9.3/103 votes#1 - The Heavy Crown
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/13/2020
Alfred Pennyworth tries to profit off a war-torn London that threatens to be overrun by the fascist Raven Union.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Bruno Heller
9.2/104 votes#2 - Crossbow
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2012
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
Writer: N/A
8.8/104 votes#3 - Blood Brothers
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2003
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Ann Donahue
8.8/104 votes#4 - True Believer
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/2/2012
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto
8.6/109 votes#5 - Shooting Stars
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2005
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Danny Cannon
8.6/105 votes#6 - Marianne Faithfull
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/29/2019
After a member of the British royalty is abducted, Alfred must take a side in the struggle. Meanwhile, Lord Harwood uses those closest to Alfred to remove him from the game.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Bruno Heller
8.5/1010 votes#7 - Strip Strangler
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/17/2001
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Ann Donahue
8.4/109 votes#8 - Fahrenheit 932
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/1/2001
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Jacqueline Zambrano
8.3/1010 votes#9 - A Bullet Runs Through It (1)
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2005
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
Writer: Carol Mendelsohn
8.3/109 votes#10 - Kiss-Kiss, Bye-Bye
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/2006
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: David Rambo
8.3/103 votes#11 - The Burning Bridge
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 12/20/2020
Alfred's plans for his departure to America are put on hold when someone close to him is put in danger. Thomas enlists the help of an old foe, Aleister Crowley.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Bruno Heller
8.2/1010 votes#12 - Abra-Cadaver
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2002
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Anthony E. Zuiker
8.2/109 votes#13 - Game Change
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2011
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: Craig Silverstein
8.1/109 votes#14 - Revenge is Best Served Cold
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2002
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Anthony E. Zuiker
8.1/1010 votes#15 - Random Acts of Violence
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/2003
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Danny Cannon
8.1/1036 votes#16 - All Happy Families Are Alike
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/2015
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Bruno Heller
8.1/1024 votes#17 - A Dark Knight: Pax Penguina
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2017
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: John Stephens
8.0/1010 votes#18 - Invisible Evidence
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2003
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Josh Berman
7.9/109 votes#19 - Anonymous
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/2000
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Anthony E. Zuiker
7.9/109 votes#20 - Cross Jurisdictions
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/2002
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Anthony E. Zuiker
7.9/108 votes#21 - Jackpot
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2003
A severed head is shipped to Dr. Robbins from Jackpot, Nevada. Grissom goes to Jackpot to find the rest of the body and gets very little cooperation from the locals. Catherine gets an unexpected gift from her father.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Carol Mendelsohn
7.8/1010 votes#22 - Viva Las Vegas
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2004
A wild night in Las Vegas has the CSIs simultaneously investigating four fatalities. Greg Sanders' first day in the field has him assisting Grissom's investigation of a fatal nightclub shooting. Meanwhile, Catherine probes into the death of a stripper found dead in a hotel room, while Sara and Nick look into the strange case of an "alien" body found near Area 51.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Danny Cannon
7.8/1024 votes#23 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2000
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Anthony E. Zuiker
7.8/1022 votes#24 - Heroes Rise: Pretty Hate Machine
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/29/2017
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: Steven Lilien
7.8/1018 votes#25 - A Dark Knight: Queen Takes Knight
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/2017
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.
Director: Danny Cannon
Writer: John Stephens
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"The Heavy Crown" is the best rated episode directed by Danny Cannon. It scored 9.3/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by Bruno Heller. It aired on 12/13/2020 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Crossbow".