1 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:23,900 ( train crossing warning bell ringing ) Come on, come on, come on, come on! 2 00:00:25,558 --> 00:00:30,130 ( bell ringing ) ( brakes screeching ) 3 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,090 Paramedics pronounced 20 minutes ago. 4 00:00:53,390 --> 00:00:54,830 Megan Treadwell. 5 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,020 I ran her plates. 6 00:00:57,260 --> 00:00:59,030 33 tomorrow. 7 00:01:00,170 --> 00:01:02,300 One-on-one with a train. 8 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:04,430 Did she think that she could beat it? 9 00:01:10,670 --> 00:01:11,030 Hey. 10 00:01:14,510 --> 00:01:15,650 Door handle. 11 00:01:17,420 --> 00:01:18,830 Point of impact: passenger-side door. 12 00:01:19,070 --> 00:01:20,060 WILLOWS: Dead center. 13 00:01:23,090 --> 00:01:27,050 Question is: Why did the SUV cross the tracks? To get to the other side. 14 00:01:29,094 --> 00:01:32,731 Captioning Sponsored by PARAMOUNT PICTURES 15 00:01:37,490 --> 00:01:38,450 ♪ Who... are you? 16 00:01:38,971 --> 00:01:58,280 ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ Oh, you! 17 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:27,770 Sheriff says we're holding up trains all over the country. This entire railroad division depends on keeping the main line open. Well, it's not like we can take this back to the garage. Yeah. Well, unfortunately, his priority is clearing this train from these tracks. You have two hours. 18 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:30,170 Well, where you going? 19 00:02:30,710 --> 00:02:37,820 Suspicious circs in town. This one's all yours. Thanks, but you got to give me some guys. Sara's all you get. 20 00:02:38,570 --> 00:02:39,740 All I need. 21 00:02:40,739 --> 00:02:48,680 ( alarm ringing ) O'RILEY: "Burglary in Progress" call. 22 00:02:49,070 --> 00:02:52,580 Once we made entry, we found the victim downstairs. 23 00:02:55,100 --> 00:03:10,010 Never knew this place existed. The Western States Historical Society. It's not on a lot of tourist maps. ( alarm stops ringing ) I had them cut the wires. We need to identify the source of the alarm, Ray. Security company said it was downstairs. 24 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:11,870 The body's there, too. 25 00:03:17,390 --> 00:03:19,670 Trying to get them to turn some more lights on in here. 26 00:03:20,630 --> 00:03:22,040 There are no more lights, O'Riley. 27 00:03:23,060 --> 00:03:25,940 It's a controlled environment. Notice how you're not sweating? 28 00:03:26,310 --> 00:03:28,250 It's probably 6♪ degrees in here. 29 00:03:28,550 --> 00:03:32,840 35% relative humidity. Too much light, too much heat degrades the books. 30 00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:38,090 What-- nobody's got a key? The curator's across town. He's on his way. 31 00:03:39,110 --> 00:03:40,430 She looks dead to me. 32 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:51,080 You got first touch. 33 00:04:05,270 --> 00:04:06,170 10:48. 34 00:04:07,850 --> 00:04:10,370 Red foam, blue tint. 35 00:04:11,990 --> 00:04:13,700 Foam could be from blood in her lungs. 36 00:04:14,180 --> 00:04:15,140 Edema. 37 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,420 Skin is cyanotic. 38 00:04:17,750 --> 00:04:20,089 Maybe a blood disease. Leukemia. Meningitis. 39 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:21,860 We'll know more after the post. 40 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,410 Hey, don't do that. 41 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:38,510 Excuse me? 42 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:41,210 These are very rare books. 43 00:04:43,070 --> 00:04:45,140 Aaron Pratt. Librarian. 44 00:04:45,530 --> 00:04:47,930 Only other person here when the alarm sounded. 45 00:04:48,530 --> 00:04:50,420 Did he tell you what he was doing here? 46 00:04:50,660 --> 00:04:51,230 Oh, yeah. 47 00:04:52,220 --> 00:04:53,060 Watching her. 48 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:56,180 Set off the alarm trying to get in the cage. 49 00:04:56,390 --> 00:05:18,590 PRATT: I wasn't watching her. I always say "good night" to Veronica because I have to leave at 8:03 to catch the 8:10 bus. It's three blocks away. And, sometimes, the bus comes at 8:08, so I have to rush to catch it. 50 00:05:19,220 --> 00:05:21,980 So you went down to the basement to say good night. 51 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:25,100 "Good night, Veronica." 52 00:05:25,430 --> 00:05:26,300 "Good night, Aaron." 53 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,000 Sometimes, she... walks me to the bus. 54 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,570 Did she walk you to the bus tonight? 55 00:05:36,350 --> 00:05:37,760 "Are you coming?" 56 00:05:38,060 --> 00:05:44,180 "No. You go ahead without me. I have more work to do." 57 00:05:46,940 --> 00:06:05,240 Then... a Uniball pen rolled across the desk... fell onto the chair... hit the floor and stopped rolling at the wastebasket. 