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" When my mother killed my father."
(Sara's confession of her childhood)



Original air date:
3rd February 2005

Episode # 105

Writer/s for this episode: Sarah Goldfinger

Director: Bill Eagles

Synopsis:
The bodies of two women are found covered in tar in a pit on a construction site. The Catherine's swing shift are brought into the world of foreign "mail-order" brides, and Sara helps them with it. The body in the bottom part of pit cannot be identified. The one on top was a mail-ordered-bride who died approximately 2 years ago. The prime suspect is her husband who claims that she disappeared and has already 'purchased' a new Asian wife. Sara and Catherine have a disputer in which Sara gets suspended by Ecklie for acting insubordinate toward Catherine and himself. Sara opens up to Grissom about her childhood past and reveals that her Mother killed her abusive Father.
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Plot of primary crime:
Victim # 1: Unidentified Female
Victim # 2: Svetlana Melton
Location: Construction site.
Suspect Murderer: Mr Melton (Husband of Victim # 1)
Suspect Disposing of bodies: Vlad

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Grissom or Sara related quotes:

Grissom (excited): Hey. They told me you dug up two bodies covered in tar? (cuts to them being all ready to start taking the bodies out of the tar)
Grissom: So. How are you gonna separate them?
Catherine: I'm not sure yet. Obviously I can't saw though it without potentially destroying evidence and... If the tar were harder we could chisel it and if it were softer we could peel it off.
Grissom: I have an idea.
Catherine: Of course you do, but last I checked, the backlog on grave was about... mmm... a hundred cases?
Grissom: You've been spending too much time with Ecklie. I'm off the clock. I came in early for this. (they start chiseling the tar off after cooling it to minus 200 degrees. Grissom accidentally removes part of the skull with a piece of tar) Oh, boy. I gotta get my shift started. Good luck with the case.
Catherine: No, no, no. You're not going to just destroy this skull and split.
Grissom: You can make a nice mold from the impression.
Catherine: I'm short-handed as it is.
Grissom: I think Sara just wrapped a case. If you need her, she's yours.


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(Greg is wearing a suit and tie and attempting to flatten out his hair for court)
Sara: Wow. Look at you, Mr. Straightedge. I did not know that your hair could do that.
Greg: I look like a dork.
Sara: No, no, no. You look professional which is what you are.


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(After an interrogation with a guy who gets mailorder brides)
Catherine: You can't arrest someone for marrying the wrong person.
Sara (sarcastic): You would know.
Catherine: If the guy's an abuser, if he killed his first wife, we will build a case and we will nail him.
Sara: And in the meantime he can just keep using he as a punching bag.
Catherine: Sara, I was there -- there wasn't a mark on her.
Sara: Not that we could see, Catherine.
Catherine: You know... every time we get a case with a hint of domestic violence or abuse, you go off the deep end. What is your problem?
Sara: Yeah, I probably do, and you let your sexuality cloud your judgment about men, and I'm gonna go over your head.
Ecklie: Sidle. Get in my office. Now.


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Ecklie: You are a law enforcement officer and a representative of this city. That means I expect you to conduct yourself in an appropriate manner, in and away from this lab.
Sara: You know what, if this is gonna be one of your "for the good of the lab" speeches, don't bother. I've heard them.
Ecklie: Just take a seat. Willows is a supervisor --that means you treat her with respect. Insulting her in front of coworkers...
Sara: She's not my supervisor.
Ecklie: All right-- your superior. Sara, you berate witnesses, you disrespect the people you work with, you luck your way out of a DUI. Take a look -- you got a half a dozen complaints in your jacket. And if Grissom really documented your performance, there'd probably be a dozen more-- that's not the kind of person I want in my lab.
Sara: The only reason this is your lab is because Grissom doesn't kiss ass. You couldn't hack it in the field, so you fail your way up, you break up our team, and now you just hang out in the hallways waiting for one of us to screw up.
Ecklie: Sidle, you're on one-week suspension without pay...
Sara: Great.
Ecklie: ...and when you get back, you're apologizing to Catherine.
Sara: No, I'm not.

