CSI:New York

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Consequences

Written by Pam Veasey
Directed by Rob Bailey
Starring Robert Joy

Mayhem erupts in the city when a paintball player is shot to death in what he thought was just a friendly game. When the team gets to the scene, a large warehouse, they find a bullet in the hovering parade balloon found inside the building. Guard Norman Baker alerted the CSIs of the murder. Flack notes blood and black powder smeared on the side of a crate next to the victim- Kym Tanaka. Stella interviews a crazy neighbor who said she heard no noise, but is waiting for the aliens to arrive. Danny and Stella realize that Kym and his arch nemesis Cyrus Menlo were competing for a national sponsorship. Lindsay confirms that the black powder is black cocaine. After a search, Lindsay tells Mac that all fifty kilos of black cocaine were confiscated at the scene in a raid six months ago and held in NYPD evidence; Flack oversaw the officers. Flack tells Mac he found everything while at the scene and that no drugs should be missing. Adam tells Danny that the rust traces found at the scene were compiled of molasses and bear blood. He also says that the trace contained Menlo’s blood. Stella finds an address for a Daryn Kramer on the box she recovered from the scene. Kramer says he flattened the box and put it by the dumpster. He says that a man bumped into him and black substance was transferred to the box. Hawkes notes that the bullet found in the balloon belongs to a police-issued gun. Meanwhile, Adam states that a rock found at the scene is a moon rock belonging to a Columbia researcher Trina Roubian; prints on the box match her DNA. After receiving a picture, Danny remembers that Trina was the crazy neighbor he interrogated earlier hiding under the alias of Verne Welke. When they enter her home they find Cyrus held captive in her bathroom. Verne kidnapped Cyrus because she thought he was an alien as he had green paint on him from a recent game. With Cyrus rescued and well, the team turns their attention to hunting down the dirty cop responsible for Tanaka’s death.

Meanwhile, Stella tells Mac that someone is stalking her. When they finally meet up with the stalker he turns out to be Mac’s deceased wife’s son. The young man was following Stella because he thought Stella might be his mother.