The Best Episodes Directed By William Friedkin

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.3/10(11 votes)

   #1 - Mascara

   S9:E184/2/2009

   Langston is shocked when his former student is found murdered and becomes the focus of a CSI investigation into the world of Mexican wrestling.

   Director:William Friedkin

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Off Season

   S3:E295/10/1965

   Johnny Kendall is a trigger-happy cop who is fired from the police and is forced to take a job checking vacant summer homes during the off-season. His girlfriend Sandy gets a job as a waitress to try to help them make ends meet. At work, Johnny discovers that the previous deputy was fired from the job for having an affair with an unidentified woman in one of the vacant summer homes. Later, when Johnny sees the ex-deputy hanging around Sandy he becomes jealous and paranoid. One night, when he believes the two are together, he takes his gun and begins to look for them. He heads for the empty summer houses and finds one broken into. Inside he hears the former deputy and a woman. He shoots them both in the dark and kills them. He turns on the lights and discovers that the woman was not Sandy, but the sheriff's wife.

   Director:William Friedkin

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3. 

   6.8/10(12 votes)

   #3 - Cockroaches

   S8:E912/6/2007

   The team investigates an underground mob. Warrick ends up becoming the prime suspect in a murder that's related to the mob, and his addiction to pills starts to have a significant impact on his job as a CSI.

   Director:William Friedkin

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   6.1/10(7 votes)

   #4 - None But the Lonely Heart / This'll Kill Ya / On a Deadman's Chest

   S4:E16/27/1992

   A sneaky man is obsessed with wedding rich older women then killing them. His business partner fears that he'll be caught soon. He finds himself in hot water when he starts getting threatening notes. He kills off those he suspects and soon he realizes the meaning of the saying revenge is sweet. Sophie and Pack are workers at a medicine company. They are furious when their boss tells the papers that they are ready to test their new drug on humans. One day, while he is taking his shots they accidently inject him with the serum. George has only a few hours to live. He starts to have delusions and learns he's been set up and kills Pack. A rocker fights with his manager. His groupie girlfriend shows him a special tattoo and convinces him to get one from where she got it. The tattoo has a picture of a dragon but a cartoon face that looks like Scarlett. He tries to remove the tattoo but no matter how hard he tries it keeps coming back.

   Director:William Friedkin

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   5.3/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Little Boy Lost / Wish Bank / Nightcrawlers

   S1:E410/18/1985

   A photographer torn between taking a plum overseas assignment and getting married, meets a strangely familiar little boy. Janice finds a magic lamp at a garage sale. Restrictions and lots of paperwork apply for her three wishes. A deputy trooper stops by a diner during a rainstorm where a Vietnam veteran's nightmares come to life.

   Director:William Friedkin

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