58 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:16,880 Then water... water falls into her eyes. 59 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,990 You mean she was sweating? 60 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,130 From her forehead. 61 00:06:25,940 --> 00:06:35,630 Lots... And then, she grabs her stomach... with both hands. 62 00:06:37,925 --> 00:06:54,020 ( groans ) "Aaron... Aaron..." Then she put on her new face... Shelley's Frankenstein. 63 00:06:55,280 --> 00:07:03,470 Up and down... flopping around like a salmon on my uncle's fishing boat. 64 00:07:07,100 --> 00:07:08,870 She was convulsing. 65 00:07:09,590 --> 00:07:17,510 I... couldn't help her... because the cage is locked and I don't have a key. 66 00:07:17,930 --> 00:07:18,560 Hey, there. 67 00:07:19,790 --> 00:07:27,140 Warrick's got three residential burglaries, so... Mr. Pratt, will you excuse me for a moment? 68 00:07:30,170 --> 00:07:33,560 According to O'Riley this guy's body language says he's guilty. 69 00:07:34,370 --> 00:07:38,900 I think he's autistic. Autistic? You mean like Rain Man? 70 00:07:39,170 --> 00:07:41,570 Rain Man was a savant. Extremely rare. 71 00:07:42,170 --> 00:07:46,370 Aaron Pratt is a high-functioning autistic man with superior right-brain abilities. 72 00:07:47,390 --> 00:07:48,530 Kind of sounds like you. 73 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:51,980 The crime scene's in the basement. 74 00:07:58,460 --> 00:08:04,730 Man, I hate rushing through a crime scene. Two years from now, no one is going to care that the sheriff turned this into a "scoop and run." 75 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,580 Call was made above our heads. 76 00:08:07,910 --> 00:08:12,590 Just document the time in your notes. Yeah, well, I'll let you testify on this one. Thanks. 77 00:08:16,180 --> 00:08:17,390 Aw... Hey, little guy. 78 00:08:21,020 --> 00:08:23,330 Hey. Hey. Let's see. 79 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:25,730 His name is Maverick. 80 00:08:25,930 --> 00:08:28,760 He lives on Martingale Street in Henderson. 81 00:08:29,060 --> 00:08:30,470 That's not that far from here. 82 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:33,169 Guess I'll go call Animal Control. Okay. 83 00:08:34,370 --> 00:08:35,360 I'll be right back. 84 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:37,250 Hey. 85 00:08:38,150 --> 00:08:38,808 Come on, boy. 86 00:08:39,140 --> 00:08:53,750 Let's get you home. So let me get this straight. All you saw was a car trying to beat the signal? I'm putting 55 miles an hour. It's dark. I got an oil leak, can't figure out where. I looked up and I saw something. The SUV. Like I said, it was dark. I thought it was stopping. 87 00:08:54,080 --> 00:09:02,090 I turned my head for one second. Next thing I know, it's in the middle of the tracks. With all due respect, we've got the right of way out here. 88 00:09:02,690 --> 00:09:04,100 Thanks for your time. 89 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,850 That's not yours, is it? I am collecting evidence. 90 00:09:11,060 --> 00:09:14,660 Do we have an address on the vic yet? 855 Martingale. 91 00:09:15,980 --> 00:09:17,420 Vic had a passenger. 92 00:09:18,050 --> 00:09:19,160 Say hello to Maverick. 93 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:28,370 Have you finished with our lady of the library? As finished as I'm going to be. You were right. Cyanosis. 94 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,360 Blood was unable to oxygenate her tissue. 95 00:09:36,710 --> 00:09:54,080 Explains the blue face. Underlying cause? With blood in her lungs, asphyxiation's out. I found vomit in her throat, bloody stool, hemolysis and some irritation of the mucous membrane on her tongue. I won't know more till I get the blood test back. Could be blood-borne disease. 96 00:09:54,350 --> 00:09:56,120 I'm thinking about homicide. 97 00:09:56,465 --> 00:09:57,830 Then you know more than I do. 98 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,119 Excuse me, sir. It's fine. 99 00:10:08,630 --> 00:10:13,670 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Sir, you can't come in here. I told the officer upstairs. I'm Stanley Hunter. 100 00:10:14,780 --> 00:10:15,980 The curator. 101 00:10:16,220 --> 00:10:21,680 Do you have any idea the damage you're causing with your dust, flashbulbs? 102 00:10:22,460 --> 00:10:24,590 You see that? Right there, behind you. 103 00:10:24,860 --> 00:10:28,790 That is a 17th century text by Johannes Van Den Avelen. 104 00:10:29,570 --> 00:10:31,550 It's one of two volumes in the world. 105 00:10:32,930 --> 00:10:37,910 Now, do you go to the Louvre and put your hands all over the Raft of the Medusa? 106 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:55,640 Officer, Mr. Hunter would like to give a statement to Detective O'Riley. Statement? Mm-hmm. I just got here. I don't even know what happened. But what I do know is that these are masterpieces. One of a kind. They're evidence in an active criminal investigation-- also one of a kind. 107 00:10:55,940 --> 00:10:59,000 Mr. Hunter, why don't we go upstairs and talk? 108 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:24,620 The good news, Nick? 109 00:11:25,250 --> 00:11:26,750 We had a camera in here. 110 00:11:26,990 --> 00:11:28,430 There's no surveillance system. 