At the station, Marta, the man's sister, asks to see Victor. She explains she stole the car from her ex-boyfriend. She says she had to leave after her fight with her boyfriend got heated. Jesse is informed that Victor stopped breathing. Later Jesse asks Loman the ME how Victor died. Loman grabs a container of Jello and describes how the crash broke his brain. He calls what happened talk and die syndrome.

Back at the scene, Walter figures the SUV was coming from the bridge. After looking at skid marks, Ryan and Walter see that the SUV was aiming at the luxury car. They wonder why the SUV swerved so erratically. Walter suspects the driver was drunk.

Loman informs Calleigh that the driver was very drunk. At the hospital, Calleigh asks the family's father, Mr. Ballard, about his family. He explains his wife was going to pick the kids up while he was at a meeting. Calleigh informs him that his wife was drunk at the time of the accident. Ballard explains that his wife Karen would never drink and drive. He says they don't even have liquor at the house. Calleigh insists that the other driver was not at fault. Ballard thinks there chould be another explanation.

Dave tells Horatio that Karen's GPS is banged up. He fixes it and finds Karen went to a bar called the Rum Room. Calleigh meets with the bar's hostess and asks if she remembers Karen. She says the woman left her eyeglasses and had a salty dog. She informs Calleigh that Karen was getting passionate with a man who seemed like a rock climber.