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The Best Episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Every episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation!

Best episode
S9E1 For Warrick
9.01,325 votes
Worst episode
S9E18 Mascara
6.3910 votes
Top season
Season 7
8.1avg
Binge time
10d 6h
335 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 1 - For Warrick
    9.0/10(1325 votes)

    S9:E1

    After Warrick is shot in a Las Vegas alley, the CSI team comes together to deal with the aftermath.

    Director:Richard J. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 7 Episode 24 - Living Doll
    8.9/10(1208 votes)

    S7:E24

    As the CSI's continue their search for and discover the identity of the "Miniature Killer", Grissom and Sara's relationship gets exposed to the rest of the team as she goes missing during the investigation. The "Miniature Killer" is finally captured, but not before a member of CSI becomes the killer's final victim.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writers:Naren Shankar, Sarah Goldfinger

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  3. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 10 - One to Go
    8.9/10(1030 votes)

    S9:E10

    The CSI team is shocked and saddened when, after working with Dr. Raymond Langston (Fishburne) on the "Dick & Jane" murders, Grissom announces that his time as a CSI has come to an end and offers Langston a permanent position on the CSI team.

    Director:Alec Smight
    Writers:Naren Shankar, Carol Mendelsohn

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  4. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 6 Episode 5 - Gum Drops
    8.8/10(1209 votes)

    S6:E5

    Nick takes the lead on a case where in the house a family of four, three pools of blood are found. Nick thinks that the little girl may still be alive, but Sara is doubtful, thinking that Nick's recent near-death experience is affecting his judgement.

    Director:Richard J. Lewis
    Writer:Sarah Goldfinger

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  5. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 12 Episode 12 - Willows in the Wind (2)
    8.8/10(912 votes)

    S12:E12

    The CSI team says goodbye to Catherine Willows as she makes a life-changing decision.

    Director:Alec Smight
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 1 Episode 7 - Blood Drops
    8.7/10(1534 votes)

    S1:E7

    When a teenager and her sister are the sole survivors of the gruesome murder of four members of one family in a quiet suburban neighborhood, Grissom and his entire team investigate the crime. What initially looks like a bizarre cult murder becomes more disturbing when they discover the motive behind the massacre.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 5 Episode 25 - Grave Danger (2)
    8.6/10(2953 votes)

    S5:E25

    The CSI teams come together to save one of their own when they learn one team member has been kidnapped and buried alive, and now they must find him before he suffocates under five feet of dirt.

    Director:Quentin Tarantino
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 7 Episode 21 - Ending Happy
    8.6/10(1144 votes)

    S7:E21

    When a has-been boxer is killed, the CSIs must establish which of several life-threatening acts actually killed him.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Evan Dunsky

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  9. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 16 - Turn, Turn, Turn
    8.6/10(1133 votes)

    S9:E16

    When the CSIs are called to a murder scene at a familiar motel, Nick is thrown for a loop as he pieces together three separate murder investigations that all took place at the same establishment over the course of a year.

    Director:Richard J. Lewis
    Writer:Tom Mularz

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  10. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 8 Episode 17 - For Gedda
    8.6/10(1078 votes)

    S8:E17

    Catherine comforts Warrick when he is accused of murdering a famous Vegas gangster and even he is uncertain of his guilt or innocence.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 5 Episode 24 - Grave Danger (1)
    8.5/10(3278 votes)

    S5:E24

    The CSI teams come together to save one of their own when they learn one team member has been kidnapped and buried alive, and now they must find him before he suffocates under five feet of dirt.

    Director:Quentin Tarantino
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 7 Episode 2 - Built to Kill (2)
    8.6/10(1048 votes)

    S7:E2

    In the second part of this two-parter Grissom investigates the murder of an aging rockstar who is found dead in his kitchen with an exact replica of the crime scene on the counter next to him. Meanwhile, Catherine probes her own abduction and learns that someone may be targeting her family.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 7 Episode 15 - Law of Gravity
    8.6/10(982 votes)

    S7:E15

    Grissom returns from his sabbatical; Keppler is put into a compromising position when the bodies of a Trenton police officer and a hooker are found in a hotel room. The man who found them is a retired New Jersey cop and close friend to Keppler, who doesn't reveal their relationship.

    Director:Richard J. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 7 Episode 16 - Monster in the Box
    8.6/10(941 votes)

    S7:E16

    Once he unseals a package sent to him through the mail, Grissom is floored when he finds a miniature crime scene inside. The finding is entirely more perplexing since the successive killer accountable for earlier related miniature crimes is now deceased. Grissom plows to examine the miniature and discover the actual location, when the investigation makes it clear the murder showed has yet to happen, but is probably going to happen soon.

