CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015): Season 5, Episode 24 - Grave Danger (1) - full transcript

Previously on CSI: New York:

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Ah, Professor P.

Does the name Sebastian Diakos
mean anything to you?

Pleasure to meet you.

What about George Kolovos?

How can I be of assistance?

Those men should be in jail
for antiquity smuggling.

These men are ruthless.

Turn around
and you die!



Mac doesn't know. He already
asked me to stand down.

Communication's got a 911

from an unidentified
female caller.

When units responded,

they found
Sebastian Diakos murdered.

Let me take it.
I'm sorry, Stella.

What I said before
still stands.

I can't have you
investigating this.

I'm gonna handle
this one personally.

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Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.

You lied to me, Stella.
It wasn't my intent.

Then why didn't you tell me

you'd found
Sebastian Diakos dead?



I had to find out
from NYPD Communications.

I gave you a direct order

to leave the Diakos
investigation to me.

You chose to ignore it.

I made a decision, Mac,
and frankly,

I would make
the same decision again.

I got a tip that he was
on the move, so I took action.

What you did
was make it personal.

It is personal.
He tried to kill me.

You stepped way out of bounds
on this one and you know it.

You're a detective

and you make an anonymous call

alerting the police
to Diakos's apparent murder.

That's grounds
for suspension!

Or at least...
a desk assignment!

You have any idea of
the position you've put me in?

Oh, yes, I do.

You know what, I'm gonna
make this easier for you.

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Chelsea University's
Hellenic Club

put on plays in the park
every spring.

These gods and goddesses

stepped right out of
one tragedy into another.

Looks like we have
quite a few witnesses.

The audience
saw the whole thing,

only in silhouette.

First they thought it was
part of the performance.

And the only descriptions I'm
getting are "two dark figures

in a struggle
and a long sharp object. "

Any of the actors
recognize the vic?

No and no I.D.

C.O.D. looks
like exsanguination

from two apparent stab wounds.

You find the murder weapon?

Searching the area now.

You're looking for something
cylirical, one inch wide.

Annular wounds indicate
that the blade would be thickest

at the hilt.

We have an address.

Unfortunately, it's
not the victim's.

I don't know why my home address
was in his pocket.

You're here as a witness,
Stella. I need the truth.

You know the victim?

Let me rephrase that.

How do you know this guy?

His name is George Kolovos.

He was a consultant
with the Greek embassy

And he's Sebastian Diakos's
partner.

Mac, I know
how this looks.

You do?

You lied to me, Stella.

This is the case
you lied about.

Now, a man you claim is
the partner of Diakos

is found dead with your
home address in his pocket.

You owe me an explanation.

And something better than
what you're giving me here.

Look, Mac, I am just
as confused as you are.

This is not easy texplain.

Try.

All I know is that that vic,
George Kolovos,

should be in a Cypriot jail
right now.

Why is that?

In my attempt to prove
that Sebastian Diakos

was the one who attacked me...

...I learned that both he

and Kolovos were running
an antiquities smuggling ring.

The Cypriot government
was on the hunt for Kolovos,

so, I... I delivered him.

You do know
I have diplomatic immunity?

Wait.

Wait, where are you going?

Wait!

Come back here!

You let me
out of here!

Let me out!
He's all yours.

Let's make a deal!

I was told that he would
be arrested and detained.

How and when he got back
to New York, I don't know.

Why did he come back?

Revenge.

And the guy
who killed him

just might have
saved your life.

I recovered this fragment
from Mr. Kolovos.

I thought it was a piece
of the vic's bone

that might have chipped off
during the attack,

but I found no evidence

of a fracture.

In fact, this first injury

didn't sever any vital organs
or major arteries.

So it immobilized him,
but didn't kill him. Right.

He could have survived.

It was the second stab wound
that was fatal.

You can see it here
in the comparison

of our two stab wounds.

It took a lot of force
to go that deep.

Punctured the heart.

Although the wounds
are identical in circular shape

and come from
the same weapon, tissue

around the second wound
is irregular.

