "Crime cadets, this is serious crime-fighting business," "So..." "Back to being dead," "Please." "Excuse me, CSI Hodges?" "Yes." "CSI Hodges," "Th-that's me." "Katy cypress." "Nice to meet you." "Look, I know" "That this is just a program for wannabe csis." "And this exercise does test" "Observational and evidence-collection skills." "Yes." "Is it at least based" "On a real case?" "No." "This is just brute-force rote work." "I couldn't agree with you more." "The real fun" "Is nailing bad guys." "And that's about interpreting the evidence" "And solving a real mystery." "That's what..." "You do," "And that's what I want to do." "Okay." "I'll tell you what." "Let's finish up here, and then you" "Grab a couple of your cadet buddies" "And meet me at the crime lab" "For a real challenge..." "If you're up to it." "Oh, I am up to it." "Guillermo." "He'd love to do it." "He has no life." "I collect spores, molds and fungi." "You, too, Derrick..." "it'll be fun." "Grab a seat." "Are we waiting on Derrick?" "Uh, no." "He's not coming." "He has video-game" "Issues." "Ah." "These files" "Are from a case we investigated four months ago." "You said you wanted to match wits with real csis." "Now's your chance." "Among the many consequences" "Of a construction boom are structures" "That are thrown together with little regard" "For building codes." "The fire department responded quickly." "But even so, the lower three levels" "Of this apartment building were almost completely consumed." "The firemen, or, as we like to call them," "The "evidence eradication crew,"" "Got the blaze under control." "But they were utterly unprepared" "For the astonishing sight waiting there to greet them." "Oh, boy, do I remember that one." "It was an incredible case." "I mean, like, you would never even believe it was possible" "Unless you saw the evidence yourself." "Yeah, which is why I was about to show it to them." "Oh." "Hey." "I'm Wendy." "And you are...?" "Crime cadets." "Guillermo." "Could we see the body already," "Please?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Hey." "I tell it better than you." "Trust me, you guys" "Are really gonna enjoy this." "What used to be the parking garage" "Was filled with the contents of a dozen apartments," "Everything charred" "Virtually beyond recognition..." "With one incredible exception." "The csis had never seen anything like it." "I've never seen anything like it." "There's barely a mark on her." "Given the amount of available fuel consumed by this fire," "I'd say we should be looking" "At a pile of roasted flesh and bone." "The body must have been put here after the fire was extinguished." "There were a dozen cops" "And two dozen firefighters on the scene." "The likelihood of anyone carrying a body into this" "And getting out unseen is..." "Slim to none." "That's when I said..." "It's as if..." "The fire refused to touch her." "Excuse me?" "And then Wendy said..." "The question is," "Is it miracle or murder?" "Uh, please familiarize yourself with this evidence report." "That's what you're doing, you're lying to children?" "It's a teaching exercise." "It's an exercise in self-love." "Just play along and be a role model, please?" "Uh, no." "Why would I play along with you?" "Because if you can't even imagine yourself" "Out in the field, how will you ever expect ecklie to?" "Okay, so there we were." "The question is, is it miracle..." "Or murder?" "Either way, she tried as best as she could to survive." "Sounds like something I would say." "¶ who..." "Are you?" "¶" "¶ who, who, who, who?" "¶" "¶ who..." "Are you?" "¶" "¶ who, who, who, who?" "¶" "¶ I really wanna know ¶" "¶ who..." "Are you?" "¶" "¶ oh-oh-oh ¶ ¶ who... ¶" "¶ come on, tell me who are you, you, you ¶" "¶ are you!" "¶" "A few pounds there, barclay." "You been working out or something?" "Yeah, new diet." "No more donuts or sugary snacks, just-just pure protein." "All beef, all day." "Trading the diabetes for a heart attack." "Good call." "Yeah, what's up, cath?" "I'm in mega-lo-mattress hell." "Found another db in a quilt." "I'll be here a while." "Oh, that's okay..." "I just wrapped up" "My 419, I'll hold down the f..." "Nicky?" "Oh, my God!" "Nicky?" "You there?" "Yeah, yeah, I'm here." "Yeah, it looks like I'm gonna be tied up" "For a little while longer here, Catherine." "Need paramedics and hazmat down to the squad." "Okay, I see it." "The concrete around the furnace is pitted and chipped," "Most likely from rapid thermal expansion." "It's called "spalling."" "Now, take a look" "At the vent pipes." "What do they tell you?" "They're Rusty." "And since