Writer:	Jacqueline Hoyt
Director:	Alec Smight
Star:	Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle (episode 2+)),  William Petersen (Gil Grissom),  Paul Guilfoyle (Captain Jim Brass),  Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown),  Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows),  Louise Lombard (Sofia Curtis (episode 142+, recurring previously)),  George Eads (Nick Stokes),  Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders (episode 47+, recurring previously))
Recurring Role:	Paula Francis (Herself),  Terry Bozeman (Brad Lewis),  Larry Mitchell (Officer Mitchell),  Joseph Patrick Kelly (Officer Metcalf),  Wallace Langham (David Hodges),  Palmer Davis (Margaret Finn),  David Berman (David Phillips)
Guest Star:	Valerie Mikita (Stripper),  Clifton Powell (Terrance Crowley),  Drew Matthews (Eric Crowley),  Seth Peterson (Perry Haber),  Ridge Canipe (Lucas Hanson),  Betsy Brandt (Dawn Hanson),  Alan Tudyk (Carl Fisher),  David Ramsey (Gerald Crowley),  Brittany Ishibashi (Pizza Gal),  Paul Ganus (Police Officer),  Glenn Taranto (Bus Driver),  Ingrid Oliu (Female Passenger (as Ingrid Oliu-Ostrom))

International Airdates:
Denmark: December 15, 2006 on Kanal 5 (edit) Featured Music:
The Information by Beck
Sara's Song In The Lab With Greg. (edit)

Carl: Someone set fire to my house, I almost died! Why don't you ask me about that?
Brass: Okay, who would want to barbecue you? (edit) Grissom: Okay, Carl, tell me what happened.
Carl: Lucas and Jason had gotten into it with Jason's grandfather, he'd knock the boys around, they ran to Lucas' house but couldn't get in. So they came to me. I explained to them that hitting wasn't okay, I said that Jason needed to call his father and explain to him what was going on.
Grissom: Did you let them use your phone?
Carl: They were too upset. When the grandfather pushed Lucas, he hit his head, I gave him a couple of aspirin.
Grissom: Well, if he didn't wanna call his mother, why didn't you call?
Carl: I couldn't risk it. She might've turned me in.
Grissom: So instead, you took them from pizza?
Carl: I didn't touch him. I didn't wanna hurt 'em.
Grissom: You gave him liquor.
Carl: I stopped and bought some whiskey before we picked up the pizza, I was nervous about them being in the car with me, I didn't wanna go back to prison.
Grissom: And you wanted to get them drunk.
Carl: They-- they just wanted to try it. I gave them a taste.
Grissom: It was more than just a taste, Carl. Lucas' blood alcohol level was .16, that's twice the legal limit for an adult. Why didn't you take them home?
Carl: They didn't wanna go home, they wanted an adventure. (shows a flashback of them at the golf course) I promised them a dollar for every golf ball that they brought back, Lucas wasn't feeling well, so he stayed in the car with me.
Grissom: And you knew that Jason wanted money so he could go to Texas to see his dad, so you bribed him in order to be alone with Lucus.
Carl: I didn't molest him!
Grissom: Who took his shirt off?
Carl: He was hot.
Grissom: What were you going to do him once his shirt was off?
Carl: It was innocent, he wasn't feeling well. He laid his head in my lap, I touched his hair-- I didn't wanna, but-- I loved him. I loved Lucas and he loved me.
Grissom: Is that what you think? Then why didn't you help him? He told you that he hit his head, he was in pain, he had a concussion, Carl. You must've known that. I'm sure he was dizzy, had no appetite, maybe he was even slurring his words. But you didn't care about that because you wanted what you wanted. His brain was bleeding, now most kids don't die from that because someone who really loves them takes them to the hospital. But instead, you gave him alcohol and aspirin, a lethal combination for his head injury-- it prevented his blood from clotting. (pauses) You killed him, Carl. And you would've killed Jason too. Except he ran away from you and out of your reach.
Carl: You're not listening to me. I didn't wanna hurt anyone. I need you to believe me.
Grissom: I don't. You had choices, you made the wrong ones and now this little boy is gone. (edit) Warrick (talking about Lucas' tox report, it shows he was drunk, also shows he took aspirin): He probably took the aspirin after he hit his head.
Nick: I wonder who gave him that?
Warrick: Probably the same responsible adult that gave him the whiskey. (edit) Brass: Any luck with Carl Fisher?
Grissom: I don't know, he wants something from me, otherwise he wouldn't still be here. (edit) Carl (looking at pictures of pedophiles): But, these guys aren't killers.
Grissom: Who said the boys were dead?
Carl: They've been gone a long time. (Grissom gets a text message from Warrick saying "419 Child Found.") Bad news? (edit)

Goof: When Sara is showing the whiskey cap and the mushroom in the paper to Grissom, she is wearing white latex gloves. But when the camera does a close up, the person holding the whiskey cap and the tissue with the mushroom has black gloves. (edit) Grissom has a migraine, and lies down in a dark, quiet room. The last thing he would do is lay directly under a desk lamp - he would turn it off. (edit) Factual error: Carl Fisher's car, identified in the episode as a Mercury Marquis (with no year given), appears to be a circa 1986 Mercury Grand Marquis. Both came equipped with either an 18 or 20 gallon fuel capacity depending on trim level, not the 14 gallons that Greg says. (edit) Wallace Langham was billed as "Special Guest Star" with Alan Tudyk as "and" (edit) The Karl Fischer method is an analytical technique used for determining water content in volatile substances such as gasoline. Interesting how this relates to the pedophile Carl Fisher and how gasoline was used in the arson in this episode. (edit)

Sara: House may as well be made of gingerbread.

Sara is refering to the fairy tale of Hansel & Gretel. Lost in the forest, they find a house made of gingerbread, with sugar windows, which they begin to eat. The inhabitant of the house, an old woman, invites them in and prepares a feast for them. The woman however, is a witch who has built the house to entice children to her. (edit) Brass: Somebody get Ben Franklin out of here.

Ben Franklin, among other things, was a member of the Committee of Five, and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Ben Franklin is also on the 100 dollar bill. (edit) Hodges: Good job, Gashopper.

This quote is in allusion to the famous line spoken by Master Po in the 1970s TV show Kung Fu. (edit)