CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · Season 8, Episode 7
“Goodbye And Good Luck” · Season 8, Episode 7
In this episode: Sara Sidle (10), Marlon (4), Hannah (4), Catherine Willows (3), Nick Stokes (3), Gil Grissom (2), Jim Brass (2), Ronnie (2)
It's the third jumper on campus this year. Maybe it's contagious.
I saw this documentary once on suicides off the Golden Gate Bridge, and they interviewed a survivor and he said the moment that he let go of the railing, he realized that all of his problems were fixable, except for having jumped.
Mrs. Jimenez, are you okay?
Bad back.
[looks at Mrs. Jimenez's back and finds a knife sticking out of it] Sara, she's got a very bad back.
Such a scary thing, sending your kid off to college.
Is Lindsey looking already?
Yeah. In fact, we looked at WLVU last month.
Well, at least she'd be close to home.
She's free on campus, may as well be a thousand miles away.
Looks like our vic was in a goth band. You know, I used to be goth.
Mh-hmm.
Yeah, the goth-thing was just an act. Chicks dug it.
How does that work?
You act depressed to get chicks, you get depressed chicks.
[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.
Until Marlon's little sister Hannah got on the stand and confessed to the murder herself.
Oh, yes, I remember this case. A high school senior at age 12.
She's a prodigy.
She's a pint-size Machiavelli. She manipulated events, fabricated evidence, and in the end...
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.
You keeping tabs on her?
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.
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.
I want this case.
The one that got away?
We're not supposed to let them get away, right?
We're here to talk to you about Kira Dellinger.
Kira committed suicide.
Actually, she was murdered.
Somebody I know ends up dead and I'm automatically a suspect?
History has a way of repeating itself, Marlon.
I don't know Sara, it's going to be tough to get a warrant.
I need Marlon West's DNA. If his semen is in Kira Dellinger, it puts him at the murder.
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.
Jim, are you going to talk to the judge or not?
Wow, you really got it out for this kid. What's the deal here, Sara?
Marlon West has killed before.
Not according to a jury of his peers.
Did you have fun talking to Kira Dellinger's parents?
Excuse me?
Must've been a lot of screaming and crying and despair.
There usually is. What's your point, 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.
I'm telling you, I didn't kill Kira. I've never lied to you. Not once. You just never believe me. When I'm guilty, you want me to be innocent. When I'm innocent, you want me to be guilty.
Hey, you know what, Marlon? You can save it, 'cause unlike most people, you're not going to get me to underestimate you. I already know you're every bit as smart as your sister, especially when it comes to creating confusion.
He didn't kill Kira. He cared about her.
Hannah, what makes you think that I would believe anything that you tell me?
Hannah (smiles sweetly): I suppose I'm an optimist. College has been a difficult adjustment for Marlon, especially after we lost our parents.
I'm sorry about that.
You're not really, though. When will Marlon be able to leave?
Well, we are going to keep him here as long as we possibly can.
At least that's honest. It also seems a little vindictive.
Given your brother's history, I think it's pretty sensible.
What's wrong, Sara? You're different than you used to be. You're angry. And a little sad, too. Why?
If you want to spend more time with your brother, I recommend you invest in a good lawyer, Hannah.
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.
It's possible.
This kid is spinning me in circles, again.
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.
You don't expect me to confess to something I didn't do?
I am just putting you on notice. You are not fooling me anymore.
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...
We're talking about you, Hannah.
It must've been so terrible being trapped like that all alone. Did your life flash in front of your eyes?
That is none of your business.
You must've been so sad knowing that you were gonna lose everyone who mattered to you.
Stop it, Hannah.
Look, I know how it feels. One moment my parents were alive, and the next they were gone.
Answer the question!
My life changed in that moment. All that I have left is Marlon. Why would I do anything to hurt him?
[stands up and hits the table] Stop playing games with me!
You're the one who's playing games.
[about Mrs. Jimenez] What happened? Her husband attack her again?
No, she came in voluntarily. Took some convincing, but she's agreed to go to a shelter.
She won't stay.
Maybe not. But at least now she has a chance. Look, I did it all on my own time, no OT. I know it's not the way you do things, but I think it's part of the job. At least, that's how I want it to be. For me.
I asked Hannah to teach me how to make GHB, and how to get it into Kira. I just wanted to mess her up a bit. I snuck it into Kira's room a few days ago; I still had a key. Hannah must've made a copy.
I believe you, Marlon. I really do. But the only thing that a jury's going to see is your prints on the lube, your prints on the windowsill, and another dead girl.
Why is Hannah doing this to me?
I don't know. All I know is ... you don't deserve to take the fall for this. And the question is ... are you going to let your sister get away with this and spend the rest of your life in jail?
If Hannah wants me in jail, that's where I'm going to be. There's nothing I can do about it.
Hannah, they're going to put me away for the rest of my life.
The evidence is against you, particularly given your history of violence.
Please...after everything I've done for you, after everything we've done for each other, at least tell me why.
Because I love you.
And I love you, too.
No, you don't. But you will. I promise, I'll visit you every week.
[to Sara] You need to talk to me again?
I do. I know that you killed Kira Dellinger. I just can't prove it.
That must be frustrating for you.
Hannah, Marlon's dead.
Wow. That's a really sad and desperate ploy, Sara. It's beneath you.
[Sara shows Hannah the photo of Marlon hanging at the windowsill]
He was doing well here, wasn't he? Making friends, joining a band, falling in love. But you're still a freak, just like high school.
You're lying. No. This is a lie.
His world got bigger, and yours stayed the same, and you killed Kira so you could keep him all to yourself, didn't you?
[screams] It's a lie! No no... it's a lie! It's a lie! Lie! [drops her backpack and grabs Sara's hands. Sara struggles with her and kneels as Hannah cries] Stop it! Marlon... he-he-he can't leave me all alone.
[Sara puts her arm around Hannah]
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