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The Worst Episodes of CSI: Miami

Every episode of CSI: Miami ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of CSI: Miami!

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...
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Open Water" is the worst rated episode of "CSI: Miami". It scored 6.6/10 based on 377 votes. Directed by Scott Lautanen and written by Marc Dube, Ildy Modrovich, it aired on 5/1/2006. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Grand Prix".

  • Open Water
    6.6/10377 votes
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    #1 - Open Water

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/2006

    A cruise ship that is docked in Miami is the scene for a double murder. The team investigates the long list of potential suspects but soon find that the list is dramatically decreased when the CSI's find a large amount of money is missing from the victim's stateroom. Horatio and Marisol's relationship evolves.

    Director: Scott Lautanen

    Writer: Marc Dube, Ildy Modrovich

  • Grand Prix
    6.7/10504 votes
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    #2 - Grand Prix

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2003

    A gas man is engulfed in invisible flames and dies during a qualifying race at the Grand Prix Americas.

    Director: David Grossman

    Writer: Steven Maeda, Mike Ostrowski

  • Prey
    6.7/10362 votes
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    #3 - Prey

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2005

    The search of a missing 17-year-old girl, whose trip to Miami turns into an ongoing nightmare.

    Director: Scott Lautanen

    Writer: C-Murder, Barry O'Brien

  • Evidence of Things Unseen
    6.8/10522 votes
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    #4 - Evidence of Things Unseen

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/2003

    Horatio and his team investigate after a Russian immigrant is stabbed to death in a peep-show booth, and the only witness to the crime is the stripper who was performing for him.

    Director: Joe Chappelle

    Writer: David Black

  • Double Cap
    6.8/10501 votes
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    #5 - Double Cap

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/31/2003

    Horatio battles the FBI and U.S. Marshals as he tries to uncover why a woman was murdered at the side of a pool at a hotel. The investigation begins shortly after the woman is found dead from two shots to the head. The evidence suggests that it was a professional hit man, which is strange enough, but the case becomes additionally puzzling when the Feds and U.S. Marshals get involved. Plus, the murder weapon is linked to a cold case that was orinially investigated by Yelina. Meanwhile, Calleigh talks to her dad about his drinking problem after she's called away from work to drag him out of a bar.

    Director: Joe Chappelle

    Writer: Marc Dube

  • Blood Moon
    6.8/10456 votes
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    #6 - Blood Moon

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2004

    A cigarmaker is found in his store tied up, beaten, mutilated, and murdered with a chaveta, a cigar-making tool featuring a rounded blade. The investigation leads Horatio to a group that helps Cuban refugees. Across town, a 25-year-old man is gunned down while withdrawing money from an ATM, but the motive doesn't appear to be robbery since the cash he withdrew is left behind.

    Director: Scott Lautanen

    Writer: Jonathan Glassner

  • Invasion
    6.8/10450 votes
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    #7 - Invasion

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/23/2004

    When a former surf champion is murdered in his home, the CSIs are determined to find the killer. Ted Henderson is killed in his own home and his body is missing, while his wife and son are left beaten and bound. While searching the home, Horatio finds heroin in the son's room and learns that he is secretly a drug dealer. Meanwhile, the CSIs find a home pregnancy kit in the bathroom that reveals Ted's wife is pregnant, but Alexx finds proof that the baby could not possibly be Ted's. Now, Horatio and the team find evidence that suggests that someone at Ted's surfboard manufacturing plant was not only the son's supplier, but may have a strong motive for the murder as well.

    Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá

    Writer: Jonathan Glassner

  • Deadline
    6.8/10444 votes
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    #8 - Deadline

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/29/2004

    Josh Dalton, a hot, young reporter for the Miami Sun, witnesses the murder of his friend, a city councilman's aide, in Miami's drug district, the Golden Triangle. Josh, who was suspiciously unharmed in the attack, claims that they were only down there on a story, but Horatio believes that there's more to the situation. Later, another writer from the same paper is found shot to death inside the trunk of her car, which was reported stolen. Now, as the evidence rejects Josh's version of what happened, the CSIs find themselves entangled in the world of fast-paced journalism and learn that there is a dangerously fine line between the truth and what sells newspapers.

