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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 1 - For Warrick
    9.0/10(1320 votes)

    #1 - For Warrick

    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:Carol Mendelsohn

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  2. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 2 - The Happy Place
    7.4/10(818 votes)

    #2 - The Happy Place

    S9:E2

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

    Director:Nathan Hope
    Writer:Sarah Goldfinger

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  3. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 3 - Art Imitates Life
    7.9/10(836 votes)

    #3 - Art Imitates Life

    S9:E3

    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

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  4. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 4 - Let it Bleed
    7.5/10(782 votes)

    #4 - Let it Bleed

    S9:E4

    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

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  5. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 5 - Leave out All the Rest
    7.8/10(846 votes)

    #5 - Leave out All the Rest

    S9:E5

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

    Director:Kenneth Fink
    Writer:Jacqueline Hoyt

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  6. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 6 - Say Uncle
    7.6/10(774 votes)

    #6 - Say Uncle

    S9:E6

    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

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  7. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 7 - Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda
    7.5/10(766 votes)

    #7 - Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

    S9:E7

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

    Director:Brad Tanenbaum
    Writers:Allen MacDonald, Naren Shankar

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  8. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 8 - Young Man with a Horn
    7.5/10(795 votes)

    #8 - Young Man with a Horn

    S9:E8

    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

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  9. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 9 - CSI-19 down
    8.5/10(880 votes)

    #9 - CSI-19 down

    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:Carol Mendelsohn, Naren Shankar

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  10. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 10 - One to Go
    8.9/10(1039 votes)

    #10 - One to Go

    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:Carol Mendelsohn, Naren Shankar

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  11. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 11 - The Grave Shift
    7.8/10(776 votes)

    #11 - The Grave Shift

    S9:E11

    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
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  12. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 12 - Disarmed and Dangerous
    7.5/10(797 votes)

    #12 - Disarmed and Dangerous

    S9:E12

    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
    Writers:Evan Dunsky, Dustin Lee Abraham

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  13. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 13 - Deep Fried and Minty Fresh
    7.2/10(752 votes)

    #13 - Deep Fried and Minty Fresh

    S9:E13

    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
    Writers:Corinne Marrinan, Sarah Goldfinger

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  14. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 14 - Miscarriage of Justice
    7.4/10(741 votes)

    #14 - Miscarriage of Justice

    S9:E14

    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
    Writers:Richard Catalani, Jacqueline Hoyt

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  15. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 15 - Kill Me If You Can
    7.2/10(731 votes)

    #15 - Kill Me If You Can

    S9:E15

    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
    Writers:David Weddle, Bradley Thompson

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  16. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 16 - Turn, Turn, Turn
    8.6/10(1121 votes)

    #16 - Turn, Turn, Turn

    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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  17. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 17 - No Way Out
    7.8/10(746 votes)

    #17 - No Way Out

    S9:E17

    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

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  18. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 18 - Mascara
    6.3/10(902 votes)

    #18 - Mascara

    S9:E18

    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
    Writers:Dustin Lee Abraham, Naren Shankar

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  19. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 19 - The Descent of Man
    7.3/10(755 votes)

    #19 - The Descent of Man

    S9:E19

    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

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  20. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 20 - A Space Oddity
    7.8/10(953 votes)

    #20 - A Space Oddity

    S9:E20

    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

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  21. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 21 - If I Had A Hammer
    8.2/10(774 votes)

    #21 - If I Had A Hammer

    S9:E21

    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:Unknown

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  22. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 22 - The Gone Dead Train
    7.7/10(757 votes)

    #22 - The Gone Dead Train

    S9:E22

    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

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  23. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 23 - Hog Heaven
    7.6/10(724 votes)

    #23 - Hog Heaven

    S9:E23

    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

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  24. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 Episode 24 - All In
    7.1/10(715 votes)

    #24 - All In

    S9:E24

    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
    Writers:Naren Shankar, Phillip Schenkler

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"For Warrick" is the best rated episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" season 9. It scored 9/10 based on 1320 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".