TEXT: [EXT. VARIOUS LAS VEGAS CITY (STOCK) - DAY] [EXT. RESERVOIR (STOCK) - DAY] VARIOUS CUTS OF: (A woman turns on the kitchen tap. Clear, fresh water pours into the glass. The woman takes a pill and drinks it down with the water.) CLOSE-UP (A toilet flushes. The water spins down the bowl.) SHOWER HEAD (A woman takes a bath. The water runs down her body.) [EXT. RESIDENTIAL AREA - DAY] (A man waters his bushes.) (Another man washes his boat.) (The water runs down the drain.) CGI ZOOM down through the sewers, following the water through the various treatment pipes. RESUME (The water rushes out the drainpipe.) PULL BACK and DOWN into the murky waters. A fish swims by. The fish is pulled out of the water by a fisherman's net. (The fisherman in the boat puts his net down and sees the body dangling from the tree off shore.) FLASH TO: [EXT. LAKE - DAY] (David Phillips tends to the body. Grissom and Nick are at the site while Brass fills them in.) Brass: Guy in a boat spotted him this morning. No witnesses. Nick: How did he get up there? (Grissom snaps a photo of the tire tracks on the dirt.) Grissom: I think maybe somebody gave him a lift. (Nick takes his knife out.) Nick: Okay, super, I'm ready to cut. (David Phillips holds the body as Nick cuts the rope. The body is put on the gurney. David examines the body.) Grissom: Lacerations to his chest. Brass: Stabbed and then hanged. I guess he wasn't dead enough. David Phillips: Rope burns on both palms. Nick: He probably tried to pull himself up. Grissom: Lift his shirt up, will you
SUMMARY:
The hanging death of a possibly hermaphroditic male is connected to a tainted water supply, while the day crew investigates 40-year-old skeletal remains found at the site of a recently imploded casino. Grissom proposes to Sara, and she accepts; Greg reveals he is writing a book about the history of Las Vegas.