TEXT: [EXT. DESERT -- NIGHT] (Open on a dark screen.) CUE MUSIC (Off in the distance, we make out the horizon. Just beyond that is the faint impression of lights approaching in the distance.) (The lights arrive. They bounce up and down in the night. More lights appear showing us a group of people far off in the distance carrying flashlights and running.) (From up above, a search light from a flying helicopter appears to be shining down on the approaching group of people. As the people get closer, we see added red and blue lights in the background from police officer cars slowly following them.) (Leading the way are two police officers on motor bikes. Following the motorbikes is the group of runners.) (They get closer to the camera, we see that they are Desert runners out on a competitive run. The first wave of runners pass the camera. The middle of the group approaches. Taking up the rear are eight police cars. The last plane car carries a sign on its roof: THE LAW ENFORCEMENT DESERT RELAY.) (It's a healthy group of people running a relay. The approaching group heads toward the second group, in the runners grips are their batons.) (In this current group, SARA holds the baton as she runs.) (One by one, runners hand off their baton to the next runner up on deck.) (SARA hands off to NICK, #88. He grabs the baton and takes off. SARA finishes her leg of the race and catches GREG in a hug as she comes to a stop.) (NICK takes off. Several dissolves shows him running, grabbing a water bottle off the water stand for hydration and continuing his run.) (Dissolve to: WARRICK runs the next leg.) (Dissolve to: An overhead shot of the race as it continues.) (The opening music fades and the sounds of the helicopter flying overhead takes over.) (Dissolve to: CATHERINE runs the next leg of the race to sounds of Vangeliss' "Chariots of Fire". She glances over at GRISSOM driving the car next to her
SUMMARY:
Grissom, Catherine and Nick investigate the death of a runner during a competition. Meanwhile Sara and Warrick investigate the death of a couple in a hotel room, initially thought to be a murder-suicide. Both cases take place during this 'cop' competition, with more than 20.000 attendants (all of them cops). This gives the investigations an interesting turn, as almost all the suspects and all dead people are cops.