CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series)

The Unusual Suspect (2006)

George Eads: CSI Nick Stokes

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• Sara Sidle : Do you have any physical evidence that would conclusively rule Hannah out as a suspect?

  Nick Stokes : Well... yeah. She's four-foot three and sixty-five pounds. The crime just required more strength than she's got.

  Catherine Willows : How old is she?

  Nick Stokes : 12.

  Warrick Brown : In high school?

  Nick Stokes : She's a high school senior. She skipped six grades. She's a prodigy.

  Sara Sidle : Which means that she has the brains for murder.

• Conrad Ecklie : [to Nick]  Good news is Judge Crawford denied the defense's motion to dismiss.

  Nick Stokes : Of course he did. She's just a mixed-up kid trying to protect her older brother. All the evidence points to Marlon.

  Conrad Ecklie : Yeah, and all the jury's going to remember is a little girl in a bloody shirt confessing to murder. That's reasonable doubt on a silver platter.

• Sara Sidle : I bet you really liked high school.

  Nick Stokes : Yeah. Playin' football, chasin' girls, books when I wanted to learn somethin', what's not to like?

• Mandy Webster : Twelve year old killer, huh?

  Nick Stokes : Starting to look that way.

  Mandy Webster : I bet that Grand Theft Auto had something to do with it.

  Nick Stokes : Mmm, I don't know, I don't think Hannah is the video game type.

  Mandy Webster : You never know. Between you and me, I actually think it's a ton of fun.

• David Hodges : Ah, teen lust. It's starts with some chemistry, mess around with some biology.

  [Nick and Sara give each other looks] 

  David Hodges : And once you have some experience under your belt then you introduce the physics. Apparently chivalry is not dead. The bloody fingerprint tested positive for nonoxynol spermicide.

  Nick Stokes : So much for the boyfriend.

  Sara Sidle : If we can't pin this on Hannah or Marlon, they could both walk.

  David Hodges : You could flip a coin.

• Sara Sidle : [reading what's on Hannah's dress]  Rainbow party?

  Nick Stokes : Yeah, it's a party game where the boys get the girls to wear different colored lipsticks while they have oral sex. The boy with the most colors wins. It's supposed to be trendy.

  Sara Sidle : So much for spin the bottle.

• Nick Stokes : [to Marlon]  You moved the body, you buried it.

  Marlon West : I know I did; I was there. What's the problem?

  Nick Stokes : Well, the problem is what happened in the locker room. I mean, you're not the kind of guy who puts sodium in a showerhead to get back at somebody. You just trip them in the hallway.

  Marlon West : So you think I'm too stupid to have done it. Great, join the club.

  Nick Stokes : I don't think you're stupid, Marlon; I didn't say you were stupid. But this is Hannah's game. The whole way.

• Nick Stokes : The evidence says either one of them could have done it, but I think they were in it together.

  A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair : Okay, I'll proceed against Marlon for the murder and bring charges against Hannah for conspiracy.

  Conrad Ecklie : Another trial? You sure you want to go through all this again?

  A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair : Stacy's parents and the community will have my ass if I don't.

  Sara Sidle : Well, then maybe this is good news. I was just going over Sofia's notes from the original investigation. The night of the murder, Hannah and Marlon's parents had left them alone in the house. A pizza was delivered to the residence around 9:00 PM.

  Nick Stokes : That's right around Stacy's TOD.

  A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair : So, did anybody talk to the delivery guy?

  Sara Sidle : Yes, and at the point that Sofia did, a month had passed. Now, the delivery guy's at the house all the time. He recognized photos of both kids, but he could not be sure which one answered the door that night.

  Nick Stokes : But one of them did answer the door.

  [Sara nods] 

  Nick Stokes : So that means they were not together at the time Stacy was killed.

  Conrad Ecklie : Yeah. So much for conspiracy. We're right back where we started.

  A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair : Where we are is in the crapper. Look, I have to disclose the cart. Defense is going to eat me alive.

  Nick Stokes : Marlon's your guy. He's your guy - just because Hannah wasn't there doesn't mean she didn't help plan this.

  A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair : Well, I sure hope it's Marlon, because he's the one we have on trial.

  Nick Stokes : I stand by the case we filed.

  Conrad Ecklie : I agree. The girl's just trying to protect him.

  A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair : Sara?

  Sara Sidle : This was more about brains than brawn. I think Hannah did it.

  Conrad Ecklie : Two out of three.

  A.D.A. Jeffrey Sinclair : In my world, that's called an acquittal.