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Episode recap: A young man is found dead laying out in the snow. Meanwhile, a grocery store worker is found dead inside his store. Both deaths turn out to be related to each other. Danny and Aiden investigate the death of a woman who worked at an oriental massage parlor.

The crimes:

Victim(s): Crime #1: Paul Montenassi // Crime #2: Marta Santo- massage therapist // Crime #3: Mijak Lev- store clerk

Suspect(s): Crime #1:Johnny Lucerno- Pelham Bay boy // Sonny Sassone- Tanglewood boy // Harish Lev- Mijak Lev's brother
Crime #2: Ramir Santo- Marta's husband // Ross Lee- Marta's client // Ariana Lee- Ross Lee's wife // Tavia Greenberg- Ross Lee's secretary

Witness(es): Crime #3: Harish Lev- Mijak Lev's brother

Whodunit: Sonny Sassone killed Paul Montenassi // Paul Montenassi killed Mijak Lev // Tavia Greenberg killed Marta Santo

From the field:
Crime #1

• footprints and tire tracks in snow
• wood splinter from broken baseball bat
• fingerprints on baseball bat display case
• photos taken by ATM machine in bar
• high-powered sander with blood
• blood inside bobble head from Sonny Sassone's car

Crime #2

• silver paint transfer
• cubic zirconia from press-on nail

From the morgue:
Crime # 1

• a sanded-off, fake "Tanglewood" tattoo

From the lab:
Crime #1

• sawdust in footprints
• shuffleboard wax on shirt
• blood on bat splinter

Crime #2

• semen on dress/uniform sleeves
• handwriting samples

Turning point in the investigation:

Familiar locations in NY:

Personnel issues: Danny had been asked to join Tanglewood when he was younger

Guest stars: Anjul Nigam (Psych doctor on Grey's Anatomy), Michael DeLuise (Dom Deluise' son)


Best episode quotes:

Mac: I haven't spent much time there. But I know someone who has. (about Danny and the Tanglewood Boys)

Stella: Sonny Sassone?
Sonny Sassone: Who wants to know?

Mac: We've got the best forensics tool money can't buy. Snow.

[Stella sees a Derek Jeter bobble-head on the dashboard of an SUV she and Mac are processing]
Stella: Who is that on the dashboard? Mickey Mantle?
Mac: Looks kind of like Derek Jeter.
Stella: Derek Jeter from the Yankees, right?
Mac: Yeah.
Stella: Didn't they get beat by Boston or something?
Mac: We were up three to zero and then we got swept. But we're trying to forget that.
Stella: I'm not much into baseball, but A-Rod's kind of hot.

Danny: So this is where it all goes down.
Aiden: Or up. Make sure you keep your gloves on.
Danny: You know, I didn't think it would be this clean.
Aiden: Come on. Act like you've never been to a place like this before.
Danny: You kidding me? I've got girlfriends for that. Why would I pay?
Aiden: Alright, you. You're paying one way or another..trust me.

Danny: Hey, Crouching Aiden, Hidden Burn. You're on this case, that case, the other case.

Stella: Hey Mac, I got pearls.
Mac: Pearls? From who?
Stella: Not those kinds of pearls. I've got good news on our case.

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