Permanent Vacation (12 Nov. 2007)

A young man is shot to death in a hotel elevator, and the murder appears to have ties to a gang initiation. Meanwhile, every member of the victim's family is bent on exacting revenge on the shooter.

Director:

Eagle Egilsson

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), Ann Donahue (creator),

Stars:

David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
David Caruso	...	Lieutenant Horatio Caine
Emily Procter	...	Calleigh Duquesne
Adam Rodriguez	...	Eric Delko
Khandi Alexander	...	Dr. Alexx Woods
Jonathan Togo	...	Ryan Wolfe
Rex Linn	...	Sgt. Frank Tripp
Eva La Rue	...	Natalia Boa Vista
Leslie Hope	...	Denise Partney
Michael Welch	...	Shane Partney
Antonio Jaramillo	...	Mitch Pena
Jesse Garcia	...	Vasco Torres
Gabrielle Christian	...	Amy Hobbs
Dean Cain	...	Roger Partney
Andres Perez-Molina	...	Luis Mendoza
Wes Brown	...	Brian Partney

Storyline

Brian Partney (18), son of Canadian tourists Roger and Denise, is murdered by a shot in the face in the luxury hotel elevator while the family was leaving to catch their flight home. The bullet is missing, a black Cobra Familia gang shirt was left behind, with the key-card of Mitch Pena's room, facing the elevator. Father Partney has no idea why Brian took that elevator, nor how he or the kid's adoring younger brother Shane could have anything to do with a gang. New Yorkers Mitch Pena and his younger girl-friend Amy Hobbs claim they were on the beach, but earlier Amy had given the cutie her key; when the boy came over for frisky fun, Mitch barged in and just threw startled Brian out. The permanent web-cam in the elevator recorded only the killer's arm reaching near surprised Brian's head just before the shot, the green-lined sleeve is of a bloody uniform found in hotel laundry: that of bellman Luis Mendoza, on duty and living in Cobra territory, who has a day-job in construction and ...

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Plot Keywords:

kissing | love | father son relationship | infidelity

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 November 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hawthorne, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television, CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Horatio Caine: He is trying to tell us, and we're listening.

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Soundtracks

"Gimme More"
(uncredited)
Written by Keri Hilson, James Washington, Marcella Araica, Nate Hills
Performed by Britney Spears

User Reviews

An Unbelievable (literally) family

A Canadian family vacationing in Miami has one of its members shot to death in an elevator just prior to leaving their hotel. Who did it, and why? At first glance, it looks like a solid, loving family but.....the story turns out to be ludicrous of this family portrayal. Trust me: nobody would act and talk like these people. It made for the first dumb episode of the season. Well, I'm not complaining because the preceding seven episodes have all been entertaining and not stupid, like this one.

The victim's father is the first ridiculous family character shown. The victim was one of his two teenage boys. Almost every sentence the father said was outrageous, something nobody would say,along with his actions and inflections. It was just really annoying. The odd thing is, the man disappears the second half of the show. We never see him again.

Unforuntately, the remaining brother and mother remain. The brother winds up almost killing a suspect, seriously injuring him by sneaking him and clubbing him numerous times with a blunt instrument. When interrogated by CSI later, the boy wonders why he would be in trouble for doing so? "The guy didn't die, so what's the problem?" he asks.

You see what I mean? All of this gets really out of hand in the final few minutes, so much so I'm not even going to give it credence by mentioning it. Oh well, no show is perfect and every once in awhile we get a clunker.