TEXT: COLD OPEN. [EXT. VARIOUS LAS VEGAS CITY LIGHTS (STOCK) - NIGHT] [EXT. SIDLEY RESIDENCE (STOCK) - NIGHT] [INT. SIDLEY RESIDENCE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT] (Angie walks around the living room with a glass of champagne in her hand as she admires the photo nudes on the walls.. She's dressed in her black lace underwear and an open shirt. ) (She looks over at Martin, who is starting a fire in the large fireplace.) Angie: You know, first time I had s*x was in front of a fire... on a bear skin rug. (She sits down on the bearskin rug.) Angie: It was so romantic. (Martin laughs wryly as he joins her. He picks up his glass.) Martin Sidley: Gee, and all this time... I thought you were still a virgin. Angie: (snickers) Yeah, right. You only asked for my number 'cause you heard I was easy. Martin Sidley: Oh, you found me out. Angie: I did. (As they laugh, something from inside the chimney falls into the fire. The fire crackles and grows larger.) Angie: Cheers. (They clink glasses and sip. Angie sees the smoking coming out of the fireplace. Something is blocking the chimney.) Angie: Oh, my God! (The smoke alarm beeps.) [SCENE_BREAK] [EXT. SIDLEY RESIDENCE - FRONT -- NIGHT] (The police and fire department vehicles are parked outside the Sidley residence.) (The firemen climb up the roof to check the chimney. They peer inside and find a dead body.) Fireman: We've got a body! Alert homicide and CSI! WHITE FLASH TO: [INT. SIDLEY RESIDENCE - ATTIC -- NIGHT] (The attic door opens. Sara and Nick climb inside to check the chimney.
SUMMARY:
When a body is found badly burned in a chimney, Catherine and Warrick recall the house's owner as a suspect in an unsolved murder case a year earlier. Against protocol, the two then use the investigation of the burned victim as an excuse to re-open their case and inspect the house.