TEXT: [CU: WILLIE CUTLER'S EYES & SWEATY BROW] FADE TO [CU: GUN] (Willie Cutler raises the gun.) [SCENE_BREAK] [WILLIE CUTLER] (Willie Cutler fires twice.) (EXTREME SLOW MOTION. The two bullets whiz through the air and across the room.) (One of the bullets hits Brass in the chest, past the bullet-proof vest he's wearing. He grunts at the impact. His eyes grow wide.) (Brass falls back to the floor.) (Behind him, the door bursts open. SWAT runs into the room.) SWAT Leader: (distorted) Get the paramedics. [SCENE_BREAK] [BRASS' POV] (We hear the sounds of a heart-monitoring machine beating regularly.) (Warrick leans over him, hovering next to the SWAT LEADER attending to Brass. He looks worried.) (HOLD on Brass, his face filled with fear. The room breaks out into commotion, both on screen and off. SWAT Leader: Hang in there, Jim, hang in there. SWAT LEADER: Right here. Right here. Good job. (Warrick moves aside. Brass is surrounded by SWAT trying to help him. Someone presses a white towel to his wound.) [SCENE_BREAK] (The paramedics arrive and are working on Brass. He's still on the floor, blood smudged over his face, his eyes glassy and in shock.) Voice: Sir, sir, can you see me? VOICE: Sir, can you hear me? (Brass' hand reaches up wildly in the air.) (Brass is removed from the room.) [BRASS' POV] (The hallway ceiling moves as he is pulled through the corridor on the gurney.) (Blurry flashes of the paramedics pulling the gurney.) (Blurry flashes of the casino lobby's ceiling.) (Blurry flashes of the ambulance as Brass is put in the back.) (
SUMMARY:
The CSIs wait by the bedside of Brass, who is transported to the hospital, and is fighting for his life. Grissom faces a hard choice by having the power of attorney (rather than Brass' daughter Ellie), and decides to proceed with the risky operation to recover the bullet. Meanwhile, the rest of the team investigates the strange ways of life of two victims: a Civil War re-enactor found decapitated by a train, and a 40-year-old man found dead in a hotel.