Directed by Danny Cannon
Written by Anthony E. Zuiker, Ann Donahue, & Carol Mendelsohn
A police chief turned casino security expert is found handcuffed and shot execution style in his mansion. His wife and daughter are unable to be located at first, until a girl matching the daughter's description turns up alive in Miami, where Catherine and Warrick are sent to collect evidence.
Tropes:
- Backdoor Pilot: This episode introduces the CSI: Miami cast.
- Serial Killer: Daimler targets couples and murders them.
- Serial Rapist: Daimler rapes the women in the couples he targets before killing them.
- Strange Cop in a Strange Land: Catherine and Warrick travel to Miami and assist Lt. Horatio Caine, head of the Miami-Dade PD's Crime Lab, in the pursuit of their suspect and the rescue of a kidnapped little girl.
- Terminology Title: Term for an investigation spreading past one department's legal territory into another's; in this case, across several state lines.
- Would Hurt a Child: Daimler tries to kill the police chief's young daughter, Sasha.
