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The Best Episodes Directed By Scott Lautanen

Every TV Episode Directed by Scott Lautanen Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Grand Murder at Central Station
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #1 - Grand Murder at Central Station

    S2:E2

    Stella and Danny are heading into the world of cuddle parties: non-sexual events were adults learn to touch and hug each other. Meanwhile, Mac, Hawkes, and Flack investigate the death of a hated plastic surgeon found covered with lye with thousands of eyewitnesses during rush hour at Grand Central Station. While Mac and Stella assist Aiden in a rape case, after she breaks an evidence seal, Mac must come to terms with Aiden's action and work up the nerve to fire her.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 5 Episode 18 - Triple Threat
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Triple Threat

    S5:E18

    After a wealthy businessman is killed at a charity event the CSI's first suspect his wife who was hosting the event. The blood evidence is thought to belong to the wife or her two secret twin sisters but leads the investigators in another direction after the victim is not who they thought he was.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 3 Episode 7 - Blackout
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Blackout

    S3:E7

    Blackouts leave Los Angeles in the dark. Don must work with his entire team to figure out if the power outages are a catastrophic accident or the sinister plot of terrorists.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 19 - Red Rock Jarod
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Red Rock Jarod

    S2:E19

    DRY RIVER, ARIZONA - Responding to an email he believes was sent to him by Sydney, Jarod finds himself in the hands of someone he once thought dead. Jarod also meets a boy who is in need of a heart transplant. Meanwhile, Miss Parker closes in on Jarod. But she's in for a surprise when she meets his captor.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 17 - The Priest in the Churchyard
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    #5 - The Priest in the Churchyard

    S2:E17

    A broken water main uproots multiple coffins in an old graveyard. When the team is brought in to identify the bodies for re-interment, they discover a newer skeleton that should not be in the graveyard, which has not been used for 50 years.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Under the Influence
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #6 - Under the Influence

    S3:E3

    The CSIs must find the killer after a young woman is pushed in front of a moving bus. Alexx finds a bruise shaped like a hand imprint on the victim's back, proving that she was pushed in front of the bus, and her boyfriend, Jay Seaver, is the prime suspect. When one of Jay's office rivals also turns up dead, Jay reveals that he has a psychotic stalker, Claudia, who he thinks might kill to please him. However, when Jay hires a lawyer to protect Claudia, Horatio suspects that Jay may be more involved than they thought. Later, a man's body is discovered down an elevator shaft in a nearby building, and there is evidence to link the victims to a common killer. Meanwhile, Calleigh's father seeks her help when he fears that he may have killed someone after a night of drinking, and Horatio assigns a new CSI, Ryan Wolfe, to the case.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Hell Night
    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #7 - Hell Night

    S3:E6

    The wife of a famous baseball player is brutally killed in her home and her philandering husband is charged with the crime. The jury on the case, as well as the accused and his defense, visits the house to examine the crime scene, but when the lights are dimmed, as they were when the victim was killed, and then turned back on, the ball player is found dead with a meat clever in his back and a note that reads "guilty." Now, as Horatio and the team find that the husband's defense team tampered with the crime scene, they must examine the evidence to find the couple's killers. Meanwhile, Horatio gets a call from Yelina, who tells him that her son, Ray, Jr., is missing.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 14 - Fade Out
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #8 - Fade Out

    S4:E14

    When evidence shows that a series of murders is linked to organized crime, Horatio and the team are instead lead to a pair of film students who have screenplay that contains the details of the crimes.

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    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 18 - Stolen
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Stolen

    S2:E18

    SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA - After taking down a corrupt doctor, Jarod unexpectedly gets involved in a kidnapping when the father of the kidnapped ends up in the hospital. Back at The Centre, Miss Parker sides with Mr. Raines on the fact that Sydney is becoming too attached to Jarod. To the point, even, that it's complicating the search for him.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 17 - Crash
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Crash

    S2:E17

    SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - While waiting for his plane, Jarod meets a young man who is bumped to a later flight. Jarod offers an exchange of tickets to the boy, who thanks him for helping. But Jarod is horrified when he hears later that day that the plane has crashed. Guilt ridden, Jarod sets out to find the cause of the accident. Meanwhile, Miss Parker is put in charge of find out everything on Mr. Lyle. And with aid from Jarod; Sydney, Broots, and Miss Parker are going to get all the information they need.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 6 - Extreme
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Extreme

    S4:E6

    Jarod Pretends to be an extreme sports enthusiast in order to learn what happened to a comatose young man. Meanwhile, Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots follow Jarod's "game show" clues, and find themselves investigating Mr. Lyle.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 10 - After The Fall
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #12 - After The Fall

