CSI: NY

Make sure you want to do this.

Look at you.

So sure of yourself.

You really think it's that good?

Hey, this is my place.

It's better than that good.

All right.

We'll see.

Well?

It's all right.

Not bad.

Not bad?

That's the best slice in the city.

Okay, I'd give it high marks for the right amount of cheese.

The crust is perfect.

But the sauce is just too sweet.

Sweet is what makes it so great.

There's crushed carrots in that sauce.

Carrots in tomato sauce?

Yes.

That's blasphemous.

You clearly haven't been to Metrono's.

Is that that new place that opened up in Park Slope?

It's good.

Mm-hmm.

That's not a routine call.

Somebody's down.

Hey, doc.

Not enough business in the ER and now you're making house calls?

What do we got here?

I'm guessing gunshot.

Tape off this whole block from end to end.

The whole thing's a crime scene.

All right, got it.

You heard, son.

Can you tell me what happened?

Can you tell me your friend's name?

He's my brother.

We have massive internal bleeding.

We have to get him out of here.

He's gonna die.

Let's go.

Let's get him out.

Come on, let's go.

Don't try to talk to me.

It's gonna be all right.

It's gonna be all right.

Where's him?

He's gonna give it to me.

He's gonna give it to Mom.

He's gonna give it to Mom.

What's up?

Where's Sam?

Where's my brother?

Sam?

Sam?

Make.

Sure the trauma team is in place and ready to go, stat.

I'm gonna need a 5-0 ET-2.

Mac.

Call you back.

How's he doing?

Not good.

Were you able to get anything out of the little brother?

Sam's pretty shaken up.

All he could tell me was they were walking home from school, cut through the alley on

91st, and met up with a bad guy who shot Nikki.

Any idea what it was about?

No.

Flack took him over to the precinct to get some more details, have him look at some photos.

I checked with their school.

Both Mickey and Sam are good kids, straight-A students.

I have some people out looking for the mom.

Neighbors say she's working three jobs.

Is the dad in the picture?

No.

He passed away a few months ago.

He had cancer.

That's a tough one, buddy.

I'm sorry he had to lose you, Dad.

You gotta dry those puppies off real good.

Let's get that shirt off you.

Hands.

Up.

Look, Sam.

It's real important for me to know more about why that man shot your brother.

He wanted his watch.

But you can't tell my mom about it, though.

Nicky wasn't supposed to take it out of the house.

Your secret is safe with me.

What about the watch?

It was made of real gold.

It's called a Rolex.

Why'd Nicky have it?

My dad gave it to him before he died.

I told him not to bring it to school because I was afraid he might lose it.

Didn't even fit him too well anyway.

Can we call and see if Nicky's awake yet?

Sam, I'm not gonna lie to you.

It's gonna be a while before your brother wakes up.

So in the meantime, I'm gonna need you to help me catch the man who did this to him.

Think you can do that?

Make a real cop out of you?

Whatever happened, it didn't start here.

We found our smoking gun, Doc.

It's definitely been discharged.

I won't know exactly when until I get it back to the lab.

Where'd you find it?

Trash can.

Over there.

Right on top.

Meaning whoever dumped it was in a hurry.

Well, they were just plain stupid.

Looks like Nicky was shot around here.

Let's go home.

I got you.

Come on.

They stumbled down the alley that way into the street where Mac found them.

Hey, guys, I think I found another blood trail.

So we have two different blood trails going in opposite directions.

Maybe our shooter was hit, too.

Well, directionality says he went that way.

Well, if it's from our assailant, it makes sense the bad guy would run in the opposite direction.

Scratch that.

This isn't blood.

With any luck, Nicky struggled with his attacker, and there's some trace left behind.

I'd imagine anyone evil enough to shoot a young boy is in your DNA database.

Hmm.

How bad is the internal damage?

Bullet perforated the intestine, lacerated a kidney.

The resulting cavitation caused severe trauma to the liver.

He suffered major blood loss.

We got him here within the golden hour.

If we hadn't, he'd be dead.

You keep fighting, Nikki.

You know, all my time in Afghanistan, and I will never get used to a child being in one of those beds.

It's the worst part of our job.

The day we get used to it is the day we should walk out the door.

Dr. Hunter, your charts?

Was the round recovered during surgery?

The wound was a through and through, Mac.

The bullet missed the bone.

No fragments left behind.

We haven't recovered any ballistics from the scene or his clothing.

Yeah, the smaller hole in the Vic's back is consistent with an entrance wound.

Who shoots a kid in the back?

I gotta get this back to the lab.

I'll be in touch.

Oh, my God, Nikki.

Nikki.

Mrs. Harris?

Mrs. Harris, I'm Dr. Aubrey Hunter.

I operated on your son.

Police, they came to my work.

They said he was shot.

I didn't even know if he'd be...

He's stable, but he has a tough fight ahead of him.

He's young and resilient.

And he's in excellent hands.

I used to pick them up every day.

I never had to walk home from school when my husband was alive.

Mrs. Harris, I'm Detective Taylor.

Before Nikki went into surgery, he mumbled he wanted his brother to give you something.

Do you have any idea what that might be?

No.

Not at all.

I mean it, buddy.

You don't smile.

I'm gonna take that photo, and I'm going to e-mail it to every girl in your school.

There it is.

There you go.

You ready to get back to work?

What if I still don't recognize anyone?

It's like I told you, sometimes looking at photos will help you remember.

If you don't, you don't.

No big deal, just take your time and do your best.

Go ahead, click that mouse.

Recognize any of those ugly mugs?

Click again.

That guy looks familiar, I think it might be him.

Ah, come on man, getting sports on my screen.

Sam.

It's like the fourth guy you've identified.

I'm sorry.

They all look the same, it's hard to remember.

It's alright.

It might be time to go to plan B.

What's that?

Well, if he doesn't have a photo in the system, I'll have to make one.

What kind of nose did he have?

Could you call again?

Can you see if Nikki woke up yet?

I just called them like ten minutes ago.

What did I tell you?

I'm gonna be the first thing he sees when he opens his eyes.

I don't say things like that unless I mean it, okay?

Your mother's over there with him, though.

You didn't tell her about the watch, did you?

I think she's gonna be mad.

She's always telling us not to take the shortcut through the alley.