CSI: Miami

Identity

Season 3, Episode 15, Aired 2/14/05

Episode Summary

When the CSIs find a woman swallowed whole and killed by a gigantic snake, they uncover a covert drug smuggling operation. Evidence leads Horatio and the team to a drug smuggling operation where large snakes are suspected of be being used to bring illegal drugs into the country to avoid detection by customs. However, when Horatio finds that Clavo Cruz, a nemesis of Horatio's who hides behind his diplomatic immunity, may be behind the operation, the team must find a legal way to put the criminal behind bars. Meanwhile, Wolfe must find the truth when two women each claim that they are the real victim of identity theft and the other is the culprit.moreless

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David Caruso

Lieutenant Horatio Caine
Khandi Alexander

Chief Medical Examiner Alexx Woods
Sofia Milos

Detective Yelina Salas (Episodes 49+, Recurring Previously)

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A roberry lead to a body found. The killer might not be a human... a reptile? How to find it? Then unexpectedly the purse found has two owners... who blamed each other for fraud. WHo is the real owner? and who put the snake in the scene?moreless

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By conanchibi, Oct 24, 2007 Report Abuse

Eric is so cool when trying to reveal the snake's hide out place. So big snake!! Eric said "apprehending the suspect" and I cant believe someone will check that big snake in! Another reptilian teeth found!! And the snake's stomach got something interesting... And then another familiar name pop up in the screen... Cruz... i hate that man... but well... not bad ending for him... disowned by his dad... wonder whether he gonna do some revenge on H or not...
I cant believe there could be identity theft that could be that similar... has everything... name, address, other id... have to be very careful when throwing trash which containing id.moreless

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just like csi miami

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By mskol30, Apr 16, 2007 Report Abuse

It was nice to watch because I work midnight shift and I watch weekend miami it comes on about 1am just something to do when I aam working to make the time go by THe truth is I like all of them I even watch them on demand everymorning i get off work

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By bankscountybabe, Jan 03, 2007 Report Abuse

An operation uses large snakes to smuggle drugs in the country. A woman is found with slime all over her. A python or a Boa ate her. He squeezed the life outta her. The snake was under a bed, but when Delko got it he was dead. Probably of a drug in his system. The tooth was a lizard tooth. A quarantine exemption means that anything can get past authorities. Snake overdosed on pills. Same place as the Cruz brothers. Male overdoses of unknown substance. Clavo was the dealer. That's not Clavo's real father. The mother didn't deny it though.moreless

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Weird and wonderful - death by snake! Plus a case of identity theft, but who stole who?

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By qstevie, Aug 21, 2006 Report Abuse

Not a classic by any means, but watchable.

A body is found in a cabana, covered in strange gunk. Turns out she's been digested by a large snake, which is subsequently discovered dead. The CSI storywriters are nothing if not daring, coming up with a fairly outrageous plot here!

The snake is actually a mule - used to transport drugs, and all roads lead to... Clavo Cruz, one of Horatio's targets who he could never put away because of diplomatic immunity.

Meanwhile a bag theft that led to the discovery of the body leads further to a case of identity theft - but it's not clear who is the thief and who is the real person. It's cleverly done, because it takes a while for the truth to out, and both women are very believable in their stories.

The outcome of both stories is satisfactory but awkward. Clavo and the DNA stuff is especially forced, even though it is good to see such an out an out egomaniac get his comeuppance.

The identity theft ending is a little obvious and I don't think it's too sad. It seems that greed was as much of a motive as the frameup. What I don't get is the way they can show the nailfile in the eye. Time was when that kind of scene was only for cert. 18 movies! Now we get some very convincing gore at primetime. I'm not complaining, I'm just surprised it's allowed. There's even the scene with him being stabbed in the eye!

So it's a good episode, but no classic.moreless

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But akwardly executed. Vendetta rules this episode

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By Malora, Nov 09, 2005 Report Abuse

This episode of CSI:Miami was interesting. Paternity and mistaken identity. The main story line of Clavo Cruse was done with little delicacy focusing on Horatio's drive to put him behind bars. It also showed the difference the truth can make when Clavos father revoked his immunity when he found he was not his son.

The other story line was slightly underplayed but highlighting the problems with todays legal system: Indentity Theft. In the end the poor woman who had her idenity taken became the criminal but was driven to it by the person who took her indenity. It seems unfair not to punish the thief or in some way punish her for ruining this womans life. It can be a fair conclusion that had the thief been punished the woman may not have killed her ex husband. The plight of the woman was understandable as well as what drove her to kill her husband. It was also a clever manipulation of the evidence that she planted to put blame on the thief. It seems unfair that the truth won out on this woman but also very true to life.

This episode showed a lot or Horatio's one man crusade against the wrong doers in this world but it also started to give Ryan a bit more screen time something he sorely needs. Eric seemed to be somewhat detached from the events in this episode though he was working with Horatio on this case but Horatios vendetta got focused on too much unlike in the of CSI's where the element of team work is much more prevelent.moreless

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- Goof: More on snakes -- the anaconda is the only snake large enough to swallow a small human; but only one exceeding a length of 25 feet. The large live python seen in the beginning of the episode might be able to ingest the arm of the dead victim, but certainly not the head. The animatronic/CGI/dummy seen later does resemble a boa but from the distance shown, it's hard to say for sure. As for the slime trail, anyone who has ever owned a snake knows they are anything but slimy. However, a slime-like substance can be seen on the rare occasions when they regurgitate. Edit
- Goof: When Clavo is arrested, we see the police officer handcuff him. When we cut to the wide shot, however, he is not cuffed. Edit
- Goof: The snake in this episode is obviously patterned after an anaconda, yet they identify it as a boa. Edit
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- International Episode Titles: Germany: Würgeschlange (Constrictor Snake) Czech Republic: Totožnost (Identity) Edit
- Original International Air Dates: Czech Republic: November 20, 2007 on TV Nova Greece: June 14, 2008 on SKAI Edit
- Music Club Foot - The music heard playing when Horatio goes to meet Clavo Cruz at the Pier collecting his new Lamborghini is the track 'Club Foot' by the band 'Kasabian'. Edit
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- (Alexx and Eric discover the snake they caught was packed with drugs inside) Eric: So our snake was a mule. Edit
- (Horatio and Eric question Clavo Cruz) Eric: A quarantine exemption makes it easy to pass anything past customs. Horatio: And by anything Mr. Delko means drugs. Edit
- Det. Tripp: A friend identified her as Tanya Furman from Chicago, here to celebrate her 21st birthday. Horatio: She won't have a 22nd, will she? Det. Tripp: Her friend said she came down to drink mojitos and catch some sun. Horatio: Well it looks like... something... caught her. Edit
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