Indicating that the knife
penetrated all the way to the

hilt of the weapon, possibly
causing subdermal bruising?

Precisely.

The force of the fatal stabbing

left this bruising behind.

The ornate hilt of a knife.

That made

a deadly first impression.

Whoa, easy
there, Priapus.

You wouldn't want to
hurt a mere mortal.

Pria-who?

Priapus. The male god
of virility?

Oh, that's what I call him.

That's right, huh?

All right, well,
my personal weapon aside,

I managed

to piece together

and analyze several remnants
of the white substance

that Doc found at the scene.

It looks like our murder weapon
was concealed in plaster.

And it had an imprint.

Adam, you score
anything impressive?

As a matter of fact, uh, no.

The brown residue
that Hawkes collected

from the vic's shirt
just turned out

to be coffee grounds.

How's Lucy?

She's great.

Her first visit
to the lab is a big hit.

What, uh,

what's Blake
doing right now?

Oh, he's so good
with babies.

She adores him.

No, she doesn't
adore him.

The only man in her life is me.

Oh...

Hey, buddy!

Don't you have
some DNA to look at?

Wait out, Blake,
here comes daddy!

...beautiful
litle girl.

Looks like there's some sort
of engraving.

It's Greek lettering.

It's on several
of these raised points.

And see how the ornate hilt
of the knife is completed

by the bruise pattern
on the victim's back?

Oh, yeah.

This looks like
the other half

of the impression that Sid
got off Kolovos' body.

It's a perfect match.

Hey, Flack.

Hey.
Have you seen Angell?

S's out of town
for a few days.

Listen, when she gets back,

can you tell her I need
to talk to her about Kolovos?

Kolovos?

The Central Park vic?
Yeah.

Come here for a second.

Look, Jess didn't tell
me any of the details,

just that the two of you
were working on something,

but if this
involves her,

I'd like you to
tell me what it is

because I care
about her.

I know you do.

This isn't about Jess.

She's fine.

She was just
helping me out, Flack.

How?

It started
a couple of months ago,

when I was trying to find out
who tacked me.

I followed a trail and
uncovered a smuggling ring.

Sebastian Diakos
and George Kolovos

were part of it.

They were smuggling
Greek artifacts

and selling them in the U.S.

Is there anything
else I should know?

Anything I should do?

Tell Jess

that Kolovos is dead
and she should step back.

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I thought you were
no longer working

on the smuggling case.

It's a murder case now.

These are very dangerous men
you're asking about.

That's why I've come to you.

You know the antiquities
world betterhan anyone.

George Kolovos is dead.

It is a shame
someone had to die.

I put Kolovos
on a Cypriot registered ship

headed for Cyprus, and somehow
he ended up back here, dead,

with my home address
in his pocket.

Stella mou,
I warned you about how dangerous

those men were.

Let it go...

coreetsy mou.

You know, these men
you talk about- who are they?

Why would they want Kolovos dead

and how would they know
about me?

I don't know.

In order for him

to get back
into this country,

Kolovos had to know
someone powerful.

Someone connected
to the Cypriot government.

You have friends
in those circles.

You must have heard
other names

associated
to the smuggling ring.

No, no, nothing.

I'm so sorry, Stella.

I...

I wish I knew more.

It's okay, it's okay.

It's just that...

I think of you
as t man with all the answers.

Ah.

I'll never forget the
first time you came

to St. Basil's Academy.

It was your birthday.

Yes.

Ever since then, you've always
been my guardian angel.

yesyes I am.

Always.

And don't you forget that.

The bruising on our vic

and the ornate hilt
of the dagger combine

to form the golden star

of Vergina.

It was the symbol for the
ancient kingdom of Macedon.

What?

What are you doing here?

Where's Lucy?

She's in Ballistics
analyzing striae.

Look, I have been here

exactly two hours.

I'm leaving in 40 minutes.

I just wanted to fill in
a few blanks on the case.

You are paying me
to work part-time.

