The Most Disturbing Criminal In CSI: Miami Season 3

"Lost Son" might have started much like any other case the "CSI: Miami" team usually handles, but it's not long before things get very personal. The episode begins with the discovery of a businessman on a yacht who is riddled with bullets. Further investigation reveals that the deceased businessman, named Reed Williams, was trying to deliver a ransom in the form of diamonds for his kidnapped young son. The death of Reed is eventually tied to a man named Pete Keller (William Mapother), who devised the kidnapping plot and murder of Reed because of his previous link to Reed's wife. However, Horatio and his team only find this out after the case takes a tragic turn.

Before solving everything, at one point, the case leads Horatio and Tim 'Speed' Speedle (Rory Cochrane) to a jewelry store, where two gunmen appear, and a shoot-out ensues. This leaves Speedle fatally wounded, and as a result, he dies in front of Horatio. Keller could be considered unsettling just based on murdering a victim and kidnapping a child. Heck, one of his partners in the kidnapping plot even tries to feed the kid to alligators. That's got to contribute more points on the evil scale. However, what elevates Pete to the level of the season's most disturbing status is that he manages to take out a main character in "CSI: Miami." On the show, Pete had the blueprints to become just another criminal of the week. Instead, he cements himself in our minds as the one ultimately responsible for Speedle's death, reminding viewers of the high stakes this line of work entails, and that's truly disturbing.