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104. TEN lessons you learned from Disney Movies

1. From Aladdin: Be careful what you wish for, because sometimes there might be a catch that will bite you in the ass.

2. From Tarzan: Apparently it is possible to grow up in the jungle raised by gorillas and be completely devoid of facial or body hair as an adult without learning how to shave.

3. From Lion King: Incest is okay if you don't know that your girlfriend is your cousin/sister (seriously, there were only two full-grown males in that pride; who the hell was Nala's father?).

4. From The Emperor's New Groove: Not even mad scientists know why they have levers that control trapdoors to pits filled with hungry alligators.

5. From Bug's Life: When hiring heroes to fight the bullies that are bothering you, remember to check their credentials.

6. From Little Mermaid: Blowing up your daughter's treasures is going to make you look like the bad guy, not the humans.

7. From Mulan: When disguising yourself as a man to join the army, try not to get seriously wounded.

8. From Pinnochio: Never, ever piss off a whale.

9. From Jungle Book: Snakes are easily defeated by knocking them out of trees and making them eat rocks.

10. From Mary Poppins: Snapping your fingers makes rooms clean themselves instantaneously. I wish that worked on evidence...

93. TEN daily routines.

1. Analyzing evidence from a crime scene.

2. Collecting evidence from a new crime scene.

3. Messing with Wolfe.

4. Stopping down in the morgue and paying Alexx a visit.

5. Hanging out in the break room with Eric when there's a lull in the action.

6. Sharing his progress (or results) with H.

7. Making sure the DVR recorded his shows.

8. Checking his messages.

9. Taking the Ducati out for short ride.

10. Checking his gun, and cleaning it if necessary.

90. TEN TV shows you are addicted to and why you like them.

1. Dog the Bounty Hunter. Mainly because he wonders how Dog would handle some of the perps they get in Miami.

2. Criss Angel: Mindfreak. Because the stuff Criss does looks cool (even if it most of it is dangerous), and as a CSI Tim keeps trying to see if he can figure out how Criss pulls some of his stunts off.

3. The Sopranos. It's the Mafia; what's not to love? (aside from that cop-out series finale, that is)

4. Mythbusters. Blowing stuff up for science - always fun. Plus, Jaime and Adam are a hoot.

5. American Idol. He got hooked while he was at home on medical leave. Not that he'd ever admit it to Eric or the others.

6. Dirty Jobs. He'd love to see Mike Rowe come down to Miami and try his hand at being CSI or even lab tech for a day.

7. American Chopper. No explanation needed for this one.

8. Doctor Who. Tim's been hooked since he was a kid.

9. Top Chef. Because the drama there is better there than on Hell's Kitchen.

10. Paranormal State. After the shooting, Tim's been a bit more open to things like this.

071: Ten Things in Tim Speedle's Bedroom

1. His gun cleaning kit. And it's not stuffed in the back of his closet either, but out there for ~~his friends~~ anyone to see that it's getting used.

2. Pictures. Of his folks, of his brother Joel, of Lucas, of Megan and of the rest of dayshift.

3. Biking magazines.

4. His iPod.

5. A diecast scale model of a Ducati Desmonde, in yellow naturally. Delko got it for him while he was still on medical leave to help combat the boredom. (the thing was a bitch to put together one-handed)

6. A couple library books.

7. Typical "bedroom" furniture; bed, nightstand, dresser, etc.

8. A landline phone (portable).

9. Dirty laundry.

10. His "wake-up call" box. It sits under his bed, and contains newspaper clippings about the jewelry store shooting and cards from his friends from his stay in the hospital. He calls it his "wake-up call" box because he realized that he didn't want to end up like Lucas.

063. TEN holiday memories.

1. His younger brother's first Christmas. Because you don't forget your first Christmas as not an only child.

2. The last Christmas he spent with Lucas, sitting in a hospital room sharing some meal that the cafeteria had attempted to pass off as Christmas dinner. Tim had even brought him one of those dorky little fake trees.

3. His first Christmas in Miami after joining the crime lab. Megan and her husband had invited him over to their house for dinner since Tim refused to go home to New York.

4. His second Christmas in Miami after joining the lab. This one was spent at the Woods homestead, for after meeting Alexx he had been all but adopted by the M.E. Unlike at Megan's house the previous year, there were no awkward questions asked of him; Speed was just accepted as a member of the family and that was that.

5. Dayshift's annual Christmas party. Sure, Secret Santa gift exchanges are kind of cheesy. But in all the years he's been with Miami-Dade, Speed has never received a gift that wasn't "him". All part of the fun of having other criminalists for friends.

6. Christmas 2004. His folks and brother surprised him by flying down to Florida to spend the holiday with him. Even though no one wanted to admit it, Tim suspected that his brush with death three months ago might have had something to do with it.

