Sara Sidle quotes from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Grissom

To me, sex without love is pointless. It makes you sad.

Sara

Well, I'm pretty sure I don't make you sad.

Grissom

No, you make me happy.

Grissom

Do you believe that intelligent life exists on other planets?

Sara

I'm not sure there's intelligent life on this planet.

Catherine

S and M is a rich man’s sport. Kinda like hockey, a lot of equipment.

Sara

How much do you think a night like this would cost?

Catherine

Heather told me, five years ago she was clearing twenty grand a week. And that was before LadyHeather.com.

Sara

[after a moment] What is she like?

Catherine

Beautiful, smart, intense... charming. The only woman I've ever seen rattle Grissom. [Sara starts to look uncomfortable] I mean he kinda liked that forensic anthropologist, Teri Miller, remember her?

Sara

Yeah.

Catherine

But, she wasn't enough of a challenge for him. Heather, on the other hand uninhibited and can beat him at mental chess, [Sara becomes more uncomfortable] they had chemistry and he is a scientist. I have no proof and I know he'd never tell me, [Sara becomes more uncomfortable] but I'm certain they spent the night together. [Sara becomes very uncomfortable]

Sara

Natalie. Natalie Davis. I know who you are. I know a lot about you. You make miniatures. I've seen you before, right? You work in the lab, on the cleaning crew. So sorry about hitting you back there. I guess, uh, I have a fear of trunks. In my business, you only find one thing in them. We actually have a lot in common, you know. I was a foster kid, too. Happy happy, joy joy. I do know what it's like to be alone, afraid that nobody's ever going to be there for you.

[whispering] Ernie was.

Sara

Yes, he was. That's true, Natalie. I lost my father too. I know that Ernie loved you. He would not have wanted you to do this.

[whispering] Ernie loved me more than Grissom could ever love you.

Sara

Grissom? I know what this is about. Natalie? What did you put in the water? Natalie. Huh? [Sara passes out]

How is your leg?

Sara

Fractured in two places.

[Ecklie tries to call Grissom, no answer, so he leaves a message on his phone] Gil, Conrad again. Message three, call me back please. [To Sara] It feeling better?

Sara

Yeah.

Good. So, you must know where he is.

Really? Okay, uh... [pauses] Look, I don't wanna play any games here, this is as difficult for me as it is for you. So, let's just, uh, get this over with, shall we? Okay then, um, this is an administrative inquiry. You and your supervisor were in direct violation of lab policy.

Sara

Are.

[pauses for a second] Are. In direct violation of lab policy, which states that members of the same forensic team may not engage in a romantic relationship. So, when did you and Supervisor Grissom begin your relationship?

Sara

Well, we've always had a relationship.

[pauses, looks uncomfortable] I mean...when did you become intimate?

Sara

Two years ago. I think it was a Sunday.

Grissom

When did you tell Ecklie we got involved?

Sara

Two years ago. Why, what did you tell him?

Grissom

Nine years ago.

Grissom

Yeah. You, uh, had too many questions about anthropology for some reason.

Sara

Well, I was stalling. I was trying to get the nerve to ask you to dinner.

Grissom

You had a ponytail.

Sara

I'm gonna move to swing.

Grissom

We talked about this.

Sara

I know that you said you would do it but I don't wanna do that to the team. Besides, I am sure that I could use more daylight in my life.[long pause] We should go.

Grissom

Yeah.

Cops must've picked him up before he died.

Sara

Maybe that's not all they did.

Well, it was a guess.

Sara

What is the first thing that police do when they question a suspect?

Check for I.D...Standard procedure.

Sara

Eddie Kaye's only identification was an expired driver's license found separated from all of his wordly possessions. Print it.

What? You're not seriously gonna go after the cops after something like this?

Sara

You know, that question I will answer. We're not here to protect anyone, Ronnie. Not even the cops. We're here to figure out what happened. If you can't do that, you should get different job.

Grissom

Oh, I love it when you dress up.

Sara

Well, you know whatever it takes to get some time with you. How's the study going? Any sign of colony-collapse disorder?

Grissom

Nope, so far, it's healthy.

Sara

Nothing too healthy about smoking.

Grissom

Well, the scent confuses the guard bees, they won't emit the pheromone that tells the colony there's an intruder.

Sara

Oh, don't worry, he's harmless. Who's who?

Grissom

These are the workers, infertile females.

Sara

They don't sting?

Grissom

Well, not unless you swat one, close one up in your hand or freak out. Go ahead, take off your glove.

Sara

All right, I trust you.