    Director: Deran Sarafian

    Writer: Sunil Nayar, Ildy Modrovich

  • One Night Stand
    6.8/10367 votes
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    #9 - One Night Stand

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/2005

    The CSIs uncover a complex counterfeiting operation after a bellboy is found murdered at one of Miami's hottest hotels. The luggage that the deceased bellboy had been loading, as well as a heist of a special paper that money is printed on, leads the CSIs to uncover a complex counterfeiting operation. It's cruise season in Miami, which means that the population of Miami swells, giving the team even more suspects to the murder. Meanwhile, Calleigh must investigate when a woman goes missing, and is later found dead, after she and her husband attend a hot and flirty "friction" party.

    Director: Greg Yaitanes

    Writer: Mike Ostrowski, John Haynes

  • 48 Hours To Life
    6.8/10377 votes
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    #10 - 48 Hours To Life

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2005

    Horatio and the team are trying to figure out how to free an innocent young man after a harsh interrogation with Frank Tripp sends him to jail.

    Director: Norberto Barba

    Writer: Marc Dube

  • Dead Air
    6.8/10377 votes
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    #11 - Dead Air

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/24/2006

    The CSI team must locate a woman who has been kidnapped and dialed a wrong number on her cell phone. To try and find the woman the team must first figure out whom the kidnapped woman was trying to call in the first place. Marisol has a difficult decision to make and Horatio helps her. Natalia is surprised when Ryan asks for Delko's permission to take her out on a date.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • If Looks Could Kill
    6.8/10381 votes
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    #12 - If Looks Could Kill

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/2006

    The CSI’s investigate the murder of a male model and have to figure out the inner workings of the modeling world in order to find his killer.

    Director: Scott Lautanen

    Writer: Ildy Modrovich, Barry O'Brien

  • Come As You Are
    6.8/10351 votes
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    #13 - Come As You Are

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/2006

    A Marine recruiter is found dead on a civilian shooting range with various bullet holes in him, but there is no blood at the scene. The investigators uncover that the victim was dead before he was shot and that his body was pulled onto the range. As the case advances, Horatio determines the murder may be tied to the death of a marine in Iraq who was killed in combat. Likewise, Natalia is shocked to learn that Nick asked Valera out and that she accepted.

    Director: Joe Chappelle

    Writer: N/A

  • Backfire
    6.8/10359 votes
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    #14 - Backfire

    Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 4/19/2010

    A victim's spirit won't leave Calleigh alone until she finds justice for his murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reality Kills
    6.8/10321 votes
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    #15 - Reality Kills

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2010

    When a reality TV star is murdered, the CSIs investigate the show's cast, the obsessed fans and the stars' hidden pasts.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ashes To Ashes
    6.9/10583 votes
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    #16 - Ashes To Ashes

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2002

    When a priest is found dead in his rectory after being brutally shot, Megan, Calleigh and Speedle must untangle a messy web of familial issues that lead to his death. Elsewhere, Horatio and Eric attempt to solve the emotional case of an exploded vehicle, which was home to a mother with child.

    Director: Bryan Spicer

    Writer: Mark Israel

  • Entrance Wound
    6.9/10520 votes
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    #17 - Entrance Wound

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2003

    Horatio and Speedle investigate the slaying of a hooker who is found dead under a bed in a plush beachside cottage, her naked body having been stabbed 23 times. But the crime scene yields few traces of blood because the killer bathed the victim in the cottage's tub with cardamom soap. Across town at an urban gas station, Calleigh and Delko attempt to uncover why a German tourist was gunned down in an apparent carjacking. They learn that a masked assailant approached a vacationing couple's rental car, shot and killed the husband, but left the wife unharmed and then fled the scene.