fire is essentially" "A rapid oxidation reaction..." "It means that the furnace" "Is most likely where the fire started." "Very good." "This has got to be arson." "What makes you say that?" "Most fires are either started" "Because of insurance fraud or to cover up evidence of a crime." "And that certainly is a crime." "Were all the tenants" "Accounted for?" "And were any able to identify the victim?" "Good questions..." "For a Detective." "So, all the tenants have been accounted for." "I showed her picture around, but, uh," "No one recognized her." "Or so they say." "Thanks, Captain." "We'll, uh, let you know" "What we come up with." "That's great." "You know what?" "Nobody gives a damn" "About life or death." "That's the truth." "So why should I?" "Why should you?" "Do you know what the best thing to do is?" "Is to just to go home..." "And cuddle up with someone you love..." "And just..." "Forget Just forget about all this-this..." "Madness." "But that would let them all off the hook, wouldn't it?" "So, you know what I'm gonna do?" "I'm gonna go home, I'm gonna get painted up," "Put on some kevlar," "Go on a five-state shooting spree" "And take out these scumbags one at a time." "Screw 'em." "And then let" "Copper-jacketed justice take its" "Sweet release." "Ooh, ouch." "What?" "What the heck?" "No." "No, I'm not going to do that, all right?" "No, I choose life." "Keep me apprised." "Fyi, the alcoholism rate among police officers" "Is double the national average." "Suicide rate's triple." "Really?" "Hey, uh, wait a second." "That tub... where's it from?" "It's, uh, from apartment 2b, second floor." "Whose tenant just happened" "To be out of town right before the fire." "Does he have a record?" "No, but he wasn't exactly a model citizen, either." "He'd had run-ins with the landlord before" "Over illegal sublets." "Okay." "Check this out..." "Off-the-books sublet girl was in the tub" "When the fire breaks out." "She dies of carbon monoxide poisoning," "Leaving no marks on the body." "She was still in the tub" "When the flames torched the floor" "And it all came tumbling down." "So, the bath oil on her skin acts like a shield" "Long enough to protect her from the flames until" "She is discovered." "That's not a bad theory." "And for a while, it was our theory." "It was also the wrong theory." "Most essential oils" "In bath gels have a flash point" "Of under 250 degrees." "With a fire that hot," "It would've actually drawn the flames to her," "Not protect her." "All right." "Well, since we know it's arson," "If we identify the victim," "It could lead us to the arsonist." "Yeah." "What'd you get from autopsy?" "For that, you'll need a coroner." "And, uh, luckily, I happen to know where we" "Can find one." "Take five." "Hey, Hodges." "Oh, hey, Henry." "Yes?" "Remember that time" "You said that thing about your having a higher commitment" "To the lab and the pursuit of justice?" "Yeah, I've probably said that more than once." "Yeah, you have." "For the record, I find it admirable" "And Wendy does, too." "She does?" "Yeah." "We were chatting about it last weekend at the blood bank." "We donate together." "Oh." "No, b-positive." "Actually, Wendy and I have" "A lot in common." "We dabble in calligraphy," "We're both passionate" "About french neoclassical architecture," "And we are both allergic to eggplant." "Look, I was just thinking that I should ask her out" "On a date, and I assume that you'd be cool with that," "Due to your admirable commitment to the lab." "So are you" "Cool with that?" "Totally." "Great." "Great, yes, see?" "That is awesome." "Thank you, you're a man of principle." "Uh, Wendy." " Hey." " Hello." "What's up?" "Good." "How are you?" "Hi." "Um, I was wondering if you want to go out to eat tonight" "After work." "Yeah." "Yeah?" "Okay." "All right, yeah, I'm just gonna..." "Attention, all personnel..." "Quarantine is still in effect until further notice." "Continue to observe all class-four protocol." "No Anthrax, no ricin, no botulinum." "And no plague and no tularemia." "We're good, people." "Area's clear." "Well, if it's not in the air or a contact toxin," "It has to be something they ate or drank." "Wouldn't be the first time a bunch of cops" "Cheaped out on a dinner and ended up" "Spewing out of both ends." "You're a CSI." "It's not your problem." "I think I'm making it mine tonight." "Have you" "Encountered any cases recently" "With similar symptoms?" "Projectile vomit, sweats, diarrhea?" "I mean, it could be almost anything thing." "You know, there's" "A lot of stuff going around." "This town is a petri