This week’s episode of CSI: Miami takes its background from a very familiar real-life storyline. In this case, investment conman Howard Burgess is found murdered and stuffed into the toilet of an airplane.  In the case of Bernie Madoff, his Ponzi scheme was discovered by the authorities rather than his investors, allowing him to be brought to justice.

Anyway, Burgess’ body is discovered when an airplane repo-man is caught trying to whisk the aircraft out of the hanger. Of course, the fact that Burgess bankrupted hundreds of Miami’s citizens complicates the investigation because anyone of them could be considered a potential suspect.

Horatio and Ryan discover Howard’s ledgers in his home office but no clue to the location of his secret treasure stash, estimated in the eight figure range, can be  found.

The ongoing investigation uncovers that the victim was first killed by a chain from a wench hanging from the plane’s hanger, prior to being dumped into the toilet.

As Jesse and Calleigh are investigating the hanger for clues another repo-man tries to take the plane. This one works for the true owner of the plane while it is discovered that the other repo-man was hired by the victim’s wife.

Toward the end of the show, Horatio unravels the code of the Burgess ledger which reveals the money is still hidden on the plane. Horatio gets to the plane only to find Daniel, the son of Burgess, already there.  Daniel thought he was going to run away with his father, taking the money together, but discovers that his father was actually planning to leave him behind.

The truth comes out as to who actually murdered Burgess through the discovery of a contact lens. Once they tracked down who the contact lens owner, the murderer confessed.

This latest episode of CSI: Miami had a particularly long list of criminal possibilities and the plot kept me jumping from one suspect to another trying to figure out who the murderer was. As is normal, this episode of CSI: Miami brought the goods as far as intense mystery and drama.