Brass and Grissom in “Sex, Lies, and Larvae”

Brass

So, you planning a little late-night luau? Roast pig?

Grissom

It's an experiment. Maybe Kaye was dead five days.

Brass

I thought your bugs never made mistakes.

Grissom

They don't. People do. The victim was wrapped in a blanket. Normally a blanket or clothing doesn't impact insect maturation. The insects usually fight their way in anyway. But I examined the folds in Kaye's blanket. She was wrapped tight---maybe tighter than I realized---which would have decreased the corpse's exposure to insects

Brass

So it took longer for the insects to get in there?

Grissom

And deposit their eggs. Maybe two whole days. I've wrapped porky here pretty tight.

Brass

Well, let me ask you this. You killed a pig just for this?

Grissom

This poor ham was already on its way to someone's Christmas dinner