Episode 109
Seven Feet Under (03-21-07)

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Play by Play Synopsis:

Teaser:  We open with the Bangles song of "Walk Like an Egyptian" and Woody and Bug walking down the hallway of the morgue.  Woody is holding a prosthetic leg asking Bug to confirm that it is the murder weapon on the case they are working on.  Bug confirms that the wife's handprints are all over the ankle and the husbands brain are all over the shin, so he is pretty confident it was the murder weapon.  They hear something fall in the room next door and then hear Kate yelling at somebody.  They go into the room and find a guy delivering a huge box of something, and he has dropped one of the sides.  Bug asks what is in the box, but Kate says it is a who and pulls off the sheet to show that there is a mummy inside.  Woody jokes and asks her if she has run out of fresh bodies and needs some freshening up.  Kate does not laugh and just tells them that she has been asked to find out how she died and who is responsible.  Woody jokes again and says that Kate is like "Indiana Switzer," but Kate just stays on task and explains how she has helped with things like this before. 

Jordan is sitting in her office researching on the computer and her cell phone is ringing.  She does not answer and continues her research on meningiomas, learning about causes, symptoms and treatments.  As she is looking at her computer her vision turns blurry.  She opens her desk drawer and takes a pill from a prescription bottle.  Jordan goes back to work, but her vision is still blurry.  Garret then comes in her office and asks if she is avoiding him.  Apparently it was him who called on her cell.  Jordan claims that she is just busy.  Garret then tells Jordan he has a body in a cemetery that has been dumped in an open grave.  He hands her a piece of paper with the address on it, and Jordan just stares at it for a moment.  Garret notices something is off and asks her what is going on.  Jordan says she is a day behind on an autopsy, and still has four other cases she needs to close on.  Garret says his case load is open and he can make the pick up for her.  Jordan takes him up on it and tells him she should be caught up by lunch. 

Garret arrives at the cemetery and his favorite cop Seely is waiting for him.  Neither of them are too excited about having to work with the other, but they get right to business.  Seely tells Garret that the cemetery grounds keeper found her, a girl buried in an empty grave.  Garret climbs down the ladder to the body so he can examine it.  He brushes away some of the dirt and finds the girls face.  She is only sixteen years old.  Then a cell phone starts ringing.  Garret finds the girls purse and digs out the cell phone.  It is the girls parents calling her, so Garret does not answer the phone.

Act one: Garret and Seely are at the parent's house talking with them about the case.  They are obviously upset about the loss of their daughter.  Seely asks them if they knew where Cindy was the previous night, but they had just gotten back into town from a trip.  Seely then asks if they know how to get a hold of her friends or her boyfriend.  It is apparent that the parents don't really know who their daughter hung out with because they are not able to give them much information.  This annoys Seely, but Garret assures the parents they are going to find out who murdered their daughter.  As they are leaving the house Garret and Seely argue about the fact that the parents don't even seem to know their daughter.  Garret points out that Seely does not even have kids, so he does not have a say in this situation.  Seely just walks away.

Back at the morgue Jordan is in autopsy going over Cindy's body.  Nigel is working with her on the case and is analyzing the sheet she was wrapped in.  Garret then comes in with Seely close behind and asks Jordan what she is doing.  Jordan tells Garret that he was just to do the pickup, that did not mean she needed him to take her case.  Jordan asks if the parents were any help, but Seely informs her that they weren't.  Jordan updates them on the cause of death, which is strangulation with some type of ligature.  Nigel jumps in and adds that there were silk fibers in the wound that suggest a necktie.  He also adds that there was some sweat left on Cindy's forehead, probably from the murderer while she was being strangled. 

Kate is in trace opening up the tomb of her mummy.  Bug is also in trace working on another body, but is watching Kate and seems to be annoyed.  Woody then comes in and is being a punk, walking and acting like a mummy.  Kate is not amused and asks him why he is not out directing traffic.  All three of them start talking about the case a little, and the history behind it.  Woody gets a little lost in the conversation, but tries to keep up.

