CSI: Vegas (2021) s01e03 Episode Script

1
Previously on CSI: Vegas
GRISSOM: Hodges worked every one
of the cases you saw
in that storage unit.
Everything in there
felt so staged.
GRISSOM: Science'll tell
us if how things look
is how they really are.
Hodges didn't do this.
GRISSOM: Does the evidence
get a say in this?
BRASS: You think
someone stole your stuff
and is using it to frame you?
That's exactly what I think.
SIDLE: Our life's work is on the line.
What kind of person kills a dog?
The kind that wants
to break into a house
- without drawing attention.
- BRASS: What do we do now?
- Follow the evidence.
- ROBY: Dr. Grissom,
I could persuade you
to come back to CSI?
Can't slow down
We run, run, run this town
(PHONE DINGS)
- Can't slow down
-
We run, run, run this town.
Aah!
(PANTING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Mr. Folsom, Ms. Rajan, all yours.
Hey, uh, have I got these on backwards?
I wouldn't tell you if they were.
Is this your first floater, Allie?
You can take it.
WOMAN: Sandra's my boss.
We were meeting for a run here, and I
Oh, God.
Ms. Li, the two men you saw
could you describe them?
I'm sorry, Detective. I
didn't see their faces.
The second guy the
one in the hoodie
he was wet.
I think he was in the water with Sandra.
Running shoes, yoga pants, head band.
Seems to confirm her friend's story.
They were going for a run.
No wallet or ID.
You thinking mugging gone wrong?
(SCOFFS) I was. I'm not now.
That's one pricey right hand.
There's no wounds on her legs or back.
Help me flip her?
Oh. (GASPS)
This woman was butchered.
You're up early.
First-day jitters?
Yeah.
- Max.
- Undersheriff.
Someone I'd like you to meet.
- Dr. Roby. Nora Cross. A pleasure.
- Ah.
Nora is with Internal Affairs.
Ah.
(CLEARS THROAT) I love this.
You were a point guard, right?
First player off the bench
your sophomore year.
Were you at Northwestern, too?
No, just been reading up on you.
Not what you really want to
hear from an IAB detective.
Just doing due diligence on this lab.
The sheriff made me lead on
the David Hodges investigation.
I see you've been reading up, too.
You don't miss much, do you?
The judge is gonna slate
the David Hodges trial quick.
I thought I'd make the introduction
so you two could get
a schedule figured out.
Our lab, our specialists
are at your disposal.
That's appreciated,
but I still haven't decided
whether I'm gonna be
running my investigation out
of Vegas or Washoe County.
Hold on.
(LAUGHING): There's no need
to wave the white flag here.
Don't cut us out of the investigation.
Big fat public rebuke is the
last thing this lab needs.
CROSS: We can't have even
the appearance of a cover-up.
I'm gonna interview a
few folks around here.
I'll let you know what I decide.
Thanks for having me.
GRISSOM: I miss old Hank.
- Best dog I ever had.
- Me too.
Looks like Brewski was also a good dog.
- (BARKING, GROWLING)
- He took a nice bite out of whoever
broke into Hodges' garage.
I'll give him the Canine Medal of Honor
if the blood on this tooth
tells us who framed Hodges.
ROBY: Hope y'all are hustling.
A judge just set a trial
date for David Hodges.
Fast track.
- You're kidding.
- Mm-mmm.
Also, Internal Affairs they might
take their ball and run to Washoe.
Washoe County's seven hours from Vegas.
I prefer my evidence under a microscope,
not on the back of a truck.
I couldn't agree more,
so if you happen to see an IAB detective
by the name of Nora Cross,
just head the other way.
Good. So now we get
to play hide-and-seek?
Well, this isn't gonna help.
There's not enough
DNA left on the dog's tooth
to run through CODIS.
There's only 2,000 base pairs here.
ROBY: 2,000's usually
not enough to make an ID,
- but
- SIDLE: You can make
a prediction about phenotype
from a sample this small?
You're in my kitchen now.
Let's go deeper in the DNA.
You're looking for a male suspect,
and the telomere suggests that
he is not a spring chicken.
