Episode 609: Seven Feet Under -
Bug and Woody’s work is interrupted by a loud bang in the hallway. Switzer has just taken delivery of an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus and is chewing out the clumsy deliverymen. Turns out Kate’s also a forensic anthropologist, and she’s been charged with determining the cause of death of murdered mummy Naeema, daughter of Ramses II, thought to be Pharaoh in the time of Moses. Jordan researches risky brain surgery as treatment for her meningioma, prompting another dizzy spell. Garret interrupts with news that a corpse has been located in an open grave. Sensing something’s wrong with Jordan, Garret offers to make the pick-up. Seely’s already at the cemetery and has identified the victim as a female high school student, because of the class ring on her hand. When a cell phone rings, Garret locates it in her purse - it’s her Mom and Dad. The sixteen-year-old was on her own last night, since her parents just flew in from Martinique this morning. Seely gets snarky when her parents can’t come up with any of her friends’ names - don’t they know their own daughter? Garret tells him to stop judging until he has kids of his own. Meanwhile, Jordan and Val have started the autopsy. Looks like Cindy was strangled by a man that she knew and they can get DNA from his saliva, which was found on the corpse. Nigel finds Cindy’s sexy faceplayce.com page, splattered with photos of her two best friends, and allusions to their “dirty little secret.” Meanwhile, Kate quickly reaches the conclusion that Naeema was killed by her brother the prince, not a slave as previously thought. Bug and Woody notice that for the first time, Kate is referring to a corpse by name, rather than “it.” Results from an oral cavity test come back: this corpse has recent fillings and can’t possibly by Naeema. Is it homicide? Garret spies Jordan dropping her meds on the floor, and dares her to pick up the pills, but she can’t. When he pushes to know what’s wrong, she breaks down and shows him her brain scan. He’s concerned that she’s not getting proper treatment, but Jordan’s under the care of Dr. Sanchez. Garret tries to send her home, but she insists on meeting Seely and Cindy’s friends. Seely and Jordan quiz Cindy’s friend Melissa on her spicy faceplayce.com page, featuring a photo of Melissa standing next to her SUV. Crying and upset, Melissa denies any knowledge of Cindy’s “dirty little secret,” and seeks comfort in the arms of her father, Frank. Jordan looks sick, so Garret usurps her investigation of Cindy’s bedroom, where Seely finds a box filled with cash, and Nigel locates Cindy’s soft core website, shocking her parents. Kate describes the ancient ten-week embalming process to Woody, who’s eager to get the mummy’s prints. Hydrating the mummy, Kate reverts to calling her “it,” now that she’s just a case and no longer part of history. Woody’s frustrated by Kate’s pal, the curator of the museum, who’s only interested in retrieving his very expensive mummy, even though one of his employees is probably a murderer. The mummy is identified as Kimberly Wannamaker, an orphan vagrant. Kate informs that she died of hypothermia, so she’s no longer a homicide - their jobs are done. Jordan’s angry that Garret took her case, because she’s dealing with her situation, even if he doesn’t agree. Nigel interrupts with news that a local fan of Cindy’s popular website paid her $800 last night. Jordan moves to call Seely, but Garret hangs up, telling her to let him know when she’s ready to talk. In the interrogation room, Seely and Garret unite to berate web pervert Russell Gruden. He claims that he only met Cindy at the mall, and they didn’t do anything, because he thought she looked too young, not like the other girl. It was Melissa who told him about Cindy. Nigel determines that carpet fibers found inside the sheet wrapped around Cindy came from an SUV, just like Melissa’s. Kate overhears Woody and Bug wondering how she can be so cold. Woody stresses that Kimberly is not an “it,” then proceeds to cross check employee lists for the hospital where she died and the museum to come up with a link. Jordan insists on being present at Seely’s interrogation of Melissa. Her parents also attend and instruct her not to say anything. Seely comes down hard, but Jordan explains that they know Melissa didn’t kill Cindy, but she was there. Telling her parents that protecting Melissa won’t help, and keeping it inside will eat her alive, Jordan advises her to prove that she’s the grown-up she claims to be. Melissa confesses. She works part-time at a hotel, and provided rooms for Cindy’s exploits, but she never saw the man on the night in question. When she went to check on the room, she found Cindy dead. Too scared to call police, she wrapped Cindy in a sheet, stuck her in the SUV and dumped her in an open grave. Jordan, Seely and Nigel proceed to the hotel room with Melissa’s family, where they find a print and match it: the murderer is Melissa’s father, Frank. Woody lectures brother and sister Eric and Maria Bogosian instead of interrogating them. They desecrated Kimberly’s corpse for ten weeks of embalming, thinking no one would notice and it wouldn’t matter. Well, he noticed, and it does matter. Bug complains to Woody that Kate had Kimberly’s corpse boxed up and logged out before he could stop her. Some people just don’t get it. Still, Kate is the only person in attendance at Kimberly’s burial. Garret tells Jordan that he spoke to her doctor, who has recommended transnasal brain surgery. Jordan thinks it’s too risky; her symptoms could be the result of stress, and might disappear. Garret knows that Jordan knows that’s baloney. Furthermore, she’s working with chemicals linked to tumor growth. Jordan refuses to quit - then what is she supposed to do? Garret asks Jordan to let her friends help, but she angrily tells him to keep the matter confidential, and stay out of it.
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