Sink or Swim (2 Mar. 2009)

Defense attorney Derek Powell's fiancée is killed during a yacht heist, but the investigation may be compromised when Delko's citizenship is questioned and he is threatened with deportation to Cuba.

Director:

Sam Hill

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
Jonathan Togo	...	Ryan Wolfe
Rex Linn	...	Detective Frank Tripp
Eva La Rue	...	Natalia Boa Vista (as Eva LaRue)
Megalyn Echikunwoke	...	Dr. Tara Price
Sofia Milos	...	Yelina Salas
Johnny Messner	...	Ken Vogel
Danneel Ackles	...	Abby Dawson (as Danneel Harris)
Mark Ivanir	...	Gregor Kasparov
Scott Klace	...	Paul Garland
Karen Austin	...	Judge Stets
Christopher Redman	...	Michael Travers
Michael Rodrick	...	Jack Ladner

Storyline

Miami star defense lawyer Derek Powell's yacht is attacked during a party, his partner Nadine Alcott is fatally shot. The stolen jewels are all found in the thief's speedboat, which is found with city contractor Ken Taber. Only Powell's notebook remains missing. It contains no major court case data, but a copy of Eric Delco's Cuban birth certificate. Horatio manages to plant a hit-woman and finds out that Russian mobster Gregor Kasparov has a contract on Eric's head. The team must solve opportunity and motives, including that of Eric's DNA-proved relative Alexander Sharova.

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Plot Keywords:

party | dna | father son relationship | false identity

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Release Date:

2 March 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hawthorne, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Did You Know?

Goofs

Although underwater assault rifles firing drag-stabilized projectiles do exist, it is impossible to aim a shot out of the water at a target on land (or, like here, on a boat). With a choppy sea surface, you probably couldn't even see the target, but if you could, you'd need to compensate your point of aim for the light refraction at the water's surface, the strongly curved trajectory of the projectile and possibly also for disturbance of the projectile when it leaves the water.

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Quotes

Eric Delko: [worried that he is a magnet for danger] Calleigh, I'm serious, I don't want anything to happen to you.
[She kisses him]
Calleigh Duquesne: C'mon. I have the safest house in Miami. Do you know how many guns I have?
[they walk off together]

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Soundtracks

"Right Round"
(uncredited)
Performed by Flo Rida featuring Ke$ha
Written by Flo Rida, Lukasz Gottwald, Allan Grigg, Justin Franks, Philip Lawrence, Peter Hernandez, Pete Burns, Steve Coy, Mike Percy, Tim Lever

User Reviews

"Diddy" Is Piddy-Ful

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is back once more which means the episode is not one of the best. He should forget about acting because he's clueless. Hopefully, this is the last us CSI-Miami fans will see of him. What's laughable is that he's playing the smartest defense attorney in Miami, and he sounds like a mentally-challenged person, to use the PC term.

The beginning of the episode is cool, though, especially when we learn later how a murder was executed. It's pretty clever.

A big part of this story, as it turns out, involves "Eric Delko" and his long-lost father, and the fact that the CSI investigator is on a "hit list." We also get the new love angle concerning Delko and "Calleigh Dusquense," which comes as kind of corny, considering they've been working together for years with no sparks flying until now?