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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - Crossbow
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    S2:E22

    Percy calls the President the United States and threatens to set off a nuclear explosion unless his demands are met. Birkhoff finds two scientists who could help stop Percy’s new nuclear satellite, so Nikita and Michael head after one and Sean and Alex look for the other. Unfortunately, Alex and Sean get caught at the very location that Percy blows up as an example of his power. Meanwhile, Nikita realizes the best way to stop Percy is to go into the belly of the beast – Division itself.

    Director:Danny Cannon
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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - Strip Strangler
    8.4/10(12 votes)

    S1:E23

    The team is investigating the ongoing murders by a signature killer. The killer has some knowledge of forensics and has left little evidence behind. With the investigation somewhat stalled, the sheriff invites the FBI to join the case. This makes Grissom angry and it only gets worse when Sara offers to bait the killer.

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  3. undefined Season 6 Episode 7 - A Bullet Runs Through It (1)
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    S6:E7

    The team must investigate the death of a police officer who died during a shootout leaving hundreds of bullets on the crime scene. The case becomes complicated when it turns out that Sofia Curtis and Jim Brass were with the victims during the shootout. When it turns out the officer died from friendly fire, it is up to the team to find out who fired the fatal shot. Meanwhile, Sofia is wondering whether she fired the fatal shot or not. She decides to hide the fact that the officer stepped into her line of fire, afraid it will ruin her career.

    Director:Danny Cannon
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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Game Change
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    S2:E1

    Nikita and Michael plot to take down Division and Oversight and are prepared to use the contents of the black box to do so. Amanda is now running Division but Oversight has assigned one of their own, a new agent named Sean, to keep an eye on her. Amanda's first mission is to get back the black box from Nikita, and she enlists Alex's help to do so. Alex refuses until Amanda tells her she will help her find the man who killed Alex's father. Meanwhile, Nikita and Michael find help from an unlikely ally.

    Director:Danny Cannon
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 3 Episode 5 - Abra-Cadaver
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    S3:E5

    Grissom investigates when a woman vanishes while taking part in a magician's act. The female volunteer is placed inside the Amazing Zephyr's "Chamber of Doom" and the illusionist thrusts swords through the box. When it's opened, she's gone---and doesn't reappear in her seat as she's supposed to. Only traces of blood are left inside the chamber. Clues lead the CSIs to an eerie, decrepit mansion filled with secrets. Elsewhere, a rock star's death on a band bus appears to be the result of an overdose, but Catherine uncovers evidence that points to murder.

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - All Happy Families Are Alike
    8.1/10(55 votes)

    S1:E22

    As Gotham City’s gang war reaches its boiling point, Fish Mooney goes head-to-head with Maroni and Penguin in an attempt to re-stake her claim on the city. Meanwhile, Barbara and Leslie Thompkins are brought together after recent events, and Bruce searches Wayne Manor for any hints that his father might have left behind.

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  7. undefined Season 6 Episode 13 - Kiss-Kiss, Bye-Bye
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    S6:E13

    The CSIs crash an elegant party for the city's crème of the crème to discover who killed a young man. The case gets a bit more personal for Catherine when her father, Sam Braun, is one of the suspects.

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  8. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - True Believer
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    S3:E3

    When Ryan tells Nikita an undercover agent has been arrested and they need to extract her from prison, Nikita questions why Division is continuing to run Percy’s old missions. Nikita, Michael and Sean attempt to stop a terrorist attack but are one man down after Alex is shot. Meanwhile, Birkhoff and Sonia continue to bicker.

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  9. undefined Season 6 Episode 4 - Shooting Stars
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    S6:E4

    The CSIs come across an abandoned military compound being used by a small cult. The CSIs grow suspicious when they see that a mass suicide has taken place, but only 11 of the 12 beds are occupied.

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Anonymous
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S1:E8

    Royce Harmon was murdered 3 months ago in a scene staged to look like a suicide. Now another murder has taken place. Whoever the killer is he has a thorough knowledge of forensics, he purposefully has left evidence, and has baffled Grissom and his team. Warrick and Nick investigate the case of a man who went over a cliff in his car and is now unconscious.

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Fahrenheit 932
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S1:E12

    A man convicted of arson and the murder of his wife and child seeks assistance from Grissom to help prove his innocence. Meanwhile, Catherine and Nick investigate the underground world of sports gambling when a teenager is murdered at close range.

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 13 - Random Acts of Violence
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S3:E13

    Warrick investigates the drive by murder of a young girl in his old neighborhood. The girl's father is a friend and mentor of Warrick's as well. Warrick struggles to control his emotions to the point where Grissom pulls him off of the case. Nick tackles the murder of a computer company employee. The only supects are the three other employees in the building.

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - Invisible Evidence
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    S4:E7

    Warrick's appearance at the preliminary hearing on a rape and murder case goes terribly wrong when the only piece of evidence is thrown out on a technicality. Grissom and the team have 24 hours to make the case with new evidence or the killer will go free.

