.....because Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo) and his much better half Lindsay Monroe Messer (Anna Belknap) are about to experience another life-changing milestone in their incredible marriage. But first they, along with their favorite boss man Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise), lovable pathologist Sid Hammerback (Robert Joy), and fellow investigators Sheldon Hawkes (Harper Hill) and Adam Ross (A. J. Buckley) investigate the horrendous murder of a pickpocket who had fallen from Building 913's front balcony and landed on top of a taxicab. It's murder because this pickpocket was dressed like the late tycoon Arnold WENTWORTH who committed suicide way back in 1929 after Wall Street fell and he lost all his millions. Also taking part in the investigation are those two lovable NYPD detectives Don Flack (Eddie Cahill) and his partner Jamie Lovato (Natalie Martinez), and they are partners off-duty. About time Flack had some loving in his life. One of the suspects is out-of-town visitor Calvin George (Robert Baker), who had been ripped off by the late pickpocket. While that's going on, Jo Danville (Sela Ward) meets up with a young hucklebuck from Alabama named Grant Holliston (Johann Urb) who has her sister's heart beating in him; the poor guy had a debilitating heart condition until he underwent open-heart surgery and Jo's sister Leanne who had died in a car accident (thanks to a drunk driver) was listed as an organ donor. Danny and Adam return to the apartment building in question, and determine from the arterial spray that the killer was nearly the same height as the victim. It develops that Grant Hollister teaches physics at a university, so that means he's making a good living. And he just wanted to thank Jo in person. While back at the CSI laboratory, Lindsay is acting rather weirdly. Mac calls his lady love Christine Whitney to tell her she owes him ten bucks. Sheldon informs Mac that the murder weapon was a crudely-made shank made from a plastic coffee-cup lid. It suggests that the killer had done time behind bars and is out for revenge. Uh oh. And a recovered newspaper reveals that a convict named Macy Sullivan (Laura Vandervoort) had been jailed two years earlier and had since been paroled, and the name of the murdered pickpocket was Alex Henley (Moneer Yaquibi). Macy tries to flee the Big Apple, going so far as to change her hair style, but is busted by Don and Jamie at a downtown bus station. And the life-changing news for Danny and Lindsey is that a second baby is on the way! Their daughter Lucy is going to be a big sister! Lindsey had been throwing up twice, and taken four home pregnancy tests and all have been positive. Great ending to a great episode. I only wish CBS had not pulled the plug on a great show. What were they thinking?
Review of Nine Thirteen
