CSI: Miami (TV Series)

Golden Parachute (2002)

David Caruso: CSI Lieutenant Horatio 'H' Caine

Quotes 

• [Horatio & Calleigh look at the wreckage] 

  Calleigh Duquesne : Is it as bad as it looks?

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : It's actually worse than it looks.

• Lieutenant Horatio Caine : But that's not what brought the plane down.

  Eric Delko : No... mmm... actually the shoe hit the fan, I found a piece of leather in the N°2 engine.

  Megan Donner : [Megan cuts into their conversation]  Let me guess, red suede $450 a pair, right?

• Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Calleigh, the bullet?

  Calleigh Duquesne : There was no bullet.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Well how did the pilot get shot?

  Calleigh Duquesne : He didn't.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : [a close up of a rivet loosening appears. The pressure fires it through the cockpit where it hits the pilot]  A rivet runs through it.

• Dr. Alexx Woods : [Alexx is going over the bodies]  How are we doing on survivors?

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Not good. How many have you got in here?

  Dr. Alexx Woods : Four or five, depending on what pieces match.

• Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Listen, I am sorry for the way things turned out for you, but I did not ask for this job.

  Megan Donner : I know.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Anytime you want to take it back, let me know.

  Megan Donner : That's not my call, either.

• Megan Donner : [with Speed]  This is a level two biohazard site. We should be taking precautions.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : [cut to him and Calleigh]  All search personnel should have Tyvexx overalls on, double gloves, masks, and decontamination after every shift.

  Megan Donner : Everyone doses up on antibiotics. The water's full of blood-borne pathogens and bacteria from body decomp, not to mention 6,000 pounds of Jet-A fuel.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : No shift should last more than 20 minutes. No food or water on site.

  Megan Donner : They won't be able to eat out there. Spray from the airboat props will cause contamination.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : We're treating this as a crime scene, which means no object too small. Any doubts, bag it and tag it.

• Megan Donner : You thinking bomb?

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Well, the jury's still out. Welcome back, Megan. Why do you ask?

  Megan Donner : You're the expert.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Well, no gas washing, no pitting, no thinning of metal, no thermal effect. We still have to swab for RDX, PETN, but I think we'll know more when the evidence comes in.

  Megan Donner : NTSB told us to hold off on recovery.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Yeah, but they're not here yet, are they?

  Megan Donner : Horatio, we've been through this before.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : ValuJet in '96; I recall it well.

  Megan Donner : Then I don't need to remind you that feds have jurisdiction over any air crash. They deputize local agencies. We're working for them.

• Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Take a look at this.

  Calleigh Duquesne : [inspecting an entry wound]  Looks like a medium caliber. Maybe a .32 or a .38.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : And the bullet may still be lodged in the fuselage. Do you think we could find it?

  Calleigh Duquesne : Does Elvis wear a white jumpsuit?

• Calleigh Duquesne : What have you got?

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Nothing. Not a pen, not a piece of paper, not a paper clip, nothing. Who travels with an empty briefcase? That's odd, right?

• Lieutenant Horatio Caine : The Everglades is a slow-moving river with a current that travels about four feet per hour.

  Megan Donner : I know. The crash site is degrading while we're standing here. We're losing evidence.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Four feet per hour. We need to start processing right now.

  Megan Donner : That's not your call, or mine.

• [first lines] 

  [Horatio & Eric arrive upon the scene of an airplane crash] 

  Eric Delko : [to phone]  Flight 906, outbound Miami to D.C. Dropped off the radar at 0820, crashed right after takeoff.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : How many on board?

  Eric Delko : [to Horatio]  NTSB confirms 2 pilots, 6 passengers - total of 8 souls.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : 8 souls unaccounted for, OK.

• [Eric pumps on a man's chest trying to reanimate him] 

  Eric Delko : Come on, breathe!

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : Eric. Eric! He's gone.

  Eric Delko : I lost him.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : It happens.

  Eric Delko : He could have told us something.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : We don't need him to.

  Lieutenant Horatio Caine : [looks around]  We've got the whole story right here.