CSI: Vegas

Previously on CSI: Vegas... I know who killed Kline

and framed Hodges-- all of it.

He represented everyone associated with the attack

on Jim Brass. He was calling all the shots.

Anson Wix is the attorney for the class action

against the state.

We ID'd the thread in that grenade.

Belonged to an Anna Wix.

Anson's sister.

Look at the world.

The best story wins.

It's David Hodges

who's easiest to picture faking evidence.

We can't have even the appearance

of a cover-up.

The judge set a trial date for David Hodges.

Fast-track.

You contacted the head

of the Washoe Crime Lab.

Effective immediately,

you're no longer head of Criminalistics.

My dude said he installed it over the credenza.

What the hell is a credenza?

This guy's got some crazy stuff.

There. Hey, yo, I'm-a get started.

See what he has in the bedroom.

Ugh.

911. What's your emergency?

426 Spring Drive in Summerlin. Hurry. You gotta hurry.

What's the problem, sir?

It's in the bathroom. It's-it's horrible.

You gotta believe me.

I didn't do it.

Didn't do what?

Undersheriff.

Sir, I wrapped the Anido case.

She confessed.

Yeah.

Are you redecorating?

Yeah, I got tired of looking at Max Roby's family.

Woman's the reason I haven't seen mine in three weeks.

But you won't have to pull double duty down here

for much longer though, right?

I mean, she was suspended, not...

She was suspended "indefinitely."

In my experience...

Well, we'll see.

The only reason she called the lab in Washoe was to

make sure they were processing the evidence correctly.

It's Rajan, right?

Yes.

Anson Wix says

the calls that she made are proof that David Hodges' friends

at CSI were covering for him.

Which explanation do you think plays better?

And I wouldn't raise my voice too loudly

in Maxine Roby's defense.

Probably not a big future in it.

Janice Woo. You ever hear that name?

Wix's new expert witness.

Wonder if she knows that he blew up

his last expert with a grenade.

"Mr. Wix pledges to keep fighting.

"Ms. Woo, a forensic artist, will help

expose the rot in the Criminalistics division."

The trial starts Monday. We'd better hope

something turns up in Wix's trash.

Not again. My ring is loose.

It keeps coming off when I take off my gloves.

You ever hear of a sandwich?

You know, a hunger strike's not gonna help David Hodges.

The stress is getting to you, too, you know.

Yeah. Well...

It's his sister, this Anna Wix.

She's a part of this thing, Sara.

Don't take it.

I have to keep him happy

so he gives us our space.

Undersheriff. How can we help?

They couldn't get into it,

but apparently the safe is all the thieves wanted.

Dreadful lack of imagination.

I'd have taken all this stuff.

I like the T. rex myself.

But, uh, yeah. They swear they'd

only been here ten minutes before they called the cops.

They turned themselves in?They were terrified

we'd find them and think that they were responsible

for what's upstairs.

What's upstairs?

Never seen anything quite like it.

It's like the guy just... melted.

Newton's law of cooling is a good alibi

for the burglars. This brew started

hours before they got there.

Homeowner's an Erik Shaw.

Runs a convention center off the Strip.

Not much left of Erik.

If that's who lost the fight here.

Was hoping that'd be full of his DNA, but...

Not if the killer used sulfuric acid

and hydrogen peroxide to dispose of the body.

Piranha solution.

Rips organic matter down to base elements in minutes.

Nobody ever solved a murder with a big, nasty vat

full of water and carbon.

I'm afraid all our hopes have gone down the drain.

Seems like Erik Shaw put up a fight.

Doesn't look like we got anything to show for it.

You find any evidence the killer was nicked, bled,

even lost a hair off his head?No.

It's a pretty good bet this guy was a lot bigger

than his victim, though.

I think somebody's

skull smashed into that wall

about six and a half feet off the ground.

Uh... I was always taught you preserve the crime scene.

Fear not. This is a precision operation.

Huh.

The undersheriff said it was all hands on deck.

Vic was melted in acid and poured down the drain?

Yeah, if we jet the system with water,

what's left will be lost or jumbled, so we have to

extract him pipe by pipe,

before he, uh, oozes

into the sewer main. Mm.

Who was the victim?

The World's Most Interesting Man?

Erik Shaw-- managed a convention center. Apparently,

weird memorabilia comes with the job.

Mm-hmm. Uh, detective out front

said they're tracking down his ex.

Apparently they're in the middle of a rough divorce.

Mm. Do you two want to go talk to her

and see if she was exposed

to these chemicals?

Gil and I can finish up here.

We'll get the safe and, uh, his... goo.

Mm. Messy tub, messy divorce. Tough call.

You haven't seen the tub. I'm just gonna say "thank you."

Nice!Cash! There it is, baby.

Hey, who got next?

Miguel? Diego?

What about you, mama?

No. I'm good.

You sure?

Yeah.

Hey, let's run it back. Let's run it back.

Ah, you can't hold it, man. Take the shot.

Honey. Get your chin up.

I'm sorry, Ms. Shaw. I know this can't be easy.

Erik's... gone?

It looks that way, ma'am. This watch is all

we've been able to recover so far.

Do you want to go someplace quiet? Mm.

Me and Erik separated last year. We...

we always said, you know, maybe there's a chance,

but... I guess...

How am I going to tell my girls?

Ms. Shaw, we have to ask.

Do you still have access to your husband's home?

Of course.

But you can't think...

He gave me my babies. I would never.

There's a way to verify that.

I'd need a hair sample and certain chemicals

would be present if...Whatever you need.

Tammy, please. Could y'all?

Chartrina's about to do her tumbling and...

What's happened? Are you okay?

Erik's dead. Someone killed him.

My God. Was it random or... his business?

I'm sorry. How do you know Mr. Shaw?

I'm Chase Starr.

I own and manage all this.

Little Beauties Child Pageants and Scholarship Program.

We used to rent a space at Erik's convention center.

Didn't go great.

Erik did his business in cash.

He got in trouble for tax evasion once.

There were always shady people.

And good people.

When his girls started competing,

we tried to throw some business his way.

The folks he kept company with...