TEXT: [EXT. LAS VEGAS CITY RIO HOTEL (STOCK) - NIGHT] [EXT. LAS VEGAS CITY (STOCK) - NIGHT] FLASH TO WHITE: [SCENE_BREAK] [INT. RIO HOTEL - BACK ROOM - NIGHT] (Camera view looking in on a group of poker players in a quiet room. It's a high-stakes game. Dealer: Start with you, sir? (GRINDER knocks his fist on the table three times.) Grinder: Check. Matt: He doesn't bet, but he keeps a beat. You check. Someone's on a flush draw. Mm, I'll take the free card. Check. Lita Gibbons: I'll check. (LITA puts some eye drops in her eyes.) Matt: What do you got, Candyman? (DOYLE PFEIFFER, the Candyman, puts some candy in his mouth. The waitress approaches the table to refresh the drinks. She stops by MATT first. He puts a chip on her tray as she serves the drinks.) Doyle Pfeiffer: Check. Waitress: (to Matt) Thank you very much. (The waitress moves to serve DOYLE PFEIFFER. She puts a drink in front of him and he gives her his empty glass. MATT notices the slight.) Matt: (mutters) "Stiff"... typical. (The Grinder looks at his cards.) Grinder: I can bet. Make it... $2,000. (The Grinder puts a short stack of blue chips in the middle of the table.) Matt: The Grinder speaks. (Matt puts his chips in. DOYLE PFEIFFER doesn't hesitate.) Doyle Pfeiffer: We raise $4,000. Matt: Call the bet. Dealer: $2,000. Raise you $2,000. Matt: It's all about you, Grinder. Grinder: I'm going to go get a $2,000 slice of pizza. (The Grinder folds. LITA GIBBON
SUMMARY:
Catherine and Nick investigate street racing after one of the drivers is found dead out in the desert at an abandoned airstrip. Back in town, Grissom and his crew look into the death of a poker player who suffered a violent convulsion in the middle of a high-stakes game with three others. As always, things aren't what they seem.