Although living in a well-protected gated community, the couple Mike and Laurel Trent are executed in front of their house by two masked killers. They were owners of the famous Acid Drop club among other properties. Grissom notes that Laurel was dragged out of the car, but Mike was dragged down the driveway in a place where everyone could see him. The whole team is assigned to investigate the case since the real state is large. Soon they find that the jewels have been robbed and Laurel had made porn films in the past with the production of Drake the Snake. Catherine goes to the Acid Drop and interviews the manager Chris Bezich first and Drake, who is bartender, later. Their further investigation shows that Mike's former partner Kyle Goode is suing him in the justice. When Grissom is summed to a murder case in an apartment, he finds evidences that will help him to resolve the case.

A well-known Las Vegas philanthropist is brutally slashed in her bed, and the team soon discovers that it is dealing with a killer who knows the secrets of some of the city's most prominent citizens.

The former Las Vegas mayor is shot during the grand opening of a new mob museum, and a maid is killed in the hotel room of a chauvinistic Middle Eastern prince.