Seely is rushing down the hall and Jordan is coming out of autopsy and accidentally hits Seely with the door.  Jordan apologizes and then updates Seely on the case.  The saliva they found is male, but they have not found a match yet.  They then start discussing Cindy's friends and Jordan asks if they have been any help.  As they are visiting Nigel is at the computer and starts snickering a little.  Both Seely and Jordan turn their attention to Nigel to see what he is doing.  Apparently Nigel located a website from Cindy's cell phone and it is of her personal blog page.  It has pictures of her friends and logs of messages and chats.  There is reference to a secret and they are all curious to what the secret is.  They think it is the kind of secret someone would either kill to find out or kill to keep quiet.  

Woody and Bug finalize things on the case they were working on and close their case.  They then turn their attention back to Kate and the mummy and ask her how things are going.  Woody is still into making jokes about things but Kate stays on task.  Kate fills them in on what she has found and then refers to the mummy by name.  Bug notices this and points it out to Kate and Woody.  Kate points out that the mummy is part of history, but Bug points out that everyone is a part of history.  Kate then gets some disturbing information on the computer and they find out that because of a material used in a filling in her tooth there is no way the woman was the historical mummy they thought she was.  She actually died less than four years ago. 

Jordan is in her office and digs out her pills out of her purse.  As she is opening them her hand cramps and she drops the pills and the bottle on the floor.  She squats down to try and pick them up, but her hand is still shaking and cramped.  Garret then comes to the door and Jordan is still down on the floor trying to pick up her pills.  She tells him that she is just having a clumsy day and smiles, looking guilty.  Garret squats down and picks up the bottle.  Garret notices that it is a pretty strong drug for her to be taking for just a headache.  He then tells her that he knows she is not a clumsy person and for her to pick up her pills.  Jordan knows that Garret is starting to figure things out, so she stands and goes to her desk and pulls out a scan of her brain.  She asks him if he remembers the meningioma victim she showed him last week, and then hands him the picture of her brain.  She tells him that the victim isn't dead yet, and Garret realizes she is talking about herself.  He asks what she is doing for treatment, and Jordan says she is just taking the pills.  He tells her she has options like surgery, but Jordan says that one of her options is also leaving it alone.   Garret knows that is not treatment, and tells Jordan she needs to go home.  Jordan does not want to go home and tells him that she needs to go meet Seely.   Garret tries to stop her and tells her she does not need to know, but Jordan insists that she does have to go and walks out the door.

Act two: Jordan and Seely are interviewing two of Cindy's friends to see if they have any information that could help them out.  Apparently they were suppose to meet up with them, but never showed.  They ask the girls if they know about Cindy's secret, but they both stay quiet.  They show them Cindy's website and tell the girls they are not trying to get them in trouble with their parents, they just want to see if something to help them find who did this to Cindy.  Mel, one of the girls, tells them that everyone has a page like that and it is all one big tease.  Then Mel's Dad comes home and find them being interviewed.  Jordan and Seely tell the girls to call them if they can think of anything else that might help with the investigation. 

Kate is unwrapping the woman very carefully so as to not lose any trace.  Woody asks her why it is taking so long, but Kate tells him that it is not like Scooby Doo.  Bug then informs Woody of the mummification process, which takes about ten weeks.  Kate is now back to calling the mummy and "it" rather than by it's name.  Both Woody and Bug notice this, but Kate tells them that it is just a part of a case like anyone else.

Jordan is in the elevator going back up to the morgue.  As she is watching the numbers light up she gets dizzy and light headed and falls back against the wall.  The elevator doors open and everything is blurry.  Jordan does not want to pass out in front of anyone, and does not want anyone to see her like this.  She reaches for the buttons and closes the elevator doors.  She leans against the wall and waits for the light headedness to pass and then opens the doors again.  She walks out and stops at reception.  Woody then comes through the doors and complains to Jordan about Kate.  He then looks at her and notices something is wrong.  He asks her if she is ok, and she says she is fine and walks away.  Woody is left standing there wondering if Jordan is really ok.  Jordan starts to go toward her office, but notices Garret heading in there as well, and in order to avoid him she heads the other direction.  Seely then runs into Garret as he is heading to Jordan's office looking for her.  Garret tells Seely he wants to be at the house with the parents, but Seely tells him he does not need to do that.  Garret also tells Seely that he can run trace, but Seely tells him that Jordan can handle it.  Garret tells him that Jordan is not here, so he is going to handle things. 