    Director: David Grossman

    Writer: Gwendolyn M. Parker, Laurie McCarthy

  • The Oath
    6.9/10448 votes
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    #18 - The Oath

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/19/2004

    A police officer collapses and dies after pulling over a car, and the investigation reveals he was murdered. Horatio grows suspicious when Internal Affairs gets involved in the case, leading him to believe that the killing wasn't a random crime. Meanwhile, Calleigh aids an abused woman who is living with one of the suspects in the probe. Yelina begins dating Horatio's nemesis – who is heading up the Internal Affairs inquiry.

    Director: Duane Clark

    Writer: Alison Lea Bingeman

  • Rap Sheet
    6.9/10449 votes
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    #19 - Rap Sheet

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/2004

    A security guard is found dead after shots ring out at a rap star's concert and the CSIs must investigate. Rap star 10-Large won't talk to the police regarding the murder or why someone would try to kill him. But when evidence suggests that perhaps 10-Large's bodyguard was the intended target, the CSIs must look into the dangerous world of personal security. Meanwhile, Alexx gets the shock of her life when a supposed cadaver from a recent car accident wakes up in her morgue, suffering only from hypothermia.

    Director: David Grossman

    Writer: C-Murder, Ildy Modrovich

  • Murder In A Flash
    6.9/10403 votes
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    #20 - Murder In A Flash

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2004

    E-mails and text messages trigger a mass gathering of students to perform a random task on a golf course. However, as the crowd disperses, the body of a high school student is found. The original message triggering the "flash mob" is traced to a high school senior whose father is a high-powered defense attorney. The case changes direction when Horatio and the team learn that the schoolmaster's daughter may have had something to do with the murder and evidence reveals that the victim was having an affair with his chemistry teacher.

    Director: Frederick King Keller

    Writer: Sunil Nayar, Anne McGrail

  • Pirated
    6.9/10371 votes
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    #21 - Pirated

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2004

    The team investigates a modern-day piracy off the coast of Miami after six bodies are discovered floating in the ocean tied together by rope. Horatio suspects that a ship was hijacked with some of the crew killed and then dumped overboard. Evidence suggests that other crew members might have escaped on a life raft. Using radar and GPS technology, the CSIs find survivors but their stories don't match. Now, Horatio and the team must learn what really happened out in the ocean as they find themselves investigating the seamy underbelly of Miami's militias and arms dealers.

    Director: Duane Clark

    Writer: Steven Maeda, Mike Ostrowski

  • Money Plane
    6.9/10384 votes
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    #22 - Money Plane

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/2005

    Someone uses a laser light to blind a pilot and bring down a jet, which carries $1.2 billion in checks to be delivered to banks on the eastern seaboard. The crime scene evidence reveals a victim, a young fundraising socialite, who was inside the plane but killed prior to the crash. Now, although the team has little to work with since the victim's wealthy family is opposing an autopsy, Horatio must follow the money trail. Meanwhile, Calleigh works on the case with her ex-boyfriend, Detective Hagen, and their romantic history could cause problems for both of them.

    Director: Scott Lautanen

    Writer: Steven Maeda, Sunil Nayar

  • Deviant
    6.9/10356 votes
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    #23 - Deviant

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/2006

    Alexx’s DNA is found throughout her neighborhood where she is suspected to be responsible for the death of a convicted child molester. The CSI team soon learns that mindset of the neighborhood could lead to any of community wanting the man gone. The team must find out who the real killer was to clear Alexx.

    Director: Scott Lautanen

    Writer: N/A

  • High Octane
    6.9/10353 votes
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    #24 - High Octane

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2006

    After an accident where the driver was decapitated during a dangerous stunt, the evidence leads the CSI’s to believe it was more than an accident. While gathering the evidence, the CSI’s find they must go into the world of “sideshows.”

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Marc Dube

  • Bloodline
    6.9/10333 votes
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    #25 - Bloodline

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/2007

    After a scalped body is found near a Native American casino, Horatio believes that the owners of the Casino and the County Supervisor may have had some involvement in the murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Marc Dube