111 00:11:29,090 --> 00:11:31,010 Yeah, there is-- Aaron Pratt. 112 00:11:31,970 --> 00:11:34,730 We just have to figure out how to get the film out of his head. 113 00:12:04,070 --> 00:12:06,860 Filament. Train probably busted out her headlights. 114 00:12:07,370 --> 00:12:09,950 First thing on our list when we get to the tow yard. 115 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,370 Catherine... check this out. 116 00:12:23,630 --> 00:12:25,010 Two sets of skid marks. 117 00:12:27,380 --> 00:12:35,300 One set going forward... ( tires squealing ) These skid marks are about seven feet shy of the gate. 118 00:12:36,350 --> 00:12:40,610 The second set of skid marks are darker-- more rubber residue. 119 00:12:42,770 --> 00:12:44,180 Could be an overlay. 120 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,520 Looks like the tires were spinning in place. 121 00:12:53,750 --> 00:12:54,920 In reverse. 122 00:12:55,490 --> 00:12:57,650 Burning rubber. Going nowhere. 123 00:12:59,660 --> 00:13:03,650 So... which set of skid marks are telling the story? 124 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:05,660 Maybe they both are. 125 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,880 So, all of your chemicals in here are alkaline? 126 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,270 We're not dealing with the far ends of the pH range. 127 00:13:14,690 --> 00:13:30,770 See, old book pages are slightly acidic. The acid eats away the paper. We neutralize them by a solution that's slightly basic. To reach "7," the neutral pH. Exactly. Imidazole. 15% ammonia. That's the sort of thing we work with here. 128 00:13:31,910 --> 00:13:34,130 It's all about preserving the books. 129 00:13:35,660 --> 00:13:42,770 No, not that you could even assign a value, but do you have any idea how much each of these books is worth? No. 130 00:13:43,430 --> 00:13:50,790 The first printed book was a Gutenberg Bible. It sold at Christie's for $5.3 million. 131 00:13:51,150 --> 00:13:55,290 Lewis and Clark's Elk Skin Journal sold for $500,000. 132 00:13:55,560 --> 00:14:02,610 We have an illustrated Audubon, the Birds of America which is worth an estimated $300,000. 133 00:14:03,210 --> 00:14:06,240 All of that and you never thought about beefing up your security? 134 00:14:07,050 --> 00:14:20,310 Special collections are kept in the vault. Any rare book removed from the vault gets scanned through a coder. If the book is to be read, it's delivered to a secure room upstairs. And, If Veronica was going to work on it, it stayed down here. 135 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:30,240 Is this one of the books that Veronica was restoring? Yes. It... it was published in 1797. The author was a British botanist. 136 00:14:30,450 --> 00:14:33,300 It's worth an estimated $300,000. 137 00:14:35,430 --> 00:14:38,580 It's really not a dangerous profession. 138 00:14:44,340 --> 00:14:45,600 We got a situation. 139 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:47,430 You know that weird guy? 140 00:14:48,270 --> 00:14:54,470 He's not weird, O'Riley. He's autistic. Whatever. First on the scene, and he's got sticky fingers. 141 00:14:57,050 --> 00:15:13,970 "But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve "for daws to peck at. I am not what I am." Othello, Act One, Scene One. Line 61 and ♪2, Iago to Roderigo. Very good, Aaron. Now, you want to tell me how Othello ended up in your briefcase? 142 00:15:16,820 --> 00:15:30,770 It's my... favorite Shakespeare tragedy. I like Hamlet myself. And I bet Mr. Hunter is into King Lear. He's very concerned with property rights. He tells me the rare books are kept in the vault, and they're not allowed off-site. 143 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:36,110 Mr. Hunter doesn't like me. I don't think the rule was made with you in mind. 144 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:53,780 He breaks the rules all the time. He takes the books home? No. He... eats his lunch in his office. Carrots, celery, tuna on whole wheat... and Veronica. 145 00:15:55,190 --> 00:15:57,380 What do you mean, "and Veronica"? 146 00:15:59,990 --> 00:16:11,120 She's eating and he takes her sandwich... and he puts his hand on her breasts. 147 00:16:14,780 --> 00:16:20,270 And then he puts his tongue... Aaron, I get it. 148 00:16:21,530 --> 00:16:23,900 Did they know that you were watching them? 149 00:16:38,270 --> 00:16:41,000 Hey, you know that filament you picked up? Yeah. 150 00:16:41,780 --> 00:16:44,690 Lamp cover's smashed, but the filament's intact. 151 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:52,010 So, what, the filament's from another car? Well, taillights have different filaments, so... yeah. 152 00:16:53,570 --> 00:16:57,290 Paint transfer. Recent? Hard to say. 153 00:17:03,890 --> 00:17:06,560 You know, this right rear tire's lost a lot of rubber. 