William Petersen credited as playing...
CSI Dr. Gil Grissom
- Greg Sanders: [to Grissom] You know, most dogs have 42 teeth but, as you've discovered, your Cujo only has 41. Woof-woof.
- Gil Grissom: Did you ever hear a dog say "woof-woof," Greg?
- [Greg shrugs]
- Gil Grissom: I mean, what is the origin of that? And what do we sound like to them, I wonder.
- Greg Sanders: I don't know. Probably blah, blah, blah.
- Gil Grissom: [to Catherine] What are you doing?
- Catherine Willows: The carnival case. I'm taking it.
- Gil Grissom: The carnival case?
- Catherine Willows: A 6-year-old girl died on a ride at the carnival over on Washington. The paperwork's on your desk.
- [Grissom nods and glances at his office]
- Gil Grissom: Did you straighten up my office while you were in there?
- Catherine Willows: You think I overstepped?
- [Grissom shakes his head]
- Catherine Willows: These people come to town, they commit crimes and they leave. I just want to get there before the carnival moves on.
- Gil Grissom: Okay. Take Sara with you.
- Catherine Willows: She's meeting me there.
- Gil Grissom: Like David Crosby said, big fella: "If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of my teeth."
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: [about her dog] What makes you think that Simba had anything to do with that jogger's death?
- Gil Grissom: There have been complaints about your dog in the past.
- Detective Ray O'Riley: Your meter reader's singing soprano.
- Gil Grissom: [to Susan Hillridge] You said that you were a doctor. May I ask your specialty?
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: Nutrition. My patients are mostly professional athletes.
- Gil Grissom: Do you ever consult with amateur athletes? Like marathoners?
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: You mean like that jogger? What was his name?
- Gil Grissom: Terry Manning.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: Doesn't ring a bell. And I'm very good with names, Mr. Grissom.
- Gil Grissom: Simba's mold's still damp, but you can see it's a perfect match to the bite mark on the jogger.
- Nick Stokes: Does this mean Simba's going to the big dog pound in the sky?
- Gil Grissom: No. We need to build some more evidence.
- Gil Grissom: You're very organized, Dr. Hillridge. I imagine you're upset about your dog, having to put him down if it comes to that.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: I don't hold onto things. I accept the evolution of change. We live, we die, we replenish the earth.
- Gil Grissom: Man's best friend, but not yours, huh?
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: None of us gets out alive. I would think, in your job, you'd know that.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: Tell me, Mr. Grissom, how does a man choose death as his profession?
- Gil Grissom: It chose me, actually.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: Well, I guess one man's corpse is another man's candy.
- Warrick Brown: [about Susan Hillridge] She gives me the willies.
- Gil Grissom: We can't arrest her for that.
- Gil Grissom: [to Susan Hillridge] We found blood in your kitchen blender. The lab has matched it to the dead jogger.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: It had to happen eventually.
- Gil Grissom: Why?
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: You're the scientist. I should have thought you'd figured that out.
- Gil Grissom: I haven't.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: Think of the bugs, Grissom. Cycle of life. Angels versus insects. When we die, the fable we tell ourselves is we go toward a white light and angels. But you and I both know the hard reality is that insects arrive immediately and begin turning us back to earth.
- Gil Grissom: Yes, but the insects haven't killed anyone.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: No. But they'd die if they didn't have bodies to feed off of. And so will I.
- [Grissom looks at Susan]
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: Porphyria.
- Gil Grissom: The madness of King George.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: Or the Legend of the Vampire. Which makes it a real hard disease to have, but it's real for me.
- Gil Grissom: It's genetic.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: The only thing my father ever gave me. The first time it presented was after a minor sunburn. My lips receded. So did my gums. I increased my glucose intake and I was fine... for a while. I began a drug regimen, but they only treated the symptoms. I had my spleen removed because it absorbed my blood, but nothing helped. Lesions started forming on my face. That's when I bought my first dog. Bullets and poison leave residue in the blood. Dogs kill clean. Imagine what I'd look like by now without them.
- Gil Grissom: You could've tried intravenous hematin.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: Human blood is the richest source of heme.
- Gil Grissom: And so you extracted the organs with the most blood: the liver, the spleen, the heart.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: If you lock me up, I'll go mad.
- Gil Grissom: Unfortunately, a symptom of your condition, but you've been killing people, doctor.
- Dr. Susan Hillridge: I'll die in prison.
- Gil Grissom: Yes, but the people you'd be feeding off of will still be alive. Cycle of life.
- Al Robbins: Whoever removed this guy's organs knew how to handle one.
- Nick Stokes: So a dog killed him, then someone came along and cut him up.
- Gil Grissom: Someone with two legs and a medical degree.