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Recap / CSINYS 08 E 11

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Directed by Vikki Williams

Written by Anthony E. Zuiker, Ann Donahue, Carol Mendelsohn & Bill Haynes


"Who's There?" is the 11th episode of Season 8 and the 173rd overall. It originally aired January 13, 2012.
A man is killed in a home invasion gone wrong. A business partner, then the victim's wife and daughter all become suspects. During the course of the investigation, Jo and Lindsay introduce Mac to the world of social media.

Tropes for the episode:

  • Asshole Victim: The man has been purposefully destroying his own company (and thus his daughter's future) just so his wife won't get much in their divorce.
  • Bound and Gagged: The couple are both gagged with and have their hands and feed bound with duct tape during the invasion.
  • Catfishing: The wife has set up a fake id to lure her husband into an online affair as a way of getting back at him.
  • Divorce Assets Conflict: The couple are at serious odds over who will get what in their settlement. The husband hides money in an overseas account and the wife retaliates by trying to frame him for having an affair.
  • Social Media Is Bad:
    • Invoked: The wife plans to use the online affair she instigates with her husband against him in their divorce.
    • Subverted: Jo and Lindsay set up an account for Mac. He is resistant at first, but leaves the page up anyway. He gets an unexpected "friend request" at the end of this episode (and is revealed to have accepted it in the next).
  • Wipe the Floor with You: The tied-up wife is drug from the living room to the bedroom by her feet during the invasion.
  • Writing Around Trademarks: Facebook is consistently referred to as "profile pages." (See the Compass Killer arc for the ONE exception to this in the entire series.)

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