154 00:17:12,230 --> 00:17:13,640 I got a cell phone. 155 00:17:17,660 --> 00:17:18,920 Battery's dead. 156 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,010 Hey, Catherine... her emergency brake was on. 157 00:17:27,829 --> 00:17:29,180 Maybe her brakes failed. 158 00:17:30,170 --> 00:17:36,680 She had to engage it for some reason. You know, I'm thinking that maybe another vehicle was involved. Engineer didn't mention anything about a second driver. 159 00:17:37,940 --> 00:17:39,080 Maybe he didn't see it. 160 00:17:40,730 --> 00:17:45,050 15 minutes before my next post. Bottle chemicals from the library? 161 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,020 Great room. 162 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:50,600 Great table. 163 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:53,270 I could use this. 164 00:17:53,630 --> 00:17:56,690 Lay out all the body parts. Get a real overview. 165 00:17:57,650 --> 00:17:58,910 Is that a light under there? 166 00:17:59,750 --> 00:18:05,930 Do you have something for me? Oh, your vic. Poisoned. Substance as yet unidentified. 167 00:18:06,980 --> 00:18:20,630 Well, there's no smoking gun in any of these bottles. What's on the label is what's in the bottle. Isopropyl alcohol... 15% ammonia solution... imidazole... bleach. Well, when you isolate the toxin, you'll have a better idea where it came from. 168 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:22,400 Nick. 169 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:22,910 Hmm? 170 00:18:23,930 --> 00:18:25,520 I love this table. 171 00:18:27,290 --> 00:18:29,150 There's no glass on the filament. 172 00:18:32,090 --> 00:18:42,230 10:30 at night? Crim 101. If a guy's driving along at night with his lights on... gets in a wreck, glass breaks fuses to the filament. Instant evidence. 173 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,020 But there's no glass on the filament. His headlights weren't on. 174 00:18:59,690 --> 00:19:03,260 Black car... headlights off. 175 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,760 Easy for an engineer to miss. So he hit our SUV. 176 00:19:08,690 --> 00:19:11,060 Accidental or intentional? 177 00:19:11,660 --> 00:19:12,830 Hard to tell. 178 00:19:13,340 --> 00:19:14,300 Maybe not. 179 00:19:26,420 --> 00:19:29,420 These books are from the Historical Society. That's my mail. 180 00:19:30,950 --> 00:19:34,130 Aaron, what about these books? Don't... don't mix those up. 181 00:19:34,370 --> 00:19:40,520 I have two bills due tomorrow-- gas and electric-- and I have to mail them on my way to work. 182 00:19:41,420 --> 00:19:41,780 Don't. 183 00:19:42,710 --> 00:19:44,120 You're messing everything up. 184 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,330 Aaron, may I have a glass of water, please? 185 00:19:49,010 --> 00:19:50,930 Of course you may. Thank you. 186 00:19:54,710 --> 00:19:56,210 Is this guy the real deal? 187 00:19:57,710 --> 00:19:59,870 I think he's incapable of deception, Nick. 188 00:20:00,110 --> 00:20:02,510 We're just witnessing displaced anxiety. 189 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:04,100 I mean, look around. 190 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:06,530 Everything's in precise order. 191 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:14,840 Organized by size. GRISSOM: Order provides comfort. His life is based on routine. Without it, he can't function. 192 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:18,230 I'll check out the bedroom. 193 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:26,030 Mountain spring water, Calistoga, California. Bottled at the source. Thank you. You're welcome. 194 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,490 Now, how did these books get here? 195 00:20:29,660 --> 00:20:31,010 Veronica brought them. 196 00:20:32,330 --> 00:20:35,060 She was here? Yes, she was here. 197 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:36,680 We date. 198 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:40,460 What do you mean, you date? 199 00:20:41,150 --> 00:20:50,120 We have dinner-- roast beef, baked potato... organic broccoli... Acacia Pinot Noir. 200 00:20:51,110 --> 00:20:54,470 Shakespeare in Love. DVD. Miramax. 201 00:20:54,830 --> 00:20:58,790 M-C-M-X-C-V-I-I-I. 202 00:21:02,210 --> 00:21:04,310 You two were involved with each other? 203 00:21:04,610 --> 00:21:19,700 Why? Don't you think she would date someone like me? No. You told me Veronica was involved with Mr. Hunter. I have a Masters in Library Science and an English degree from UNLV. 204 00:21:20,030 --> 00:21:25,280 And some people, like Mr. Hunter, treat me like a freak. 205 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,370 But Veronica didn't. 206 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,880 She... loved me. 207 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:33,680 Not him. 208 00:21:34,010 --> 00:21:34,640 STOKES: Grissom. 