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The Best Episodes of CSI: Miami

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

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CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    CSI: Miami Season 3 Episode 24 - 10-7
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - 10-7

    S3:E24

    While investigating the murder of man hired to make dirty bombs that terrorists intend to set off in Miami, Horatio finds the bloody fingerprint of his brother, Raymond, who he believed to be dead. However, when Raymond's son is kidnapped, he emerges from deep undercover and the estranged brothers must work together to save the boy. Meanwhile, while processing a crime scene, an unknown assailant holds a gun to Calleigh's head and, after a deadly confrontation in her gun lab, she is left doubting that she can continue as a CSI.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writers:Ann Donahue, Elizabeth Devine

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  2. CSI: Miami Season 2 Episode 1 - Blood Brothers
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Blood Brothers

    S2:E1

    Horatio investigates the murder of a model intentionally run down outside of a Miami hotel by a driver who fled the scene. When the evidence leads to a suspect, governmental red tape puts an unexpected twist on the proceedings. Horatio and Yelina begin to confront their feelings for one another.

    Director:Danny Cannon
    Writer:Ann Donahue

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  3. CSI: Miami Season 1 Episode 1 - Golden Parachute
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    #3 - Golden Parachute

    S1:E1

    Megan Donner returns to the CSI unit in time to work on a jet crash in the Everglades. While searching for survivors, they inexplicably discover a female victim found five miles from the crash site. When the only survivor says the woman opened the plane's hatch in order to commit suicide, Horatio is suspicious. The team must now recreate what happened on that fatal flight, especially when the pieces don't quite fit together.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writer:Steven Maeda

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  4. CSI: Miami Season 6 Episode 1 - Dangerous Son
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Dangerous Son

    S6:E1

    When the team is investigating the murder of a probation officer and a hostage situation, Horatio learns that the main suspect could be his son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Marc Dube

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  5. CSI: Miami Season 8 Episode 22 - Mommie Deadest
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #5 - Mommie Deadest

    S8:E22

    When a suburban soccer mom is murdered, the CSIs uncover her family's dark past, while Delko continues his undercover mission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. CSI: Miami Season 6 Episode 16 - All In
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #6 - All In

    S6:E16

    In the second part of the two part episodes, Horatio deals with his past and the rest of the team works to rescue Calleigh from kidnappers.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. CSI: Miami Season 6 Episode 21 - Going Ballistic
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #7 - Going Ballistic

    S6:E21

    As the first new medical examiner they have is shot, the CSIs learn the streets of Miami got more dangerous. Horatio must keep his team alive and restore order to his son's life. The clock runs out when one of their own is gunned down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:C-Murder

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  8. CSI: Miami Season 9 Episode 18 - About Face
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #8 - About Face

    S9:E18

    An escaped prisoner takes Natalia hostage and tells her a shocking secret about his crimes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. CSI: Miami Season 9 Episode 22 - Mayday
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #9 - Mayday

    S9:E22

    In the season finale, Horatio must capture an escapee again when their transport plane crashes. And the team was shocked to discover that the fugitive has planned more than that.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. CSI: Miami Season 8 Episode 24 - All Fall Down
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #10 - All Fall Down

    S8:E24

    A serial killer taunts the CSIs by leaving them cryptic hints, and the longer it takes them to decode these puzzles, the higher the death toll rises, on the eighth season finale of CSI: MIAMI.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writers:Marc Dube, Barry O'Brien

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  11. CSI: Miami Season 3 Episode 1 - Lost Son
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Lost Son

    S3:E1

    After a large yacht slams into a major Miami bridge, the team finds that the man steering the boat was shot and killed before the accident. The victim's wife reveals that their son had been kidnapped and her husband was handing over the ransom – three million dollars worth of jewels. But when the team learns that the jewels were fake, the investigation leads them into a dangerous situation at a jewelry shop that may contain crucial evidence, where Horatio must face the unimaginable when one of the team is killed in the line of duty.

