Kate visits Tony at work, Kevin and Randall attends a fundraiser for the hospital, Rebecca is left along after Jack and the boys go on a camping trip.
When the team are called to investigate human remains found in a convention centre owner's bathtub, Sara and Grissom use the case to get close to attorney Anson Wix's star forensic expert witness, just days before David Hodges' trial begins.
Givens takes himself off of desk duty to investigate a murder. Meanwhile, Ava takes over Boyd's business while he is in jail.
A young woman is found bludgeoned to death in the home of the prime suspect from a cold case 13 years earlier. As the team look for clues in the current murder, there are flashbacks to the original case.
Jake and Rosa find out that there is more to Lt Hawkins' team than meets the eye as they continue their search for a bank-robbing operation.