209 00:21:36,290 --> 00:21:37,940 You might want to come back here a sec. 210 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:40,850 Thank you. 211 00:21:49,850 --> 00:21:51,230 Personal effects. 212 00:21:52,970 --> 00:21:55,880 Like some creepy little shrine. 213 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,110 Vic's hair. She was seeing Hunter. 214 00:22:00,710 --> 00:22:01,940 Aaron got jealous. 215 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:07,100 Incapable of deception, huh? 216 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:09,800 How do you feel about murder? 217 00:22:13,580 --> 00:22:16,580 "Yet she must die else she betray more men. 218 00:22:17,450 --> 00:22:21,440 Put out the light, and then put out the light." 219 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:33,590 Last call on her cell phone was to 911. Reel to reel's already interfaced on my computer. 220 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,560 DISPATCHER: 911. What's your emergency? MEGAN: Oh, my God! You've got to help me. Please, help me. 221 00:22:40,070 --> 00:22:47,630 Ma'am, try to calm down. Where are you? I'm in my car. There's this maniac-- he's following me... Ma'am, what's your location? Help me, please! What's your location? 222 00:22:47,862 --> 00:22:55,580 ( dog whimpering ) Can you isolate the individual tracks? Yes, ma'am. Good. Lose the dog. Train, too, please. 223 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,250 DISPATCHER: Ma'am, what's your location? MEGAN: Help me, please! 224 00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:02,990 Oh, God! 225 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,320 No! Please don't! Help! 226 00:23:08,570 --> 00:23:17,630 No! She was flooring it. With the emergency brake on. It doesn't make any sense. Okay, lose the victim's voice and let's just hear the car. 227 00:23:18,006 --> 00:23:24,740 ( tires screeching ) ( engines running ) Two engines. 228 00:23:24,950 --> 00:23:26,300 Separate them out. 229 00:23:28,785 --> 00:23:34,880 ( engine running ) SUV-- sounds like any regular four-cylinder. 230 00:23:36,559 --> 00:23:41,900 ( engine running ) Sounds like the same thing. No. Hang on. 231 00:23:45,356 --> 00:23:49,820 ( whirring ) You hear that? 232 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:52,250 Turbo. Probably diesel. 233 00:23:56,780 --> 00:23:58,700 She definitely likes you. 234 00:24:02,270 --> 00:24:04,220 You ever see Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? 235 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,750 'Cause there's something in the victim's blood that looks like one of those Heirlooms. 236 00:24:09,650 --> 00:24:11,750 Well, it's not pulling a spectra. It's not a chemical. 237 00:24:11,990 --> 00:24:20,930 No, it's a large, ugly, globular mass. You know, it's probably a protein. It's the largest mass of anything in the body-- except organs, of course. 238 00:24:21,170 --> 00:24:23,390 But it's foreign. How did it get in there? 239 00:24:24,260 --> 00:24:25,760 Cart before the horse, Nick. 240 00:24:25,970 --> 00:24:29,090 First, you identify it, then you figure out where it came from. 241 00:24:31,460 --> 00:24:33,200 I always thought you kept your porn in there. 242 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:34,940 I move it around. 243 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:46,760 Okay, now, this is a 66-kilodalton globular protein, composed of two disulfide-linked subunits, A and B. Very impressive. 244 00:24:47,570 --> 00:24:55,550 And I know what you all think of me-- I'm just another pretty face who got to where I am by sleeping with Catherine. 245 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,820 But seriously... Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford. 246 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:08,060 Can I help it if I'm hip? Yeah, yeah, which one of your relatives got you in? Full ride. 247 00:25:08,660 --> 00:25:10,220 Hey, eyes forward. 248 00:25:11,390 --> 00:25:24,320 A and B chains link together to form a large three- dimensional structure of these beta sheets and helices. Translation... Wait! You just drew the molecular structure of a foreign protein. 249 00:25:24,740 --> 00:25:26,270 Plant? Correct. 250 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:34,250 But, more specifically, a lectin. ( gasps ) This is nastier than I thought. 251 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:53,900 It's ricin, a biotoxin. Biotoxin? Yeah. "B chain binds to glycoside residues "which trigger endocytotic uptake of the protein "which internalizes the toxin and begins the irreversible effects..." Whoa, whoa, whoa. Stop now. Biotoxin, as in anthrax, smallpox? I was at that crime scene for eight hours, man. 252 00:25:54,110 --> 00:26:02,000 Relax, man. It takes, like, two hours for ricin symptoms to show and, like, 48 more to kill you. What kind of symptoms are we talking about here? 253 00:26:02,570 --> 00:26:06,050 Um... Sweats? 254 00:26:06,890 --> 00:26:11,360 Cramps? No. Convulsions? Uh-uh. Then you're fine. 255 00:26:12,140 --> 00:26:16,760 Now, where did you say this woman worked? Western States Historical Society. 