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The Best Episodes Written By Josh Berman

Every TV Episode Written by Josh Berman Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 8.7/10(9 votes)

    #1 - Mea Culpa

    S5:E9

    Grissom is confronted with new evidence while on the stand of a murder trial of a restaurant owner. This development requires the reopening of the case and Eckley initiates an inquiry into Grissom and his team. The results of the inquiry lead to dramatic changes of the CSI team and the series.

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  2. 8.6/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Blood Lust

    S3:E9

    Distracted by an attractive passenger, an Indian taxi driver feels his cab strike something at a suburban intersection. When he gets out to check, he finds a teenage boy pinned beneath the left rear tire, apparently killed on impact. The cabbie jumps back into the taxi to call for help, but a mob of angry onlookers - all of them white - drags him out and beats him for the crime. When Grissom arrives on the scene, he discovers that the teen has been eviscerated and has stab wounds, but shows no signs of having been struck by the cab.

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  3. 8.6/10(10 votes)

    #3 - Compulsion

    S5:E17

    A serial killer strikes again, and the CSI team tries new technology using evidence from a prior killing. They find a fingerprint belonging to Jesse Acheson, who becomes the prime suspect. A boy confesses to the killing of his brother, but evidence suggests that he may not have committed the crime.

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    Director:Duane Clark
  4. 8.3/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Sounds of Silence

    S1:E20

    Two women run over a deaf man but they didn't kill him- he was already dead. Grissom has to find out who did it and he's not getting help from the deaf man's school. Catherine and Nick investigate an apparent mob hit that leaves five dead in a coffee shop.

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    Director:Peter Markle
  5. 8.3/10(10 votes)

    #5 - And Then There Were None

    S2:E9

    Grissom and his team investigate a casino heist during which innocent victims were shot, while Catherine and Sara are called to the scene of a murder in a remote part of the desert.

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  6. 8.2/10(12 votes)

    #6 - The Wannabe in the Weeds

    S3:E14

    A wannabe singer Tommy Sour was found on a grassy location. The investigation leads Brennan, Booth, and Cam to the Checker Box Restaurant where Tommy used to sing. There are several suspects who took part in the open mike contest there, with talent scouts in the audience. The group comes together with a startling revelation for Brennan.

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  7. 8.2/10(9 votes)

    #7 - Secrets and Flies

    S6:E6

    A 28 year-old single mother is found dead. Initially, it's believed to be a suicide, but Catherine determines she was murdered. Also, Ecklie summons Grissom to refute the testimony of an entomologist in a murder trial.

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  8. 8.2/10(13 votes)

    #8 - The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond

    S4:E5

    The pieces of a dismembered body are found lying in a purple pool of water, except the head is missing. The team finds that the body belongs to Jared Addison, a science fiction writer who had several mental problems. With Sweets' help, several suspects are hunted down, however the team has trouble finding enough evidence with the victim's head still missing.

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  9. 8.1/10(10 votes)

    #9 - Overload

    S2:E3

    Grissom investigates a possible suicide at a high-profile construction site. Catherine takes on a case with a teenage boy who dies while in session with his female psychologist,

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  10. 8.1/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Anatomy of a Lye

    S2:E21

    Grissom and Sara investigate when a man's body, which has been doused with lye, is found buried in a park; Nick tries to determine how a hiker apparently drowned in a desert.

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    Director:Kenneth Fink
  11. 8.0/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Face Lift

    S1:E17

    A body is found in a pottery store in what's apparently a robbery that was interrupted. Fingerprints at the scene seem to match a twenty year old kidnapping case. Sara and Warrick look into a case where a woman burned to death in her home. The woman was burned to an ash but only the chair she was in was burned, the rest of the house is fine. Sara believes they have a case of spontaneous combustion.

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    Director:Lou Antonio
  12. 8.0/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Invisible Evidence

    S4:E7

    Warrick's appearance at the preliminary hearing on a rape and murder case goes terribly wrong when the only piece of evidence is thrown out on a technicality. Grissom and the team have 24 hours to make the case with new evidence or the killer will go free.

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    Director:Danny Cannon
  13. 8.0/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Iced

    S5:E23

    Two amorous freshmen are found dead on a sleeping bag in a dorm room, and Sara and Greg run into one dead end after another as they try to determine why the students were killed. Warrick, Nick and Catherine figure out how a man is found dead in the center of a crop circle. Ecklie is called into duty for a man found dead in his car and his body later goes missing.

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  14. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    When beautiful-but-vapid model wannabe Deb has a fatal car accident, she suddenly finds herself in front of Heaven's gatekeeper, Fred, who declares her a self-centered "zero." Outraged, she attempts to persuade Fred to return her to her shallow existence but is accidentally relegated to the body of the recently deceased Jane Bingum. A brilliant, thoughtful and plus-size attorney with a loyal assistant, Teri, Jane has always lived in the shadow of her more comely colleagues whereas Deb has always relied on her external beauty. Now, by a twist of fate and a bolt of divine intervention, Deb must come to terms with inhabiting Jane's plus-size frame in the ultimate showdown between brains and beauty.

