Out Of The Sky - Recap

A man, Melvin, places his gun on another man's coffee table. He says
it's the one he used to smoke Little Pete. He wants him, as his
attorney, to hold it for him. Said attorney lives on the 43rd floor of
the building; he assumes that's why they are hearing helicopters. Melvin
fears it's the cops. His attorney tells him he can't hold the gun. He's
his lawyer, not an accomplice. The attorney assumes they're being
bugged, and starts talking for whoever is listening. As he picks up the
gun with a napkin, he tells Melvin he is compelled to turn it into the
authorities. While he's placing it in the safe, he tells Melvin to take
that thing (the gun) out of here.

Men on the roof are descending the building. The attorney's bodyguard
grabs both men, and tosses them in another room. The gun is dropped as
they go. Gunfire erupts, and the bodyguard goes down. Two men are
cleaning out the safe as Melvin watches. He grabs his gun and shoots
one, but the other opens fire on him with a machine gun and he goes down.

Don and Mac are at the scene. The attorney is Roland Carson. Melvin is
dead, and the bodyguard took a bullet in the stomach, and is in the
hospital. He's an ex-cop, working for the other side now. James Belson.

The thiefs got $5,000,000 in precious gems and jewelry that Carson was
holding for a client.

Lindsay works the crime site. She finds a pile of sand on the carpet.

Carson tells Mac that if he doesn't have those gems when the owner gets
back in town, they might be working his homicide next.

Lindsay shows Jo how infra-red LED's on the collar will make a criminals
face disappear behind a blob of light. Jo says that the robbers they're
looking for are well-funded, well-connected pros.

Danny shows up to see his old partner, James Belson. They catch up on
personal stuff, then discuss how things unfolded. He fills Danny in on
what happened, but says even if he knew why Melvin was there, he
couldn't tell him. Carson would fire him. He tells Danny that Carson
doubled his salary. Danny asks him to call if he thinks of anything else.

Don finds out where the helicopter came from. It was supposedly a
pleasure tour the three men were on, but they never returned. He asks
Danny about Belson; he never met him, but it's good to hear the bullet
didn't hit anything vital. Don asks why Belson went over to the dark
side, and Danny tells him it was simple bad luck. Working night shift,
felony car stop. They found a gun, nobody copped to owning it, so
everybody went in.

Danny thought he heard a clanking noise. Don went to check but didn't
see anything. When the next shift took the car out, they wound up with a
man in the back seat who sighted a gun under the front passenger seat.
James didn't find it, but it was there. Both cops were shot and
survived, but one spent a month in the hospital. James got put on
modified duties, and could tell that everybody was treating him
different. They didn't trust him anymore. So he resigned. Danny says if
they had just patted those guys down a little better, or if the gun had
fallen one inch in the other direction .... his whole life is different.

Don takes a call. They got the helicopter. He and Danny go head across
the bay and find the wounded robber, now dead. The LEDs are still
attached to his shirt. Since the other two men seemed unaware that they
were dropping money as they went, Danny follows it. The money stops at
tire tracks, and he makes impressions. Sheldon goes to work on the money
and other evidence from the scene. He finds a microchip in the stitching
of the bag they recovered. Adam says technically, it's a nanochip. Mac
wonders if the other bag was chipped, and if so, can they trace it? Adam
finds the signal, and it's right there, in their building.

The chip signal is emanating from a John Doe, victim of a mugging. It
was in the bottom of his shoe.

Jo flags down Mac, as she got a report from ballistics. The bullet that
was taken from the robber in the helicopter is a match to Melvin's gun.
He knew that would be the case. It also matched Little Pete, a rival
dealer that was killed two days ago. She says the dead robber's
fingerprints ID'd him as Logan Peele, heist man from California. When
Mac sees Peele's past accomplices, he says the kid in the morgue doesn't
fit.

Sheldon tells Sid that the only thing linking the kid to the robbery is
the nanochip they found in the bottom of his shoe. Aside from the
bullet-wound at close range in his forehead, he has a couple of
contusions on his face, but no defensive wounds on his hands. Sheldon
theorizes that maybe he was unable to defend himself, as it appears
there's a shallow knife wound on his neck. There appears to be something
in the knife wound. Sid removes it. It's cellular in nature. He wonders
why the boy was beaten, cut and shot. It seems to be overkill for a
simple mugging.

Lindsay walks into Mac's office. She asks what they wish for when they
wish upon a star, or an eyelash, or whatever. Jo wishes for her kids to
be alright, and happy. Lindsay says most people wish for money. Mac
wishes there was a point, here. Lindsay says she processed the John
Doe's clothing. She found what appeared to be splash patterns all over
his shirt and his pants. It looks like he made a wish, at a fountain. At
that moment, the second duffel bag fell out of the sky. That would
explain the torn belt they found in the helicopter. Somehow the chip
wound up in his shoe. The robbers tracked it, found and killed him, and
got their gems back.

Danny is working on the tire tracks. Adam asks about Jimmy Belson, and
Danny says he's coming along fine. Adam tells him that when he examined
the sand that Lindsay found, it had a trace of gunshot residue in it.
Danny is perplexed, since the sand wasn't anywhere near the gunfight.
The computer turns up a match on the tires; they're Supra Quadtreads.
Danny found some pollen in the treads that might help lead them to the
thieves. Adam notes that they have a lot of evidence, but not a lot of
answers.

