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The Best Episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9

Every episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9!

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:CBS

Season 9 Ratings Summary

"For Warrick" is the best rated episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" season 9. It scored 9/10 based on 1249 votes. Directed by Richard J. Lewis and written by Carol Mendelsohn, it aired on 10/9/2008. This episode is rated 1.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Happy Place".

  • For Warrick
    9.0/101,249 votes

    #1 - For Warrick

    Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2008

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

    Director: Richard J. Lewis

    Writer: Carol Mendelsohn

  • The Happy Place
    7.4/10776 votes

    #2 - The Happy Place

    Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2008

    A hypnotist bank robber becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation.

    Director: Nathan Hope

    Writer: Sarah Goldfinger

  • Art Imitates Life
    7.9/10797 votes

    #3 - Art Imitates Life

    Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2008

    After several victims are found dead while performing normal, everyday activities, the CSIs must find the reason as to why each of the victims remain upright after dying.

    Director: Kenneth Fink

    Writer: Evan Dunsky

  • Let it Bleed
    7.5/10740 votes

    #4 - Let it Bleed

    Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2008

    The team investigates the death of a woman who turns out to be the daughter of a wanted criminal.

    Director: Brad Tanenbaum

    Writer: Corinne Marrinan

  • Leave out All the Rest
    7.8/10800 votes

    #5 - Leave out All the Rest

    Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2008

    Grissom asks Lady Heather for help when the team investigates a case connected to the world of domination.

    Director: Kenneth Fink

    Writer: Jacqueline Hoyt

  • Say Uncle
    7.6/10733 votes

    #6 - Say Uncle

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2008

    The team has a hard time investigating a shooting in Koreatown when none of the witnesses will talk about the crime.

    Director: Richard J. Lewis

    Writer: Dustin Lee Abraham

  • Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda
    7.5/10724 votes

    #7 - Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2008

    The murder of a mother and her child seems to be connected to a murder case from 12 years earlier.

    Director: Brad Tanenbaum

    Writer: Naren Shankar, Allen MacDonald

  • Young Man with a Horn
    7.5/10757 votes

    #8 - Young Man with a Horn

    Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/2008

    A popular young singer is found dead outside an infamous Las Vegas nightclub, leading the CSI team to uncover a link between that crime and a murder 50 years earlier.

    Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt

    Writer: David Rambo

  • CSI-19 down
    8.5/10837 votes

    #9 - CSI-19 down

    Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2008

    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

    Writer: Carol Mendelsohn, Naren Shankar

  • One to Go
    8.9/10979 votes

    #10 - One to Go

    Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 1/15/2009

    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

    Writer: Carol Mendelsohn, Naren Shankar

  • The Grave Shift
    7.8/10743 votes

    #11 - The Grave Shift

    Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/2009

    The first day on the job for Dr. Langston turns from bad to worse when a simple burglary case quickly overlaps with a complicated arson and homicide case.

    Director: Richard J. Lewis

    Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

  • Disarmed and Dangerous
    7.5/10760 votes

    #12 - Disarmed and Dangerous

    Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 1/29/2009

    The detectives search for the murderer of FBI agent Billy Ray Jackson, only Billy Ray isn't really an FBI agent, and neither are his impressively capable partners, Miles Baker and Emma Solomon.

    Director: Kenneth Fink

    Writer: Dustin Lee Abraham, Evan Dunsky

  • Deep Fried and Minty Fresh
    7.2/10719 votes

    #13 - Deep Fried and Minty Fresh

    Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 2/12/2009

    Langston and Nick are called to investigate a murder at a fast food restaurant and have quite a task ahead of them when they discover that much of the evidence is coated in cooking oil.

    Director: Alec Smight

    Writer: Sarah Goldfinger, Corinne Marrinan

  • Miscarriage of Justice
    7.4/10708 votes

    #14 - Miscarriage of Justice

    Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/2009

    While Langston testifies in the trial of a respected Congressman, new evidence sends the CSIs back to the lab to reopen the investigation.

    Director: Louis Shaw Milito

    Writer: Richard Catalani, Jacqueline Hoyt

  • Kill Me If You Can
    7.2/10699 votes

    #15 - Kill Me If You Can

    Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 2/26/2009

    The CSI are called to three different crime scenes in one night that are seemingly unrelated, but each case's forensic evidence reveals a common link

    Director: Nathan Hope

    Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

  • Turn, Turn, Turn
    8.6/101,066 votes

    #16 - Turn, Turn, Turn

    Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 3/5/2009

    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

  • No Way Out
    7.8/10713 votes

    #17 - No Way Out

    Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 3/12/2009

    Langston and Riley are taken hostage during the aftermath of a shootout in an usually calm Las Vegas community.

    Director: Alec Smight

    Writer: Fulvia Charles-Lindsay

  • Mascara
    6.3/10866 votes

    #18 - Mascara

    Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/2009

    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

    Writer: Naren Shankar, Dustin Lee Abraham

  • The Descent of Man
    7.2/10718 votes

    #19 - The Descent of Man

    Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/2009

    When a seasoned sky diver is paralyzed after free falling to earth when his parachute doesn't deploy, he turns out to be linked to the strange death-by-airborne-toxins of two wealthy men with ties to Iran.

    Director: Christopher Leitch

    Writer: Evan Dunsky

  • A Space Oddity
    7.8/10912 votes

    #20 - A Space Oddity

    Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 4/16/2009

    When the producer of the reboot of a classic SF show is murdered at a Las Vegas science-fiction convention attended by both Hodges and Wendy (both, unknown to each other, fans of the original show), they find a connection with each other as the team investigates the crime.

    Director: Michael Nankin

    Writer: Naren Shankar

  • If I Had A Hammer
    8.2/10743 votes

    #21 - If I Had A Hammer

    Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 4/23/2009

    Catherine revisits one of the very first cases she worked as a CSI when the convicted felon in the murder claims the verdict was based on faulty evidence.

    Director: Brad Tanenbaum

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gone Dead Train
    7.7/10724 votes

    #22 - The Gone Dead Train

    Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/2009

    A series of indeterminate deaths test the deductive powers of the CSI team, who fear that a public health emergency may be in the offing. Meanwhile, a friendly rivalry over who will win an upcoming bikini contest takes a deadly turn...

    Director: Alec Smight

    Writer: Jacqueline Hoyt

  • Hog Heaven
    7.6/10692 votes

    #23 - Hog Heaven

    Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/2009

    A band of vicious bikers is given the go-ahead to take down one of their own when it's discovered that the guy is an undercover cop.

    Director: Louis Shaw Milito

    Writer: David Rambo

  • All In
    7.1/10686 votes

    #24 - All In

    Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2009

    A cache of missing chips from a closed down casino turn up in Vegas and a string of murders follow, leading Langston to use deadly force for the first time in his career as a CSI.

    Director: Paris Barclay

    Writer: Naren Shankar, Phillip Schenkler