CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series)

The Accused Is Entitled (2002)

George Eads: CSI Nick Stokes

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• Nick Stokes : Beans and franks, this one's a man.

• Nick Stokes : This is total BS!

  Gil Grissom : Nick...

  Nick Stokes : There was blood on Havilin's hand!

  Gil Grissom : Nick, go get a soda.

• Greg Sanders : So, how does the victim's blood end up in the suspects mouth?

  Nick Stokes : Murder is a messy job my friend

• Catherine Willows : D.A. just got the call. Tom's manager hired Marjorie Westcott to defend him.

  Nick Stokes : Soundbite Westcott?

  Catherine Willows : Guilty, rich client, high-profile case it's right up her alley. Publicity for her new cable show.

  Gil Grissom : Forget about who's involved. We do this like we do any other case.

• Captain Jim Brass : [when Tonya's body is found]  Did, uh, Tom Haviland ever play a boxer? Girl's face looks like hamburger meat.

  Gil Grissom : Looks like uncontrollable rage to me.

  Nick Stokes : Grissom, you might want to come down here.

  Gil Grissom : Just say it, Nick.

  Nick Stokes : Beans and franks. Tonya's a man.

  Gil Grissom : Looks like that old Hollywood saying: "Never get caught with a dead girl or a live boy." So, let's see Tom's in bed with what he thinks are two girls. He reaches down on one, becomes very confused. Most guys would have just cleared the room and gargled with whiskey. But Movie Boy, who brags about doing his own stunts, couldn't take the thought of having a man in his bed, so he freaked out.

• Catherine Willows : [to Nick]  Remember, if you get stuck just maintain the same posture. If there's any adjustments, you're seen as squirming. It's going to make you look shifty.

  Nick Stokes : Thanks, Cath. You know, I've done this before.

  Catherine Willows : Well, I've done it longer.

• Nick Stokes : [Catherine waits outside the courtroom on the bench; Nick comes out]  Damn!

  Catherine Willows : What?

  Nick Stokes : Damn, damn, damn. I forgot to put case identifiers on my dice photos.

  Catherine Willows : Date, time and file number?

  Nick Stokes : Yeah.

  [Catherine doesn't say anything] 

  Nick Stokes : Don't look at me that way, okay? I wrote it down on the evidence envelope. I had to move fast. The casino manager wanted us out of there.

  Catherine Willows : The dice places Tom at the murder. Victim's blood mixed with his saliva.

• Nick Stokes : I was sweating bullets looking at those photos.

  Catherine Willows : Did the judge exclude the dice?

  Nick Stokes : No. No, just my credibility.

• Warrick Brown : Damn! Why didn't I see that coming? Gambling?

  Nick Stokes : Hey, we're all in Nevada. It's legal; don't worry about it.

  Warrick Brown : Legal doesn't matter in there. You know the judge is going to throw out our blood evidence, right?

  Nick Stokes : Truth is, it is compromised, Warrick.

  Warrick Brown : The blood is fine. It's their methods that are dirty.

• Casino Owner : Can the casino do anything to hurry this up, Mr. Stokes?

  Nick Stokes : I'm processing as fast as I can, sir. It would help if I had the dice used at this table.

  Casino Owner : We replace the dice every hour.

  Nick Stokes : I've got my work cut out for me then, don't I?

• Gil Grissom : Tom Haviland's attorneys are not waiving time.

  Nick Stokes : Are you serious?

  Sara Sidle : They're actually exercising their right to a speedy trial?

  Gil Grissom : No requests for continuances, no stall tactics. They're pushing for their day in court.

  Warrick Brown : Good defense attorney always does the last thing you expect.

  Catherine Willows : Yeah. What typically drags on for months has now been put on the fast track and the prelim is less than 72 hours.

  Greg Sanders : I'm only done processing half the evidence.

  Catherine Willows : You're going to have to call in help, because if the judge thinks that our evidence isn't strong enough to go to trial, he's going to dismiss the charges on Tom.

  Sara Sidle : Can't the D.A. drop the charges and we'll refile when we get our evidence together?

  Catherine Willows : Sure, but the odds are that Tom will relocate to Europe and pull a Polanski.

  Greg Sanders : And what's a Polanski?

  Gil Grissom : Get-out-of-jail-free card. One more thing: Westcott just added a forensic scientist to their roster. She wants him to examine every piece of evidence we have against Haviland.

  Nick Stokes : As soon as it's processed they'll get a copy of our report.

  Gil Grissom : They're entitled to see it as it's processed.

  Nick Stokes : I've never done a case where the defendant took advantage of that rule of discovery.

  Gil Grissom : Well, when you can't attack the evidence itself, you attack the method of gathering the evidence.

  Sara Sidle : So who's their guy?

  Gil Grissom : Dr. Phillip Gerard.

  Sara Sidle : Phillip Gerard? Your mentor is their forensic scientist?

  Gil Grissom : Yeah. Marjorie Westcott's a smart lawyer.

• Greg Sanders : [to Nick]  So, now you have to find it on the surveillance tape?

  Nick Stokes : If I want to present it to a jury, yeah. Nowadays, people expect a show.

  [hands the test results back to Greg] 

  Nick Stokes : I should've gone to film school.

• Nick Stokes : [as they are reviewing video surveillance]  Looks like Raymond was disposing of the bodies for your client. You think he ran out of time before he could move Kim's out?

  Dr. Phillip Gerard : Or Ray was disposing of them for himself. You've just supplied Tom Haviland with reasonable doubt.

  Nick Stokes : No. What I showed you on video is Ray in the casino during the time the murders were committed.

  Dr. Phillip Gerard : His zeal is clouding his judgment. It's not what did happen; it's what the jury will believe could have happened.