Besides, this lab
would fall apart without me.

Okay, according
to the translations I've read,

these symbols read
Aristotle, Homer,

Leonidas, Achilles,
Hercules, Dionysus,

Mieza, and Pella.

Now, Pella was the capital
of ancient Macedon and...

it was the birthplace of
Alexander the Great.

Now, as Greek legend goes,

these particular
engravings were located

on one
specific star.

It was used to decorate
an ornate dagger

crafted of
ivory and gold.

was apparently
the most valuable thing

to be buried
with Alexander the Great.

I guess it was going to prepare
him for battle in the afterlife.

Wait, you're not saying

that our murder weapon
is that dagger.

Lindsay...

the location of
Alexander's tomb is

one of the most famous
archeological mysteries of all time.

No one's ever found it.

If they had, we'd
know about it.

You guys are going
to want to see this.

Sid pulled this out of
our vic's stab wound.

Thought it might be bone.

I ran it through SEM.

It's ivory.

The shape is a match
to the dagger-

to the ivory
in the blade.

Explains how it ended up
inside the vic's wound.

And check this out.

I carbon-dated
the ivory

and it came back
to approximately 300 B.C.

That is a piece of history.

Ancient history.

So after a diaper change,
Lucy and I lifted

a partial print...

...and got a match.

To someone dead or alive?

This guy's breathing
and living in New York.

Hey.

What are youoing he, Stell?

It's personal; I should be
asking you that question.

I mean, this can't
be a coincidence.

Kosta Papakota

is a suspect in Kolovos' murder.

What?
That's insane.

If you know something,
Stella, you should tell us.

What I know is that the
professor has nothing to do

with this.

Actually, his
prints are

on the plaster cast
of our murder weapon, Stella,

and we got a positive match

to Chelsea University
instructor database.

So faculty advisor
at the Hellenic Club

could put him at the park.

This has got to be
some kind of a mistake.

Guys, I've known this man
since I was a kid.

He got me out of foster care.

He practically saved my life.

There is no way he's involved
in smuggling, let alone murder.

Okay, fine, let's go inside

and talk to him.

I'm sure he can
clear this all up.

Professor, it's Stella.

He's inside.

I mean, we just got
finished talking.

Professor!

NYPD! Open up!

Oh, come on, Flack, that's
not necessary. Stella, please.

Professor?

He's gone.

Don't like the looks of this.

He said he was on his way
to Florida to give a lecture.

Oh, yeah?

Any reason why he'd use the
back door instead of the front?

He took his passport.

This is an international code.

Stella, we lost him.

Stella.

Stell.

Looks like everybody's
in a hurry today.

Congratulations,
Stella.

Wh's this?
Open it.

From Greece.

I am proud of you,
Stella mou.

I love it.

Thank you so much.

In my attempt to prove
that Sebastian Diakos

was the one who attacked me,

I learned that both he
and Kolovos were running

an... an antiquities
smuggling ring.

What's going on, Stella?

After I deciphered the stamp
of authenticity

from the matte
behind the painting,

I ran an Internet search.

Found out
the painting was stolen

from an exhibit at the
Metropolitan Art Museum;

an exhibit
put together...

by Professor
Papakota in 1977.

We have any idea
how the painting

ended up in Stella's office?

You know,
Stella did mention once

that it was a gift,

but she didn't say
where she got it from.

My guess is Professor Papakota.

Yeah, but if she knew
it was stolen,

she would have never kept it.

Which might explain why
she and the painting

are both missing
right now.

There's got to
be a connection.

All right, well, speaking
of Greeks bearing gifts,

looks like our murder weapon was
also smuggled in from Greece.

Trace I lifted from the inside
of the plaster

containscalcium carbonate

and Prunus persica-
peach tree root-

indigenous to northern Greece.

Papakota's prints on
the plaster indicate

he could have
been involved

in smuggling the dagger here
from Greece.

What it doesn't do is
prove he murdered Kolovos.

Well, maybe this
cup you guys found

at Professor P's apartment
will help.

