In the next scene, Alexx has repaired to the morgue for a lively chat with her latest workplace diversion while Horatio stands at the end of a dock and broods out into the water. Megan comes up behind him, and Horatio explains the title of this episode by saying, "Wet foot, dry foot. All a Cuban immigrant has to do is touch U.S. soil and they're here. Unless, of course, the Coast Guard picks you up out there, on the water, and sends you back to Fidel." Megan hops on the broodwagon and says, "If she'd made it to dry land, she'd have gone through 72 hours of processing and [beat] walked with a green card." Horatio muses on Fortuna, that importunate bitch, with, "She almost made it." Megan replies, "She didn't count [beat] on getting shot." Evidently, Horatio's finished his midday brooding, as he now turns to Megan and asks, "You ready to play politics?" Horatio, I recommend you check in at the office, and you'll find out just how ready Megan is with the politics.