Valerie Pettiford

When a smuggler being detained by the CIA must be transferred quickly to a secure debriefing site, McCall works with Carter Griffin to ensure he arrives unharmed. Also, Dante deals with the possibility of his father being released from prison.

Ranger Trivette rekindles a relationship with his former flame, Angel, only to discover that she is now a professional killer-for-hire who has put him in grave danger.

When a cruise ship docked in Miami is the scene of a double homicide, the team must find the killer. The CSIs find that the long list of suspects includes a victim's wife who he met and married just seven days prior, her daughter, the ship's magician and the corrupt captain. However, the suspect list is narrowed down when the team discovers that a large sum of money was stolen from the safe in a victim's stateroom. Meanwhile, Horatio takes his relationship with Marisol to the next level.

Onboard a plane zooming through a war zone, the Sliders have seconds to slide when a missile destroys the tail of the plane. Quinn and Rembrandt are knocked unconscious. With the parachutes destroyed, Maggie opens the vortex outside the plane, and she and Colin, dragging the other two, leap into it. When they land in another world, Maggie quickly realizes that Quinn may be dying and sends Colin to find help. He reaches the city, finding it to be normal -- except that there are no gas-driven vehicles and everyone is armed.

Nora (Christina Ochoa) and Gallo (Matt Barr), with the secret still hanging over them, seek further information on the escaped prisoner from Somalia.