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I wish I could have been at the writer's meeting where the story arc for this episode got pitched, because the more I thought about it, this is the only way that it could have gone (make sure you read it fast and act very excited):

"Okay, so this guy has sex with a hotel valet. Then the guy kills the valet but a woman driving by sees this happen. So the guy drives after her and runs her off the road. Crash, bang. Then the guy dumps the valet's body in the woman's trunk and he drives off. But the woman isn't dead. She wakes up only to find her ex-husband has stumbled upon the crash. He gets angry and beats her to death with the butt-end of a handgun. Everyone got that?"

To which I'm sure there was one collective, "Can you repeat that?" Now, mind you, I'm not talking down about this episode because I thought it was very good. I certainly didn't peg that guy in the SUV as the dead woman's ex. Of course, since the crimes were so good, not much was advanced in the ongoing plot department.

I mentioned in my post on CSI: NY last week that I'd like to see Det. Tripp get in a fist fight with Det. Flack from NYC. Well I've changed my stance on that a little. I'd like to see Tripp get in a fist fight with anybody. I think he'd be a much more engaging character if he was unpredictable to the point that you never knew if he was just going to go off on somebody. I just feel like he's starting to get way too mellow.

Next talking point? I love how there's a database for everything. Last night they used the "automotive paint index" and the "diamond index of America." What happens if they find a dead body with cereal dust all over him? Is there a cereal dust index? "Son of a bitch covered his body with the crumbs from a box of Cracklin' Oat Bran."

The most important revelation we got was some back story on Natalia. Years ago she was in an abusive relationship and her knowledge of an abused woman's coalition actually helped break the case Horatio was working on. But more importantly, it led you to believe that maybe she isn't the mole... and I thought she was. So who else could it be? I think my fist fight hopes for Tripp make a good argument for him. He's getting way too mellow; just walks around and asks questions. But he's always been that way right? Well, there are only 5 to 7 episodes left in this season depending on how long they stretch it. So I'm thinking that we're going to start getting a lot more info, and soon.