The Best Episodes Written By Jerry Stahl

Maddie and David are hired by a disfigured man who has become a recluse and needs the detectives' help in proving that a plastic surgeon wantonly caused his disfiguration.

Director: Allan Arkush

Writer: Jerry Stahl

Maddie resists, but David plunges ahead when a dying burglar asks for their help in proving he committed the perfect crime 25 years earlier.

Director: Gerald Perry Finnerman

Writer: Jerry Stahl

Season Finale. The CSIs investigate when the body of an unidentified young woman is discovered stuffed in an overturned shopping cart near a freeway underpass. Her horribly disfigured and partially decomposed face is a nightmare of blood, scabs and scars, as if she'd been shoved into a fan. A huge circular hole dominates her left cheek. Someone not only wanted her dead, Grissom reasons, but ""they wanted her ugly."" Adding to the mystery are the cart's other contents: an expensive handbag, fashion magazines and a leather day planner with notes written in code.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Jerry Stahl

The CSIs investigate the gruesome murder of Lady Heather's estranged daughter, Zoe, who was found in the middle of the Vegas desert.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Jerry Stahl

The team is introduced to the ""Furry"" side of Vegas when a man is found dead on the side of the road, dressed in a racoon suit. Elsewhere in Vegas, a gunshot victim is found in a deep-freezer, frozen solid.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Jerry Stahl

Grissom and Catherine investigate the apparent violent death of a woman found in a sandbox. Warrick and Sara are called to a crime scene to investigate a shooting, which initially appears to have taken place during a robbery.

Director: Peter Markle

Writer: Jerry Stahl

Grissom investigates the murders of four monks who were shot point blank while chanting in a Buddhist temple; Catherine reopens a cold case in which her best friend was murdered, after the man convicted of the crime claims he's innocent shortly before he dies.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Jerry Stahl

Ben Horne asks Cooper for help in rescuing Audrey, and Donna uncovers a significant piece of evidence at Harold Smith's home.

Director: Todd Holland

Writer: Jerry Stahl

A woman who was pulled over by police is found murdered two miles up the road from the stop. It's not long before Robbins determines that the woman is, genetically speaking, not a woman.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Jerry Stahl

When a major Las Vegas player is found dead, Ecklie orders both teams to investigate the case. The man who had secrets on everyone in Vegas had a very big one of his own.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Jerry Stahl

Catherine and Sara deal with the death of what at first seems to be a transvestite. Later during autopsy they find out that the make-up he seemed to be wearing was actually facepaint, he was a clown. Grissom, Nick, and Warrick deal with the death of a man in a homeless area. They found out he worked in a recovery center for drug users.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Jerry Stahl

In the season finale, the CSIs wait by the bedside of one of their own when he's shot in the line of duty. One CSI faces a hard choice by having the power of attorney over their injured friend and colleague. Meanwhile, the team also investigates the strange way of life of one man when he is found decapitated by a train.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Jerry Stahl

In a deep dive into the minds of these individuals, we finally see what Matt and Sweat are capable of outside the prison walls. Tilly’s natural instincts aren’t much better.

Director: Ben Stiller

Writer: Jerry Stahl

Matt and Sweat run into walls and other obstacles as they search for a way out, but the power of positive thinking helps keep them on track. Tilly begins to feel guilty about her mounting indiscretions, but she has a funny way of showing it.

Director: Ben Stiller

Writer: Jerry Stahl

Grissom, Nick, and Warrick take the case of a jogger who was killed by a wild animal in the park. It gets complicated when they discover that the jogger had his liver removed after he was killed. Catherine and Sara investigate the death of a six year old girl at shady carnival.

Director: Thomas J. Wright

Writer: Jerry Stahl

A hermit takes Joel's advice to put his affairs in order and leaves all his considerable land holdings to be jointly administered by Maggie and the good doctor, who has definite ideas about how to dispose of the windfall.

Director: Stephen Cragg

Writer: Jerry Stahl

ALF has a crush on Lynn, so he makes a music video to impress her.

Director: Tom Patchett

Writer: Jerry Stahl

A cockroach from outer space invades the Tanner home.

Director: Peter Baldwin

Writer: Jerry Stahl

After a visit from a psychologist, ALF subjects the Tanners to a barrage of unwanted psychoanalysis.

Director: Nick Havinga

Writer: Jerry Stahl