    S3:E10

    The CSIs must investigate when a pedestrian is killed after a man falls from a building and lands on him. Horatio and the team find that the victim found on the sidewalk is not the same man who fell from the building, but the unfortunate person he landed on. The CSIs discover that the fallen victim is in possession of a sex DVD involving a top Miami criminal judge and a woman with a sordid sex life. When the woman is found dead, the team must delve into the complicated personal lives of those in Miami's judicial system in order to find the killer.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 8 Episode 9 - Kill Clause
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Kill Clause

    S8:E9

    Deadly jellyfish are used as a murder weapon, and a mysterious woman from Jesse's past returns.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
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  14. undefined Season 4 Episode 20 - Free Fall
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Free Fall

    S4:E20

    The CSI team must try to find out who is trying to kill a young couple who are released from prison. The couple was made out to be “media darlings” and soon find that not everyone though of them as darlings. Calleigh must work with her ex-boyfriend to help solve the case.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - Felony Flight (I)
    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Felony Flight (I)

    S4:E7

    A convicted serial killer escapes after sabotaging an airplane that was flying him from New York to Miami, where he allegedly buried a body. After fleeing the crash site, the man goes on a killing spree and abducts a college student. Mac Taylor arrives to help Horatio track the killer since Mac originally arrested the man in New York. The crossover concludes on CSI: New York S02E07 Manhattan Manhunt (II).

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  16. undefined Season 3 Episode 23 - Whacked
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Whacked

    S3:E23

    An axe murderer on death row is given a stay of execution just moments before it was to take place, on the grounds that there may have been tainted DNA analysis used at his trial. Now, without using any DNA evidence, the team must race against time and reexamine all of the physical evidence in the case, just as they get a call on a new double murder that looks suspiciously like the case they're working on.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - The Best Defense
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #17 - The Best Defense

    S2:E5

    The two young owners of a city bar are gunned down after hours and another man is wounded in the attack, which was allegedly committed by a masked gunman. Meanwhile, Calleigh's dad announces he is now a public defender and needs her help with a murder case in which a woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death in his car with a screwdriver.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
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  18. undefined Season 4 Episode 10 - Shattered
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Shattered

    S4:E10

    A drug lord is gunned in his Coconut Grove mansion and a suspect arrested at the scene claims he sells marijuana to Delko. Stetler, from Internal Affairs, investigates and the case quickly gets personal when Horatio gets involved. As for the shooting, the CSIs learn that two gunmen may have been involved. Also, Calleigh makes a major decision concerning her job.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 5 Episode 4 - If Looks Could Kill
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #19 - If Looks Could Kill

    S5:E4

    The CSI’s investigate the murder of a male model and have to figure out the inner workings of the modeling world in order to find his killer.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:N/A

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  20. undefined Season 5 Episode 14 - No Man's Land
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #20 - No Man's Land

    S5:E14

    A truck carrying weapons that were confiscated from previous crimes are now back on the streets of Miami. An old enemy of Horatio's puts the lives of two CSI's in harms way after a confiscated missile is launched into courthouse allowing Clavo Cruz to escape during his arraignment and injuring one CSI and the fatality of another CSI.

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  21. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Murder 101
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Murder 101

    S3:E9

    Jarod takes over a criminal psychology class and teaches a lesson in committing a flawless murder before tracking down three suspected killers.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
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  22. undefined Season 3 Episode 10 - The Man in the Mud
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    #22 - The Man in the Mud

    S3:E10

    A body discovered in a hot spring turns out to be that of Tripp Goddard, a sexy motorcycle racer who had disappeared two weeks earlier. Sweets talks Booth and Bones into going out with him and his girlfriend.

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  23. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Complications
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #23 - Complications

    S2:E11

    An anesthesiologist who worked in a beauty clinic is discovered swinging from a rope in his two-story condo, but the investigation points to murder, not suicide. The case intensifies when it's learned that the doctor lost a patient the week before during routine plastic surgery and that the victim's husband believes she was killed.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
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  24. undefined Season 3 Episode 17 - Money Plane
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #24 - Money Plane

    S3:E17

    Someone uses a laser light to blind a pilot and bring down a jet, which carries $1.2 billion in checks to be delivered to banks on the eastern seaboard. The crime scene evidence reveals a victim, a young fundraising socialite, who was inside the plane but killed prior to the crash. Now, although the team has little to work with since the victim's wealthy family is opposing an autopsy, Horatio must follow the money trail. Meanwhile, Calleigh works on the case with her ex-boyfriend, Detective Hagen, and their romantic history could cause problems for both of them.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 16 - Deviant
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Deviant

    S4:E16

    Alexx’s DNA is found throughout her neighborhood where she is suspected to be responsible for the death of a convicted child molester. The CSI team soon learns that mindset of the neighborhood could lead to any of community wanting the man gone. The team must find out who the real killer was to clear Alexx.

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Scott Lautanen Ratings Summary

"Grand Murder at Central Station" is the best rated episode directed by Scott Lautanen. It scored 8.2/10 based on 5 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 10/5/2005 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Triple Threat".