Pirates of the Third Reich

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“Pirates of the Third Reich”
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode
Episode no. Season 6
Episode 15
Written by Jerry Stahl
Directed by Richard J. Lewis
Guest stars Melinda Clarke (Lady Heather)
Original airdate February 9, 2006
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Pirates of the Third Reich is the fifteenth episode from the sixth season of the popular American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which is set in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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A half-naked woman is found half buried in the desert with a number branded on her arm. She has no hair and is missing her right hand. The woman turns out to be Lady Heather's estranged daughter, Zoe. The autopsy reveals she was starved to death, injected with a flesh eating bacteria and probably chewed off her own hand; one of her eyes is also not actually attached, but is only sitting in the socket. A rambling homeless person named Captain Jack is found with only one eye, and it is his eye that is in Zoe's socket (a DNA test having confirmed it was not the victim's). A medical examination of the suspect shows that he has been lobotomised and has also been branded with a number. The team investigates the Betz Clinic where the deceased, and the homeless man, underwent a sleep therapy session for insomnia.

Nick and Warrick head into the desert and find a house which is owned by the head of the clinic. They become suspicious when Lady Heather is caught inside illegally, but the owner chooses not to press charges. Heather hints that she suspects he's hiding something and reveals a manuscript that she recovered from the house which was stolen from a nearby library.

The doctor is found dead in his car the next day, however his body is frozen solid. Lady Heather appears with a semen sample from the suspect, claiming to have slept with him the previous night, despite the fact it would have taken up to two days to freeze the body. A search of his records leads the CSIs to believe that their suspect is the identical twin of the doctor. The twins were raised by adoptive parents (who were Jewish). Grissom suspects that the killer appears to harbour Neo-Nazi beliefs and murdered his brother (who decided to follow the Jewish faith), who was the frozen corpse. He then took over his brother's identity and medical clinic.

After obtaining a warrant, the house is searched. The CSIs find a room with documents detailing the killer's gruesome "experiments" and an area where he held his victims. Over the doorway is sign that reads Arbeit Macht Frei ("work will set you free"), which was the sign over the entry at Auschwitz-Birkenau. A pair of Siamese twins are also found (branded with numbers as the other victims were) but one dies in the hospital, with the other dying before the CSIs find them. The killer is nowhere to be seen.

Grissom then finds a piece of jewelry belonging to Lady Heather and immediately leaves. He finds her on the road with the killer tied to her car, whipping him in a rage. Grissom manages to stop her from killing her daughter's killer by using a "control" word that registers with her.

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Lady Heather also appears in the following episodes:

Tony Amendola returns in the role of Professor Rambar, who first appeared in "Secrets and Flies". Amendola previously appeared in CSI as two different characters in "I-15 Murders" and "Viva Las Vegas".

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