Synopsis  

The CSI team investigates the death of a first-class passenger on a flight to Las Vegas. Their investigation is a race against time because after twelve hours, the FAA will take over. To make matters worse, the other first-class passengers are very reluctant to cooperate, leading the team to suspect that they had some involvement in their fellow passenger’s death.

Review  

Sara and Grissom process the plane, discovering who sat where and what they did. During their investigation, they discover ‘biologicals’ in the bathroom, which leads Sara to recount her own ‘sex in the skies’ experience. During the recreation, Sara plays the role of the flight attendant. At the end, when they’re discussing the case, Sara says that she could never kill anyone.

Notes  

• Sara is a member of the Mile High Club, though she notes that it was with a BMOC (big man on campus) who was ‘overrated in every aspect’.
• Sara says she could never kill anyone.
• Sara’s sexual experience with the aforementioned Teaching Assistant and BMOC resembles that of her relationship with Grissom, in that they are both authority figures.

Quotes  

Sara: (knowingly) Ah, the Mile High Club. That means two passengers may have had no idea what was going on inside that cabin.
Grissom: (quotes) You know, high altitudes increases the entire sexual experience. It increases the euphoria.
Sara: (offhanded) It’s good, I don’t know if it’s that good. (curious pause) Cite your source.
Grissom: Hand me a swab, please.
Sara: You’re avoiding the question. Enhances sexual experience, increases euphoria. Cite your source.
Grissom: A magazine.
Sara: What magazine?
Grissom: Applied Psychodynamics in Forensic Science.
Sara: Never heard of it.
Grissom: I’ll get you a subscription. Now cite your source.
Sara: Oh, now you want to go down that route.
Grissom: Yeah.
Sara: Nah, never mind.
Grissom: You started it.
Sara: (LONG pause) Delta Airlines, Flight 1109. Boston to Miami, March 93. Ken Fuller. Hazel eyes, Organic Chem Lab TA, BMOC. Overrated in every aspect. (awkward pause) Could we get back to work please?
Grissom: Yeah. (deadpan) I think that due to your firsthand knowledge and experience in airplane bathrooms, you should do the swab.

Sara: (finds prints on bathroom ceiling) Handprints. (pauses, impressed) A stallion.

Sara: (examining defibrillator paddles) These don’t even look used. There was more lubricant in the bathroom.

Sara: I want to be Shannon.
Warrick: (teasing) The Stewardess.
Sara: Excuse me, that’s Flight Attendant.

Sara: I don’t care what you say. I could never take a life.