The skeletal remains of three people are found in the desert. Initially beetle evidence implies they had been dead at least a week but other factors contradict that. They bodies were identified as a lawyer, that Catherine had a connection with, and his two employees. Catherine had recommended the lawyer to a friend, who was trying to escape her dangerous husband. After analysis the beetles appear to be genetically altered. Catherine fears her friend could be dead until she makes contact with a location.
Catherine goes into hiding with D.B. after Mark Gabriel's hitmen try to kill her, but they soon come to the realization that Gabriel himself may not be calling the shots.
While the team tries to figure out a team of wedding bandits' next target before they strike again, Morgan pretends to be David's girlfriend to impress his mother.
The task of figuring out who shot and killed a pediatrician in a casino becomes more difficult when the team discovers that the killer is one of three identical triplets.
As the team investigates a drug-related triple homicide, they uncover a complex web of corruption in the sheriff's department that leads all the way back to a long-forgotten, unlikely source.
While Ecklie fights for his life after his shooting, Russell's patience begins to wear thin as the team tries to get to his kidnapped granddaughter before she is killed.
A female acquaintance of Greg is killed, and it appears to be related to an old Vegas legend about a mobster who murdered a musician back in the 1960s.
A reverend is found dead on former CSI detective Warrick Brown's grave, and the team discovers several connections between the case and Brown and his family.
A mass gravesite in the desert has an unlikely connection to an accused serial killer in Seattle from detective Findlay's past, but how far will she go to bring him to justice?
While working a foot patrol on the strip, the CSIs stumble on a murder victim, and a number of their suspects are already in police police custody on lesser charges.