Ben Machado! Ben: Dave? Ben: From someone trying to kill me, just like they killed Rich And tried to kill Trey. Cho: On your head. Cho: Same national guard unit, same death by fire. Dave Martin? Did you see his body, Ben, after the fire? Fire hurts. Jane Your dad was in the National Guard for a long time. Jane: Good enough to avenge Dave Martin's death. Lisbon: Machado's not a goat. Mitchell: Another man killed by arson in the same town from the same guard unit? Not funny. Only an idiot would wear a t-shirt like that to a house in mourning... An idiot or a daring killer with a warped sense of humor. Rigsby: The lock's on the outside. Susan: When Rich came back from the war... There wasn't enough water pressure to fill the hoses on account of the drought. There's more than enough. They're gonna help find who did this to Rich. This is the police! Three years ago. Wait, Dave Martin was bald. What kind of a question is that? You guys go into town and talk to the guy Garcia was going to meet that night-chief, what's his name? You tell him if he ever gets out of jail, I'm gonna set him on fire and see how he likes it.
Plan: A: a small farming town; Q: Where does Jane and the team head to investigate the murder of a National Guard veteran? A: Rich Garcia; Q: Who was killed in an arson fire? A: Dave Martin; Q: Who was killed in a house fire a few years back? A: the town's police chief; Q: Who did Jane and the team go to question about the death of Dave Martin? A: his house; Q: What did Dave Martin's buddies set on fire? A: three out of four members; Q: How many members of Dave Martin's unit were killed in the fire? A: the CBI; Q: Who digs deeper and learns Dave discovered something more valuable than gold to the drought-stricken farming community? A: the drought-stricken farming community; Q: Who did Dave discover a limitless water supply on land purchased for him by his fellow soldiers? A: Evidence; Q: What points to Ben Machado? A: the only surviving soldier; Q: Who is Ben Machado? A: Dave's murder; Q: What is the killer trying to avenge? Summary: Jane and the team head to a small farming town to investigate the murder of a National Guard veteran, Rich Garcia, who was killed in an arson fire. After learning Rich's fellow veteran buddy, Dave Martin, was killed in a house fire a few years back, the team goes to question the town's police chief, also a veteran from Rich's unit, only to find his house ablaze. With three out of four members from the unit killed by fire, the CBI digs deeper and learns Dave discovered something more valuable than gold to the drought-stricken farming community - a limitless water supply on land purchased for him by his fellow soldiers. When Dave would not cut them in on the potential profits, his "buddies" set his house on fire. Evidence points to the only surviving soldier, Ben Machado, but when someone tries to set him on fire, the team realizes the killer they're after is not motivated by greed but is instead out to avenge Dave's murder.