CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

"Things That Go Bump In The Night, Part 1"

TEASER

FADE IN:

EXT. LAS VEGAS (STOCK) - DAY

To establish.

EXT. LAS VEGAS STREETS - DAY

Ambulances and fire trucks arrive at a location already brimming with EMS vehicles and personnel.

INT. CENTENNIAL HILLS CLINIC - DAY

Bombs have been strategically placed throughout the clinic.

CRAIG TOOMEY stands in the lobby with his thumb resting on a trigger that will ignite the bombs. Toomey slowly turns to face...

DA HUFF (V.O.)
Mister Toomey entered the
Centennial Hills Clinic at 8 A.M.
on August 21st.

The clinic full of patients of all ages. Parents are trying to shield their children with their bodies. Women are crying. He stops, staring out the windows. Police, firefighters, paramedics are all waiting outside. Clear at the back, well out of harms way are GREG and NICK.

DA HUFF (V.O.) (CONT'D)
And at 8:20 A.M., that same morning,
Mister Toomey put to death forty
innocent people of all ages.

Toomey presses the trigger. The explosion lights up the lobby, fire races through the halls.

EXT. CENTENNIAL HILLS CLINIC - DAY

Everyone hits the ground as the building explodes.

DA HUFF (V.O.)
Mister Toomey lived long enough to
commit suicide in jail and escape
justice. But he left behind an
estate worth two million dollars.
We will prove that he did commit
this heinous crime, and that the
survivors of it deserve a share of
Mister Toomey's estate.

FADE TO:

INT. CIRCUIT COURT ROOM J - DAY

The atmosphere is tense. The room is packed, mostly uniformed firefighters, police, and paramedics. Nick sits in the front row wearing a suit. Greg is on the witness stand in a suit and tie. DA HUFF, a woman in her mid-forties, turns from addressing the jury to Greg.

DA HUFF
You were the second crime scene
investigator in charge of inspecting
the Centennial Hills Clinic after
the explosion, weren't you?

Greg's vibrating cell phone can barely be heard. His hand almost goes to it but he consciously presses it against the arm of the chair instead. The phone stops before the next question.

GREG
Yes.

DA HUFF
Did you find evidence that Craig
Toomey had detonated the bombs on
August 21st?

The phone starts vibrating again.

GREG
Yes. We found--

CATHERINE comes into the room, distracting Greg for a second. She is wearing her CSI vest, not dressed for court.

GREG (CONT'D)
We found DNA samples inside bomb
fragments that had not been
destroyed by the explosions.

She quietly makes her way to the row behind Nick and leans over his shoulder, whispering. Greg doesn't hear the next question:

DA HUFF
And what references did you use to
match the DNA from these fragments
to Craig Toomey?

Catherine nods, handing him a piece of paper. She makes eye contact with Greg and frowns at him before leaving.

DA HUFF (CONT'D)
Mister Sanders?

Greg focuses on her.

GREG
I'm sorry. Can you repeat the question?

SMASH CUT:

OPENING CREDITS.

FADE OUT.

END OF TEASER