I don't care what you say. I could never take a life.
It was between him or me, I could. What about you, Nick?
I don't know.
[walks in with Grissom] Wow, looks deathly serious in here.
[smiling sweetly] Oh, we were just talking about murder and whether or not we would commit it. I couldn't, Warrick could, and Nick's on the ropes. We're taking an exit poll.
Catherine, you're a mother. You and Lindsey are on that plane. How far do you go?
All the way.
(surprised) You didn't even hesitate.
That's right. If it involves the protection of my child I fight to the death.
See? We have four people here, all with different opinions. Think of how the passengers must have felt.
What do you think, Grissom?
(beat) I can't answer that question.
That's a cop-out. It's a simple question. What would you have done if you had been one of those passengers?
It's not about that. You all have different opinions but you've taken the same point of view. You've put yourself in the shoes of the passengers, but nobody's put themselves in the shoes of the victim. That's the point.
I'm sorry. What are you saying?
Nobody stopped to ask Candlewell if he was all right. They just assumed, because he was kicking the back of Nate's seat, that he was a jerk. Because he was pushing his call button, that he was bothering the Flight Attendant. Because he was trying to get into the lavatory, he was making a scene. Because he was going back and forth up and down the aisles, he was posing a threat.
He was a threat.
No. He turned into a threat. It didn't have to be that way. People make assumptions. That's the problem. You just did. And I think these passengers made the wrong assumption and now this guy's dead.
Well, if that's your stance how could it have been prevented?
If just one person had stopped and taken the time to look at the guy to listen to him, to figure out what was wrong with him, it might not have happened. It took five people to kill him. It would have only taken one person to save his life.
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