EPISODE

12. Collective

After police accidentally shoot to death an innocent collector of expensive toys, Detectives Goren and Eames discover that the victim might have fallen prey to a conniving vixen who trolls sci-fi and vampire conventions in sexy outfits looking for lonely men who have massed rare and valuable collections desired by cult-like fans. The detectives attend a costume ball for fans of a "crypt club" and find a death-obsessed secret society -- some of whom could be responsible for a real murder.

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When a toy collector, Harry Pierce is shot dead by police in an suspected incident of domestic violence, Goren and Eames are led to a female con artist, Lori Purcell / Jocelyn Shapiro. She appears to have been exploiting lonely male collectors, but she is later found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in a box to promote oxygen deprivation for erotic stimulation. The detectives' suspicions turn to a role-playing group obsessed with vampire fiction including her distraught boyfriend and first edition collector Dorian Cavanaugh. Goren and Eames collect the suspects together for a debriefing where they provoke Cavanaugh into confessing to Jocelyn's murder after he was led to believe she was exploiting him by the other members of the group.

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