CSI: Miami

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Man Down

Written by Ildly Modrovich
Directed by Karen Gaviola

Horatio and Delko comb a sea of parked cars searching for Clavo Cruz’s hostage, court stenographer Cathy Gibson.  Gunfire erupts.  A bullet lodges in Delko’s thigh.  Horatio dodges a storm of fire power while racing to Delko’s aid.  Another bullet slams into Delko ... this time entering his skull.  Horatio catches Delko’s slumping body with one hand while returning fire with the other.  Horatio blasts one of the shooters then feels for Delko’s pulse ... nothing.  Horatio orders Delko to hang on, even as the paramedics pronounce him dead.

 Dr. Joyce Carmel jams an Intracardiac needle into Delko’s chest.  Delko pops up, resurrected.  Wolfe and Calleigh discover gunpowder on parking lot security guard Stan Keeler’s white Lexus.  Calleigh tests Stan’s right hand for residue, clean.  Natalia combs Black Point Beach and finds an empty money bag, Clavo’s severed handcuffs and a wounded Cathy Gibson bound beneath a rowboat.  Cathy confesses to being Clavo’s accomplice -- not victim -- yet denies knowing his whereabouts.  Cathy is arrested.

 Horatio visits the Baracan Consulate and Clavo’s stepfather General Cruz.  Clavo bursts in, shoots the General and disappears.  General Cruz falls dead into Horatio’s arms.  Wolfe and Natalia discover one of Clavo’s uncut diamonds and trace it to blood diamond/arms dealers Audrey Van Der Mere and Joseph Trevi.  Horatio discovers that Joseph Trevi is Clavo’s real father.  Clavo arrives at Audrey’s to pick up his diamonds.  Horatio and Clavo shoot it out.  Horatio wins.  Clavo Cruz is dead. 

 Calleigh and Wolfe retest Stan Keller for gun powder residue.  This time they swab his left hand.  It’s a match.  Clavo’s henchman, security guard Stan Keller, is arrested for shooting Delko.  The CSI team stands at Delko’s hospital bedside as he asks for his dead sister Marisol.  Alexx explains that Delko’s head injury may cause him to suffer permanent memory loss.