Don't look at me. I didn't do it.
(LAUGHS)
SIDLE: Our man looks to be
of South American descent.
You're off the hook.
MALE REPORTER: A fatal
stabbing on Ogden Avenue
is under investigation this morning.
Pioneering video game
designer Sandra King
was found dead. She was 34
If you ask me, it's all been downhill
since Super Mario Brothers Two.
Our vic's kind of a big deal.
Okay, we have 13 stab wounds.
12 in her chest, and
one in her throat.
Got to think two or three
would've gotten the job done.
Your guy thrust so hard,
some of the wounds almost
go right through her.
So, from the angles on your diagram,
the blades would have hit her ribs.
But I don't see any tool marks.
Because there aren't any.
So, what are you saying
- the knives weren't made of metal?
- Exactly.
- (GRUNTING)
- RAMIREZ: Whatever did this it was
a material softer than bone.
Such as?
Who knows? I could make
you a razor-sharp blade
- out of a cardboard box.
- Hmm.
I do have a birthday coming up.
Sandra King wasn't the
only one to get sliced up.
She scratched one of her attackers.
- As a matter of fact If you don't mind.
- Mm.
I thought you'd never ask.
Likely your suspect's been marked.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, there's also this.
No clue what caused it.
- Necklace got yanked?
- Maybe.
Glad they left the rest of her jewelry.
Fitness tracker'll tell us
a lot about her final hour.
Hugo,
- turn that up.
- Yeah.
WYATT: I've just met
with Dr. Maxine Roby.
So, to the cowards
who murdered Sandra King, hear this.
Justice is coming. It will be swift.
FEMALE REPORTER: What do you
have to say to anyone disaffected
by the David Hodges scandal?
WYATT: I say pay close attention
as to how this case is handled.
The Las Vegas Crime
Lab is second to none.
Well, no pressure.
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!
I used to think that Bryan
would end up doing something like this.
You thought your son would be
fighting monsters in outer space?
No. Like, designing games like these.
- Uh-huh.
- Like Sandra King, right?
I mean, he was, like, really into it.
He-he would, like, draw
his own characters,
and their castles, and
He'll figure it out.
Hmm. My boy's getting a C-minus
in pottery.
- Yeah, I know.
- Got the Wi-Fi password "WhosYourDaddy69".
(CHUCKLES) And to think
the gaming industry used to
have a problem with sexism.
Sandra King's fitness tracker
says her heart rate
shot up like crazy in
the green room upstairs
four hours before she was attacked.
So if you're crime scene investigators,
why aren't you at the crime scene?
We got evidence saying
that something happened
to your boss in this room
around 5:00 p.m. yesterday.
Who was in the green room then?
Uh, well, we were pretty scattered,
getting the tournament stack set up.
Our boss might have heard Ben
but he's with Sandra's parents now.
ROBY: Does anyone else
have access to this room?
Dozens of people from the company,
but we all loved her.
She was like everyone's older sister.
Sandra gave me my first job.
They were still working out
of Ben's garage back then.
Today was supposed to
be, like, a a triumph.
Death Spiral just hit
four million downloads.
LI: I will say,
a female creator with
that kind of success
there are definitely some haters.
I can imagine.
FOLSOM: What was your
favorite video game growing up?
Uh solitaire.
What? I liked to read.
That's no excuse.
Tight end, shortstop and Zelda.
Hey, that abrasion below her hairline?
Rip that off my neck,
my heart rate's spiking.
Somebody was raging.
Let's find out who.
ROBY: Got your print here.
This is so stupid.
No, I could never kill anyone.
Is that why you go by the name
Count Von BodyCount?
(CHUCKLING): Oh, come on.
It's a screen name.
That's my brand. I'm a pro.
I'm third all-time in
Death Spiral cash games.
Let's just say
- that it pays the bills.
- Maybe it used to.
Yo, my DMs are full of
people asking how I feel
about Sandra King patching
the weapon upgrade glitch.
Answer: not surprised.
Leave it to some bitch coder
to fix a bug that made her game better.