Now, the trace we found
on our vic's shirt

was dried Greek coffee grounds,
right?

Right.

What's one
of the main differences

between Greek and
American coffee?

It's not filtered.

The grounds actually sit
at the bottom of the coffee cup.

Exactly.

You only drink the top portion

of the coffee, leaving
your saliva in the grounds.

Along with your DNA.

Now, I compared the DNA
from the grounds

this cup

and the DNA on the grounds that
were found on our vic's shirt.

It's a perfect match.

It is the same person's DNA.

All right, well,
it's not looking too good

for Professor Papakota's tenure.

these samples

are a match
to each other, Danny.

What we have to prove is
a connection to the professor.

Hey, I checked
all the major airlines,

bus terminals, car
rental agencies.

So far, Professor
Papakota's in the wind.

But I did manage
to track down Stella.

After running her credit cards,
I found that her last purchase

was with an online
travel agency.

???

Do you speak English?

Uh... a little bit, yes.

My name is Stella Bonasera.

I am Tasso.

Tasso... of course.

You're Professor Papakota's
brother.

I've heard
so much about you.

I'm... I'm a friend

of Kosta's.
I'm so sorry.

I, uh... I... I just
finish the garden.

Uh, yes.

My brother, he's not here.

He lives in Ameriki.

Uh, Nea Yorki... uh, New York.

Yes, yes, I know.

Uh, I believe he's now here

in Thessaloniki, and I must

speak with him.

Please tell me he is okay, yes?

Yes, I... I think he is fine.

If you've heard from him,
it's important that you tell me.

Uh, no, he, uh... no, no,
I have heard nothing.

Uh, no.

Okay, well, if you do,

please tell him that I'm staying
at the Hotel Drakos.

Of course.

Na isseh Kala.

Efxaristo, Yasas.

Professor!

Professor, wait!

Professor?

I can confirm the man
second on the left

is Kosta Papakota,

head of the 1977
restoration project.

That woman over there
looks very much

like this woman
in your photograph.

Mac?

Hi.

hi

Stella, this is,
uh, Areti Moungri

of the museum;
Christos Temmas

of the Greek Intelligence
Authority.

I came here straight
from theirport.

Why don't you tell them,
uh, why we're here?

About the artwork.

Oh, right.

Um... uh...

I believe this belongs
to your country.

Detective Taylor
mentioned

you were in possession
of the Medusa.

And although
I am very happy

it has returned home,
I must ask how you came

to possess
in the first place.

It was a gift from someone
I thought was a friend.

As I mentioned,
Detective Bonasera

had no idea the gift
was stolen property.

Now that she's here
and she knows,

she's going
to return it.

I can vouch for her-
we've worked together

for over ten years.
I appreciate this,

Detective Taylor, but protocol
demands we ask the questions.

Of course.

If you'll excuse me,

I will take this
for safekeeping.

Tha tous afisis
na figouneh?

Min stenahoryeseh,
tha tous akoloutheesoume.

Kala... oti nomizis.

Now... you are free to leave
the museum, Miss Bonasera.

However, you cannot depart
from the country

until we have
had a chance

to fully investigate
your claim.

In regards

to your murder investigation,
Detective...

I'm completely prepared
to work with you

and Thessaloniki
law enforcement.

I am glad to hear that.

You have been authorized
to carry a weapon.

Obviously,
I would prefer

if you do not use it.

I will phone you.

Thank you.

They didn't just let us go.

Temmas told Areti
we'd be followed.

I assumed as much.

Stella, we think the
dagger that was used

to kill Kolovos
was originally

from the lost tomb of
Alexander the Great.

That's impossible.

Well, there's evidence
to suggest it.

The chemical
makeup of the soil

that we found on the
plaster cast is indigenous

to this part of Greece.

So... Diakos, Kolovos
and the professor

may have discovered
the lost tomb of Alexander

somewhere here
in Thessaloniki.

That's where the
evidence points.