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  14. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - A Dark Knight: Pax Penguina
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    S4:E1

    Gordon fears Jonathan Crane is still alive and back in Gotham, when The Scarecrow's signature MO is used in a series of robberies. Meanwhile, Penguin's "licensing" of crime in the city backfires during the grand opening of his new Iceberg Lounge. Also, in the aftermath of his encounter with Ra's Al Ghul, Bruce begins his vigilante watch.

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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Blood Brothers
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    S2:E1

    Horatio investigates the murder of a model intentionally run down outside of a Miami hotel by a driver who fled the scene. When the evidence leads to a suspect, governmental red tape puts an unexpected twist on the proceedings. Horatio and Yelina begin to confront their feelings for one another.

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  16. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Revenge Is Best Served Cold
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    S3:E1

    Catherine and Nick become absorbed in the dangerous world of street racing after one of the illegal sport's hotshot drivers is found dead out in the desert at an abandoned airstrip. Back in town, Grissom and his crew probe the sudden death of a renowned poker player who suffered a violent convulsion in the middle of a high-stakes game with three others. It looks like natural causes, at first, but Grissom suspects foul play.

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - Cross Jurisdictions
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    S2:E22

    Grissom and his crew handle their highest profile case to date when the city's former chief of detectives is slain execution-style in his house following a wild party. Missing from the residence are the chief's trophy wife and their 7-year-old daughter. Catherine and Warrick follow the trail to Miami, and soon enlist the help of Horatio Caine.

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    S1:E1

    When she was a deeply troubled teenager, Nikita was rescued from death row by a secret U.S. agency known only as Division, who trained her as a spy and assassin. Nikita was eventually betrayed by the only people she thought she could trust. Now, after three years in hiding, Nikita is seeking retribution and making it clear to her former boss, Percy and her former friends Michael and Birkhoff that she will stop at nothing to expose and destroy their covert operation. Division continues to recruit and train other young people, among them Jaden and Thom, erasing all evidence of their former lives and turning them into cold and efficient killers. One of these new recruits, Alex is a beautiful girl with a violent past and a story not so different from Nikita's. The recruits all spend part of their training with Amanda, a master manipulator who can turn any ugly duckling into a swan and any bleeding heart into a killer.

    Director:Danny Cannon
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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    S1:E1

    Gil Grissom is the supervisor of the graveyard shift of Las Vegas' elite crime scene investigators. Holly Gribbs, fresh out of the academy, joins the team. Jim Brass is head of the unit and is trying to scare Gribbs from CSI. Catherine Willows, mother of a young daughter, is the number two CSI on this shift. Warrick Brown and Nick Stokes are competing to solve their 100th case to earn a promotion to CSI 3. Grissom investigates a murder staged to look like a suicide with precious little evidence. Warrick and Catherine take the case of a drunk who breaks into the house where he had been staying and is shot to death. Nick talks to a man who picked up a woman who drugged and robbed him.

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - Dark Matter
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    S1:E10

    Owen leaks secret information from Division’s black boxes to the media, revealing that the U.S. Government was responsible for an assassination in Chile. As a result, Percy frames a C.I.A. agent, Ryan for the crime. Nikita and Owen go to Chile to rescue Ryan from mercenaries and in doing so end up getting captured. Nikita reveals the secrets of Division to Ryan in an effort to save all of their lives. Back inside Division, Alex spies on Percy and Birkhoff and witnesses a side to Percy she has never seen before.

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  21. undefined Season 4 Episode 11 - A Dark Knight: Queen Takes Knight
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    S4:E11

    Things get complicated for Gordon, Sophia and Penguin when Carmine Falcone comes to town. Alfred tries to get through to Bruce once and for all, while Nygma struggles to gain control over The Riddler persona and Tabitha attempts to make Grundy remember his past.

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  22. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - Legend of Dark Knight: Year Zero
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    S5:E1

    No Man's Land Day 87-391—Jim Gordon and Bruce Wayne face the chaos Gotham City has become. Their mission to keep the city safe becomes more complicated as the villains who survived the attack on the city begin to resurface and claim various territories. Selina Kyle grapples with how to deal with her uncertain future.

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  23. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Mad City: Beware the Green-Eyed Monster
    7.6/10(40 votes)

    S3:E11

    As the virus begins to spread in Gotham, the laboratory that is developing a cure is compromised. Mario and Gordon face off before the wedding, Selina meets an unexpected face and Barbara comes to Nygma with information about Isabella.

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  24. undefined Season 3 Episode 20 - Heroes Rise: Pretty Hate Machine
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    S3:E20

    Gordon races against the clock to save the city from the Alice Tetch Virus, when Lee Thompkins intercepts with a plan of her own. Also, Alfred sees a big change in Bruce Wayne after his work with The Shaman. Meanwhile, some of Gotham's most deranged villains band together.

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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - Suckers
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    S4:E13

    Three little CSIs (Grissom, Sara, and Nick)respond to an electrocution at a casino. The casino is hosting Japanese antiquities. The electroctution is just a ruse to steal the central piece of the exhibit. Catherine and Warrick deal with a vampire murder.

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Danny Cannon Ratings Summary

"Crossbow" is the best rated episode directed by Danny Cannon. It scored 8.455/10 based on 11 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 5/11/2012 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Strip Strangler".