CSI: CRIME scene investigation

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Lab Rats

Teleplay by Sarah Goldfinger
Story by Naren Shankar & Sarah Goldfinger
Directed by Brad Tanenbaum
Guest Starring: Wallace Langham as “David Hodges”

It’s a very busy night for the Vegas crime lab.  All of the CSI’s have been given case assignments and are out in the field and Grissom is busy dealing with a rat problem in the autopsy room. 

Hodges decides to take advantage of their absence to garner some glory for himself by finding the common link between the miniatures in the miniature killer case.  He approaches the other lab techs and falsely leads them to believe that Grissom has asked him to review the miniatures in a covert search (covert so as to not offend the other CSI’s) for a common link.

As they review the miniatures we flashback to each murder and subsequent investigation.  Hodges and the lab techs go over every detail of the miniatures and the investigation notes and come up with nothing.  As they become discouraged with the lack of progress and as their current case loads begin piling up on their desks, one by one the techs begin to abandon Hodges.

 Hodges discovers a common link between all the miniatures, and is suddenly confronted by Grissom who wants to know why Hodges is sitting in his chair and examining one of the miniatures.  Fearing the worst and hoping for the best, Hodges explains his findings to Grissom who is actually impressed and gives Hodges what he wants most in life, a nod of approval.