Wh
Wasn't just one whiny rant,
Mr. BodyCount. There were dozens.
Sandra was worried
about another Gamergate,
so she blocked your account.
I'd call that motive.
We know you confronted her.
Yeah, so we had words.
You violated our code of conduct.
You got any idea how much
money you cost me?
(GASPS)
I broke her badge when I grabbed it,
but that's as far as it went.
I never saw her again.
So, no scratches on your face.
You want to show us your arms?
Do I have to?
No.
You can go on being the lead suspect
in a murder investigation.
Can I go now?
David said it's not going great?
His lawyer doesn't think
the neighbor's dog getting
killed is all that suspicious.
Well, if we can link it to
your garage being robbed,
he'll feel different.
SIDLE: So Emma, tell me,
how did you and David meet?
EMMA: Uh, he outbid
me in an eBay auction.
There was this Three's
Company boxed set, and
- (LAUGHS)
- Uh, don't laugh.
- GRISSOM: Sara?
- Yeah.
Brewski's skull fracture was irregular.
This could be our murder weapon.
Let's get that back to
the lab, test it for DNA.
We might not be done here yet.
What's on the other side of this door?
It's a spare bedroom.
It's gonna be a nursery,
but we need to paint it.
When you said the junk was
stolen out of your garage,
is there any chance that some
of that junk was stored in here?
EMMA: I am so sorry.
It's got to be the pregnancy brain.
I forgot. I brought some
boxes in last month.
SIDLE: This is probably
the point of entry.
I can't say for sure. He cleaned up.
Um, there should be three of those.
I know the frames are ugly,
but they were a gift from David's mom.
You didn't see one of these
in the storage unit, did you?
SIDLE: You know, if he stole one,
it might not have been for set dressing.
It could explain how Hodges'
prints ended up there.
Latent fingerprint fabrication.
He rips the prints and molds copies
to plant all over the place.
That's, like diabolical.
GRISSOM: Well, let's not make him out
to be a Bond villain just yet.
Criminals make lots of mistakes.
What is that?
Is that something?
GRISSOM: I don't know,
but if you don't either,
that's a good sign.
Oh
Pow!
The fountain water had dried out.
I made it reappear as if by magic.
It's just copper sulfate
and an oxidizing reagent.
You know, we're more
likely to find something
the killer shed on his getaway route
than sloshing around in that.
- One of us can follow their path.
- While the other one
You saw those dumpsters
on our walk in, same as me.
We'll let fate decide
which one of us jumps in.
I'm gonna leave you
to your street magic.
But you owe me a drink.
Your terms are acceptable.
I'm writing a book on
how to stay conscious
When you drown
And if the words
float up to the surface
I'll keep them down
This is the first time, I know
I don't want the crown
You can take it now
Tell me how
It's better when the sun
Goes down
I will never escape
These doubts
I wasn't dead when they found me
Watch as they pull me down.
RAJAN: I'll take Murder Weapon
Material for $1,000.
These white knives are made
of something strong enough
to kill, but can't scrape bone.
What's polycarbonate thermoplastic?
- Those came from a 3D printer?
- Yup.
I did recognize them.
They're replicas of the knives
used by Happy Hartigan,
blue-skinned dude in
Sandra's video game.
She was killed by knives
used in her own game?
That's sick.
Now I'm just going through ATM footage
- on the killer's route.
- Hey.
Sara, how's it going with
the, uh, animal cruelty case?
Found a smudge.
Got to love a good smudge.
Hey, come visit for a sec?
That's Nora Cross.
Thought you might want
to avoid the inquisition.
Thank you.
- (LAUGHS)
- This is all so strange.
I-I can't imagine what
I might be thinking
if I was in your shoes.
Well, you've been in our shoes.
So has David Hodges.
I don't think anyone
who works here would risk
everything to cheat the system.
I just don't believe it.
I don't know the guy. Um,
maybe he did it
to look like a star. Maybe he didn't.
A bleeding heart and a doubting Thomas?
Sounds familiar.
Who's the guy with the knives?
Oh. We got one.
