CSI: Miami

So, you won't be able to play your guitar for a while,

But you'll have your thumb for your video games, okay?

Okay

Eric.

I hope you're here to take me to breakfast.

Actually, just got done seeing Dr. Jacobs.

So...

I'm good.

Yeah, I'm great, even.

No residual brain damage from the surgery.

And I can start back to work immediately.

That's so wonderful, honey.

I'm so happy for you.

So, why aren't you?

No, I'm good.

How long have we known each other, Eric?

What, eight, nine years.

Long enough for you to know better than to lie to me.

You ever regret leaving PD?

Dr. Woods!

I got to go, babe.

All right.

Okay, what do we have?

24-Year-Old woman in shock blood pressure 70/45. Tachy at 140. Breathing rapid.

Her name's Lauren.

Boyfriend here founder unconscious.

Okay.

On my count.

One, two, three.

Get a monitor on her. I need O2 sat.

Okay, she's going into respiratory failure.

What-What does that mean?

She's not getting enough oxygen. We need to intubate.

What's your name?

Ethan.

Ethan, how long has Lauren been out?

I-I don't know. She-She sounded wed.

That's why I rushed over to her place.

Start positive pressure ventilation at 100% oxygen.

Can you be more specific?

She-She was mumbling her words.

She-She said her head hurt.

Pupils are fixed and dilated.

No corneal reflex.

Sounds like a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

I'll do a spinal tap.

Has Lauren been ill?

Ethan, has Lauren been sick?

Yeah, the flu. Is this the swine thing?

No, this isn't the flu.

Doctor, please...

Cardiac arrest.

What is with this girl?

Lauren!

She's in systole.

Okay.

Lauren!

Epi. I'm starting chest compressions.

Lauren!

Eric, please, get him out of here.

Come on, Ethan.

Here we go, sweetheart

Let's go. It's gonna be okay, all right?

Just...got to give 'em some space.

Still no rhythm, Alexx.

Get those paddles ready.

Another dose of bicarb.

I'll push it down.

Defib doesn't work in systole..

Could be fine V-Fib.

Charge to 0.

No. 360.

360 clear.

Ethan...

Anyone you want me to call?

Yeah, my mom and dad.

I got-Got their number on my cell phone.

Sure.

You're going to propose.

Yeah.

I'll just wait until she gets better, you know.

She, uh... She likes ice cream after she's sick, so I'm just gonna slip it in the dish.

That's cool.

Yeah.

She looked a lot better yesterday, so I figure maybe today's the day.

I'm sure she going to be okay.

You said she was going to be okay.

Hey, man...

Alexx, what happened?

I need you to get Horatio down here, please.

Why?

'Cause that girl was murdered.

And in my experience, you may have your number one suspect right here.

Technically, Lauren died from acute renal failure.

When the kidneys went, the other organs followed.

If she'd only come in a day earlier.

Horatio, the last time I saw something like this,

It was back in the morgue on a homicide case.

So, you're thinking she was poisoned.

In my opinion yes.

Who brought her in?

Boyfriend.

He said she looked a lot better yesterday was actual going to propose to her.

Well, either he's blind or lying, because that girl hasn't had a OD day in a week.

Son of a bitch.

He had me fooled.

Had an engagement ring and everything, I mean...

Probably rehearsed the whole thing.

Okay, we don't have all the information yet, Eric.

Yeah, I know, but...

Was acting strange.

Wouldn't look me in the eye, didn't fully answer my questions.

Let's keep him here while I process the house, all right?

I'll send over her blood and tissue samples to the crime lab.

Thank you, Alexx.

Eric, stay with him.

Poison that can be absorbed by touch.

Man, that's diabolical.

I don't get it.

Nothing's lighting up.

Yeah, I'm flatlining on these tox screens, too.

That's the problem with poison... The only way to find it is to take shots in the dark.

But I have tested her apartment for every poison I can think of.

Boyfriend might have slipped it in somewhere else.

Maybe.

So, you would bring food to Lauren when you went to check in on her?

Are you kidding?

She was sick. Like, coming out of both end sick.

I mean, she could barely hold down water.

When did she start feeling ill?

A week ago.

Mmm, we went out to eat.

And, uh, when we got home, he started saying her stomach hurt.

Where'd you go out to eat?

I-I don't... I don't remember.

What do you mean you don remember?

You ate there, right?

I don't remember.

Look, deal was, that don she'd pick and I'd pay, right?

I might have the receipt in my back pocket.

Was Lauren going to leave you?

What? No.

What do you think the ring's for?

I don't know. Maybe this was your way of keeping her from running.

Wh-Why are you asking me these questions?

Because Lauren wasn't sick, Ethan.

She was poisoned.

Which means that someone had to poison her.

And you're number one on the list.

Why would I kill Lauren?

You know, I've questioned a lot of guilty people before

And they've all got one thing in common.

It's a bade of nerves.

Right now you're sweating like someone that's got something to hide.

I didn't kill her.

That was just as good a confession, you idiot.

Ethan?

Ethan?

Hey, I need Alexx woods in here, right now!

Why would the suspect poison his girlfriend and then himself?

Well, he wouldn't, unless he pulled a Romeo and Juliet.

Yeah, but he was just getting ready to propose to her.

Exactly.

The last thing they did before Lauren got sick was go out to eat, so I ran a food-borne illness tox.

This is what I got.

Lauren tested positive for E-coli.

Okay, so then she wasn't poisoned?

E-coli is poison.

We checked with Alexx. She confirmed it.

And based on how quickly this killed Lauren and put her boyfriend on life support,

Alexx believes this is a new and very deadly strain.

And Alexx was concerned that the health agencies were moving too slow.

Well, I can understand why.

By the time they finish their studies, her E.R.

So, we must find the source before another outbreak occurs.

Look, I don't want to be that guy, but is this anywhere near the corner of our jurisdiction?

We must investigate every death.

E-coli doesn't just appear.

Someone allowed this to happen.

Someone allowed her to die. That's negligent homicide.

E-coli can only be ingested.

So, the first step is to find ere the infected food came from.

Ms. Boa vista, we need a a fingerprint to track the strain.

I'll go pull in Valera.

I'll grab Walter and Jesse; We'll, uh, read up on E-coli.

Then Eric and I will go to the restaurant where they ate.

Now, listen.

We treat this as we would any other murder, okay?

Right.

Welcome back.

Thanks.

So, how do you want to find the restaurant?

I've got an idea.

Kiss my ass, lady.

Can't you see I'm a little busy right now?

Where's my ten top, Lucy?

I'm waiting on the potatoes.

Are you brain dead?

How many times have I told you to start them first.

Look, if you don't want to talk to me about our victim's last meal, that's fine.