The CSI team investigates when a body is dug up in the luau pit of a Hawaiian-themed hotel. Also, Internal Affairs begins to question Grissom and Sara's return to the crime lab.
An abandoned horse covered in blood leads the CSI team to a halfway house for convicted murderers. Also, Grissom and Sara begin to circle their prime suspect in the David Hodges case.
When the CSIs are called to investigate human remains found in a convention center 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.
When David Hodges goes missing, the entire CSI team searches for any piece of evidence that can help locate him, clear his name and save the reputation of the entire crime lab.
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.