(SHORT CHUCKLE)
If you met Sandra,
you loved Sandra.
She, uh she was selfless,
and she was kind.
She was driven and ambitious.
She was the beating heart of this
of this company,
- (FEEDBACK)
- which is, you know, why it's so hard
to be here with
Jimmy, can you can
you bring that down?
Just a
I wrap up, you follow me over here.
I land, and I say, "Welcome
to your Death Spiral!" Bam!
- Sirens!
- (SIREN BLARING)
Yeah, great. Thanks, Jimmy.
(SIRENS STOP)
Ben Miller, you're under arrest
for the murder of Sandra King.
MILLER: What? I
That's ridiculous. She This
- She was my best friend.
- Show me his arms.
- What the hell's going on?
- I don't know.
I don't know, man.
There are no abrasions.
She must have scratched his accomplice.
Okay, who were you working with?
This is crazy. I-I'm innocent.
- I didn't I
- Move.
Kelly, can you call my
lawyer, please? Now?
The best part of being out in the middle
of the Pacific is those
phones are worthless.
And my lab techs wouldn't have
anybody else to complain to.
Is the, uh, Hodges case hurting morale?
Yeah. It ain't a pizza party,
with all the IAB floating around.
This thing could end badly.
But you know what?
I'd rather work than worry.
Canine murder weapon.
Possible epithelial transfers.
Mm-hmm.
Hmm.
We struck out twice.
The rock and the smudge 0 for two.
Well, at least mass spec came through.
Dimethicone and magnesium sulfate.
That smudge was makeup.
It was a body concealer
for arms and legs.
It's possible our middle-aged,
South American man
is covering a skin condition.
I wonder how many men know their way
around Sephora and LVPD evidence vault?
That's a good place to
find a list of suspects.
That evidence in the storage unit
had to come from somewhere.
I'm not sure an unrelated animal
cruelty case justifies a trip
to the police warehouse.
Okay, I'll think about it.
(SIGHS)
Hold on.
Oh, yeah.
I think a squirrel's been here.
You're so negative.
We might find something
in the fountain water
that could identify
Ben Miller's accomplice.
Be nice if Ben just told us
who he was working with.
Where's the fun in a confession?
I think maybe your arms
are just getting weak.
(LAUGHS)
FOLSOM: Got a contact lens.
- Nice work. Hey.
- Yeah.
See that guy over there
your 9:00 o'clock?
I noticed him when we got here.
He's been watching us.
Killers do return to crime scenes.
Hey.
Ed, um, I'd like to speak
to that guy over there.
Excuse me, sir. Can we just have a word?
Allie!
Stop!
(GROANS)
(GRUNTS)
Sorry!
(TIRES SQUEAL)
(MAN SHOUTS)
Don't!
Just stay where you are.
Hands. Give me your hands.
What was that? Why'd you run?
Those are great questions for you.
Since when do you chase
people, you maniac?
Oh.
Well, I-I didn't do nothing wrong.
Nobody's trying to take you in.
We just want to talk about why
- you were watching the crime scene.
- Oh,
well, I-I I live across the street.
I-I can't sleep without that fountain.
- Uh
- Were you there the night of the murder, Mr. Benson?
Yeah, yeah. Uh,
I was getting ready to go to sleep,
and I-I I saw the whole thing.
There's no blood.
Wh-What happened?
What happened?
Uh, well, I tried
to help that lady when
that lunatic jumped her.
I mean, the dude came out of nowhere.
Uh, the lady I mean,
she-she punched him.
Bam. Just
But dude was, uh, ice cold.
He had this look.
His face was, like, frozen.
He had his, uh I-I don't know
must have been, uh, knives.
(SCREAMING)
And he's stabbing her, and
he just kept stabbing her and
Why did you run from us, Mr. Benson?
I thought y'all would blame me.
I mean, I was there when it happened.
Do you recognize this man?
That's the guy.
I saw him real good when
he got out of the fountain.
I thought he was chasing me
when I ran, and I ran right past
this other woman.
God, I'm so sorry.
Why? What are you sorry about?
I-I didn't stop him.