Kate has finished unwrapping the woman's body and now has it is a huge tub and is spraying water on her to clean off the body.  Woody comes in and complains about the guy at the museum that the mummy came from in the first place and apparently he was no help.  Kate defends the guy and says it is his job because he needs to find an eighteen million dollar mummy that has been stolen.  Woody bets that someone who works at the museum probably took it and that is also their killer.  Kate yells at him to go and do his job and find the guy, and to leave her alone so she can do her job. 

Seely, Garret and Nigel are searching Cindy's room and Cindy's mom is wondering what they are looking for.  Seely is kind of a jerk about asking the mom because he does not think she cared about Cindy much when she was alive.  Seely is a little out of line and the mom leaves the room.  Garret goes off on Seely and then they go back to searching.  Seely comes across a box with a bunch of cash in it, and Nigel finds something on Cindy's computer.  Cindy has a sex page on her website, and that is her secret.  Cindy's Dad then comes into the room to yell at Seely for being such a jerk, but then he sees his daughters web page and sees her striping on the bed.  Garret yells at Nigel to turn it off, but Nigel does not to it quick enough and the Father is traumatized because he has found out Cindy's secret. 

Act three: Kate is in autopsy with the body and seems to possibly be showing a little emotion.  Woody then comes in and asks how things are going with the case and she draws his attention to the computer where the girl has been identified.  Her name was Kimberly Wannamaker and she was apparently homeless.  Kate tells him that she will give him the full report when she is done. 

Jordan arrives at work and is walking toward her office.  Garret is in his office and notices her and yells at her through the window.  Jordan just keeps walking toward her office and slams the door behind her.  Garret walks in and tells Jordan that he has been thinking about what she told him, and then Jordan changes the subject immediately to the case.  Garret explains what happened at the house and tells Jordan she should have seen the look on the fathers face.  Jordan yells at Garret that she missed it since he took Seely and took over her case.  She is very upset, but Garret tells her it was not just her case, it was their case.  Jordan doesn't buy it.  Garret tells her they need to talk about her health, but she claims she does not need to talk about it.  They continue to argue, then Nigel walks in with some information on the case and interrupts the argument.  He motions that he can come back later, but both Jordan and Garret tell him to stay and give them the information.  Apparently Cindy's page was pretty popular and Nigel has been tracking the hits on it to a lot of married men from around the world.  He has found one person in town that could be a suspect.  Jordan says that she is calling Seely, but Garret takes the phone from her hand and tells her that he will call Seely.  Nigel takes this as his cue to leave.  Garret looks at Jordan and tells her to let him know when she is ready to talk.

Woody is at the computer going through the names of the museum people but he has no leads so far.  Bug is there working on the case as well, and Kate joins them to see what is going on.  She also informs them that she has cause of death.  Apparently the girl froze to death.  Kate is happy that she has done her part and walks away.  Woody tells her that maybe if they found out where she died...but then Kate cuts him off and says she is done because she has determined ID and cause of death.  She also points out that it is not a homicide anymore so technically he is done too.

Garret and Seely are questioning a suspect in interrogation.  The man tells them that he met her at the mall and when they went into the bathroom to have sex he couldn't do it.  He felt that the Cindy was too young...much younger than the other girl he had done this with before.  Seely asks about the other girl, and the man says her name was Melissa.  Seely pulls out a picture of the three friends and the man ID's Melissa from the photo. 

Act Four: Jordan is back in autopsy going over the case with Seely and Nigel.  Jordan comments how these girls lead double lives and the parents are oblivious to it all.  Garret then comes in and tells them all that the suspect's DNA did not match what was on Cindy so they are back to square one.  Nigel then tells them he has a lead.  There was carpet fibers found in the sheet Cindy was wrapped up in and he finally found out where they came from.  They are from a Highlander, which just happens to be the same car Melissa drives.  Jordan goes to leave and Garret shouts at her, but she tells him she is just going to go talk to Melissa. 

Woody and Bug are both on a computer doing some searching, but bickering about Kate.  They can not believe how insensitive she can be.  They start joking about Kate, but do not realize that she is standing in the doorway.  Kate speaks up and asks them if they are back in high school, and if they have something to say then to say it to her face.  Woody jumps up and tells her that she treated the mummy like she was royalty until it was determined she was not the mummy she thought she was and then it was back to business as usual.  Woody cuts her off and tells her she does not care about anyone.  Bug interrupts them because he has found something.  Kimberly had been checked into the hospital for exposure.  It tells that she lost her mother at eight years old, and also some other history about her, and Woody tells Kate that she was not an "it."  Kate turns and walks out of the room and closes the door behind her.  She seems to be somewhat hurt by Woody's attitude.