    Director:Duane Clark
    Writers:Ann Donahue, Elizabeth Devine

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  12. CSI: Miami Season 4 Episode 6 - Under Suspicion
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Under Suspicion

    S4:E6

    The CSIs must race against time when all evidence in a murder case points to Horatio. When a murdered woman is discovered, Horatio admits that he was seeing her and that he was the last person to see her alive. Although the evidence logically points to Horatio as the killer, our CSIs must now dig deeper to find the real killer and learn who would have the motive and the method to frame him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Barry O'Brien, Sunil Nayar

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  13. CSI: Miami Season 4 Episode 25 - One Of Our Own
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #13 - One Of Our Own

    S4:E25

    In this thrilling season finale, the loss of one of their own is the first hit the lab will take. Getting back to the lab to process the evidence, they find it has been taken over by Federal Agents looking for stolen money from a previous case.

    Director:Matt Earl Beesley
    Writer:Barry O'Brien

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  14. CSI: Miami Season 5 Episode 1 - Rio
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Rio

    S5:E1

    The episode picks up straight where "One of Our Own" left off. Horatio and Delko have arrived in Rio de Janeiro to hunt down Antonio Riaz, who ordered the hit on Marisol. The problem is that Horatio can't stop thinking about his late wife, and Brazilian authorities aren't being very cooperative. While there, Horatio runs into Yelina and finds out that Raymond is missing again. Ray Jr., now fourteen, teams up with Brazilian authorities and will stop at nothing to bring his father home safe, until Horatio learns the terrible truth... Raymond is already dead. Now Horatio must stop his nephew from getting himself killed trying to chase a ghost.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writer:Sunil Nayar

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  15. CSI: Miami Season 5 Episode 6 - Curse Of The Coffin
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Curse Of The Coffin

    S5:E6

    When strange accidents occur in the lab, the CSI team is spooked during a death investigation involving voodoo. As Halloween is near everyone starts to think that the lab is cursed.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writer:Sunil Nayar

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  16. CSI: Miami Season 5 Episode 18 - Triple Threat
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - 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
    Writers:C-Murder, Sunil Nayar

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  17. CSI: Miami Season 6 Episode 9 - Stand Your Ground
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Stand Your Ground

    S6:E9

    A serial killer is on the loose with a craving, making Calleigh its next victim, which also jeopardizes her ability to do her job.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writer:Marc Dube

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  18. CSI: Miami Season 7 Episode 8 - Gone Baby Gone
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Gone Baby Gone

    S7:E8

    A baby is taken from her mother's arms in broad daylight, and the team must race against time to find her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. CSI: Miami Season 7 Episode 11 - Tipping Point
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Tipping Point

    S7:E11

    Local tipsters help the CSI's fight to save their neighborhood from a violent street gang's attempt to take over the area.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. CSI: Miami Season 7 Episode 12 - Head Case
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Head Case

    S7:E12

    The CSIs use radical technology to unlock the secrets of a man's mind when he shows up covered in blood with no memory of where he's been.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. CSI: Miami Season 8 Episode 18 - Dishonor
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #21 - Dishonor

    S8:E18

    One of Kyle's army friends tries to protect his girlfriend from an "honor killing" and winds up as the number-one suspect in a murder...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Marc Dube

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  22. CSI: Miami Season 9 Episode 16 - Hunting Ground
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Hunting Ground

    S9:E16

    The CSIs uncover an exclusive hunting club where the prey is human.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. CSI: Miami Season 9 Episode 20 - Paint It Black
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Paint It Black

    S9:E20

    When the CSIs find a co-ed dead in a hot tub, they investigate a case marked by jealousy, psychosis and college roommates.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. CSI: Miami Season 1 Episode 17 - Simple Man
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Simple Man

    S1:E17

    Shortly before Horatio is set to testify at a high-profile murder case in which the defendant is the husband of a city councilwoman, he's given new facts that could prove the man is innocent. The information revolves around the discovery of a second victim who matches the profile of the first one and was killed in a similar manner. If the man on trial isn't guilty, then Horatio fears that a serial killer may be on the loose.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writer:Steven Maeda

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  25. CSI: Miami Season 1 Episode 2 - Losing Face
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Losing Face

    S1:E2

    A serial bomber is on the loose. Will the team with the help from Caine's old bomb squad mentor be able to work out the puzzle and find the bomber?

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writers:Steven Maeda, Gwendolyn M. Parker

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Best Episodes Summary

"10-7" is the best rated episode of "CSI: Miami". It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Joe Chappelle and written by Ann Donahue, Elizabeth Devine, it aired on 5/23/2005. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Blood Brothers".