I know he's off his meds, but
He's not lying.
Some of those details were
never released to the press.
There's no scratches on him,
not one drop of blood,
and I highly doubt that guy
does much 3D printing.
I guess Miller could have acted alone.
How many people does it
take to stab somebody?
Yeah, but Sandra scratched
somebody when she got attacked.
If it's not Miller, then
who's in the ATM video?
No. Imposible. Estoy en Las Vegas.
Comprendo.
Quatro punto cinco ocho. Gracias.
The, uh, Ishmael is getting evicted.
I have to find a new home for the boat.
Maybe you shouldn't have told them
about the termites eating the boat dock.
Termites never sleep.
That can be a fun fact
or a sunken boatyard.
Are you okay?
- You look a little tired.
- No, no, I'm fine.
Just (SIGHS)
I'm gonna spend all night
calling Peruvian marinas.
Everyone who's visited
the evidence vault
within the last year.
Hope your guy's in there.
You went over there? Thank you so much.
I didn't do it for you.
Or for me.
If we're gonna restore
people's faith in what we do,
then we got to have the truth.
And I don't think Washoe can get it.
- Hey, if anybody asks
- Come on.
If they need a fall guy,
it's gonna be me.
Just go get this right.
FOLSOM: See that? I think you're looking
at the face of an innocent man.
Bloody knives, murderous
glint in his eyes.
Yeah, he looks like a gentle soul.
Wait, you're serious?
There could be a reason
we got this look at him.
He might have run past this ATM
and turned his head on purpose.
And why would Miller do that?
I doubt he would, but
we don't think this is Ben Miller.
RAJAN: Look what happens
when you run this through
chromaticity software.
380 nanometers. Blue.
640 nanometers.
Light brown.
Now take another look at Ben Miller.
He has brown eyes.
We found this brown contact
lens in the fountain
where Sandra King was killed.
Found an eyewitness who said
Sandra punched the guy in his right eye.
- (GRUNTS)
- We think the killer
has blue eyes.
So, that explains the eyes, but
The real killer
this man we think
he wore a 3D printed
mask of Miller's face,
got caught on tape to frame him.
When's the last time
y'all been drug tested?
I'm serious. You want to see
something trippy? Look at this.
High-end 3D printers can make
almost anything. Even faces.
RAJAN: We know the
killer had access to one.
He made the murder weapons.
FOLSOM: And a mask would explain
why our eyewitness said
the killer's expression never changed.
It would explain how we still
haven't matched the skin
under Sandra's nails.
All right.
Find me some proof.
(GRUNTING)
- (LAUGHING)
- No.
No, no, no, no, no. No.
Angle's still wrong. Okay.
And I haven't gotten a
decent scratch in, either.
Okay, these
these came from the fountain
him on top of her
but these two
What if she punched him
before they hit the water?
If he stumbled?
(GRUNTS, GASPS)
- I am so sorry.
- (CHUCKLES)
Did I hurt you?
No.
You know what? I think, uh
I think your video game
would be Street Fighter.
Never heard of that either?
How many cricket players do you know?
Okay. Uh,
- say he did tumble back.
- Mm-hmm.
Like this, though.
Stabbing down from
here, he'd hit her leg.
But that's not it. It
Here.
- Boom.
- Okay.
That's what it was.
So I am losing blood.
- I'm grabbing for whatever's closest.
- Uh-huh.
- Left forearm. That's where it'll be.
- Yup.
Ben and I have spent years
developing Death Spiral.
It's our baby.
We actually came up with a rough idea
on one of our 15-minute coffee breaks,
and now it's become this.
It's been a wild journey, and it's one
I can't imagine being on without Ben.
(KNOCKING)
You're still here?
Allie and I tried some
iterations on the attack.
Pretty sure this is where
Sandra scratched the killer.
It doesn't give us a suspect, but
I know where to look when I find one.
Yeah.
- Pulling a double?
- I got this rule:
don't put innocent people behind bars.
I'm not doing Hawaiian again.
Mmm. So
I ripped my ACL senior year.
I had to relearn how to walk.
