CSI EPISODE
Goodbye and Good Luck
Season	8
Number	7
Writer	Sarah Goldfinger, Allen MacDonald, Naren Shankar
Director	Kenneth Fink
Original Airdate	November 15, 2007

Goodbye and Good Luck is the seventh episode of the eighth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Synopsis

Sara questions her future as a CSI when a past case comes back to haunt her, the 12 year old Hannah West, who has to back up her brother one more time with all new tricks up her sleeves.

Plot

The team lands the case of a young girl, Kira, pushed from her dorm window. When a connection to an old case comes up, Sara grabs the chance to put away the man she believes is a killer: Marlon West. His sister Hannah publicly confessed to a prior murder, but secretly told Sara that her brother Marlon was the real culprit. Now Sara wants to put the guy, a student at the university, away for good. But 14-year-old Hannah is on the scene too, a student at the graduate school where her brother attends college. Sara is certain Hannah is manipulating the situation.

A broken tooth from the scene ties Marlon to Kira, since it appears that Kira punched him and embedded a tooth in her hand. But she slept with another young man that night, and they were both high on GHB. It turns out that their sexual lubricant was spiked, and Marlon's fingerprint was on the tube.

Everything leads to Marlon, but Sara is convinced that Hannah is the guilty one. She believes Hannah wanted to get rid of Kira to have her brother all to herself. Marlon confesses to Sara that he had Hannah help him spike the lubricant, but he wouldn't have hurt Kira.

Sara believes him. They try to get Hannah to confess to Marlon privately, but she knows immediately that he's wearing a wire. Not long after, seeing no end in sight, Marlon hangs himself in his jail cell. Hannah is devastated, but Sara finds no pleasure in seeing the girl suffer.

Sara has ghosts to bury, and she's come to the realization that she must leave to do so. At the lab, she kisses Grissom goodbye and places her vest in Ronnie's locker. Before she goes, she leaves Grissom a letter that explains her decision, closing it with the words, "Know that you are my one and only. I will miss you with every beat of my heart... I love you. I always will. Goodbye."

Quotes

• Brass (after they used Marlon to try to get Hannah to confess): Well, he gave it a shot, but she is way out of his league.
• Sara: She's out of mine, too.

• Sara: I know that you killed Kira Dellinger. I just can't prove it.
• Hannah: That must be frustrating for you.
• Sara: Hannah, Marlon's dead.
• Hannah: Wow. That's a really sad and desperate ploy, Sara. It's beneath you. (Sara shows Hannah the photo of Marlon hanging at the windowsill)
• Sara: He was doing well here, wasn't he? Making friends, joining a band, falling in love. But you're still a freak, just like high school.
• Hannah: You're lying. No. This is a lie.
• Sara: His world got bigger, and yours stayed the same, and you killed Kira so you could keep him all to yourself, didn't you?
• Hannah: [screams] It's a lie! No... it's a lie! It's a lie! This is a... lie! [drops her backpack and grabs Sara's hands. Sara struggles with her and kneels as Hannah cries] Stop it! Marlon... he-he-he can't leave me all alone.[Sara puts her arm around Hannah]

• Marlon: I need to know ... what I did to deserve this.
• Hannah: You killed Kira.
• Marlon: We both know I didn't do that.

• Marlon: I asked Hannah to teach me how to make GHB, and how to get it into Kira. I just wanted to mess her up a bit. I snuck it into Kira's room a few days ago; I still had a key. Hannah must've made a copy.
• Sara: I believe you, Marlon. I really do. But the only thing that a jury's going to see is your prints on the lube, your prints on the windowsill, and another dead girl.
• Marlon: Why is Hannah doing this to me?
• Sara: I don't know. All I know is ... you don't deserve to take the fall for this. And the question is ... are you going to let your sister get away with this and spend the rest of your life in jail?
• Marlon: If Hannah wants me in jail, that's where I'm going to be. There's nothing I can do about it.