Seely and Jordan are in interrogation with Melissa and her parents.  Melissa is freaked, but it looks like she wants to talk.  Jordan tells Melissa she knows she did not kill Cindy because it was a man, but they know she was there. 

Woody and Bug are still trying to locate who was responsible for losing Kimberly's body at the hospital.  They cross reference the hospital staff on duty the night Kimberly died with the list of museum employees and they find a brother and sister. 

Jordan and Seely are on the other side of the class talking now.  Jordan tells Seely she just does not see Melissa as a killer.  Melissa tells the police officer in there with them she needs to use the restroom.  Jordan sees this as an opportunity to go into the hall and talk with Melissa without her parents present.  She stops Melissa and starts talking to her, but then her father comes out and stops it.  Jordan continues talking to Melissa and tells her she has a legal right to talk with them.  Melissa is still quiet, but appears to be thinking about talking.

Act Five:   In interrogation Melissa is finally talking.  She was at work at the hotel where she answers phones and makes reservations.  She knows which rooms are open so she could keep a room open for them to use when organizing the dates.  Cindy was meeting a guy that night in one of the rooms.  Cindy usually came by to see Melissa after the date was finished, but this time she didn't.  So both her and Stephanie, the other friend, when in to check on Cindy.  They found her laying dead on the floor.  They were too scared to call the police because then their secret would be out.  Jordan tells her they need to know exactly where in the room they found Cindy.  They go to the hotel room and Melissa shows them where Cindy's body was.  Jordan confirms that Melissa is telling the truth.  Nigel then steps in to see if he can find any fingerprints.  He finds some handprints and scans them into the computer.  Melissa's father now appears to be a little nervous and tells Seely he wants his daughter and his wife to leave the room.  Nigel is running the fingerprint and then Melissa's fathers picture comes up.  He is the killer.  He tells Melissa that Cindy was going to tell her that he was one of the guys wanting a date, and he had to stop her.  Melissa and her mother are crying, shocked at what has happened.

Woody is in interrogation with the brother and sister responsible for stealing the mummy and also faking Kimberly as the mummy.  He shows them pictures of Kimberly and the injuries on her body from the mummification.  Woody can not believe that the entire ten weeks they were mummifying her they did not think it might be a bad idea.  He tells her that even thought Kimberly was homeless, it still mattered.

Back at the morgue Kimberly's body is already boxed up and Bug is putting it in the freight elevator.  He tells Woody that Kate had her boxed up before he could stop her.  Bug is a little sad though because she will be going to an unmarked grave.  Woody is more upbeat saying that at least she is leaving her as a human being, and Bug jokes about how that is more than he can say about some of his colleagues (while he is looking at Kate in the hallway).  At Kimberly's grave we see that there is a small grave marking and Kate is there and put's flowers on the grave.

At the police station Jordan and Woody are in the hallway talking about Jordan's case.  Woody then asks Jordan if she wants to go grab some dinner, but she tells him she does not feel up to it.  He then asks her if she is sure she is ok, because the last couple of days she has seemed a little off.  Jordan assures him that she just has had a lot of work and she is tired.  She thanks him for the offer and tells him good night.

Garret and Jordan are in Garret's office talking about the case and how hard it is to know your kids.  They both sit down on the couch and Garret tells Jordan he spoke to her doctor.  She did not follow-up and she needs trans-nasal surgery now.  Jordan asks Garret if he knows the risks in that, that she could probably die, have a stroke, or be paralyzed.  He tells her that all that could happen if she does nothing.  Jordan makes excuses and says stress causes symptoms and symptoms can go away.  Garret is not buying it, and tells her that there are a ton of chemicals in the morgue that she is breathing everyday that are linked to tumor growth.  Jordan is now standing and pacing in the room.  She asks Garret if he wants her to quit.  Garret tells her he wants her to live.  Jordan tells him that if she quits she has nothing.  Garret tells her she has her friends that can help her through this.  She then tells him he can not tell anyone about this.  She opens his office door and tells him that it is her life.  She closes the door behind her and doesn't really seem to know where to go from there.  She looks around the morgue and then goes to leave.

Written by, Mary Jo