dish." "Hey, Jenkins..." "How you doing?" "I will get out of here" "In a second to let you get back to sleep." "But I need you to tell me everything you had to eat" "Or drink today." "Uh, nurse?" "Hey, kids, you know, a lot of people" "Believe that all a coroner does is determine" "Cause, manner, and time of death." "And in a case like this," "There is so much more to discover." "All you have to do is look." "Her prints weren't in the system." "And no bodies matching her description" "Were in missing persons." "The condition of her Area is consistent with recent sexual activity." "But her wet mount came back negative" "For, uh..." "Semen?" "Thank you." "I believe this woman had" "Safe sex before she died." "Could we get" "To the c.O.D. Please?" "Not so fast." "You'll miss it." "The victim had" "Plaque with numerous cavities," "Crowns made of white gold..." "A substance not commonly used in the United States." "All of which led me to conclude that the victim was Russian..." "Russian or eastern european." "Obviously." "This is, uh, "vokovushka,"" "The Russian mighty mouse." "Perhaps she was a tourist?" "What are these" "Glossy patches on her skin?" "I-I don't know." "I sent samples to trace." "Talk to trace." "Actually, trace loves to talk." "I'd suggest carving out" "A couple hours and taking snacks." "C.O.D.?" "Right." "There's no soot in the trachea." "Lung tissue color" "Is normal." "There's no sign of carbon monoxide" "Pink at all." "Meow." "Hello, morgue." "Of course." "I'm always ready." "Right." "All right, the csis are on their way down." "She didn't inhale smoke." "Give me your notes." "Give me your notes." "Get out!" "You see, tox revealed a bac" "Of .30 with several benzodiazepine sedatives," "Along with zolpidem in her system." "Now, while the individual levels were sublethal..." "The combination was..." "Deadly." "That's right." "C.O.D. Was multiple drug overdose." "The victim was dead before the fire." "I was about to say that." "Too bad I said it first." "Here you go." "Now, we're starting off small." "This is only the stuff from the desks" "Of the officers who actually got sick." "This is starting small?" "Yep." "And you better get the gcms fired up, boss." "Greg's bringing in vomit, blood and fecals." "Get it going." "In an arson investigation," "After you find the area of origin," "The next thing you look for is any sort" "Of incendiary device, faulty wiring," "Flammable fluid..." "basically any ignition source" "In the general vicinity." "Hey, Wendy." "Come take a look at this." "It's a natural gas line." "It's uncapped." "There's no tarnish on these tool marks." "This was done recently." "Yeah." "Did you find the gas cap at the scene?" "Hodges." "Hmm?" "Uh, no." "And we sifted through a ton of char." "I'm sure you're still" "Finding soot in places you don't want to talk about." "Well, no gas cap means no accident." "That proves that, uh, we're right about arson." "So it would seem." "We removed a section of the pipe" "To preserve the tool marks." "But what we didn't know" "Was that this crime scene..." "It very well could have been our last." "No!" "Shortly thereafter, the city declared the building" "Structurally unsound, and..." "That was the last time CSI was allowed in." "He saved my life." "He saved the evidence, too." "What do you mean, the gcms run isn't done yet?" "It was supposed to be done an hour ago." "I don't know what's going on." "Well, I have a bunch of sick cops" "Who need answers, and if you have" "To pull another shift to get it done," "You're going to have to." "Let me look at this." "Henry," "The run cycle's been altered." "You set it to perform a cleaning" "And test cycle after each sample." "No, I didn't set it like that." "I swear." "Well, maybe a power interruption could have reset it" "To a default." "There you go." "Problem solved." "You lucked out." "Yeah." "¶ ¶" "The uncapped gas line" "Was the fuel." "What else do you need to make a fire?" "A spark." "That's right." "And I've got a whole box full of sparks right over here." "Take a look." "According to this maintenance record," "This breaker box was serviced the same day as the fire." "And it looks like the same company" "Maintains the gas lines." "They do." "The police questioned the maintenance man," "But the csis found this in his van." "The pipe cap?" "The arsonist kept evidence of the crime on him?" "Serial killers often keep souvenirs." "The maintenance man told the cops that he had gone" "To the apartment building to service the gas line" "And removed the cap, which had become corroded." "But when he returned to his van" "To find a replacement, he