Had she just called 911/Caine and explained herself, she might have been found justified since he had just badly beaten Ryan. She confronts her boyfriend about it, putting herself in danger, and ends up having to shoot him in self-defense.
Badass in Distress: She's kidnaped by the drug dealer who worked for Josh and Vogel in the last episode, who uses her as a getaway driver at knifepoint.Affectionate Nickname: Calls Walter "Teddy Bear".But she fails to be a Sympathetic Murderer when she leaves an injured Ryan behind to take the blame.
Accidental Murder: She ends up killing her boyfriend Josh by hitting him with a bottle while he was attacking her.Action Girl: She's introduced as a lab tech, but was an ace marksman in the academy which earns her a promotion as a detective where she can work in the field.David Caruso's gravel voice helped plenty. Rabid Cop: Of the CSI leader bunch (Grissom and Taylor et al) Caine was the closest to this trope, with many cases ending with him pulling a *Click* Hello Stealth Hi/Bye, shooting, beating up, or plain threatening suspects.To provide three examples: an Arc Villain that was a murderous pedophile ended up getting a Murder by Inaction by Caine, a man who kidnapped a little girl got thrown through a window when Caine interrogated him on her whereabouts and a man who brutalized his family ended up with the absolute shit pummeled out of him by Caine inside of an interrogation room after the episode cut to credits. Papa Wolf: Hurting kids is a gigantic no-no around Caine.One-Liner: Making a drinking game out of the amount of times Caine did this in the show was just asking for alcohol poisoning. Luke, You Are My Father: He has a son he didn't know about.