The Best Episodes Written By Danny Cannon

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(12 votes)

   #1 - Stalker

   S2:E194/4/2002

   Jane Galloway lives in fear. Her doors are triple-locked. Every shade is drawn. The bathroom window is nailed shut. An alarm system is activated. Who killed Jane, and how could the murderer have possibly entered, and left, the house?

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   8.4/10(12 votes)

   #2 - Sandie Shaw

   S1:E89/15/2019

   While Lord Harwood returns to take control of the Raven Society, Alfred, Dave Boy and Bazza form an unlikely alliance with the Sykes Sisters.

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   8.4/10(11 votes)

   #3 - A Night at the Movies

   S3:E194/9/2003

   Grissom and Catherine investigate a movie-goer who was stabbed to death; the team comes to a forensic impasse while processing a teenager who died from a gunshot wound.

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   8.2/10(12 votes)

   #4 - Shooting Stars

   S6:E410/13/2005

   The CSIs come across an abandoned military compound being used by a small cult. The CSIs grow suspicious when they see that a mass suicide has taken place, but only 11 of the 12 beds are occupied.

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   8.1/10(12 votes)

   #5 - Abra-Cadaver

   S3:E510/30/2002

   Grissom investigates when a woman vanishes while taking part in a magician's act. The female volunteer is placed inside the Amazing Zephyr's "Chamber of Doom" and the illusionist thrusts swords through the box. When it's opened, she's gone---and doesn't reappear in her seat as she's supposed to. Only traces of blood are left inside the chamber. Clues lead the CSIs to an eerie, decrepit mansion filled with secrets. Elsewhere, a rock star's death on a band bus appears to be the result of an overdose, but Catherine uncovers evidence that points to murder.

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   8.1/10(11 votes)

   #6 - Time Of Your Death

   S6:E225/4/2006

   A high roller who spent the night with a woman he had just met is found dead on the loading dock of the casino where he was staying. The investigation reveals that the victim won $10,000 in a pool game and was an assistant to a respected movie producer.

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   8.0/10(12 votes)

   #7 - Random Acts of Violence

   S3:E131/30/2003

   Warrick investigates the drive by murder of a young girl in his old neighborhood. The girl's father is a friend and mentor of Warrick's as well. Warrick struggles to control his emotions to the point where Grissom pulls him off of the case. Nick tackles the murder of a computer company employee. The only supects are the three other employees in the building.

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   7.6/10(13 votes)

   #8 - Suckers

   S4:E132/5/2004

   Three little CSIs (Grissom, Sara, and Nick)respond to an electrocution at a casino. The casino is hosting Japanese antiquities. The electroctution is just a ruse to steal the central piece of the exhibit. Catherine and Warrick deal with a vampire murder.

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   7.5/10(10 votes)

   #9 - Who and What (I)

   S8:E611/8/2007

   Grissom and the team join forces with Jack Malone, an FBI Agent from New York to track a serial killer. The crossover continues on Without A Trace S06E06 Where & Why (II).

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10. 

    7.3/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Viva Las Vegas

    S5:E19/23/2004

    A wild night in Las Vegas has the CSIs simultaneously investigating four fatalities. Greg Sanders' first day in the field has him assisting Grissom's investigation of a fatal nightclub shooting. Meanwhile, Catherine probes into the death of a stripper found dead in a hotel room, while Sara and Nick look into the strange case of an "alien" body found near Area 51.

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    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #11 - The Finger

    S2:E141/31/2002

    Catherine is ordered by a kidnapper to accompany a man who is to deliver $1 million in ransom to him or else he will kill the man's mistress.

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    6.4/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Assume Nothing (1)

    S4:E19/24/2003

    Two couples meet in a bar and one of the couples is murdered. When a second couple is murdered in a similar fashion the team suspects a pair of serial killers are on the loose. The case is complicated by leaks to the press and a judge reluctant to issue a warrant. Catherine gets some troubling news about her father's murder trial.

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