    Director:Jeffrey G. Hunt
    Writers:Naren Shankar, Doug Petrie

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  15. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 3 Episode 15 - Lady Heather's Box
    8.5/10(1149 votes)

    S3:E15

    Grissom investigates the murder of two men that leads him to a new encounter with Lady Heather. Catherine is desperate to find out what lead to the near death of her daughter and why her ex, Eddie, disappeared.

    Director:Richard J. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 2 Episode 13 - Identity Crisis
    8.5/10(1102 votes)

    S2:E13

    Grissom's nemesis, serial killer Paul Millander, reappears and claims a third victim in this gripping episode. The latest slaying matches Millander's previous killings in that it recreates his father's murder. The killer's next target was born Aug. 17, 1956...which just happens to be Grissom's birthday.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writers:Anthony E. Zuiker, Ann Donahue

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  17. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 2 Episode 14 - The Finger
    8.5/10(1095 votes)

    S2:E14

    Catherine is ordered by a kidnapper to accompany a man who is to deliver $1 million in ransom to him or else he will kill the man's mistress.

    Director:Richard J. Lewis
    Writers:Danny Cannon, Carol Mendelsohn

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  18. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 7 Episode 10 - Loco Motives
    8.5/10(973 votes)

    S7:E10

    Grissom investigates when a worker at a poultry processing plant is found dead in a stun bath used to electrocute chickens before they are slaughtered. Nearby, a miniature replica of the crime scene is discovered. It's eerily similar to two other replicas left at scenes of homicides. Also, a man and a dead woman are found stuck in cement at a construction site; and an elderly Russian woman is discovered dead in her apartment with her head in a gas stove, but Warrick thinks she was murdered.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Evan Dunsky

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  19. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 6 Episode 8 - A Bullet Runs Through It (2)
    8.5/10(956 votes)

    S6:E8

    The CSIs sift through the overwhelming evidence from a shootout with drug dealers in order to determine who is responsible for the death of a police officer killed during the incident.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writers:Carol Mendelsohn, Richard Catalani

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  20. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 9 - CSI-19 down
    8.5/10(879 votes)

    S9:E9

    When the team discovers a connection between a new murder and a serial killer, Grissom secretly joins the class of a criminal pathologist (Laurence Fishburne) to help crack the case.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writers:Naren Shankar, Carol Mendelsohn

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  21. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 12 Episode 11 - Ms. Willows Regrets... (1)
    8.5/10(841 votes)

    S12:E11

    Catherine's friend Laura's mogul husband Mark has a lot to hide behind his successful international corporation, and he's hired a crack team of assassins to carry out the murders of anyone who might be aware of what he's doing, and that includes Laura's lawyer and Laura herself.

    Director:Louis Shaw Milito
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 6 Episode 21 - Rashomama
    8.4/10(1082 votes)

    S6:E21

    A wealthy defense attorney is killed at her son’s wedding but Nick’s car, containing all the collected evidence is stolen and the case is compromised. After discovering new evidence, the team suspects that someone from the wedding party may be responsible for the murder.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Sarah Goldfinger

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  23. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 7 Episode 9 - Living Legend
    8.4/10(1080 votes)

    S7:E9

    The Cadillac of an infamous 1970’s mob boss turns up in a lake, even though he disappeared years ago. A photo of current murder victims also turns up in the car, so the team must determine whether this current murder spree is related to the missing gangster.

    Director:Martha Coolidge
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 3 Episode 2 - The Accused Is Entitled
    8.4/10(1067 votes)

    S3:E2

    Grissom and his crew are called in to investigate the death of a young woman found in the hotel room of popular actor Tom Haviland. Haviland admits that he slept with her, but denies killing her. Grissom believes otherwise, however, after finding blood evidence on the celebrity. Then things get personal when Haviland's lawyer hires Grissom's former mentor, Philip Gerard, to find mistakes in the forensic part of the case. And, unfortunately for Grissom, Gerard finds plenty of errors to exploit.

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writers:Elizabeth Devine, Ann Donahue

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  25. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 4 Episode 6 - Jackpot
    8.4/10(1029 votes)

    S4:E6

    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
    Writers:Naren Shankar, Carol Mendelsohn

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Best Episodes Summary

"For Warrick" is the best rated episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It scored 9.0/10 from 1,325 votes. Directed by Richard J. Lewis and written by Unknown, it aired on October 9, 2008. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Living Doll".

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