256 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:18,290 Hey. 257 00:26:19,850 --> 00:26:24,110 I just got the word on our library victim. How does ricin grab you? 258 00:26:24,710 --> 00:26:30,800 Well, ricin. I never would have gone there, but it explains the irritation of the mucous membrane on her tongue. 259 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:41,100 So you think she ate the poison. I don't know about ate, but the ricin made contact with the tongue, which means you're probably looking for a powder. 260 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:47,720 Day in the life. 261 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:56,510 SIDLE: Megan Treadwell wakes up at home on Martingale Street, puts the dog in the car, heads to work, at her desk by 9:00 a.m. 262 00:27:56,780 --> 00:27:59,480 We know this how? Brass talked to her boss. 263 00:28:00,110 --> 00:28:02,900 Why the dog? Dog went with her, every day. 264 00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:07,850 So she works till 6:00? 8:00, actually. Hard worker. 265 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,660 She packs up and leaves the office. 266 00:28:11,930 --> 00:28:23,030 Except she doesn't go home. She runs an errand. I found these in the front seat of her SUV. There's only one store in Las Vegas that makes them. Yeah, it happens all the time. 267 00:28:23,330 --> 00:28:32,960 Parking spaces are too narrow, and at a premium now that the restaurant moved in. This guy was out of line. Almost... psycho. 268 00:28:33,170 --> 00:28:34,580 Because of this woman? 269 00:28:34,940 --> 00:28:49,700 Yeah. Maverick's owner. I think her name was um... something with an "M." Megan. Yeah. And this guy yelled so loud. I came out here just to check it out. He said something like... "You could have killed me, bitch!" 270 00:28:50,000 --> 00:29:00,290 I heard it, too. Did you see it? Kind of. I mean, I didn't hear a crash or anything. Just brakes. It seemed like she backed out, didn't see him. Happened right over there. 271 00:29:02,030 --> 00:29:05,510 ( engine starts ) Whoa, whoa! Hey, hey! 272 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,740 And that set him off. The last thing this guy needed was coffee. 273 00:29:09,980 --> 00:29:13,160 Hey! What? Pull your head out of your ass and use your mirror! 274 00:29:13,670 --> 00:29:22,670 Was he a regular? Double latte, tall, Monday through Friday between 8:30 and 9:00. Does Mr. Double Latte have a name? 275 00:29:23,630 --> 00:29:36,470 I think it's Croft. Works right down the street-- CPA. He's always telling us how to streamline our business. How did Megan react to Mr. Croft? She told him to go to hell. Go to hell! No, you go to hell! 276 00:29:37,310 --> 00:29:38,420 You're an ass! 277 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:48,590 And then just drove off. And what about Mr. Croft? Everyone was just staring at him, and then he got in his car and peeled out. 278 00:29:58,670 --> 00:29:59,300 Ricinus communis. 279 00:30:00,830 --> 00:30:17,270 Castor beans, like castor oil. Well, botanically speaking, it's a spurge, not a bean. Ricin is made from the husk. Castor oil is made from what's inside. Hmm. Which makes two people who know that-- you and the guy who wrote the book. Three, actually. Someone knew how to turn this spurge into a poison. Hey, guys. 280 00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:22,910 That's Aaron's book, right? Mm-hmm. Shouldn't you be looking at that under a fume hood? 281 00:30:24,020 --> 00:30:33,500 We brought this from his apartment, not his office. What makes you think there's a difference? He probably cooked up that ricin in his kitchen. Our guys didn't find anything there. So he cleans up well. 282 00:30:34,790 --> 00:30:38,990 What, you're not feeling sorry for this guy, now, are you? Hey, man, he is autistic. 283 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,150 Anybody else would be in a cell right now. 284 00:30:47,750 --> 00:31:10,370 Yes, I've heard of ricin. Georgy Markov, 1978. Bulgarian political refugee in London, assassinated by injection with a ricin pellet shot out of a black umbrella. Died two days later. Not that different from the way Veronica died, is it? 285 00:31:15,230 --> 00:31:17,330 I found this book in your apartment. 286 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:22,040 What if I also told you that I found your fingerprint on this page? 287 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:29,150 Page 153. I don't touch that book anymore. But you did touch it. 288 00:31:30,620 --> 00:31:38,960 Why are you mad at me? Answer the question. I don't touch this book anymore. It doesn't feel right. Ever since you killed Veronica. 289 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:40,880 I loved Veronica. 290 00:31:41,420 --> 00:31:43,520 What do you mean, it doesn't feel right? 291 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:54,380 Like a new bus pass. Smooth. Feel the page. It used to feel like my bus pass after a month. 