CSI:Miami Episode 6.08 — "A Chain Reaction"
Here’s the video clip spoiler for this episode to catch you up a little bit.
Two models dressed all in black and carrying UZI’s machine guns zip line into the show and start shooting fake rounds over the crowd. It turns out it was just a stunt as part of the show. The models strip off their black jackets and begin the show to the crowd’s applause. A few minutes later a new model enters from back stage and ends up being electrocuted when she tries to fasten a pair of handcuffs to a pole at the end of the walkway.
Ryan and Calleigh continue to investigate and trace it down to the lighting. They find a group of theater-pin lighting connectors with white tape with each of the model’s names written on the tape. Each model had their own lighting design. [Side Note: I do lighting design and have also done a few fashion shows. I can't think of a single reason why any designer would put the names on the plugs. You don't write on that stuff, you write on your lighting board. Everything related to light cues and design at that level is controlled by the board]
The victim turns out to be the wife of one of Horatio’s arch nemesis, LeBrock, in prison. Horatio goes into visit him and question him on the death of his wife. While he’s there he threatens Horatio by questioning the protection of his son taking place in prison. Horatio talks to both his son and his protection warning them of something going on.
Det. Frank Tripp calls in Ryan to assist him in collecting prints from a visitor stall at the prison. Ryan seemed a little cocky with Tripp. Seems odd to me for someone that’s working hard to get back into the good graces of the rest of the team. The collection of fingerprints leads them to the son of LeBrock, Scott LeBrock. It turns out the FBI and Justice Department have Scott involved in and ongoing investigation and they want the department and specifically Horatio to back off of him and not spook him.
Horatio calls Natalia to call in some favors with her friends in the FBI. She asks her friends and he denies they’re doing any surveillance on Scott LeBrock. They seem to owe each other though because Natalia convinces him to give her some tapes if she promises to get them back to him before any suspects anything.
Ryan and Calleigh discover that the wire used to create the electrical arc that killed Alicia, matches the platinum wire in Alicia’s dress. When they question him, he says the entire line of clothes has platinum in it. When Eric discovers the burnt clothes of the model have a distinct smell, they determine that the clothes were made of heroin. More accurately not “made” of it as Calleigh said, but soaked in it so it could be transported to other countries.
Alicia, LeBrock’s wife, found out about the smuggling and was going to report him. The designer was working for LeBrock transporting the stuff, and LeBrock had to teach Alicia a lesson for interrupting his business deals. Horatio questions LeBrock to get this information and while talking to him, his son’s prison “protection”, Oscar, gets blown up by some sort of landmine device that LeBrock planted somehow.
Eric finds out that the detonation device for the bomb was a cellphone. They found the SIMM card. Ryan and Calleigh try to back-trace the number to get a name. No name results are found. They track to the nearest cell tower, which is the closest one to the Miami Dade Detention Center. They perform a search, but I’m doubting they’re going to find anything now. Oops! I’m wrong, they find it under Horatio’s son, Kyle’s, bunk. What a coincidence. I’m guessing Kyle was forced to do it for his own protection.
After combing through all the dresses and wardrobe for the fashion show, they find the missing platinum string came from the redhead’s dress. The redhead says she didn’t do it because Joe LeBrock made her, but because Alicia didn’t deserve LeBrock. Kyle got the phone from LeBrock, who told him it was a peace offering, but to “keep it hidden”. A recently processed inmate found the phone and made the call that killed Oscar. My question is how did the guy know specifically at what time to make the call so the bomb would detonate when Oscar was standing right on top of it?
Ryan discovers that the FBI video shows Scott LeBrock enticing a young boy into his car and the FBI agent grabs the kid out but doesn’t arrest him. Horatio uses the video of LeBrock’s son to scare him. I guess convicts don’t take lightly to pedophiles and Horatio says LeBrock will pay for his son’s sins. The threat seems to work because LeBrock won’t confirm that he knows who Kyle Harmon is in the court room. It’s a little irritating to me that Horatio plays and influences the system to protect his son, I understand his motives, but the “uphold the law” part seems a little lost on Horatio in this episode.
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3 opinions for CSI:Miami Episode 6.08 — "A Chain Reaction"
samantha
Nov 14, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Chain reaction was one of, if not the, best CSI Miami episode this year. All the necessary elements were in place. Far superior to the episode that preceded, Sunblock, or the one that followed, Permanent Vacation.
Michelle
Dec 4, 2007 at 6:24 pm
I must agree with you about the lack of upholding the law. I didn’t see the episode, but this was a great summary! Horatio is my favorite character on the show, but I have noticed that lately, his willingness to “bend the law” seems to have increased. I was most surprised by his leaving the country with Eric to complete a vigilante manhunt, with no actual repercussions last season, so I can’t say I’m surprised by this protection-at-all-costs attitude with Kyle, but it is a little iffy from the head of a department of crime investigators.
kim
Nov 8, 2008 at 5:17 pm
This may seem silly but i wondered if anyone knows the designer of the dress on the model that was electrocuted, it had the halter tuxedo style look with a light sheer material flowing from back of waste.
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