Synopsis  

Grissom encounters a crime scene unlike any he has ever investigated before in this taut, twist-filled episode. Distracted by an attractive passenger, an Indian taxi driver feels his cab strike something at a suburban intersection. When he gets out to check, he finds a teenage boy pinned beneath the left rear tire, apparently killed on impact. The cabbie jumps back into the taxi to call for help, but a mob of angry onlookers–all of them white–drags him out and beats him for the crime. When Grissom arrives on the scene, he discovers that the teen has been eviscerated and has stab wounds, but shows no signs of having been struck by the cab.

Review  

An all-hands case, it seems. Sara is pulled away from a required forensics anthropology seminar by Grissom to help with this case (Grissom himself says he was out on a date). Together they backtrack the bloodstains and discover their origin in a local park. With sniffer dogs and a metal detector, they discover a gun – and another body. Joking with Catherine later, Sara claims not to know what a ‘Bridal Barbie’ is. With something about the scene bothering her, Sara goes back there at night and discovers drag marks from where the body was moved. Later she participates in an experiment with Warrick and Grissom to discover who moved the body.

Notes  

• Sara doesn’t like the fact that the attack appears to be racially motivated.

Quotes  

Sara: You know you pulled me away from a forensic anthropology seminar, right? It’s required. It’s part of the continuing education program.
Grissom: Well, I’m sorry, but everyone seems to have something to do today. … I need you.
Sara: (long pause, ending with a smile) How can I help?

Warrick: You think it was racially motivated?
Sara: Yeah, I do. White mob, white kid, dark-skinned cabbie – I don’t like the math.
Warrick: Yeah. We got to wait for the science, don’t we?
Sara: I’m trying.

Sara: What’s a Bridal Barbie?

Grissom: How much do you weigh?
Warrick: That’s between me and my trainer.
Grissom: Do I have to get a scale?
Warrick: A buck 95, give or take a donut.
Sara: Don’t even ask, I’m not telling you.