Cyd Strittmatter

Booth and Brennan investigate the apparent suicide of a protester in Arlington National Cemetery. But Brennan and her team discover this was not suicide, it was murder, and the victim was a soldier who had served in Iraq, not a war protester as originally thought. Booth and Brennan pursue the murder investigation and interrogate the American soldiers the victim served with in Iraq. Their investigation leads to many unanswered questions about the victim's military unit in Iraq and the actions they took while on patrol there. As they uncover more information about the case, all clues point to a potential military cover-up. Meanwhile, Booth laments the horrors of war and his own shady past as a military sniper.

Van Pelt's actions are called into question and her position within the CBI is jeopardized when a witness is murdered while she is assigned to his protection. Eric Winter returns as FBI Agent Craig O'Laughlin, and Pruitt Taylor Vince returns as J.J. LaRoche, an investigator with the Professional Standards Unit.

The team investigates a body found in a car crash, the remains of which belong to a founder of a men’s rights organization who may have been the victim of domestic abuse. As Brennan learns more about the tenets of the victim’s organization, which claims middle-aged white men are oppressed and feminists are man-haters, Brennan uncharacteristically loses her cool during an interrogation and assaults the organization’s co-founder. Meanwhile, Angela and the team struggle to deal with Hodgins post-wheelchair bitterness and Booth is convinced Brennan is a jinx for the Philadelphia Flyers.

The CSIs report to an arson investigation and are treated to a chilling realization: the two victims were tied down and left to be burned alive.

One morning in San Francisco, an amazing thing happens. The Frisco Fly, a masked daredevil who climbs the city’s building while avoiding the police, falls during one of his stunts. Onlookers rush over to the fallen Fly, who turns out to be Monk’s bitter rival, and fellow patient of Dr. Kroger’s, Harold Krenshaw. Miraculously, Harold survived the accident and is rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile, Monk is with Capt. Stottlemeyer on a secluded stretch of road investigating a burned out car wreck. There’s a dead man behind the wheel and it looks like vehicular homicide... but Monk thinks the victim’s death was accidental and that someone who happened upon the scene set the car on fire. But why would someone do such a thing? Monk is soon confronted with an even more baffling question when he hears the news about Harold Krenshaw. How can Harold, who has more fears and phobias than Monk, be the Frisco Fly?