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