• Sara (about Mrs. Jimenez): What happened? Her husband attack her again?
• Ronnie: No. She came involuntarily. It took some convincing, but she's agreed to go to a shelter.
• Sara: She won't stay.
• Ronnie: Maybe not. But at least now she has a chance. Look, I did it all on my own time, no OT. I know it's not the way you do things, but I think it's part of the job. At least, that's how I want it to be. For me.

• Grissom: Hey.
• Sara: What are you doing here?
• Grissom (walks towards Sara but she backs away): I was going to ask you the same question. Listen, I'm worried about you.
• Sara: That just makes this worse. I-I can't talk about this right now. I can't.

• Hannah: You don't expect me to confess to something I didn't do?
• Sara: I am just putting you on notice. You are not fooling me anymore.
• Hannah: I think I know why you're so angry, Sara. I did some research. I read about what that serial killer did to you out in the desert, under that car ...
• Sara: We're talking about you, Hannah.
• Hannah: It must've been so terrible being trapped like that all alone. Did your life flash in front of your eyes?
• Sara: That is none of your business.
• Hannah: You must've been so sad knowing that you were gonna lose everyone who mattered to you.
• Sara: Stop it, Hannah.
• Hannah: Look, I know how it feels. One moment my parents were alive, and the next they were gone.
• Sara: Answer the question!
• Hannah: My life changed in that moment. All that I have left is Marlon. Why would I do anything to hurt him?
• Sara (stands up and hits the table): Stop playing games with me! (leaves the room)
• Hannah: You're the one who's playing games.

• Grissom: Hey.
• Sara: What are you doing here?
• Grissom (walks towards Sara but she backs away): I was going to ask you the same question. Listen, I'm worried about you.
• Sara: That just makes this worse. I-I can't talk about this right now. I can't.

• Hannah: You don't expect me to confess to something I didn't do?
• Sara: I am just putting you on notice. You are not fooling me anymore.
• Hannah: I think I know why you're so angry, Sara. I did some research. I read about what that serial killer did to you out in the desert, under that car ...
• Sara: We're talking about you, Hannah.
• Hannah: It must've been so terrible being trapped like that all alone. Did your life flash in front of your eyes?
• Sara: That is none of your business.
• Hannah: You must've been so sad knowing that you were gonna lose everyone who mattered to you.
• Sara: Stop it, Hannah.
• Hannah: Look, I know how it feels. One moment my parents were alive, and the next they were gone.
• Sara: Answer the question!
• Hannah: My life changed in that moment. All that I have left is Marlon. Why would I do anything to hurt him?
• Sara (stands up and hits the table): Stop playing games with me! (leaves the room)
• Hannah: You're the one who's playing games.

• Hannah: He didn't kill Kira. He cared about her.
• Sara: Hannah, what makes you think that I would believe anything that you tell me?
• Hannah (smiles sweetly): I suppose I'm an optimist. College has been a difficult adjustment for Marlon, especially after we lost our parents.
• Sara: I'm sorry about that.
• Hannah: You're not really, though. When will Marlon be able to leave?
• Sara: Well, we're going to keep him here as long as we possibly can.
• Hannah: At least that's honest. It also seems a little vindictive.
• Sara: Given your brother's history, I think it's pretty sensible.
• Hannah: What's wrong, Sara? You're different than you used to be. You're angry. And a little sad, too. Why?
• Sara: If you want to spend more time with your brother, I recommend you invest in a good lawyer, Hannah.

• Marlon: I'm telling you, I didn't kill Kira. I've never lied to you. Not once. You just never believe me. When I'm guilty, you want me to be innocent. When I'm innocent, you want me to be guilty.
• Nick: Hey, you know what, Marlon? You can save it, 'cause unlike most people, you're not going to get me to underestimate you. I already know you're every bit as smart as your sister, especially when it comes to creating confusion.

