No Man's Land (CSI: Miami episode)
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| “No Man's Land” | |||||||
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| CSI: Miami episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 14 |
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| Written by | Dominic Abeyta | ||||||
| Directed by | Karen Gaviola | ||||||
| Production no. | 514 | ||||||
| Original airdate | February 12, 2007 | ||||||
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No Man's Land is the fourteenth episode in the fifth season of the popular American crime drama CSI: Miami.
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[edit] Plot
Miami Dade PD officers Chris Ryder and Matt Cranby are driving a shipment of guns scheduled for destruction when an explosion throws their van into the air. Guns spill across the road as it slams back down on its side. As the smoke settles, people swarm from the streets to take the free weapons, swiping everything from machine guns to hand guns. When Officer Ryder regains consciousness, he tries to stop the looting but is shot. He is dead before he hits the ground.
Horatio surveys the scene. This was a professional job. There are too many telltale signs for it to be a random hit. Alexx finds a clump of hair in Ryder's grip, probably from the perp. "He was a cop to the end," she sighs as she bags the evidence for DNA testing back at the lab. Calleigh and Delko process the toppled van. Obviously some kind of explosive was used to flip the van, but what kind?
Calleigh spots the imprint of a manhole cover on the van's underside, leading Delko to search the debris for the cover. He finds it nearby and traces the metal cover to an uncovered manhole. Calleigh finds evidence of a conical-shaped explosive charge still inside the hole. A fuse lies abandoned next to it. Whoever set off the charge must have been watching in order to know when to blow the C-4. Following the wires to a nearby manhole, Calleigh finds the initiator. It has smudging on it--potential evidence for the lab.
Back at the lab, Natalia has found a DNA match for the hair in Officer Ryder's grip. As Delko arrives for an update, she reports the DNA match is from Pedro Cruz. He is on file with an impressive rap sheet for gun possession. Eric thinks his name sounds familiar and asks Natalia to do a little digging. She finds there's a genetic similarity between Pedro Cruz and Clavo Cruz, a bad-news criminal Horatio put away for life a few years ago. Delko lets Horatio know Clavo might be connected with the heist and the murder of Officer Ryder.
Horatio and Frank sit down for a quiet interrogation with Pedro Cruz. He's cocky and refuses to admit to anything until Frank lets him know they have his DNA and prints on the gun. When Horatio asks Pedro what his cousin Clavo has to do with the heist, Pedro scoffs at H's attempt to get Pedro to turn on his family. They aren't getting anything out of this guy, so Horatio heads out to Clavo's prison cell.
Clavo isn't happy to see Horatio and their conversation is tense. Clavo's hate for Horatio is palpable and no matter what H says, Clavo isn't talking. Clavo believes H took everything away from him, his father and his country. Horatio is startled when Clavo suddenly attacks one of his prison guards with a hidden shiv. The other guards soon overpower him and slam him to the floor. As Clavo is bustled away, he smiles to Horatio, "I'm still entitled to a fair trial right Caine?"
Meanwhile, Calleigh is called to a shooting. An 11-year-old boy has been gunned down in his front yard. CSI Wolfe is already on site, photographing the body of the victim, Jesse Tavez. Calleigh finds a shoe print near the body. Short on evidence, they will process it for any possible leads. An older boy also stands nearby watching the scene. Ben Tavez is the victim's brother. He is visibly upset and as Calleigh asks him a few questions, his older sister Camille joins them. She tells them that their parents are dead and that she is the legal guardian of her siblings. Camille says she and her brothers were home when the shooting happened but didn't see anything.
Once inside the lab, Ryan searches the database for shoe prints and matches them to prison-issue work boots that ex-cons keep on release. Calleigh has discovered that the Tavez children's father, Gilberto Tavez, was recently released from prison. It doesn't take long before they track Gilberto down. Calleigh confronts him about the shooting and the evidence that places him at the scene. Gilberto Tavez admits to being at the home. He says he was looking for his daughter Camille to get some cash but that she wasn't home. When he heard the gun go off, he ran out the door and right past his son as the boy lay dying on the grass. Calleigh is disgusted by the man's lack of compassion and has him charged. She also suspects that Camille lied to them about being home. It is time to have another talk with the young girl.