found he didn't have one," "So he left." "He left the gas line uncapped?" "He said he forgot." "He thought he closed the gas line completely, but he" "Must have left a slow leak, which he didn't notice" "Because he was losing his sense of smell..." "Or so he claimed." "His medical records confirmed that." "So, natural gas" "Gradually filled the room..." "Until there was enough," "So that when the furnace clicked on..." "Whoosh." "Indeed." "It was an accident." "Which means that it wasn't set" "To destroy the victim's body." "Our theory was completely wrong." "You said you wanted a challenge." "Wendy!" "Hey." "Hi." "Uh, I got great news." "I had to call in a couple of favors, but I got us" "A reservation at the eiffel tower restaurant." "It's, like, the best view in Vegas." "Wow." "That's cool, right?" "It-it's, uh..." "A little more fancy-pants" "Than the cop diner that I'd been picturing." "No." "I, um..." "I was going" "To surprise you, but then I thought, you know," "The gentlemanly thing to do" "Would be to let you know, so you could dress" "Appropriately for the occasion." "I'm going to go home on my lunch break and get my suit." "You're wearing a suit?" "Ce sera parfaît." "It means, "it will be perfect."" "Um..." "According to Henry, there were no drugs," "Poisons or toxins in any" "Of the food or drink samples I collected." "We'll just have to test" "Every consumable in the station." "It's shigella." "Positive?" "I called in a favor" "At the hospital's microbio lab." "We just did cultures on each of the sick unis." "They all have it." "Okay, well, shigella is food-borne." "It typically vectors through unsanitary handling practices." "Yeah, but something doesn't make sense." "According to what the unis told me between pukes None of them ate any of the same things today," "So how did they all come down" "With the same bacterial infection?" "I might be able to answer that." "I'll call you back." "Hey, Nick." "What's up?" "Hold out your hands, metcalf." "And, uh, don't touch me," "Please." "So, basically, we have an accidental fire" "And a victim whose body" "Managed to remain unburned in it." "These patches on her skin," "Did you guys get anything useful from trace?" "You always get something from trace." "CSI Hodges." "Trace tech Langston." "What do you have for me?" "The question, CSI Hodges, is what don't I have for you?" "I used, uh, polarized light microscopy to identify" "The glossy patches on your victim's skin." "And not to sound corny, but I think you'll find the results" "A-maize-ing." "Starch molecules." "Vaporized cornstarch, to be precise." "Did you know the word "cornstarch" is derived" "From the middle English "sterchen"" "Meaning "to stiffen," which is apropos" "To the condition of your Vic." "Langston, the way that your rapier wit" "Envelopes critical information, is just so..." "Thrilling?" "That's exactly what I was going to say." "Now, you say you derived these results" "From a simple polarized light test?" "Lesser men would have" "Resorted to using the gcms." "Why use a sledgehammer to kill a fly?" "I bow to the master." "Nonsense." ""you are great." "I am great."" "M-5." "The ultimate computer." "Star trek, the original series." "Is there any other?" "It's like you're inside my head." "That trace tech sounds kinda..." "Obsequious." "Misunderstood." "You look concerned." "I am." "How does somebody get coated in vaporized cornstarch?" "Body powder?" "It's a health-conscious alternative to talc." "I doubt that powder would be thick enough to account for..." "Peanuts." "Cornstarch peanuts." "Packing material." "She was killed and packed in the box with the peanuts." "The cardboard and the cornstarch acted as insulation," "To protect the body from the flames." "Until the firemen arrived," "Blasting everything with their hoses," "Which separated her from whatever" "Remained of the box." "Congratulations." "You have just matched wits with the csis." "Nicely done." "Hmm!" "Okay, so what's next?" "Based on what we have here, nothing." "That's as far we got." "But we never id'd the body." "Or the killer." "Neither did we." "What?" "That sucks." "Yes." "But what doesn't suck is that yesterday," "The city declared the building structurally sound." "So, after you have your parents fax me" "Their written permission indemnifying" "The crime lab for any injuries you may sustain," "We're going on a field trip." "So, my suit's done then?" "Great." "No, I'm on my way." "You didn't crease the pants though, did you, mom?" "'cause there is nothing worse than..." "Huh?" "Oh, no." "No, no, no." "I'll call you back." "No, no-no-no." "Not