• Brass: It's going to be tough to get a warrant.
• Sara: I need Marlon West's DNA. If his semen is in Kira Dellinger, it puts him at the murder.
• Brass: Look, they had a known sexual relationship, so there's no evidence of rape. And I don't know if you know this, but Marlon's mother and father were killed in a car accident last year. Judge Bowman is going to be very sensitive to that. It could look like harassment.
• Sara: Jim, are you going to talk to the judge or not?
• Brass: Wow, you really got it out for this kid. What's the deal here, Sara?
• Sara: Marlon West has killed before.
• Brass: Not according to a jury of his peers.
• Sara: Did you have fun talking to Kira Dellinger's parents?
• Brass: Excuse me?
• Sara: Must've been a lot of screaming and crying and despair.
• Brass: Yeah, there usually is. What's your point, Sara?
• Sara: My point is, if we had done our job right the first time, Marlon West would be in jail, and Kira Dellinger would still be alive. Talk to the judge.

• Brass: We're here to talk to you about Kira Dellinger.
• Marlon: Kira committed suicide.
• Sara: Actually, she was murdered.
• Marlon: Somebody I know ends up dead and I'm automatically a suspect?
• Brass: History has a way of repeating itself, Marlon.

• Hodges: Kudos to you. The lube was indeed laced with GHB. Not hard to do if you know a little chemistry.
• Sara: Marlon takes chemistry. Hannah teaches it.
• Nick: We know Marlon's fingerprints are on the lube tube. We know he was jealous. Maybe the GHB-lube was his way of getting back at her. You know? Give a drug-free girl a bad trip.
• Hodges: Which became a really bad trip.

• Ronnie (about the Jimenez's): How are we going to handle this?
• Sara: Well, the guy's under arrest.
• Ronnie: He'll be free by tomorrow. Her husband is obviously abusing her. (sighs) There's got to be something we can do.
• Sara: We'll be back for her body next month. Or his. Or both. There is nothing you can do about this, Ronnie. Don't kid yourself.

• Nick [about Marlon West]: He confessed. It was later thrown out on a technicality. We really didn't need it. The prosecution's case against Marlon was very strong.
• Sara: Until Marlon's little sister Hannah got on the stand and confessed to the murder herself.
• Catherine: Oh, yes, I remember this case. A high school senior at age 12.
• Sara: She's a prodigy.
• Nick: She's a pint-size Machiavelli. She manipulated events, fabricated evidence, and in the end ...
• Sara: She claimed that she did it because she loved Marlon. Some warped sense of justice... She graduated later that summer, became legally emancipated from her parents and went off to Harvard, pre-med.
• Grissom: You keeping tabs on her?
• Sara: Not recently. Look, accident or no accident, Marlon killed before. Hannah sunk this case, Marlon got a free pass, and now he's killed again.
• Catherine: Well, we don't know that just yet. I mean, we don't have Marlon's DNA to compare with the semen that was found in the victim. All the old evidence was expunged with the verdict.
• Sara: I want this case.
• Grissom: The one that got away?
• Sara: We're not supposed to let them get away, right?

• Greg: Looks like our vic was in a goth band. You know, I used to be goth.
• Nick: Mh-hmm.
• Greg: Yeah, the goth-thing was just an act. Chicks dug it.
• Nick: How does that work?
• Greg: You act depressed to get chicks, you get depressed chicks.

• Sara: I don't think Kira punched Marlon. I think Hannah picked up the tooth from a fight that Marlon had earlier in the evening. And I think she planted it on Kira. (Grissom is silent as he thinks about it) That's crazy.
• Grissom: It's possible.
• Sara: This kid is spinning me in circles again.
• Grissom: You know, Sara, some cases, some suspects, can get under your skin. Like this tooth. But you can't let 'em make you feel bad.

• David: It's the third jumper on campus this year. Maybe it's contagious.
• Catherine: I saw this documentary once on suicides off the Golden Gate Bridge, and they interviewed a survivor and he said the moment that he let go of the railing, he realized that all of his problems were fixable, except for having jumped.

• Marlon: Hannah, they're going to put me away for the rest of my life.
• Hannah: The evidence is against you, particularly given your history of violence.
• Marlon: Please ... after everything I've done for you, after everything we've done for each other, at least tell me why.
• Hannah: Because I love you.
• Marlon: And I love you, too.
• Hannah: No, you don't. But you will. I promise, I'll visit you every week.