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    Director:James Hayman
  15. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - The 'F' Word

    S1:E2

    Deb discovers what life is like for Jane as she takes on a case defending a cocktail waitress who is fired after she gains 50 lbs. Grayson and Kim represent Chad in a divorce but the only thing he wants from back from his wife is his kidney.

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    Director:Ron Underwood
  16. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Would I Lie to You?

    S2:E1

    Jane dreams she is in a big musical dance number, working at a food court where she is visited by judge Paula Abdul. Meanwhile, Tony represents Jane at her disbarment hearing, but the case takes a big hit when Kim testifies against Jane. But when Tony learns about Ethan, will his relationship with Jane be able to weather the shocking news?

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    Director:Michael Lange
  17. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - A Mother's Secret

    S2:E7

    When Deb’s mom Bobbi requests Jane’s help in a legal matter, Jane discovers Bobbi had secrets of her own while she takes on a case involving a lab technician who is accused of stealing lab secrets. Meanwhile, Kim and Grayson work on a custody case involving a dueling couples pet chimp.

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  18. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Hit and Run

    S3:E1

    With Grayson in a coma, Jane represents an actor whose innocence she questions in a fatal hit-and-run. When Kim takes the case of a woman whose ex-husband lied to lure her back into bed, she goes up against her ex-boss and former boyfriend, Jay Parker.

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    Director:Jamie Babbit
  19. 7.9/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Crow's Feet

    S5:E4

    A woman is found dead in a hotel suite with symptoms of the ebola virus. Another woman is found dead with similar symptoms. Catherine and Nick investigate. Sara and Greg with help from Grissom try to determine how a the owner of a home was killed. His home was tented for infestation.

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  20. 7.9/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Up In Smoke

    S6:E16

    The investigation into a body found in a chimney leads the CSIs to re-open an investigation of an unsolved homicide of a female teenager named Caroline Fitzgibbons.

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    Director:Duane Clark
  21. 7.8/10(14 votes)

    #21 - A Night at the Bones Museum

    S5:E5

    Brennan and Booth are called to investigate what appears to be charred human remains on an electrical fence. The mysterious corpse is later determined to be a mummified Egyptian royal on loan to the Jeffersonian. The anthropological mystery has Brennan in a tizzy, and when the Jeffersonian curator prepping the mummy for exhibition is murdered, the team suspects foul play. Brennan’s investigation of the curator sheds new light on the life of the Egyptian royal, turning their case into one of historic proportions. Meanwhile, Brennan goes on a date with Booth’s supervisor and former intern, and Sweets’ girlfriend Daisy Wick (guest star Gallo) returns to the Jeffersonian.

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  22. 7.8/10(11 votes)

    #22 - The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck

    S6:E8

    Booth and Brennan’s next case leads them to a crime scene where a human carcass has literally melted into the dashboard of a charred truck. As the team investigates the case, they discover a gunshot wound in the victim, but learn that neither the fire nor the bullet was the cause of the victim’s death. Additional clues lead them to a local high school where the victim’s wife is a teacher. As a student-teacher relationship begins to surface and a pattern takes shape in the lab, the team is able to track down the murder weapon and solve the crime. Meanwhile, Sweets resists the temptation of allowing his feelings for Daisy to interfere with helping her pass a government psychological evaluation, and Hannah attempts to break the ice and warm up to Booth’s son Parker.

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  23. 7.8/10(14 votes)

    #23 - The Salt in the Wounds

    S4:E17

    The body of a pregnant 16-year-old athlete found buried in a mound of salt in a city de-icing truck leads Booth and Brennan to the discovery that many of her teammates are pregnant or have babies after a pregnancy pact.

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    Director:Steven DePaul
  24. 7.8/10(10 votes)

    #24 - Crash and Burn

    S3:E17

    An elderly woman crashes her car into a crowded restaurant. One of the patrons is Sara's paramedic boyfriend. Grissom and Nick investigate the possible carbon monoxide murder of a woman in her home.

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  25. 7.8/10(9 votes)

    #25 - Grissom Versus the Volcano

    S4:E9

    The sheriff is under political pressure to find who killed an air marshall with a car bomb that the sheriff witnessed. Grissom, Catherine and Nick are pressured to produce results. Warrick and Sarah try to find the murderer of the wife of a singer who headlines on the strip.

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Josh Berman Ratings Summary

"Mea Culpa" is the best rated episode written by Josh Berman. It scored 8.7/10 based on 9 votes. It was directed by David Grossman. It aired on 11/25/2004 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Blood Lust".