CSI: Miami

Man: Let's go, people. Two minutes.

I'm sorry about the speculation and the rumors.

I'm here, and I'm not going anywhere.

So I will debut my latest single live

In a surprise performance just for you guys.

This is a dream come true, and I'm having the time of my life.

: I could do this forever.

¶ you're always out all night ¶

¶ then you try to tell me lies ¶

¶ because you think that you can say three little words ¶

¶ and I'll be spending the night ¶

¶ you come around and you take, and you take and you take ¶

¶ you tear me down ¶

¶ and I break and I break and I break ¶

¶ then you tell me that you love me, baby ¶

¶ but is that what you call love? ¶

¶ if that's love, I'm giving up ¶

¶ my heart can't take it anymore ¶

¶ if that's all ¶

¶ it's not enough ¶

¶ you'll watch me walk right out that door ¶

¶ it's like you said before, it's nothing personal ¶

¶ I must be moving on ¶

¶ if that's love, then I'm gone. ¶

Man:...One milligram of epi.

You got to bag faster or we're gonna lose her!

Wolfe: She's still alive? Dispatch said she was dead.

She's been gone since we got here.

She's not gone. She's gone!

She's not gone! Now come on,

We got to get her to the hospital right away!

Come on, let's go, let's go, let's go. Hey, wait, guys.

There's evidence on that gurney.

She takes priority. I don't care. Let's go.

There. We got to go. Come on!

What is going on?

Emts are bringing her to the e.R.

They almost got away with her costume.

This could be our best piece of evidence.

Okay, how does the world's biggest pop star

Burst into flames and then survive?

I don't think she did.

Woman: Phoenicks spontaneously combusted today

In a freak accident

At a special concert for fans.

Phoenicks, whose given name was phoebe nichols...

The pop star, celebrated around the world, was just 23 years old.

...Was pronounced dead en route to the hospital.

Man: The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

As you can see here, a large crowd has gathered

Outside the hospital hoping to hear better news,

But it appears right now that news is grim.

Horatio, thank goodness!

What's going on, tom?

The body-- my assistants weren't allowed to collect the body.

So I came down to deal with it.

Come to find, I can't even get access to it.

On whose authority?

That gentleman right there. I don't care! I don't care!

The deceased's personal physician apparently.

Hang up, pal.

Who do you think you are? ! What are you doing?

Incredibly rude!

I told you this is inappropriate!

Gentlemen. Gentlemen. It is state law that I be allowed access...

Where is the body?

We need to wait for her manager, sir, please.

Get out of my way. These maggots over here...

All right, fine, fine, fine. Let 'em in. Let 'em in. Let 'em in. Let 'em in.

Inappropriate. Keep the doors shut.

Gentlemen, stay right where you are.

...Paparazzi out there.

Please, you, cover the windows.

Just block the cameras.

Are you ready, dr. Loman? Yes.

Horatio, I'm not finding any evidence

Of aspirated edema from the lungs. Meaning what, doctor?

She wasn't breathing as she burned.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

You're saying the fire didn't kill her?

What he's saying is, she was already dead.

¶ yeah! ¶

¶ we don't get fooled again ¶

¶ don't get fooled again ¶

¶ no, no! ¶

Man: Clear!

Hey, chief!

A little heads up next time.

That's exactly how they went off during the show.

Same intensity, 20-foot reach, half second duration.

Could anyone have tampered with the pyrotechnics?

No. No, no, no, they're always under my supervision.

And I'm the only one

Who can trigger that.

Explosives residue.

It's harmless.

So she ignited over there.

How far away from the stage

Do you think she was from the pyros?

Mmm... 20 feet or so.

Well, then she was within range.

You said the pyros' reach was 20 feet.

No, I know, but the pyro fires across the stage,

Not towards the audience.

Look, I heard on the news

That the fire wasn't even the thing that killed her.

So why are you grilling me?

The fire could have been used to hide what really killed her.

Hey, uh, get an f.I. On this guy.

This makeup is flammable.

It's alcohol-based paint,

But we use it on her all the time.

It's just a bronzer.

Look.

It's... It's perfectly safe.

Not if you were standing next to a pyrotechnics show.

This acted like an accelerant.

We gave her a glow before every show.

Phoenicks was a fanatic about her skin.

Always avoided the sun.

She didn't want to burn.

I'm going to need you to leave all this here as evidence.

Thank you.

The victim was covered head to toe in accelerant.

It's unlikely that the pyro set her off.

It appears everything was done by the book.

Except the body being whisked away.

Horatio had to track it down.

Yeah, I knew something was up.

She was flatlining when I got here.

What about this, you guys--

They used the lif e-saving measures as a guise

To keep the body from us.

Celebrity that big... Who knows.

At least we got the body now.

Okay, so it wasn't the pyro that got her.

Had to be somebody in the crowd.

You know, a lot of people

Dropped their cell phone and their cameras

In the rush to get out of here.

So everyone was taking photos and videos while it happened?

That's going to be all we've got though.

This was a surprise concert. There was no camera crew.

Tell you what, I'll contact the ticket holders,

See if I can't collect some phones and cameras.

Great.

Tripp: Horatio,

This is julian diehl.

Uh, phoenicks's manager.

Uh, listen, I just wanted to say

I'm sorry for the inconvenience

My staff might have caused at the hospital.

As you can tell, this is what I was trying to avoid.

Mr. Diehl, what you call inconvenience,

I call obstruction.

Well, we were just reacting.

I mean, this whole thing has caught everybody off guard.

Where were you when it happened?

I was, uh... I was backstage.

Do you really think someone could do this to her?

She have any enemies?

No, she was... She was a sweetheart.

I mean, when you actually hit that level in fame, you...

You do become a target.

I would imagine... Mr. Diehl.

Calleigh, you walk with me a minute?

Sure, rick. What do you need?

There was a discrepancy

In your mileage log last month on the 26th.

118 miles?

I don't think so.

I'm pretty sure I would remember a road trip like that.

So you can't account for it?

The 26th, I remember, was the irwin shooting.

I lent jesse the hummer while I was at the scene.

So I should be talking to cardoza?

You know what?

I'm not sure.

I may be mistaken.

Now you don't remember?

Rick, it was weeks ago.

All right, I tell you what.

I'll look into it, I'll get back to you about it.

By the end of the day.

It's got your name on it, duquesne.

This dress is so tiny.

She always looked so much bigger on stage.

Oh, yeah? Were you a phoenicks fan?

Weren't you?

No, walter.

I'm not an 11-year-old girl. Whatever, man.

Phoenicks was on fire.

Yeah, literally.

It's too soon.

Judging from the charring,

I'd say this is the point of ignition, okay?

What the hell is that?

Hmm.

Looks like some kind of metallic wiring

That's melted into the dress.