For Gedda

For Gedda is the seventeenth episode and season finale of the eighth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It aired on May 15, 2008.

Plot

Mourners are gathered at a funeral, and two bodies fall out of the bottom of the coffin: one white man, and one black man. The team arrives, and investigate the scene. In the lab, Warrick visits Doc Robbins to ask about cause of death, and recognizes the corpse as a private investigator he hired. The PI was Lenny Harper, a former cop. Brass finds many complaints against him, but he's told by Undersheriff McKeen that he's a priority. Nick and Grissom then check out Harper's office, which has been recently cleaned, as has the victim's car. Back in Grissom's office, Warrick is having flashbacks to Lou Gedda's strip club and Joanna's death. He gets a call, which Hodges overhears, the abruptly leaves. Archie tells Nick what he's found on Harper's laptop: lots of audio recordings, including one of Warrick. Nick realizes that the PI was working for Warrick and he was spying on Gedda. Grissom and Nick think Gedda might have found out and killed the PI.

At Gedda's club, the police arrive, and arrest Warrick. Grissom arrives with Warrick is on his knees, and Gedda dead in the chair. Warrick tells Grissom he doesn't know what happened. Grissom tells him he needs a lawyer, and as Warrick is placed in the car, the CSIs arrive but are askled to leave as the day shift is handling the case. Ecklie checks Warrick's hands for gun shot residue and takes his clothes. Nick sees Hodges talking to IA, and tells Nick about the phone call. An IA officer (Wagenbach) interviews Warrick, and asks if he remembers hiring Harper. He does. Warrick says Gedda called him, but it came from an untraceable disposable cell phone. Wagenbach shows Warrick pictures of himself covered in blood, and asks Warrick what the evidence looks like. He says it looks like he did it. Grissom asks Ecklie for copies of his reports. Catherine goes to Warrick's apartment to get him a change of clothes, but Ecklie is examining it.

The autopsy finds that Gedda was bound and beaten at least an hour prior to death. A CSI reports they found chloroform in Gedda's blood, and Grissom orders Warrick's blood tested because chloroform can cause short term memory loss - but it's too late. Grissom finds voids on Warrick's blood-spattered shirt. Also the marks on Gedda's wrists don't match Warrick's cuffs, and Grissom believes Warrick was framed - if they solve the PI's murder they can find who killed Gedda. McKeen tries to get Warrick to take a deal. Grissom looks at police officers' prints found at the PI scene and at the mortuary. They present the evidence to McKeen and Wagenbach.

Grissom tells Warrick he was framed. He tells him about the mole but says Pritchard isn't in custody yet. He tells Warrick they'll drop the charges, but that Grissom and Ecklie are going to recommend he be suspended and demoted, but not fired. Later the team sits around at a diner and Warrick picks up the tab. Warrick returns to his car, and is met by McKeen, who seemingly wants to congratulate him in person. Warrick vows to get the one guy who's gotten away, and McKeen shoots him twice - to cover up his own complicity in the case, and revenge for the death of his ex-partner Harper. Warrick slumps over the steering wheel, with a bullet hole in his neck.

Note

During the filming of this episode, Gary Dourdan was arrested on drug charges. He was found asleep in his car at 5:14 AM, posted a $5,000 bail, and was back on the set filming later that day.

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