CSI: Miami

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Rush

Written by Ildy Modrovich & Krystal Houghton
Directed by Sam Hill

Horatio and Tripp stand on a movie set looking at Hollywood superstar Brody Lassiter’s dead body as it hangs out of the trunk of a stunt car.  Eddie Corbett, Brody’s childhood friend and Lassiter family-appointed Brody-sitter rushes up and blames himself for not looking after the actor/party animal more closely.  

Stuntman Rod Vickers tells Delko he drove the stunt car and Brody to White Sands, the rehab center for the rich and famous where Brody was currently a resident, following a night of partying in which Brody remained perfectly sober.  Vickers says that Brody entered the building, then Vickers fell asleep in the car for a couple of hours.  Alexx and Wolfe discover that Brody was hanged before being put in the trunk.  Alexx rules out suicide after proving Brody tried to free himself from the rope while being strangled.  

 Horatio presents a search warrant to Peter Ashford, White Sands’ ultra-slick administrator.  Ashford wants to protect his celebrity cliental, but Horatio wants answers.  Natalia and Wolfe search Brody’s room and discover a groove in the ceiling rafter where the noose was positioned, along with a strand of hair belonging to tabloid princess Holly Reese, also a resident at the rehab center.  They also discover a tiny video camera positioned in the ceiling.  Holly admits to having sex with Brody in him room but not to killing him.  Ashford confesses to hiding cameras in his clients’ rooms for tabloid exploitation.  Delko questions rehab resident Jolene Kitt about the dental floss noose that was used to kill Brody.  Jolene tells Delko that she made the noose for herself in case she couldn’t hack rehab; it was stolen.  She also tells Delko that during the “confession” stage of recovery, Brody admitted to her that he killed someone.