292 00:31:54,980 --> 00:31:58,610 And now... Rough. 293 00:32:01,550 --> 00:32:22,400 Did you tell anyone that the illustrations felt different? Yes. I told Veronica and I told Mr. Hunter. She said that sometimes the books feel that way after they've been restored. What did Mr. Hunter say? He said, "Get out of my office, Aaron! I'm having my lunch!" 294 00:32:24,380 --> 00:32:27,470 Was Mr. Hunter having lunch with Veronica again? 295 00:32:28,550 --> 00:32:41,130 Hard-boiled egg, celery, fruit salad, iced tea. Veronica was on a diet. She had to lose three pounds. Was this lunch different from the other lunches you told me about? 296 00:32:43,380 --> 00:32:44,370 Yes. 297 00:32:45,390 --> 00:32:46,230 How? 298 00:32:47,070 --> 00:32:48,840 They fought. 299 00:32:50,850 --> 00:32:54,810 Aaron, I want you to be very specific. 300 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,180 Tell me what you saw. 301 00:32:59,220 --> 00:33:00,450 You did what? 302 00:33:01,620 --> 00:33:05,700 All I have is my reputation, and I'm not going to let you ruin it for me! 303 00:33:06,390 --> 00:33:08,700 Veronica started crying. 304 00:33:09,930 --> 00:33:12,420 Mr. Hunter stopped yelling. 305 00:33:13,110 --> 00:33:14,760 He sat down. 306 00:33:16,230 --> 00:33:18,150 He started eating. 307 00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:22,200 He cut the hard-boiled egg in half. 308 00:33:26,310 --> 00:33:31,560 He reached in the drawer and pulled out the salt shaker. 309 00:33:32,730 --> 00:33:36,200 No sex, no food, no salt. 310 00:34:10,219 --> 00:34:31,159 Poison? What are you talking about? GRISSOM: We're talking about ricin-- the toxin that killed Veronica Bradley. You were dating her. You ate lunch together. O'RILEY: Opportunity. So, you mix up a batch of ricin, put it in a salt shaker. Next time you're breaking bread, she asks for the salt... It never happened. We have a witness who says he saw you try to kill her. What? Aaron? 311 00:34:31,940 --> 00:34:38,090 Are you sure you trust him? Normally, an eyewitness is the least reliable evidence we have. But, in this case, it's the most reliable. 312 00:34:38,449 --> 00:34:40,520 Veronica knew about the forgeries. 313 00:34:41,570 --> 00:34:43,969 A career-ender, huh, Stanley? 314 00:34:44,570 --> 00:34:47,449 For her, not for me. She's the forger. 315 00:34:49,340 --> 00:34:50,510 Oh, there, there, there. 316 00:34:51,099 --> 00:34:54,530 ( clicks tongue ) I suppose he indicted me for that, too? 317 00:34:54,949 --> 00:34:56,719 He's the one who came to me. 318 00:34:57,139 --> 00:35:00,710 Told me about the illustrations. Said they felt like his bus pass. 319 00:35:01,310 --> 00:35:02,420 Whatever that means. 320 00:35:03,860 --> 00:35:07,790 Go on. He even knew the page numbers. So I checked it out, and he was right. 321 00:35:08,690 --> 00:35:12,860 Veronica was using me and mea culpa. 322 00:35:13,730 --> 00:35:16,430 Why didn't you tell us about the forgeries earlier? 323 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,770 When she died, I thought the problem was solved. 324 00:35:19,250 --> 00:35:22,100 In this business, all you have is your reputation. 325 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:28,610 There was a dozen books. I was going to remove them from the collection, inform the board, collect the insurance and cut my losses. 326 00:35:30,470 --> 00:35:34,370 If you don't believe me, go ask your very reliable witness. 327 00:35:37,250 --> 00:35:39,740 Tell me again, what did you see? 328 00:35:40,070 --> 00:35:50,030 Uniball pen rolls across the desk. Falls on the chair, hits the floor and stops rolling at the wastebasket. 329 00:35:50,870 --> 00:35:59,120 Then water falls into Veronica's eyes... Aaron, when you look at things, you see pictures in your mind. 330 00:35:59,540 --> 00:36:10,460 Tell me the first picture you see of Veronica in this cage. I already told you. Tell me something you haven't told me. Tell me what Veronica was doing before you said good night. 331 00:36:11,420 --> 00:36:14,210 She pulled out a canvas bag. 332 00:36:14,780 --> 00:36:18,230 Then she looked around. 333 00:36:19,190 --> 00:36:23,780 Why was she looking around? She was deciding something. 334 00:36:24,980 --> 00:36:30,110 Tell me what "Veronica deciding something" looks like. 335 00:36:52,970 --> 00:36:54,230 Thank you, Aaron. 336 00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:00,170 Veronica Bradley must have loved Uniballs. She had about a dozen at her house. 337 00:37:00,530 --> 00:37:03,470 Plus every known piece of forgery equipment. 338 00:37:03,710 --> 00:37:06,740 Some people bite their nails; she bit her pens. 339 00:37:08,750 --> 00:37:10,040 Bad habit. 340 00:37:11,030 --> 00:37:14,690 STOKES: I also found this under her refrigerator. 341 00:37:15,050 --> 00:37:17,000 Funny how people don't think to clean there. 342 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:20,450 Castor bean. 343 00:37:21,380 --> 00:37:22,310 Ricinus communis. 