When a man is torn to pieces by a tiger at the New York animal conservatory, Mac, Lindsay and Danny must discover who was responsible for getting him there. Norberto Barba directed the episode written by Co-Executive Producer Peter M. Lenkov and Supervising Producer Timothy J. Lea.

While investigating a vicious tiger mauling at a New York zoo, the CSIs question the workers at the meatpacking plant the victim owned. Meanwhile, Stella and Dr. Hawkes must solve the murder of a debutante found dead on a Central Park carousel. Also, a new CSI (Anna Belknap) joins the team.