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The Worst 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 Worst Episode
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    CSI: Miami Season 4 Episode 22 - Open Water
    6.6/10(390 votes)

    #1 - Open Water

    S4:E22

    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
    Writers:Marc Dube, Ildy Modrovich

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  2. CSI: Miami Season 2 Episode 13 - Blood Moon
    6.7/10(479 votes)

    #2 - Blood Moon

    S2:E13

    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

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  3. CSI: Miami Season 4 Episode 3 - Prey
    6.7/10(384 votes)

    #3 - Prey

    S4:E3

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

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writers:C-Murder, Barry O'Brien

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  4. CSI: Miami Season 8 Episode 20 - Backfire
    6.7/10(382 votes)

    #4 - Backfire

    S8:E20

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. CSI: Miami Season 1 Episode 16 - Evidence of Things Unseen
    6.8/10(552 votes)

    #5 - Evidence of Things Unseen

    S1:E16

    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

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  6. CSI: Miami Season 1 Episode 19 - Double Cap
    6.8/10(529 votes)

    #6 - Double Cap

    S1:E19

    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

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  7. CSI: Miami Season 2 Episode 7 - Grand Prix
    6.8/10(537 votes)

    #7 - Grand Prix

    S2:E7

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

    Director:David Grossman
    Writers:Steven Maeda, Mike Ostrowski

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  8. CSI: Miami Season 2 Episode 19 - Deadline
    6.8/10(467 votes)

    #8 - Deadline

    S2:E19

    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
    Writers:Sunil Nayar, Ildy Modrovich

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  9. CSI: Miami Season 3 Episode 14 - One Night Stand
    6.8/10(386 votes)

    #9 - One Night Stand

    S3:E14

    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
    Writers:Mike Ostrowski, John Haynes

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  10. CSI: Miami Season 4 Episode 4 - 48 Hours To Life
    6.8/10(398 votes)

    #10 - 48 Hours To Life

    S4:E4

    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

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  11. CSI: Miami Season 4 Episode 21 - Dead Air
    6.8/10(392 votes)

    #11 - Dead Air

    S4:E21

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. CSI: Miami Season 5 Episode 4 - If Looks Could Kill
    6.8/10(395 votes)

    #12 - If Looks Could Kill

    S5:E4

    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
    Writers:Barry O'Brien, Ildy Modrovich

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  13. CSI: Miami Season 9 Episode 6 - Reality Kills
    6.8/10(339 votes)

    #13 - Reality Kills

    S9:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. CSI: Miami Season 1 Episode 12 - Entrance Wound
    6.9/10(551 votes)

    #14 - Entrance Wound

    S1:E12

    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
    Writers:Laurie McCarthy, Gwendolyn M. Parker

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  15. CSI: Miami Season 2 Episode 16 - Invasion
    6.9/10(473 votes)

    #15 - Invasion

    S2:E16

    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 Alcalá
    Writer:Jonathan Glassner

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  16. CSI: Miami Season 2 Episode 20 - The Oath
    6.9/10(472 votes)

    #16 - The Oath

    S2:E20

    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

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  17. CSI: Miami Season 2 Episode 22 - Rap Sheet
    6.9/10(476 votes)

    #17 - Rap Sheet

    S2:E22

    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
    Writers:C-Murder, Ildy Modrovich

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  18. CSI: Miami Season 3 Episode 9 - Pirated
    6.9/10(393 votes)

    #18 - Pirated

    S3:E9

    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
    Writers:Steven Maeda, Mike Ostrowski

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  19. CSI: Miami Season 3 Episode 17 - Money Plane
    6.9/10(408 votes)

    #19 - Money Plane

    S3:E17

    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
    Writers:Steven Maeda, Sunil Nayar

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  20. CSI: Miami Season 5 Episode 7 - High Octane
    6.9/10(366 votes)

    #20 - High Octane

    S5:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Marc Dube

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  21. CSI: Miami Season 5 Episode 10 - Come As You Are
    6.9/10(367 votes)

    #21 - Come As You Are

    S5:E10

    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:Unknown

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  22. CSI: Miami Season 6 Episode 6 - Sunblock
    6.9/10(372 votes)

    #22 - Sunblock

    S6:E6

    Strange events begin to happen as the CSI team tracks down a serial killer who killed during a solar eclipse.

    Director:Christine Moore
    Writer:C-Murder

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  23. CSI: Miami Season 9 Episode 12 - Wheels Up
    6.9/10(345 votes)

    #23 - Wheels Up

    S9:E12

    The team investigates a murder at a roller derby match.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. CSI: Miami Season 1 Episode 5 - Ashes To Ashes
    7.0/10(620 votes)

    #24 - Ashes To Ashes

    S1:E5

    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

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  25. CSI: Miami Season 1 Episode 10 - A Horrible Mind
    7.0/10(598 votes)

    #25 - A Horrible Mind

    S1:E10

    Horatio, Speedle and Calleigh root through the evidence in the homocide of a strange, and unorthodox college professor when they find him tied to a tree. Elsewhere, Delko and Megan investigate a car found in the water with a dead body in the trunk, and immediately suspect an insurance scam.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writers:Laurence Walsh, Ildy Modrovich

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Open Water" is the worst rated episode of "CSI: Miami". It scored 6.6/10 based on 390 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, "Blood Moon".