• Ronnie: Mrs. Jimenez, are you okay?
• Mrs. Jimenez: Bad back. (Ronnie looks at Mrs. Jimenez's back and finds a knife sticking out of it)
• Ronnie: Sara, she's got a very bad back.

• Sara (voiceover): Gil, You know I love you. I feel I've loved you forever. Lately, I haven't been feeling very well. Truth be told, I'm tired. Out in the desert, under that car that night, I realized something, and I haven't been able to shake it. Since my father died, I've spent almost my entire life with ghosts. We've been like close friends, and out there in the desert, it occurred to me that it was time for me to bury them. I can't do that here. I'm so sorry. No matter how hard I try to fight it off, I'm left with the feeling that I have to go. I have no idea where I'm going, but I know I have to do this. If I don't, I'm afraid I'll self destruct, and worse, you'll be there to see it happen. Be safe. Know that I tried very hard to stay. Know that you're my one and only. I will miss you with every beat of my heart. Our life together was the only home I've ever really had. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love you. I always will. Good bye.

Cast

• William Petersen ... Gil Grissom
• Marg Helgenberger ... Catherine Willows
• Gary Dourdan ... Warrick Brown (credit only)
• George Eads ... Nick Stokes
• Jorja Fox ... Sara Sidle
• Eric Szmanda ... Greg Sanders
• Robert David Hall ... Dr. Al Robbins
• Wallace Langham ... David Hodges
• Paul Guilfoyle ... Captain Jim Brass

Guest Starring

• Juliette Goglia ... Hannah West
• Douglas Smith ... Marlon West
• Riley Smith ... Jordan Rockwell
• Onahoua Rodriguez ... Kim Jiminez
• Jon Wellner ... Henry Andrews
• Larry Sullivan ... Officer Akers
• Rene L. Moreno ... Adam Jiminez
• Zachary Abel ... Male Lover
• Ashley Bell ... Lanie
• David Drinkwater ... Frat Pledge
• April Marie Eden ... Sexy Coed
• Julianna Guill ... Monica
• Brandon Hillis ... Frat Pledge
• DeLon Howell ... Officer Devlin
• David Thomas Jenkins ... Frat Pledge
• Jason Layden ... Frat Pledge
• Marcus McGee ... Frat Pledge
• Victoria Prescott ... Judy Tremont
• Holland Roden ... Kira Dellinger
• Monty Jordan ... Sherrif Davis
• Archie Kao ... Archie Johnson
• David Berman ... David Phillips
• Sheeri Rappaport ... Mandy Webster
• Jessica Lucas ... Ronnie Lake

Trivia

• Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle) makes her last appearance as a series regular.
• When Sara opens her locker and looks at a picture of her and Grissom, the picture is from the season 6 episode "Time of Your Death."
• Warrick has a hard time sleeping and takes sleeping medication. Drug name is Zolpidem.
• After Sara cuts her name off of her CSI vest she puts the vest into Ronnie's locker.
• Catherine indicates that her daughter, Lindsey is looking at colleges for further education.
• Greg went through a brief goth period to get chicks.
• Kira's dorm was number 807. This episode was Season 8, Episode 7 (8x07).
• Hannah (Juliette Goglia) and Marlon West (Douglas Smith IV) were characters in episode 135 "The Unusual Suspect" where Marlon West is tried for the murder of high school girl and his sister puts doubts in the jury's mind when she confesses to the murder.
• Jorja Fox wrote the goodbye letter to Grissom herself.
• This episode went through several name changes; some of them included: "Hello, Goodnight," "Hello, Goodbye," and "Goodbye & Goodnight."

Music

• Carousel- Iron & Wine
• Shed a Little Light- Foy Vance
• Sinking Feeling- Roisin Murphy
• I Will Remember You- Sarah McLachlan

See Also

• List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes
• CSI:Crime Scene Investigation Season 8
• Category:Images from Goodbye and Good Luck