That was a real education.
Now, what we have here is a wire frame
of our killer's gait
from the ATM footage.
And we're comparing his
stride model to, what
people walking around
- at a company party?
- I had Kelly Li
send me some footage. The employees
sound like a good place to start.
No two humans move the same way.
Anthropometric differences
in our feet, our hips, even our toes.
It all adds up to locomotion
that is unique
as a fingerprint.
Okay, so Ben Miller has
got a hitch in his giddyup.
Biomechanically speaking, of course.
Okay.
It's this one.
Meet the masked man: Ron Kean.
SIDLE: I feel like I used to
know everyone in Las Vegas.
I don't know half the people
that passed through the
evidence vault last year.
And the seasons they
go round and round
And the painted ponies
go up and down.
You know, things change.
Yeah, well, it's impossible
to compare a phenotype
to a list of strangers' names.
Well, maybe
you can get the new class to help you
put some faces to the names.
(CLEARS THROAT)
This doesn't make any sense.
Well, there aren't a lot
of Peruvian marinas
in the middle of the Andes.
You know (SIGHS)
the guy that gave me these
coordinates was on a sat phone.
Maybe I just couldn't
- hear him quite right.
- Hmm.
NEWS ANCHOR: Bad news for
former CSI David Hodges
could be good news for 8,000
incarcerated men and women.
Today, Judge Warner ruled
all new-trial petitions
and wrongful imprisonment claims
will be rolled into one case.
The law firm of Anson Wix and Associates
- was appointed lead counsel.
- I've never heard of them.
- Wix said, "It's a simple
- A trial with this much press,
- question: should misconduct
- and it goes to someone I have never heard of.
by law enforcement
ruin the lives of 8,000?
"Mr. Hodges is going to
have his day in court.
My clients will, too".
MILLER: Are you serious?
Wouldn't be here if we weren't.
The cops kept saying they had
a video of me, and I just
I thought they were lying.
They weren't. The video exists.
It's just not the real you.
ROBY: Does Ron Kean
have the technical expertise
to make a map of your face?
Ron knows more about
photorealistic rendering
than anyone I've ever met.
That's why Sandra and I hired him.
Okay, but 3D printing takes time.
Would he have been able to do it at work
without anyone noticing?
Yeah (SIGHS)
I mean, I guess.
We let him set his own hours
because he has to check in on his mom.
She's older, she lives
in, um Red Rock.
But Ron uh, uh, it makes no sense.
He never gets angry.
Even when things don't go his
way, he is just super chill.
Something not go his way recently?
We had a contest
last month, in-house.
Best employee idea
their game got put into development.
It came down to Kelly
and Ron, and she won.
How'd he take the rejection?
He said, uh, "I believe in my game.
I'm gonna keep working on it
until I can find a way to
get it made, somehow".
And somehow, here we are.
Don't let them keep me locked up.
Please.
We need warrants. One
for Ron Kean's car,
another for his DNA to check
against the skin under her nails.
Don't have evidence to compel.
We've got that wireframe.
No judge has ever issued
a warrant on gait analysis.
The-the field's too new.
I mean, it-it rarely
even gets into tr
I think I know where
there might be some DNA.
We don't even need a warrant.
(SNIFFLES, SIGHS)
KEAN: Yeah, I just got to grab
my cue cards. I'll be right there.
Oh, and take another look at the shard
before the second round starts.
Thanks.
- Dr. Roby.
- Mm.
What brings you back?
You know, I lost my wallet,
and I think I may have left it in here.
Oh, there they are.
- Opening remarks.
- Oh.
Well, I'm sorry I can't
stay and help you look,
but the second round's about
to start, and I'm hosting.
Yeah. You're the big man.
You're next in line at the company, hmm?
Oh, well, there was no succession plan,
so we had to have a vote. (LAUGHS)
I mean, okay,
I mean, it was a lucky break.
Congratulations.
- I worked very hard for it.
- Mm.
Mr. Kean, would you mind
showing me your left forearm,
please?
Without a warrant?
Good luck with the search.
Hmm.
You want photos? I've got photos.
