>It wasn't originally going to have one, funnily enough - I was going
>to end it with the Chief saying, "Ahh, I wouldn't say that." It was
>Chad who pointed out that it would have more impact if the episode
>both started and ended with a CSI having an Unfortunate Accident,
>rather than opening two straight episodes with such an
>incident, which was the original plan.

I think that was actually a pretty nice cliffhanger. That is to say: while it achieves it's goal, it doesn't do so at the expense of making the this part of the story less satisfying. I felt pretty satisfied in my reading of it, anyway. VERY NICEVery nice.