Adam asks Danny what he'd do if he found millions of dollars of gems in
the street. He doesn't believe Danny would give them back; wouldn't he
keep some? Danny says why, would you? Adam says no, yeah; of course.
He'd give 'em back. Sheldon arrives with some news on what they found in
the neck mark on the John Doe. The cellular bit they found is likely
from the suspect's fingernails. Arnold Vonley. Don questions him. The
pen knife that he uses to clean under his nails is the same pen knife
that was held to the John Doe's throat. It was found in Vonley's pocket
when they picked him up. He claims no knowledge of the incident, but
when he sees the picture, he tells Don that the kid was alive when he
left him. He took his wallet and watch without knowing what was in the
bag. Don tells him how badly he screwed up by passing on the bag.

Don finds a young woman, Jenny Harper. She's come to report her
boyfriend as a missing person. He was coming to the precinct that
morning to turn in a bag that he'd found. His name is Heath Kirkfield.
Don asks her if she has a picture of him. She shows his picture on her
cell phone to Don, and he asks her to have a seat. She tried to call him
all morning. He never answered. She tried to tell herself he was fine,
but she knew. She got a message from his phone, but it's just some
noises. Don wants to have the call analyzed.

She fills him in on what happened when he brought the bag home. He
wanted to keep the stuff, but it was just talk, he was dreaming. She
pointed him in the right direction, according to Don. Jennifer thinks
her direction got him killed, but Don sets her straight. It was the
nanochip.

Adam says there's ambient sounds on the message, and Mac tells him to
clear those out and call him when he's got something.

Danny's pollen is comprised of 15 different varieties. None of them are
native to New York, and they all require a lot of care and handling.
There's only a few nurseries in New York that carry these varieties, and
one of them is a few miles from where they found the helicopter.

Danny and Don go to that nursery, and scope the cars in the lot. One of
them appears to have sand in its treads. Don orders them to put their
hands on the dash, twice. When they don't, he breaks the window and
finds two dead bodies in the vehicle. Those are the last two thieves,
the pilot and the gunman. Both were shot execution style. No sign of
the missing gems. Jo notes that they've been dead at least 12 hours.
Since Heath was killed eight hours ago, there is no way these two are
responsible for his death. So who are the two latest victims? Ted and
Paul Kendricks, brothers. They served two years on their last crime; the
attorney for the defense was Roland Carson. The brothers and Heath were
all shot with the same gun. The gun in question belongs to Roland Carson.

Mac goes in to question him. He shows Carson pictures of the dead men.
Carson asks if he should recognize them. Since they broke into his home
last night, AND they are former clients? Yeah. He probably should.
Carson suggests Mac ask them, but according to Mac, they're a little bit
dead right now. Killed with a handgun, registered to Carson. He claims
that he has clients coming into his place at all hours of the day and
night. Any one of them could have walked out with the gun. Mac suggests
that he's already planning his defense. He notes that Carson has yet to
deny his guilt.

Carson asks if he's going to get his phone call, and Mac puts his cell
phone on the table between them. Carson says he doesn't need an
attorney, but Mac will. Because if they come after him, he's going to
hit them with a head-spinning malicious prosecution suit. Before Mac
leaves, he reiterates that he still hasn't heard a denial.

Sheldon tells Danny that the bullet that took down his ex-partner. He
says that it's deformed in a way that isn't consistent with his
injuries. He wasn't wearing any body armor, was he? Danny says no way.
Sheldon wonders if Danny will talk if he finds out that Carson had him
shot to rob his own penthouse. Danny thinks yes, he will then tell them
what he knows.

Sheldon runs a test and is able to recreate the deformed bullet. He
tells Mac he thinks he know why they found gunshot residue in the sand
pile at Carson's penthouse. They used a sandbag to make it look like
Jimmy was wounded in the robbery. The bullet went through that before it
hit him. Mac points out that the best way to avoid suspicion is to
actually get wounded in the commission of the crime. Belson staged his
own shooting.

Danny arrives at the hospital, but Belson is already gone. He's been out
killing everybody so the gems would be his alone. He's going to need
medical attention soon, though. Mac tells him you never know what a man
is capable of. Adam runs up to tell them that Heath didn't leave a
message, but a message was left. He can't explain anymore; they need to
come and hear it for themselves. It's a voice asking him where 'it' is.
Apparently Heath didn't turn over all the jewels, and Belson knew it. He
took Heath's phone to get Heath's address and find whatever is missing.
Adam tracks the phone, it's on the move.

Jennifer reaches under her pillow and finds the ring that Heath left
there. Belson arrives, and knocks at the door. When she doesn't open it,
he points the gun through the door. Danny comes up behind him, with a
gun to his head. Belson won't lower the gun, and Danny will shoot him.
Don and other officers appear behind him. Jimmy has a pity party, and
Danny tells him none of that matters. Put the gun down, or he will shoot
him. Don arrests him. They walk him away, and Jennifer opens the door.
He lets her know everything is okay.

All the jewelry is admitted into evidence. Carson wants to take it to
return to his client, but Mac says sorry, no; it's evidence. Carson is a
persuasive guy, he just needs to persuade the owner not to kill him.
Carson asks if he can at least make sure it's all accounted for, and Mac
gives him the go-ahead. He notes that there's an heirloom ring missing,
worth a million at least. Mac tells him the jewels were all over the
place, and went through a lot of hands. It could be anywhere by now.
Carson says that's not good enough, and Mac says "Sue me."

At the fountain, Jennifer takes off the ring and tosses it in the water.

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