Grissom

See, it's cool. The worker bees defend the hive, procure the pollen, make the honey, nurture the larvae and pupae in each of these group cells...you know, maybe we should get married.

Sara

Ouch.

Grissom

Sorry. Don't pick it out, makes it worse, releases the venom into the blood stream. It's better to scrape it. So, er, what do you think, you know, about-

Sara

-Yes. Let's do it.

Grissom

Yeah.

Nick

[about Marlon West] He confessed. It was later thrown out on a technicality. We really didn't need it. The prosecution's case against Marlon was very strong.

Sara

Until Marlon's little sister Hannah got on the stand and confessed to the murder herself.

Catherine

Oh, yes, I remember this case. A high school senior at age 12.

Sara

She's a prodigy.

Nick

She's a pint-size Machiavelli. She manipulated events, fabricated evidence, and in the end...

Sara

She claimed that she did it because she loved Marlon. Some warped sense of justice. She graduated later that summer, became legally emancipated from her parents and went off to Harvard, pre-med.

Grissom

You keeping tabs on her?

Sara

Not recently. Look, accident or no accident, Marlon killed before. Hannah sunk this case, Marlon got a free pass, and now he's killed again.

Catherine

Well, we don't know that just yet. I mean, we don't have Marlon's DNA to compare with the semen that was found in the victim. All the old evidence was expunged with the verdict.

Sara

I want this case.

Grissom

The one that got away?

Sara

We're not supposed to let them get away, right?

Brass

We're here to talk to you about Kira Dellinger.

Kira committed suicide.

Sara

Actually, she was murdered.

Somebody I know ends up dead and I'm automatically a suspect?

Brass

History has a way of repeating itself, Marlon.

Brass

I don't know Sara, it's going to be tough to get a warrant.

Sara

I need Marlon West's DNA. If his semen is in Kira Dellinger, it puts him at the murder.

Brass

Look, they had a known sexual relationship, so there's no evidence of rape. And I don't know if you know this, but Marlon's mother and father were killed in a car accident last year. Judge Bowman is going to be very sensitive to that. It could look like harassment.

Sara

Jim, are you going to talk to the judge or not?

Brass

Wow, you really got it out for this kid. What's the deal here, Sara?

Sara

Marlon West has killed before.

Brass

Not according to a jury of his peers.

Sara

Did you have fun talking to Kira Dellinger's parents?

Brass

Excuse me?

Sara

Must've been a lot of screaming and crying and despair.

Brass

There usually is. What's your point, Sara?

Sara

My point is, if we had done our job right the first time, Marlon West would be in jail, and Kira Dellinger would still be alive. Talk to the judge.

Hannah

He didn't kill Kira. He cared about her.

Sara

Hannah, what makes you think that I would believe anything that you tell me?

Sara

I'm sorry about that.

Hannah

You're not really, though. When will Marlon be able to leave?

Sara

Well, we are going to keep him here as long as we possibly can.

Hannah

At least that's honest. It also seems a little vindictive.

Sara

Given your brother's history, I think it's pretty sensible.

Hannah

What's wrong, Sara? You're different than you used to be. You're angry. And a little sad, too. Why?

Sara

If you want to spend more time with your brother, I recommend you invest in a good lawyer, Hannah.

Sara

I don't think Kira punched Marlon. I think Hannah picked up the tooth from a fight that Marlon had earlier in the evening. And I think she planted it on Kira. [Grissom is silent as he thinks about it] That's crazy.

Grissom

It's possible.

Sara

This kid is spinning me in circles, again.

Grissom

You know, Sara, some cases, some suspects, can get under your skin. Like this tooth. But you can't let 'em make you feel bad.

Hannah

You don't expect me to confess to something I didn't do?

Sara

I am just putting you on notice. You are not fooling me anymore.

Hannah

I think I know why you're so angry, Sara. I did some research. I read about what that serial killer did to you out in the desert, under that car...

Sara

We're talking about you, Hannah.

Hannah

It must've been so terrible being trapped like that all alone. Did your life flash in front of your eyes?

Sara

That is none of your business.

Hannah

You must've been so sad knowing that you were gonna lose everyone who mattered to you.

Sara

Stop it, Hannah.

Hannah

Look, I know how it feels. One moment my parents were alive, and the next they were gone.

Sara

Answer the question!

Hannah

My life changed in that moment. All that I have left is Marlon. Why would I do anything to hurt him?

Sara

[stands up and hits the table] Stop playing games with me!

Hannah

You're the one who's playing games.