today." "¶ ¶" "What?" "Ow." "Ah!" "No!" "Car trouble?" "Yeah, no kidding." "This ruins my whole lunch break," "And I had things to do." "You know, Henry, maybe you should stay out" "Of parking garages." "Bad things seem to happen to you there." "Henry?" "Hmm?" "I don't mind taking time out of my day" "To check out your radiator hose, 'cause, clearly, it means a lot to you." "But you need to back off." "You are ripe." "Sorry." "My car's been spending a lot of time in the shop." "I just wanted to know" "What's wrong before I take it in again." "Well..." "I can tell you one thing." "This is not defective." "These holes are straight and uniform," "Which suggests they were" "Mechanically introduced from the outside in." "Somebody poked my hose." "Sorry." "Sure, yeah, you could have a Shady mechanic," "But as far as car sabotage goes, this is amateur hour." "I mean, you really want to do some damage," "You pop out a spark plug" "And throw rocks into the cylinder." "Radiator hose..." "third grade stuff." "You been pissing off a lot of third graders lately?" "Hodges!" "You know, when you told me to join you for some fun," "I really didn't realize it was going to be" "As wonderful as this." "As your humble tech, I would like to thank you very much" "For entrusting me with such an important job." "Listen, just remember to label all" "Bindled evidence." "Chain of custody is not just" "A suggestion, you know." "Don't push it, Hodges." "Okay." "All right." "Hey." "Did I miss anything?" "Thanks for texting me, k." "Sure, I mean, the team isn't the same without..." "Oh!" "Okay." "Oh." "Yes." "Fire scenes always smell this bad?" "Yes." "Just let me know if you find" "Anything that matches the burn pattern that we found earlier." "Why do you feel compelled to lie to us?" "About what, exactly?" "You don't have to be" "A real CSI to know that you and Hodges are not." "I suspect Hodges is a trace tech," "Because I doubt any real CSI would wax so rhapsodic" "About that particular specialty." "And, clearly, that man" "Does not relish being outdoors." "That, and the fact" "That you two obviously spend" "An inordinate amount of time with each other," "Would suggest that you're" "Most likely a lab tech, too." "I'm DNA." "So, why lie?" "I guess I'm afraid that maybe I'm going" "To wake up one morning and I'm going to think" "That I spent most of life" "Fighting crime in a test tube." "Just because something is the size of a molecule" "Doesn't mean that it can't be filled with intrigue" "And excitement." "Csis gather the evidence," "But analysis is really what gives it meaning." "You need both" "To find the truth." "Found some crispy-ass denim." "They look like men's jeans." "A quarter and two pennies." "Dinner's on me." "Dead girl's a blonde, right?" "That's her." ""stacia borsala."" "Hungarian passport." "Looks like I've got what's left of a blister pack of..." ""zolpidem."" "This is so warped, I doubt I'm going to get" "Any prints off of it." "The victim had zolpidem in her system." "We did it." "We id'd the Vic." "I'm sorry, who?" "In your face, csis." "Techs and crime cadets, we rule." "Hello." "Metcalf doesn't have shigella on his hands." "Oh, that's surprising." "A bit of a relief, actually." "Yeah, but get this." "The bacteria that infected the squad room," "Turns out to be the same strain that closed down" "A day care center in summerlin last week." "Hold on." "A day care center, huh?" "Yep, half a dozen preschoolers." "Must've been quite a mess." "I don't think that's a coincidence." "The stuff that got 'em sick came" "From your pastry box." "What's the deal, bud?" "Hmm?" "You get tired of the guys in the station" "Stealing your food, so you thought" "You'd lace a few of your goodies with some shigella," "Teach 'em a lesson?" "No." "Yes, the guys steal my food," "Although those lowlifes would never admit it." "But, look," "I would never..." "Wh-what's shi-wha?" "Shigella... it's a bacteria, man." "Come on, now." "Don't make this any harder on yourself." "What'd you do?" "Did you get" "The sample from your kid's day care center?" "I don't know where the pastries came from, all right?" "I stopped eating sugary snacks, remember?" "Oh, and this isn't my kid's," "It's my-my girlfriend's kid." "My-my ex-girlfriend, we just broke up." "But I got nothing against the kid." "You know, it's a good drawing, he's talented." "Was it a nasty break-up?" "Is there a pretty kind?" "Where can I find her?" "So in revenge for breaking up with you," "You decide to give" "Sergeant barclay some delicious, homemade baked goods" "Tainted with your child's shigella." "What