'Identity Crisis' Finds The Team At A Crossroads

To know where this investigation is going, they need to know where it's been.

According to CSI Files sources, the twelfth episode of CSI: Miami will be called "Identity Crisis". The episode begins with the blurry, confused images that flash before the eyes of Doug Benson. He doesn't even seem to be aware that he's next to a busy three-way intersection. The man stumbles blindly into traffic.

Cars honk and swerve to avoid hitting Benson, who is moving haltingly across the lanes. He stares around, oblivious to the danger. People yell for him to get to safety--or to just get out of the road. The man is nearly hit by a bus zooming through the intersection.

Benson is sweating in the Miami heat, and when he reaches up to wipe sweat from his forehead, blood can be seen on his hands. His shirt is also covered with blood, but it isn't clear if he's injured or if the blood belongs to someone else. He continues to move toward the center of the intersection.

A traffic cop sees Benson and pulls over, rushing from his car to stop traffic and get Benson to safety. When EMTs check the man over, it's obvious that the blood isn't his--he doesn't have any injuries. It's possible that the person the blood belongs to is still alive, so the traffic cop makes a call.

Horatio and his team arrive, trying to figure out what happened. The traffic cop says Benson isn't talking and doesn't remember how he got to the intersection. When Horatio speaks to him, the man can't even remember his own last name. He looks at the blood on his palms and realizes that he's killed someone.

In the lab, Calleigh tells Delko that the blood on Benson's shirt is still wet--he can't have walked far. She wants every lab tech working on this case because they might have a life to save. Back at the intersection, Tripp is interviewing witnesses and getting a lot of conflicting stories--one homeless man offers to tell what he saw in exchange for a meal from a fast food restaurant. Unfortunately, Tripp wastes his five dollars because the man claims Benson came out of a space ship.

Ryan alerts the hospitals, but nobody has been admitted with blood loss. He decides to go back to the lab, hoping someone there has a lead they can use. Things get even more urgent when the tests come back. The blood on Benson's shirt is from three donors: a man, a woman and their daughter. The man, Mitch Crawford, served time for insider trading, so the team is able to get an address thanks to his DNA. When they go to the Crawford house, they find out the family had a son that isn't accounted for. A witness says Mitch, his wife and his daughter left out early that morning in a hurry with luggage on top of their car.

Please note that the above plot details have not been confirmed by CBS, Alliance Atlantis or Bruckheimer Films, and until such time you should treat this information as you would any other rumour. The above information comes from early script drafts and the details of the episodes are liable to change before the episodes are shown.

"Identity Crisis" is expected to air January 12 on CBS.

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