The team enters season 7 after coming close to losing their number one homicide detective Captain Jim Brass at the end of season 6. Under the team’s close watch Brass makes a full recovery from taking a bullet to the chest and is rewarded with a medal. Gil Grissom comes in contact with miniature replicas of the crimes he is about to analyze via a mysterious sender. Towards the middle of the season, Grissom takes a hiatus from the team. Catherine Willows becomes the victim of her father’s crooked business affairs, while Greg Sanders finds himself as the victim of a street gang beating. His retaliation efforts will haunt him for the rest of his life. The team is reminded that in Vegas sin never sleeps.