Mac, I know I was wrong
to keep investigating the case

after you told me
to step down.

I'm sorry that I made it
difficult for you

and for the department.

This isn't about my
job or the department.

It was difficult
because I care about you.

Thank you.

I know this is
personal for you.

I understand that now.

I found trace

of the Ancient Macedon Museum's

stamp of authenticity
on the painting.

I did some digging
into the museum

and Professor P.

Who's the woman in this photo?

I think it might be your mother.

Although they don't
identify her.

I did some research.

She was a restoration artist
from Naoussa, Gree.

She came to New York

with an art
exhibit in 1977.

She brought her two-year-old
daughter with her on the trip.

A few days after
the exhibit,

there was a
traffic accident.

She was killed instantly.

Professor said
he didn't knew my mother.

I mean... if this is her,
why didn'he ever tell me?

It's tough for me

to tell you now.

Can't imagine
telling a young girl.

Do you really think that...

Ever since then,

you've always been my...
guardian angel.

He's not a murderer, Mac.

Look, I know that's
w you feel,

but the DNA doesn't
lie, Stella.

A coffee cup
was recovered

from the professor's
apartment.

The DNA and the coffee
grounds from the cup

match the trace we found
on ouric's shirt.

We're trying to confirm a
match to the professor.

You don't have to.

He wasn't alone.

Well, you can't be sure of that.

Come on, don't let your emotions
cloud your judgment.

No, no.

No, Mac, I...

The coffee cup
from his apartment, I...

I remember it.

Don't like the looks of this.

It was turned upside down.

You don't ever turn over
a Greek coffee cup

unless you're going
to read the grounds.

It's a type
of fortune-telling, and...

and you never read your own.

The professor
must have been reading

someone else's grounds.

Mac, send Danny back
to the professor's apartment

to find evidence to prove it.

If I'm right about this...

someone else
was in his apartment,

and the DNA you found
wasn't the professor's.

Taylor.

So, Stella was right.

Professor P
is not our killer.

Nope, Lindsay compared
the reference sample she pulled

from his apartment to the DNA
we found on our vic.

It's not his dnA,

but it is a filial matchto the professor

Professor P must have
a brother.

He's the one
who was drinking coffee.

Yes, and the one
who killed Kolovos.

Stella?

Freeze!

He knew you were
closing in on him.

This is why
he came after you.

Papakota?

Astinomos.

Anixete tin borta.

Ola kathara.

All clear.

Our murder weapon
was concealed in plaster.

The items here seem
to be consistent with

our findings
in the U.S.

This is hard to understand.

Greed is a powerful motive.

It wasn't just greed.

It was disappointment,
and ultimately, revenge.

The Papakotas lost their land.

My family once owned
a beautiful peach farm.

But one day,
my fher

found a marble foot.

A marble foot?

It was part
of a beautiful ancient ruin.

My family did
the honorable thing and let

the government take the land
in exchange for a stipend.

But that money
did not last long,

and when we found oursels
in need...

...there was no place

for us to tu.

They blamed

the government
for ruining their lives.

And chose to plunder
your country's riches.

We appreciate all the
information that you have shared

with us, Detective, but this
is our investigation now.

I'm so sorry.

I, uh, I... I just
finish the garden.

I didn't come
all the way

to Greece to turn

this murder investigation
over to you.

It's okay, Mac.

It looks like

Detective Temmas has
everything under control.

When I first met Tasso,

he said he'd been
working in the garden.

And he was wearing
one of these.

Not a lot of gardens
in the city.

I didn't notice
one at the house.

Exactly.

Tasso wasn't just
digging for geraniums.

We need to share this
lead with Temmas.

Look, Mac...
I don't have my badge.

I'm not here in Greece
on official business.

I'm here
to get answers.

Answers to questions
that I don't believe

Temmas would be
willing to ask.

I would never expect you
to do anything illegal

or disregard protocol.

I just... I want time to find
the professor before Temmas.

Mac, this is
my only chance

to learn the truth
about who I am.

