TEXT: [EXT. LAS VEGAS CITY (STOCK) - NIGHT] (Lightning flashes and thunder crashes. It's raining in Nevada tonight.) [SCENE_BREAK] [INT. CAR -- NIGHT] (The driver drives through the rain. There's a small film reel charm hanging from his rear-view mirror. It's a heavy rain outside.) (The driver sees a hitchhiker standing outside the side of the road carrying a sign, "VEGAS". The driver passes him by, slows the car down and thinks about it.) (He reverses the car and stops to pick up the hitch-hiker. PETE WALKER opens the car door and calls out.) Pete Walker: Hey, you need a lift? (The hitchhiker climbs into the car and closes the door.) So, where are you headed? Paul Millander: It's not where I'm headed. [SCENE_BREAK] [EXT. GOOD SPRINGS - WAREHOUSE -- NIGHT] (Police cars park in the front of the home, their lights flashing. CATHERINE exits the vehicle. She and GRISSOM meet up with the DETECTIVE.) Det.: Welcome to Good Springs. Catherine: Long drive. Det.: Well, I know it's out of your jurisdiction, but your name is on the tape. Grissom: Where is he? Det.: Inside. We left the recorder where we found it. Catherine: Anything else? Det.: Victim's wallet. (The DETECTIVE hands the wallet to CATHERINE. He lifts up the crime scene tape for GRISSOM and CATHERINE.) Grissom: Thank you. (They head into the warehouse.) [SCENE_BREAK] [INT. GOOD SPRINGS - WAREHOUSE -- NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS] (Inside, the place is empty except for a single bathtub in the center of the large room. GRISSOM and CATHERINE walk to the tub.) Catherine: (reading) Pete Walker, California. Date of birth: August 17, 1957.
SUMMARY:
Grissom's nemesis, serial killer Paul Millander (Matt O'Toole), reappears and claims a third victim in this gripping episode. The latest slaying matches Millander's previous killings in that it recreates his father's murder, which Millander witnessed as a boy. In each case, the victim is shot once through the chest while lying in a bathtub. A nearby tape recorder contains the person's supposed suicide message. All three victims share the same birthday of Aug. 17---the date Millander's father was slain---with the years in descending order from 1959. So presumably, the killer's next target was born Aug. 17, 1956...which just happens to be Grissom's birthday.