Delko has found a match for the partial print on the explosive's detonator. AFIS identified Richard Williams as the man with the print. Williams has a rap sheet for arson but not for explosives. He may have graduated into the big time, so Horatio brings him in for questioning. Williams plays dumb about the heist, claiming to have heard about it on the news. He denies involvement in the job but admits to building the device. He sold it to a couple of Baracan buyers. H doesn't buy it and accuses Williams of detonating the bomb and working for Clavo Cruz. Williams smiles calmly. "If I did, why would I ever admit to it?" he asks. Besides, he continues, the neighborhood walked away with most of the cargo from what he saw on TV, so what was in it for him? Horatio has Delko swab William's hands for GSR. They suspect he took something from the scene, but what? GCMS trace results show Williams handled the explosives from the manhole cover and potassium perchlorate, an explosive compound used in military weapons.
Delko searches the weapon list from the van and discovers a LAW anti-tank rocket listed among the arsenal. Williams must have stolen the rocket launcher. Frank arrives to tell Horatio that Clavo is on his way to the courthouse for arraignment on the guard-attack charge. Horatio realizes Clavo is going to try and escape from the courthouse. Frank calls to warn the courthouse of the bomb threat as Horatio dials Alexx. H knows she is due at the courthouse any minute. As she answers the phone he tells her to get out of the building, but it is too late. An explosion sounds over the phone and the line goes dead.
Horatio races to the courthouse along with hundreds of emergency personnel. He searches the rooms until he finds Alexx, who is giving aid to an injured woman. Alexx is alright, but Clavo Cruz is missing. He has escaped and as Horatio scans the scene, he notices a cement truck sitting out of place on the street. Guns drawn, H and Frank search the truck and find the body of the gunman in the back of the cement mixer. The trigger man was killed by his own stupidity, cooked by the weapon's exhaust. H heads to check out the surveillance tapes from the courtroom.
Meanwhile, Calleigh brings Camille back in for questioning. She asks her why she lied to them about being home at the time of the shooting. Camille explains she was scared of losing custody of her brothers because she was working at the time of the shooting. So she wasn't home, but she still won't open up to Calleigh with the full truth yet. Calleigh wonders who she is covering for, as does Natalia, who is back at the shooting scene with Ryan. They are tracing the angle of the gunshot wound. Natalia surmises the shot came from the second-story window. Ryan heads up there to check it out. As he stands at the window, looking at the angle, Jesse's older brother Ben walks in. It is his room. Ryan is gentle but firm as he confronts the boy with the facts: Jesse was shot from the window in his room. Ben breaks down. He found the gun in the trashcan and took it to his room to check it out. He accidentally fired at the wall. The bullet went straight through the plaster and out into the street. When he looked out the window, he saw his brother lying on the ground bleeding. It was a tragic accident. Ryan tells Ben that it will be okay--people don't go to prison for accidents. He advises Ben to tell his sister what happened as the boy finally releases his guilt.
Horatio scans the video surveillance from the courthouse with Dan. Scrolling through the timeline they finally find footage of Clavo abducting a courthouse employee and stealing her car. They trace the parking space number to Cathy Gibson, a courthouse reporter. Horatio dials her phone number and Clavo answers. He has been expecting H's call. Clavo tells Horatio to meet him at the Golden Beach National Bank. Horatio doesn't have a choice, he has to go or Clavo will kill the girl.
Horatio waits outside the bank. Clavo arrives and tells him he will release the girl if Horatio makes a million dollar withdrawal from his bank account. Clavo tells H that he wired one million dollars of his own money into H's account -- Clavo's own bank accounts were seized by the government when he was arrested. All Caine has to do is make the withdrawal for him and he will give him the hostage. Horatio contemplates the deal before walking into the bank. Clavo has plants in the bank observing H's every move, and he knows it. Horatio checks his balance and sure enough there is an extra million dollars in his account. The teller is nervous dishing out the cash for the large withdrawal and places a GPS device into the bag with all the money. When the teller is done, Horatio takes the bag and leaves the bank.
He stands in front of the building as directed and waits for Clavo, who drives up, retrieves the bag and reveals to Caine that the hostage is in the trunk of a Mercedes parked in the lot opposite the bank. Horatio calls in for back-up and Delko arrives to help in the search. They are almost to Mercedes when gunfire erupts and Delko is shot in the leg. Horatio returns fire. The gunman takes cover. H has time to get Delko to cover. Delko fights off the pain as Horatio takes aim at the would-be assassin. As he turns to attend to Delko, another gunshot rings out. Horatio returns fire and turns to check on Delko. Eric is lying in a pool of blood, a gunshot wound to his head. "Eric?" Horatio whispers shakily as he starts towards the lifeless body of his friend.
To be continued….
[edit] Significant Events
While on the job, Eric Delko gets shot.
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