The Best Episodes Written By Jacqueline Hoyt

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(8 votes)

   #1 - Grissom's Divine Comedy

   S8:E124/3/2008

   Grissom and his team battle the flu when they are called upon by D.D.A. Klein to investigate the deaths of several key witnesses for a grand jury case against a dangerous Las Vegas gang.

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   8.6/10(9 votes)

   #2 - Redrum

   S7:E131/25/2007

   At Keppler's request Catherine uses a different approach to catch the killer, and in doing so she deceives the rest of the CSI team. The team soon discovers that something is amiss in Catherine’s investigation.

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   8.4/10(7 votes)

   #3 - Sin City Blue

   S10:E111/14/2010

   Two secretaries on holiday from Arizona attempt to steal a man's wallet and ATM pin number in a scam, and wind up dead in different locations. Meanwhile, the CSI team also investigates a disturbing medical mystery involving the dumping of human organs in a wildlife refuge.

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   8.3/10(30 votes)

   #4 - No Room at the Inn

   S2:E511/1/2015

   Rev. Matt Jamison takes his vegetative wife, Mary, outside Miracle to seek answers about her condition, but their lives take a dangerous detour when he is barred from returning to town. Racing to get her back into Miracle, he struggles to keep Mary safe from desperate tourists squatting just outside the town’s gates.

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   8.2/10(8 votes)

   #5 - The Good, the Bad, and the Dominatrix

   S7:E235/10/2007

   Grissom investigates when a sadistic client tries to murder Lady Heather (Melinda Clarke), who makes the probe more difficult when she refuses to name her attacker. Also, Grissom's reunion with Lady Heather makes Sara uneasy.

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   8.0/10(9 votes)

   #6 - Burn Out

   S7:E611/2/2006

   Grissom attempts to get a confession from a neighborhood pedophile by having him help in locating two missing boys. The sex offender is the main suspect. The investigation is more complex than the team ever thought it would be.

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   7.9/10(41 votes)

   #7 - Two Boats and a Helicopter

   S1:E37/13/2014

   In the face of dwindling church attendance and threats on his life, Reverend Matt Jamison continues to preach his gospel: that many who disappeared in the Departure were sinners and not saints. Matt’s campaign is detoured when he learns he may lose the church to foreclosure, forcing him to launch a desperate, last-minute plan to come up with the cash to keep it.

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   7.7/10(34 votes)

   #8 - Axis Mundi

   S2:E110/4/2015

   Jarden, Texas was renamed “Miracle” after it was discovered that no one had departed. The town has since become a magnet for tourists and people who are convinced it is special and can keep them safe. Among the local families is the Murphys: the father, John, the mother, Erika, and their twins, Evie and Michael. While trying to protect his town from frauds and charlatans, John gets an ominous warning from a man who claims to have psychic powers. Soon afterwards, Kevin Garvey, Nora Durst and Jill Garvey show up in Miracle. This newly formed “family” left Mapleton to start over, but Kevin cannot seem to escape his past. The Murphy family and Kevin subsequently experience a mysterious event that will that change their lives forever.

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   7.7/10(13 votes)

   #9 - Je Ne Sais What?

   S4:E121/13/2013

   Will, Diane and Alicia help Elsbeth Tascioni when she is arrested; Eli and Jordan give Peter conflicting pieces of advice.

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    7.3/10(39 votes)

    #10 - Solace for Tired Feet

    S1:E78/10/2014

    After learning his father has escaped the psychiatric hospital, Kevin orders an APB to track him down. Jill attempts to break an endurance record. Holed up in Indiana, a disillusioned Tom makes an unsettling discovery.

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    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #11 - The Wheels of Justice

    S4:E193/31/2013

    Alicia and Will go to trial unprepared when they learn that an impending Supreme Court ruling could result in Colin Sweeney being jailed for life. Also, Diane reunites with Kurt McVeigh but is forced to reevaluate the relationship.

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    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Spellbound

    S6:E194/6/2006

    The team investigates the death of a psychic who "saw" her own death while performing a reading for two other women. Greg reveals a family secret to Grissom but Grissom believes that science will be what solves the case.

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    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #13 - The Gone Dead Train

    S9:E224/30/2009

    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...

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    6.7/10(10 votes)

    #14 - The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp

    S8:E410/18/2007

    Grissom investigates the mysterious hanging death of a young man whose body looks like that of a female.

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    6.6/10(12 votes)

    #15 - Miscarriage of Justice

    S9:E142/19/2009

    While Langston testifies in the trial of a respected Congressman, new evidence sends the CSIs back to the lab to reopen the investigation.

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    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #16 - Death and the Maiden

    S10:E611/5/2009

    When two seemingly different crimes turn out to be related, the CSIs discover they're interlocking parts of the same revenge plot.

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    6.4/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Leave out All the Rest

    S9:E511/6/2008

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

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    6.3/10(10 votes)

    #18 - The Panty Sniffer

    S10:E164/1/2010

    Catherine and Detective Vartann are thrown together in a hotel room for 24 hours as they stake out a duo making drugs in the room next door. Meanwhile, Nick and Langston work a case that involves a fetish which has become big business in Vegas.

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    6.1/10(15 votes)

    #19 - Chapter 2: South Carolina

    S1:E25/13/2021

    Griffin, South Carolina – a seeming paradise of progress and racial harmony that hides dark secrets, especially the secrets of “Bessie" and "Christian." Meanwhile, bounty hunter Arnold Ridgeway begins his pursuit of Cora.

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    5.7/10(12 votes)

    #20 - Chapter 10: Mabel

    S1:E105/13/2021

    In this tale of motherhood, the beginning is the end is the beginning... for both mother and daughter.

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    5.3/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn

    S1:E85/13/2021

    Royal brings Cora to Valentine Farm, a thriving Black community and vineyard on the bountiful Indiana frontier. Carrying the scars of her journey, Cora struggles to find peace in this new home.

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