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This is a very powerful episode, guaranteed to raise most people's emotions. That's because, although the episode begins and ends with Warrick, the bulk of the show deals with another crime dealing with a tough topic: dog fighting.As one of the cops says in here to a bad guy, "There are two things juries don't like: people who abuse kids and people who abuse animals."In a nutshell, the ironic twist is that a woman who has just been named "Humanitarian of the Year" for her work with animals, turns out to be a promoter of dog fights herself and is one of the biggest abusers of the mutts. (Warning: some of the scenes in here - although faked - are not easy to watch.) This woman winds up murdered with her body found next to a road, along with many carcases of dogs. How all of this unravels is interesting and intense.Meanwhile, the show opens with Warricks's stripper friend "Candy" found dead in the CSI's vehicle outside the strip club. This is a continuation from last week's episode in which Brown was investigating a local mobster, "Lou Gedda" and was using the stripper to get information leading to an arrest of Gedda. The problem was Brown got a little too close to his "informant," spending a night with her, which doesn't make his case look good when the girl is found dead. CSI goes to work to prove Warrick was framed, which is his contention. However, he's also told the stay out of the case, but he keeps butting in. Finally, at the last scene, Gil has to suspend him for two weeks. It's either that or be fired. We also see a mole inside CSI informing Gedda of what just happened.Part Three of Warrick's case doesn't happen, however, until the final episode of the season. They kind of put it on hold until then as CSI covers other cases.Overall, this week's episode was one of the best of the season, thanks to a good job of handling a controversial subject. "Nick Stokes" (George Eads) is particularly good in this one. Then again, he usually is very good - definitely the steadiest and most reliable of all the CSI workers over the years.
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