CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

"Trifles"

TEASER

FADE IN:

EXT. LAS VEGAS CITY (STOCK) - NIGHT

To establish.

EXT. THE MIRAGE - NIGHT

Exterior to establish.

INT. GORILLA HABITAT - NIGHT

The area is taped off, there's a crowd of Lookie Lous. GRISSOM, NICK, and GREG push through carrying their field kits. Captain BRASS is talking with witnesses.

BRASS
(to a nearby officer)
Finish up here.

Brass leads the men to a door guarded by a policeman.

INT. HABITAT HALLWAY

BRASS
So the witnesses were coming in
late after their sudden marriage--

NICK
Did you tell them the odds of it
lasting through the weekend
were slim?

BRASS
Not my jurisdiction.
(flashes a smile)
They saw our suspect holding
body parts.

All three are caught off guard.

GRISSOM
You mean the suspect was holding
parts of a body?

BRASS
No. The whole thing -- arms, legs,
head, torso -- all of it.

GRISSOM
The corpse is dismembered?

GREG
Wouldn't the real question be: how
could a human be holding the entire
body of another human? What was the
victim? A midget?

Grissom shoots him a disproving look. Greg isn't sorry.

GRISSOM
We were told you had the suspect in
custody. Can we talk to him or her?

Brass smiles, knowing what they don't.

BRASS
Talking to Ralph might be a problem.
He doesn't speak English.

At the end of the hall he turns away from the direction leading to six gorilla cages. They stop at a door labeled: VETERNARIAN.

GRISSOM
Have you requested an interpreter?

Brass opens the door. Lying on a large exam table is a heavily sedated gorilla.

BRASS
We couldn't find an interpreter
that spoke gorilla.

This twist surprises even Grissom.

SMASH CUT:

OPENING CREDITS.

FADE OUT.

END OF TEASER