CSI: Crime Scene Investigation quotes

Frank

So, you're the Grissom they wrote about in the newspaper? I thought you'd be older.

Grissom

Why did you contact me, Mr. Damon?

Grissom

Fires are very complicated.

Frank

It wasn't too complicated for the guy who put me in here. (Grissom stares at him for a moment) You think if you stare at me long enough, you can tell if I'm innocent?

Grissom

I don't mean to stare ... but, yes, I can learn some things. For instance, the back of your hands are smooth. You read a lot. You have indentation marks on your nose from reading glasses. Your speech tells me that you're well-educated. Your occupation's not listed in the file, but I think that you had a white-collar job.

Frank

(nods) Paper-pusher for the phone company.

Catherine

The prisoner plea. Brass told me about the video.

Grissom

Yeah. If we take the case we have very little time to work it. The trial starts in three days.

Sara

How did he find you? 1-800 Grissom ...? (Nick laughs)

Catherine

Wait a minute. Ecklie was the CSI on that arson. I see a bad moon rising.

Warrick

Can a CSI take over another CSI's case?

Catherine

Only if they're of equal rank and they're looking for trouble.

Grissom

No trouble. We're both colleagues searching for the truth.

Grissom

I was supposed to pass out some supervisor evaluation forms. Where are they?

Catherine

(grabs the papers and beings to hand them out) Here they are.

Nick

(smiles) Mmm. Get to rate the boss. I dig this.

Catherine

Give him a perfect ten or your ass is out of here.

Grissom

No, it's not. (Sara laughs)

Catherine

Am I disturbing you?

Grissom

Yeah.

Catherine

Good. (Grissom looks up to see everyone standing there waiting for their assignments)

Grissom

Do I seem like the kind of guy who skips stuff?

Sara

So, Ecklie's conclusion of gasoline wasn't based on any physical evidence. It was based on Damon's credit card receipts.

Grissom

I can't fault him for that. The burn pattern is consistent with a gasoline accelerant.

Sara

But, hydrocarbons are found in all kinds of things: Oils ... kerosene, polyethylene-based compounds like laxatives-- even the foam used in push-up bras.

Warrick

Yeah. Under the right conditions, any hydrocarbon can be an accelerant. (this perks Grissom up now that he has something to go on)

Grissom

(to Sara) Thank you. Warrick, you're driving. (Sara smiles at Grissom)

Warrick

You ever worry about professional suicide?

Grissom

Not while I'm commiting it, no.

Brass

An innocent man. Jail's full of them.

Grissom

It only takes one.

Grissom

What are you so afraid of, Conrad? We're just a couple of science geeks. Why can't we work together?

No, we are public servants. We investigate cases as efficiently as we can and then we move on. We're not a clearinghouse for defendants on the eve of trial who don't like what we've turned up.

Grissom

Yes, we are.. if it's our mistake that put them there.

Fine. Spin your wheels.

Sara

Why would there be glass in the middle of the hot spot?

Grissom

Good question.

Warrick

Who cares? The guy torched his wife and kid.

Grissom

Really? Where's the trailing? An arsonist would spread the gasoline around to maximize the burn area.

Sara

He still did the job.

Grissom

Listen, you guys. You're like Dodger fans. The ball game's only in the seventh inning and you're already out of your seats.

Brass

What's this? An anonymous package from county lockup? (Grissom starts opening the package) Yeah, well, hey, just a second. Wait a minute. Give an innocent bystander a chance to clear out, will you?

Grissom

What are you worried about?

Brass

One minute, I'm eating tomato salad. The next ... I'm gazpacho. (Grissom opens the package and finds a video tape inside) With any luck it'll be the next episode of G-String Divas.

Nick

(evaluating Grissom) Organization... minus one.

Grissom

Damon opened the door. He lied.

Warrick

So what happens now?

Grissom

We chase the lie, 'til it leads to the truth.

Brass

There's been another fourth of July.

Sara

He's been out of work ever since.

Grissom

Sittin' around makin' bombs..

Catherine

Oh, these fire guys really know how to trash a crime scene.

Grissom

That's what they do. Put wet stuff on the red stuff.