did you do, save a diarrhea diaper" "And lace some in with the icing?" "No." "Well, what you didn't know was" "That sarge had just gone on a little post-break-up diet." "Too bad for the cops who stole his food." "Your prints were on it." "It was a gift." "I left it" "For barky as a peace offering." "Without telling him?" "The worst" "You can do is have me reprimanded for bad hygiene." "You can't prove malicious intent." "That will be up to the d.A." "You caused a disruption at a police station," "Which could've cost lives." "You're looking at a class-b felony." "Would it help if I said I was really, really sorry?" "I have to say I'm impressed with the initiative." "I mean," "This case had kind of fallen off the radar." "What made you follow up on it?" "It was..." "You know, for the children." "No, really, why?" "I have sex stains" "Right here." "Anything usable?" "Maybe." "I'm going to try magnetic bead separation." "It works best for getting results" "From inhibited surfaces." "If the inhibited surface is a negative," "Then it needs" "A strong positive to draw it out." "Yeah, it also needs an outside Agent to activate" "The..." "Attraction." "Couldn't the outside Agent contaminate the entire process?" "No, it's not strong enough." "In fact, it's really" "Only there to get things started." "Sounds like a delicate process." "Hmm, it is." "One that requires" "A lot of patience." "It's worth it," "Because..." "Once the two are bound together," "Everything else is left behind." "Okay." "Let me know" "How it turns out." "Hey!" "I know what you're doing," "And I know why you're doing it." "You're trying to ruin my date with Wendy." "Well, it's not gonna happen." "I followed protocol." "I asked you if it was cool, and you said "yes."" "Henry, I understand you're having a bad day, but I really don't see" "How I factor into any of it." "Oh, fine, then I'll spell it out for you." "First, you monkeyed with my gcms," "And when that didn't work, you took it to the next level." "But that didn't work, either." "Our date is still on." "I hired a limo." "That's kind of flashy for a first date." "Stay out of my lab and stay out of my life, or else." "Or else what?" "Back off, man." "I'm a toxicologist." "I know every odorless, colorless," "Vomit-inducing liquid known to man." "You think about that" "The next time you eat lunch." "Ds are added to a sample of the stain from" "The jeans, the DNA actually binds to sites on the metal." "And then in the magnetic field, the beads with the DNA" "Are separated from the rest of the soup." "Now, this particular sample came back" "As a mixture, so we just" "Subtract out the victim's profile." "And we get..." "An unknown male." "All we've got to do" "Is match it to a tenant in the building." "You just made denim speak for the dead." "I'm sure" "You'll all be willing to give us a DNA sample to assist" "In our investigation." "There's a bunch of other people whose apartments burned up." "Why are we the only ones here?" "You just got lucky, I guess." "Fine, just show me the cup to pee in" "Or take my blood or whatever, but I gotta be at my job" "In 20 minutes, so can we get this done?" "That's the attitude." "Let's go." "All right." "Hey, uh, look," "Giving DNA to cops..." "Uh..." "The way I see it, that's an invasion of my privacy," "So I'm going to decline." "You know, just on principle." "Sure, I respect your rights." "What's your name?" "Melvin dodge." "Melvin dodge." "Apartment 3c." "I just have a few things to follow up on," "So why don't we have a chat?" "Just you and me." "Okay, okay." "According to the landlord, you moved in" "Three days before the fire." "Boy, that's a tough break." "Has the town been treating you any better since?" "Yeah, I got a job dealing craps over at the palermo." "They let me go, though." "Layoffs." "There is a recession going on." "Maybe that's not the best time to move." "Three days before the fire," "That's barely enough time to unpack." "Yeah, I was totally living out" "Of boxes." "Boxes?" "You know what I hate about boxes?" "The stuff they put in them... the peanuts... they get everywhere." "I learned something about them." "You know, they're not made out of styrofoam." "To be friendly to the environment, they're made out of cornstarch." "They keep things from getting crushed, and also," "Keeps a dead girl from going up in flames." "Look, I can get your DNA in about ten seconds." "Tell me what happened right now," "And maybe we can knock the charge" "Down to involuntary manslaughter." "That's a break for you." "I didn't know she was going to die." "I met her at haze." "She