CSI: CRIME scene investigation

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Law of Gravity

Teleplay by Richard Catalani
Story by Richard Catalani and Carol Mendelsohn
Directed by Richard J Lewis

The episode begins with Keppler waking up from a dream, in which he killed a teenage boy for his high school girlfriend years ago. At breakfast that morning he sees his high-school girlfriend’s father: Frank McCarty, who also happens to be a Trenton cop that helped Keppler in the formulative years of his career. Frank says that he and a friend are in town and he needs Keppler to do him a favor. Hours later, Keppler and Nick show up at a crime scene where an older man from out of town and a hooker are found dead. The hooker’s hand is missing. Nick finds law enforcement shirts in the closet and Keppler finds a 9 mm pistol in the drawer with the letter T stamped on it. Brass confirms that the room is registered to a cop by the name of Dennis Graves of Trenton, New Jersey- Keppler’s home town. Before Keppler can think, he turns around and sees Frank. Nick finds long blonde hair strands in the bathtub and shoe prints; pointing to the fact that a woman was hiding in the tub. Back at the lab, Dr. Robbins confirms that the dead hooker’s butt implants should have a serial number on them that can allow them to identify their victim.

The implants lead to a Courtney Evans. Back at the scene, we realize that Frank killed Dennis and the hooker and is hoping Keppler can tell him the name of the other hooker that escaped before the cops find out. Meanwhile, Warrick heads to Evan’s apartment, which was robbed and finds prints that lead to a PJ Turner. Turner tells Warrick that he was rummaging through a dumpster and found a plastic bag with a purse, wallet, and keys in it. He looked at the address on the license, and went to the hooker’s home to steal her belongings. The team sends Keppler to search through the dumpster where he finds a laundry bag with personal belongings and a severed hand. Back at the hotel room, Sofia finds the gun used to shoot the victims- a 45 auto- in the drawer. At the lab, Archie uncovers a message from the mysterious hooker Suzy Gibbons to Courtney Evans before her death. She says that she slept with Frank and he kept mentioning the name Amy which was Keppler’s high-school girlfriend. Keppler realizes that Frank raped his daughter and becomes hell-bent to put the man behind bars. However, as Keppler rushes out of the lab Nick tells Catherine that he found a bloody print on the .45 auto that leads to Keppler. Keppler puts the evidence including the hand in a cooler and rips the tracking device from his car. He’s on his way to a motel that Suzy works at to find Frank. Meanwhile, Brass tells the team that Keppler knew both Frank and Dennis. When Keppler arrives he finds Frank and Suzy at the hotel. Keppler tells Suzy to leave and when she does, Frank shoots Keppler. Catherine quickly enters the room and before Frank can shoot her Keppler shoots Frank. Meanwhile, Warrick and the rest of the team find the evidence cooler that Keppler strategically placed for them. As Keppler dies, the team mourns his death.