Nevada's new system
has a kind of yearbook.
Your evidence vault
visitors will be here.
There's even an alum section.
Oh, that face. I'm gonna need a copy.
(LAUGHS) I'll print you one.
What?
Excuse me. May I?
- (LAUGHS)
- ROBY: Just the man I was looking for.
I need a bug ID'd.
- May I see the specimen?
- Part of it. All I got is
- his stinger.
- Her sting.
The aculeus is a female organ.
(LAUGHS) I think
you may have found one
of my favorite insects.
The kind that solves crimes.
You got it.
Apidae Apinae Anthophorini.
It's a digger bee.
The males dig to find
females for mating.
The young are raised underground.
This is a rare find. These
bees doesn't usually sting,
unless their ground nest
has been disturbed.
By someone burying something?
Well, if the nest was full of larvae
in the brood chamber, yeah.
ROBY: So our suspect's mother
lives in Red Rock Canyon.
If he went there the morning
after the murder
and happened to disturb a ground nest
I want to know why.
"If I be waspish,
best beware my sting".
Found another nest.
Hasn't been touched, though.
ROBY: Then why do I
want to hear about it?
It's too hot to yell about nothing.
(BUZZING)
Hey, I think I've got something.
FOLSOM: I'm still amazed
Ron's mom let us search
without a warrant.
Says a lot about her feelings
for old Ronny boy.
Dead larvae, collapsed cells.
Something happened to this nest.
Looks like somebody
got at it with a shovel.
Those marks?
This dirt's been dug up
and packed back down again.
What is it?
He burned it.
Oh. Gave it the full Darth Vader.
ROBY: Thermoplastic polyurethane.
Same as the knives.
And power tools and sporting goods.
TPUs are kind of in everything.
Circumstantial.
This won't be.
Salivary amylase here.
Then DNA is there, too.
Hey, Ron, what was the name
of your game gonna be?
Um, Shadow Blade Sorcerers.
Mm. I mean, no wonder they passed.
Is this why I'm here?
No. This is.
Do you recognize this guy?
Yeah, of course. That's Ben.
No, that's you with
a Ben Miller mask right
after you killed Sandra King.
That's
I had nothing to do with this.
Actually, you had
everything to do with it,
because we found your crispy mask
that you buried on your mom's property.
If Sandra's killer wore a mask,
then it could have been anyone.
Wrong again, because
the buccal epithelial cells
we found in the mask are yours.
Mama Kean's propane torch
didn't burn hot enough
to destroy the mask.
You couldn't turn it to ash,
so you buried it.
That was a mistake.
See, I thought you were upset
because one of your bosses
had just been killed.
But the red eyes and runny
nose was just a reaction
to the digger bee venom.
Roll up your left sleeve, Ron.
This time you have to.
You're under arrest. You
have the right to remain
"Your time's coming, Ron".
"Next year, Ron".
Sandra and Ben strung me along
for years, and they picked her.
You killed one of your bosses
and framed the other one
'cause they picked Kelly
Li's game over yours?
They picked Kelly because female
coders get fawning press
no matter what crap they put out.
And everybody knows it.
ROBY: Well, don't worry.
Your face'll be on the
front page soon enough.
SIDLE: Robert Gomez, silver fox.
Nice complexion.
I like him.
What? As a suspect, I hope.
Very funny.
Ten matches. I think
we're looking at our guy.
We just don't know who
he is yet. But we will.
Honey, uh, I got a problem.
I thought it would go away, but
The coordinates of the marina.
It's not my hearing.
I couldn't focus on the map
to trace the longitude.
And it comes in waves.
That's how it feels
like I never left the boat.
- You're land sick?
- It's called, uh,
Mal de Debarquement. French.
They say if it doesn't
go away in a few days,
sometimes it never does.
Well, there must be
something, right? I mean
We'll figure it out, okay?
I'll never go away.
If you need to hold on to
something, hold on to me.
(VIDEO GAME SONG PLAYS)
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
(WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY)
You see what your mom did?
(LAUGHS)
(PHONE CHIMES)
Damn.