7. Christmas Eve with Delko at his house last year.

8. If there are any more memories for this list

9. Then they'll be made

10. In the future.

048. Ten things that you are thankful for.

1. Alexx, the mother hen.

2. Eric, the best friend.

3. Ryan. More specifically that Ryan's back with the lab again (and hopefully
will remain there and not screw up).

4. Tripp.

5. His younger brother, Joel, who really isn't that much of a pain in the ass.

6. Megan Donner, for taking him under her wing and guiding him into a life with
in criminalistics.

7. Lucas, the other best friend.

8. Horatio.

9. Calleigh.

10. His folks.

044. Ten people Tim Speedle would like to smack upside the head

1. Raymond Caine, Sr. Granted, a smack upside the head is the least of what the elder Caine deserves for putting his family through what he did.

2. Jim Markham. AKA the dipshit that took Calleigh's place in the ballistics lab after Hagen's suicide. Tim is still puzzled by how someone with Markham's attitude and sloppiness managed to obtain a position as a lab tech.

3. Peter Elliot. Yes, in the end Peter did do the right thing and helped them nail Monica West for trying to impugne the lab's reputation. But he still deserves it for helping the bitch in the first place.

4. Glenn Monroe. Because stealing from the dead is a stupid thing to do, especially in Alexx's morgue.

5. Dan Cooper.

6. Kenwall Dusquene. As much as he respects "Duke" as a lawyer, he hates him for hurting Calleigh with his drinking.

7. Ryan. At least he had the good sense to realize what an ass he was making of himself and that he'd given up a good thing by leaving the lab before it was too late.

8. Every criminal that's sat in their interrogation rooms. Because it's dumb to flat-out lie to a detective when the evidence against you is sitting right there on the table.

9. Eric. There's lots of reasons, really, but you don't really need one to give your best friend a good slap from time to time.

10. Himself. For the not-cleaning-his-gun-thing.

014: Ten of Tim Speedle's worst failures

1. The death of his best friend, Lucas Fielding. Even though he had still been in school, Speed still held himself responsible for not finding a "cure" for his friend's paralysis.

2. Clavo Cruz. True, they did finally nab the guy a year later on a different charge. But it still pisses Speed off that they couldn't bring Cruz to justice for Tess Kimball's murder. If they had been able to do that in the first place, then maybe Eric wouldn't have gotten shot in the head.

3. Wally Shmagin. Horatio and Alexx and Calleigh have told him frequently that the criminalist-wannabe's suicide wasn't his fault, that Wally had suffered from depression and had attempted to take his life once before. But Speed knows that if he hadn't blown Wally off the previous night, hadn't told the young man that being a CSI was "just a paycheck", then maybe Wally wouldn't have taken that axe to his own head.

4. Club Descent. When Dispo Day and the jewelry store aren't invading his nightmares, the club fire is. He's still haunted by the faces and screams of the people he couldn't help get out.

5. Jenny Kincaid. It still burns him a little that he had to be the investigator on the case where a dead girl's body was stolen. The fact that Delko gets to share the blame makes it a little better, though.

6. Hollis. Despite the fact that the convoy was ambushed, that Hollis was shot from the left-hand side while Speedle was on his right, that Hollis was probably dead before they even hit the ground, Tim still can't shake the feeling that there was something he could have done.

7. Dispo Day in-general. Hollis' death, his own gun misfiring because it wasn't clean...probably the only good decision Speed made that day was putting on his Kevlar vest.

8. Sara Piper. He was still restricted to working in the lab when she stopped by, looking for his help in recovering the missing sex tape. Even though Horatio eventually solved the case, Speed still wishes there were more he could have done for Sara.

9. September 20, 2004. That whole day was f--ked up.

10. Not maintaining his gun properly. If he had done that from the start, then incidents like Dispo Day and the jewelry store would never have happened. And he wouldn't have to worry about having his every move watched by people like Stetler.

Speed never thought he'd been so glad to see Horatio in all his life. He walked up to his supervisor, motorcycle helmet held loosely in one hand.

"Michelle Cormier's parents just flew in," he told the redhaired man in a low voice. He glanced out of the corner of his eye at the couple, who were sitting on one of the sets of chairs that lined the corridor. Looking at Horatio helplessly Tim added, "I didn't know what to tell them." Analyzing trace, he could do. Photographing evidence at a scene, sure. But talking to distraught family members...that was not Tim Speedle's strong suit.

Horatio nodded. "Okay, I'll take it." He acted as if to move toward them, then turned back to Speedle. "You wanted to know why forensics?" Horatio asked. Speed didn't answer; he was already regretting having made that remark. He had been frustrated, all of them were, that they couldn't arrest Clavo Cruz for Tess Kimball's murder despite all of the evidence they had against him.

Without waiting for Speed to respond, H glanced over at Michelle Cormier's grieving parents. "This is why," he said. And with that he walked over and sat down beside Mrs. Cormier. "Mr. and Mrs. Cormier, I'm Horatio Caine..."

Speed watched as H spoke to the parents, telling them that their daughter's murderer had been arrested and that Michelle would be able to rest in peace. As Michelle's mother broke down in tears, Horatio turned and looked over his shoulder at his CSI.

Tim turned and left. As he put his hand on the door to exit the building, a small smile appeared on his face.

Yeah, he got it.

Dialogue from episode 2.01: Blood Brothers.