Directed by Jonathan Glassner
Written by Anthony E. Zuiker, Ann Donahue, Carol Mendelsohn & Wendy Battles
"Sex, Lies, and Silicone" is the 4th episode of Season 5 and the 96th overall. It originally aired October 22, 2008.
When a business consultant with powerful connections dies in the middle of the street, the team is led into the world of life-size silicone dolls. After they close the case, evidence is stolen from the locker.
Tropes for the episode:
- Cut Himself Shaving: After getting beat up by thugs sent by a so-called friend who wants him to destroy some evidence, Sheldon tells Mac he ran into a wall. After Mac gently prods for the truth, he admits what really happened.
- Diegetic Soundtrack Usage: An alternate arrangement of an instrumental portion of the show's theme song, Baba O'Riley, is played by a violinist during a nighttime street party.
- Story Arc: The consultant and her missing flash drive will come up again in several episodes.
- Subculture of the Week: The doll owners treat the dolls as companions (for example, watching tv together). Although two of them trade dolls because one felt his newest one "wasn't a good fit" for his collection (he had three of them).