See these white crystals?
Mm-hmm.

Trace I lifted from the inside
of the plaster contains

calcium carbonate
and Prunus persica-

peach tree root-
indigenous to northern Greece.

If that trace in the soil
is calcium carbonate,

we just might be closer
to catching Tasso.

All the world's a lab.

The water in
the fountain

contains dilute
hydrochloric acid.

That should be enough
to get us started.

Now all we need
is a heat source.

Pure platinum.

Perfect catalyst
and a perfect sample holder.

Not exactly what I had in mind
when I bought them.

Brick red flame.

We've got calcium carbonate.

Same compound Danny found
in the soil

from the
murder weapon.

Calcium carbonate
is the primary ingredient

in a pesticide called asvestis.

It was as toxic to humans
as it was to bugs.

Then the Greek government

would've takent
off the market.

Only it looks like someone here
is still using it.

There are a lot of farms
in Northern Greece.

There sure are.

And here we go.

Got an article written
a year ago.

Local peach farmer was fined

for using
the asvestis pesticide.

They give a name?

No.

No, but it was discovered
when a tourist

ate a piece of tainted fruit
while visiting the farm.

It's adjacent
to the Agia Maria National Park.

That's about 30 minutes
from here.

If we find that farm,

we might just find the professor
and his brother.

If they know we're on to them,

they'll go back

to the location
where they found the dagger

for one last score.

This has got to be the orchard
where they use the pesticide.

You all right?
Yeah.

Stay here.

Perimena.

Wait.

Professor!

Stop it!

All these years...

I looked up to you.

I believed in you.

And you were nothing.
Nothing but a thief.

We lost everything
when we gave up our land.

You didn't just

steal artifacts
from your country.

u stole from me.

You knew my mother.

You knew her.

You knew who she was.

And you never told me.

Signomi... Koritsi mou,
I am so sorry.

Your mother...

I met her here...???

She was so beautiful,
so talented.

The painting I gave you was
the last thing she worked on.

I wanted you to have a part
of her with you always.

But, Kosta, you stole it.

Drop your weapon!

Professor...!

Drop it!

Stella, you are okay? Okay?

Oh, no.

I was going
to put them all back.

You do it.

Give... Put them back.

Tasso has gone
too far.

No one knows.

I loved your mother.

No...

No... No...

Oh, Mac.

Tasso Papakota
was responsible

for the murder of
George Kolovos.

He was there that night
in Central Park.

It is magnificent.

Are you sure
it's authentic?

What?

You think
we would lie to you?

How dare you question us!

You are the one
to ruin everything.

You exposed us all when
you killed Diakos.

And I could just
as easily kill you, old man.

Tasso saved his brother's
life in Central Park.

Today, he took it.

Thank you again
for your efforts, Detectives.

We are now
in the process

of relocating all
the stolen artifacts

from the Papakota home
to the museums.

Once we close the case

back in New York,
you can rest assured

that whatever artifacts
we recover

will be sent back, as well.

You are Greek?

Malista.

Kai emeh Naoussea.

I was born here.

Just a... a hole in the ground,

with some dirt, a few stones.

I tossed the artifacts
and the dagger inside.

I- I... I don't think
I even heard them land.

What happenswhen someone else
digs up those treasures?

That's up to the Greek
government, not me.

I'm really good at this.

Are you ready?

I'm as ready as I'll ever be.

Okay, let's see here.

Your psixi has a shadow.

My what?

Your psixi. Your soul.

See, the-the bottom
of the cup tells me

how you're feeli today.

And when you have a problem,
it weighs heavy on your soul.

So I have a problem?

Yes, and...
well, it involves a woman.

See, this woman...

seems as though you have
something that belongs to her.

This item is gold

and is worth far more

in honor than fortune.

You know,
I don't need coffee grounds

to see how lucky I am
to have you in my life, Mac.

Okay, okay, what do you...
what do you got in here?

See, there you go.

See that right there?
That's an "S."

That would be Stella,
the woman in your life

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.