was new in town, too." "She didn't know anybody, either." "We started drinking." "A lot." "She got flirty." "She asked me if I had any drugs." "I told her I had zolpidem back at my place." "She starts talking about all the dirty things we can do" "If we popped a couple." "15 minutes later, she's doing things to me" "I've only seen online." "Then I woke up the next morning..." "Babe?" "And there she was." "Hey, come on." "Hey, wake up." "Dead." "I don't know what happened." "She said that she had done it before." "I guess I just wasn't thinking straight." "So you put her body in one of your boxes, figured" "You'd throw it in a dumpster later?" "Was that the plan?" "I guess so." "But then, I got home that night" "And I saw that the whole place was going up in flames." "The fireman came up and he told me that" "My apartment had been completely destroyed." "I kind of felt like I got lucky again." "How do you feel now?" "Let's do some writing." "This guy's life is totally over." "How do you deal with this day after day?" "It's good work when you know you're on the right side." "Captain brass?" "I just want to say that I think it's awesome" "The way you've pulled your life back together." "Did you get" "Into a program?" "Who are you?" "And what's he been telling you?" "¶ ¶" "What?" "Oh, come on..." "Oh, no way." "This isn't funny!" "What the...?" "!" "Help." "My face..." "Help." "Lab tech down!" "Aah!" "Wait, is that acetone?" "Ah..." "It is the best way to dissolve cyanoacrylate, Henry." "Yeah... ah!" "That's toxic." "Well, not so much, if you keep your mouth closed" "And cover your eyes with that." "Okay." "Lucky for you," "I was feeling better and decided to come to work today." "There's no telling how long you could've been stuck here." "Obviously," "Someone has not been adhering to lab policy against pranks," "Which is strange because we're usually such a cohesive group." "Please stop." "I think it's a terrible" "Injustice, because you Are the glue" "That holds this whole place together." "Let's see." "Mm-hmm." "Looks like someone" "Shimmed the lock, then" "Applied contact adhesive" "To the interior surfaces of your locker." "Yeah, well, I have a very good idea who." "Stick it to him, Henry." "Hey." "I saw you and Henry" "In the hall before..." "Look, I haven't been messing with Henry." "I'm not trying to spoil your date, and I hope that" "You guys have a very nice life together." "I really wasn't trying to blame you for anything." "I was just checking in." "Why are your hands in your pockets?" "Because I'm socially awkward," "And it gives me a sense of security." "You know, after Henry accused me," "I began to suspect that someone was trying" "To pin their practical jokes on me." "So I mixed up a little something called" ""detection spray" and I put it all over the surfaces" "That I felt that Henry would be most vulnerable to pranks," "Including his locker." "It's essentially a ninhydrin solution," "Which goes on clear, then reacts" "With the amino salts in perspiration," "Leaving a stain on anyone who touches it." "And the more that the perp tries to wash it off," "The more the stain spreads." "That's really fascinating." "I should go." "It can last up to five days." "You may want to wear a dress with pockets tonight." "I'm not proud of this." "Then why" "Did you do it?" "Because, originally," "I really wanted to go out with Henry." "Because he's everything that I know I should be looking for." "He's adorable" "And charming and funny and" "Sweet and nice to me..." "Okay, I get it." "He's peachy." "But then, I realized" "That what I'm supposed to want..." "Isn't what I do want." "So..." "Basically, I did the mature thing" "And I tortured the poor guy with practical jokes all day," "Thinking that it might make him cancel the date." "That does sound like something I'd do." "All right, Hodges, Henry tells me that you" "Reprogrammed the gcms." "And glued my face to my locker" "And poked my hose." "Whatever." "If this is true, you're looking" "At a formal reprimand and days off." "Did you do it?" "Can I just say something?" "I am so sorry..." "That you didn't stop me earlier." "You see, Wendy" "Suspected what I was up to, and she was urging me to come clean." "I swear, it'll never happen again." "Mea culpa." "Can you forgive me?" "This is going to go on" "Your permanent record." "You got your" "Confession... happy?" "Hmm." "Nobody likes a snitch." "Henry, I am so, so sorry." "I guess this means our date's off?" "Oh, yeah." "I guess I need some time" "For my face to heal!" "Can I get a rain check?" "Mmm!" "It's never going to happen." "¶ ¶"