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Grissom: You wanted to talk to me about Sara?
Ecklie: I haven't received her disciplinary action. What's the holdup?
Grissom: Well, I'm not firing her.
Catherine: What action are you taking?
Grissom: I've taken it.
Ecklie: I thought I was clear.
Grissom: You were. Now let me be clear. Sara's behavior is a direct result of my management.
Ecklie: So I should fire you.
Grissom: But you won't.
Ecklie: Look, Gil... I've been there. We're human. We get attached to people, we try to fix their problems. It doesn't work.
Grissom: She's a great criminalist, Conrad. And I need her.
Ecklie: I'm sure you do. You know what? She's a loose cannon with a gun. And she's all yours.


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GSR moments:
(Sara answers the door holding a beer and she sees Grissom standing there)

  • Sara: Well if you're here, it can't be good.
    Grissom: Can I come in?
    Sara: Wanna ask me if I'm drunk? (smiles)
    Grissom: We both know that's not your problem. I spoke to Catherine.
    Sara (nods): Ecklie?
    Grissom: He wants me to fire you.
    Sara: I figured. (sighs) Can I get you anything?
    Grissom: Sure, an explanation.
    Sara: I... lost my temper.
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  • Grissom: That seems to be happening quite a bit. Do you know why? (Sara moves over to the window, Grissom leans on the kitchen counter)
    Sara: What difference does it make? I'm still fired.
    Grissom (softly): It makes a difference to me.
    Sara: I have a problem with authority. I choose men who are emotionally unavailable. (motions to Grissom) I'm self-destructive. All of the above.
    Grissom: "Have you ever gone a week without a rationalization?" (Sara rolls her head at him) It's from the Big Chill. One of the characters explaining a basic fact of life, (Sara moves closer) that rationalizations are more important to us than... sex even.
    Sara: I am not rationalizing anything. I crossed the line with Catherine, and I was insubordinate to Ecklie.
    Grissom: Why?
    Sara (shakes her head): Leave it alone.
    Grissom (insistent): No, Sara.
    Sara: What do you want from me?
    Grissom: I want to know why you're so angry. (she glares at him)
    (Goes to commercials)(Sara and Grissom sit facing each other. The light from the setting sun filters through the darkening room)
    Sara: It's funny... the things that you remember and the things that you don't, you know? There was a smell of iron in the air. Cast-off on the bedroom wall. There was this young cop puking his guts. I remember the woman who took me to foster care. I can't remember her name, which is strange, you know, 'cause I couldn't let go of her hand.
    Grissom: Well... the mind has its filters.
    Sara: I do remember the looks. I became the girl whose father was stabbed to death. Do you think there's a murder gene?
    Grissom: I don't believe that genes are a predictor of violent behavior.
    Sara: You wouldn't know that in my house. The fights, the yelling, the trips to the hospital. I thought it was the way that everybody lived. When my mother killed my father, I found out that it wasn't. (Sara starts to cry. Grissom reaches out and holds her hand)
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CBS Promotional Shot

GSR quotes:
Sara: Do you think there's a murder gene?
Grissom: I don't believe that genes are a predictor of violent behaviour.


Funny moments:
When Grissom helped Catherine with the two bodies covered in tar and he pulled off a chunk of tar and the front on the skull and face broke off from the skeleton, then he used some excuse as to why it broke, offering Sara to help them out with the case, before he made a quick gettaway.

Eww! moments:
Seeing how they showed how the two bodies on top of each other would have decomposed over time.

Interesting facts:
Wallace Langham (Hodges) chose Justin Louis personally for his role As Ken Wellstone in this episode. The pair of actors began a friendship after guest starring on Star Trek: Voyager on the episode Once Upon A Time.

In the CBS promo of the episode are used different takes than aired in the episode itself. In the promo you hear Catherine say: domestic abuse but in the episode she says domestic violence. In the promo Ecklie says: You're on suspension however he says on one-week suspension without pay.

Title: Nesting Dolls
An obvious allusion, given the discovery of two bodies, one on top of the other, and the eastern European connections in the storyline, to the famous Russian 'Matryoshka' doll, where the doll is opened up to reveal different sized matryoshki 'nesting' inside. Usually wooden, they are elaborately painted with all kinds of themes. They're also known as babushka dolls and stacking dolls, the latter being the original title of the show as pointed out by another contributor.


Screencap credit to CaptainSpaz and CSI CAPS


Video scene clips

Grissom listens to Sara recall her past

Grissom Tells Ecklie he's not firing Sara
Music from the episode
GSR Episode Related Music
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Episode Pictures
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Sara Presents the finished replica of the face
Soundbites





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