One word - WOW.

I'm pretty sure I'll be writing the exact same thing I wrote in my review for this episode in here, but what can I say? I loved the episode. It did rock my world.

For the sake of being organized, I'll probably talk about the characters one by one.

First off, it's Mac. I was kind of disappointed that he wasn't the one who was with Stella all the way, then again I figured that him spear-heading the processing of Stella's apartment was enough. And he was working Stella's case and the dead driver's. Talk about multi-tasking.

Next up is Flack. He was the one who stayed with Stella the whole time, and it was cool that he was gentle with her while trying to figure out what happened. He wasn't rushing her or anything; he was letting her take her time, and I think that's important when you're trying to make sense of something as traumatizing as Stella's situation.

Hawkes was rarely seen in this episode. I think if you put together all this scenes, he'd have about five minutes of airtime total. I have to admit, he's my least favorite of all the CSIs but maybe there's an episode just around the corner to make me change my mind.

Danny is totally different from the previous episode. Here he was the calm one, the one who knows that an investigator should have a clear head to be able to close a case. It was nice of him, not to mention responsible, to keep Lindsay focused. I can imagine her attitude caught him off-guard since she was always the cool-headed one, but he had the presence of mind not to question her about her reaction and to just calm her down.

It was nice to Lindsay on the edge, actually. For the past episodes, she was always so dedicated that almost nothing could break her concentration on a case. That scene in the interrogation room when she finally blew up of frustration was the first intense feeling I've seen her have, and I also liked how helpless she sounded when she told Danny she wished there was something they could do to help. Seeing her all worked up because of Stella had me have a lot of questions at the top of my head. Why was her reaction like that? Was it something that happened in the past? Was that something the reason she became a CSI in the first place? What is it that makes her tick? What exactly is her "bloody secret" that she hinted on one of the previous episodes? I have to say, her backstory is what I'm really looking forward to find out (because she is officially my favorite female CSI, hehe).

Last but not the least, Stella. The viewers have had momentary glimpses of her private life since we've been seeing Frankie since the start of the season, but this one took a really close and twisted look on their relationship. Honestly, I had no idea Frankie would turn out the psychotic boyfriend who couldn't take rejection that he actually was. As Stella, I thought he was harmless. I guess it just goes to show that looks can really be deceiving. Anyway, I was really impressed with Stella's presence of mind while she was in the bathtub all tied up. If it were me, I'd probably be in a state of shock that I'd just sit there and think it was all just a bad dream. Maybe being trained as a CSI makes your survival instincts really kick in when you need it.

I think Stella and Lindsay were the stars of this episode. Kudos to the actresses who did a phenomenal job in portraying their characters, and I look forward to more great episodes.