344 00:37:29,990 --> 00:37:36,800 STOKES: But if we find ricin on any of the pens from her house, we'll know where she cooked up the castor beans. And maybe how she died. 345 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,540 Get these to Greg right away. We need the results of the ricin ELISA test. 346 00:37:44,210 --> 00:37:50,390 I came home straight from work. I don't know what you're talking about. You want to submit to a lineup? A lineup? 347 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:52,550 What for? 348 00:37:58,010 --> 00:38:07,610 His car, out in the parking lot, it's a rental. Rented this morning. Let's just cut the b.s. Where's your car? I sold it. You got proof of sale? 349 00:38:09,020 --> 00:38:15,200 An accountant who doesn't keep receipts. Hey, you don't know anything about me. I know you've got a temper. 350 00:38:20,030 --> 00:38:25,940 Hey. Brass did the legwork and rushed the warrant. Found it in a body shop a mile from his house. 351 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:29,240 Black Excursion. Turbo diesel. 352 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,780 Gutted. Gets better. 353 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,050 Vic's SUV was silver. 354 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:44,660 What do you think? WILLOWS: Well, this is a lot more than a fender bender. 355 00:38:45,050 --> 00:38:45,980 Sustained contact. 356 00:38:46,670 --> 00:38:48,200 Get some scrapings. Yeah. 357 00:39:13,730 --> 00:39:17,510 I think I may know what... ( sniffs ) set this guy off. 358 00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:20,210 He spilled his coffee. 359 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:38,390 Not a good color for Croft. 360 00:39:54,770 --> 00:39:57,950 Coffee on the outside, coffee on the inside. 361 00:39:58,580 --> 00:40:01,910 Lipstick on the lid. She threw her coffee at him. 362 00:40:03,410 --> 00:40:14,960 WILLOWS: Croft chases her from the parking lot, caught up to her at the light. They said their "Screw you, screw yous." I think I know the word that made her throw the coffee. I hate that word. 363 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,340 SIDLE: Those lids never fit. She nailed him. 364 00:40:20,090 --> 00:40:24,230 Light turns green, and the chase is on. WILLOWS: And now she's got a problem. 365 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:40,820 She's got a pursuit on her hands. And she's the pursued. So, she dials 911. ( voice over phone ): 911. What's your emergency? Oh, my God! You've got help me! Please. Help me! 366 00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:45,680 Somehow she loses him. And she's still spooked. 367 00:40:45,890 --> 00:41:12,920 All she wants now is to get home. ( tires squealing ) Please... pl-please. ( train whistle blowing ) ( brakes screeching ) ( crossing-guard bells ringing ) ( sighs with relief ) Hey, sweetie... Oh, God, no! 368 00:41:13,220 --> 00:41:14,570 Help me! 369 00:41:15,082 --> 00:41:20,900 ( train whistle blowing ) That's why she had the emergency brake on. 370 00:41:31,976 --> 00:41:34,790 ( train whistle blowing ) She could have jumped out. 371 00:41:35,150 --> 00:41:36,440 Not without her dog. 372 00:41:37,220 --> 00:41:38,000 Help! 373 00:41:38,288 --> 00:41:41,658 ( tires squealing ) ( train whistle blowing ) 374 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:50,511 No! ( starter grinding ) ( screams ) 375 00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,630 And that's why you always cut the other driver some slack. 376 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:03,470 I'll call Brass, tell him to make the arrest. 377 00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:20,180 Veronica removed the original illustrations from the books and replaced them with forgeries which she then left at your house so that she could point the finger at you if it ever came to that. She never thought that you'd find out, but you did. And you told Mr. Hunter. 378 00:42:21,260 --> 00:42:23,810 "All you have in this business is your reputation." 379 00:42:24,950 --> 00:42:30,990 So Veronica tried to save hers. But, instead of killing Mr. Hunter, she ended up killing herself. 380 00:42:33,780 --> 00:42:33,990 Oh. 381 00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,150 Sorry. That's okay. 382 00:42:44,970 --> 00:42:45,990 I like order. 383 00:42:47,850 --> 00:42:48,720 Me, too. 384 00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:53,100 That's why I was scared. 385 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:55,680 Scared? 386 00:42:56,430 --> 00:43:00,630 Of Veronica being in love. 387 00:43:02,790 --> 00:43:04,110 I was stupid. 388 00:43:04,890 --> 00:43:06,690 I thought she loved me. 389 00:43:16,710 --> 00:43:22,050 "Then must you speak of one that loved not wisely... But too well." 390 00:43:24,630 --> 00:43:29,870 Othello, Act Five, Scene Two, lines 343 and 344. 391 00:43:31,970 --> 00:43:33,560 But Othello killed Desdemona. 392 00:43:34,550 --> 00:43:36,320 I didn't kill Veronica. 393 00:43:37,670 --> 00:43:40,280 No, you didn't. 394 00:43:43,610 --> 00:43:45,412 Captioning Sponsored by PARAMOUNT PICTURES 344.