Permanent Vacation 

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 (created by), Ann Donahue (created by)

Stars:

David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
David Caruso	...	Horatio Caine
Emily Procter	...	Calleigh Duquesne
Adam Rodriguez	...	Eric Delko
Khandi Alexander	...	Alexx Woods
Jonathan Togo	...	Ryan Wolfe
Rex Linn	...	Frank Tripp
Eva LaRue	...	Natalia Boa Vista (as Eva La Rue)
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:

romance episode | kiss | 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

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

As the first on the scene, Natalia should have made sure there was a clear path to the body, or cleared one for CSI's and ME to get to and from the body, but she did no such thing.

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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

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