The Best Episodes Written By Naren Shankar

The CSI team is shocked and saddened when, after working with Dr. Raymond Langston (Fishburne) on the "Dick & Jane" murders, Grissom announces that his time as a CSI has come to an end and offers Langston a permanent position on the CSI team.

Director: Alec Smight

Writer: Naren Shankar

Holden and his allies must stop Ashford and his team from destroying the Ring, and perhaps all of humanity.

Director: Simon Cellan Jones

Writer: Naren Shankar

A casino employee is beaten and raped on her way home from work, but she survives and identifies her attacker. Unfortunately, a DNA test sets him free and Grissom must wrestle with whether evidence can ever lie. Later, Grissom comes to the rescue of a coworker who ends up on the other side of the law

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Naren Shankar

When the team discovers a connection between a new murder and a serial killer, Grissom secretly joins the class of a criminal pathologist (Laurence Fishburne) to help crack the case.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Naren Shankar

While investigating an elderly woman's murder, Grissom receives a miniature crime scene replica; Greg attends a hearing to ascertain his culpability in a teenager's accidental death.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Naren Shankar

Once he unseals a package sent to him through the mail, Grissom is floored when he finds a miniature crime scene inside. The finding is entirely more perplexing since the successive killer accountable for earlier related miniature crimes is now deceased. Grissom plows to examine the miniature and discover the actual location, when the investigation makes it clear the murder showed has yet to happen, but is probably going to happen soon.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt

Writer: Naren Shankar

As the CSI's continue their search for and discover the identity of the "Miniature Killer", Grissom and Sara's relationship gets exposed to the rest of the team as she goes missing during the investigation. The "Miniature Killer" is finally captured, but not before a member of CSI becomes the killer's final victim.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Naren Shankar

In the second part of this two-parter Grissom investigates the murder of an aging rockstar who is found dead in his kitchen with an exact replica of the crime scene on the counter next to him. Meanwhile, Catherine probes her own abduction and learns that someone may be targeting her family.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Naren Shankar

Sara questions her future as a CSI when a past case comes back to haunt her, the 12 year old Hannah, who has to back up her brother one more time with all new tricks up her sleeves.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Naren Shankar

A rising young star is killed in a wreck and her determined stalker claims credit, but the team finds out there's more to this tragedy than meets the eye.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Naren Shankar

In the thrilling season finale, Inners and Belters fight side by side with the crew of the Rocinante in a last, massive, desperate battle with Marco and his Free Navy, with the fate of the Solar System, the Ring Gates, and of all humanity hanging in the balance.

Director: Breck Eisner

Writer: Naren Shankar

Grissom, Warrick, and Nick investigate the case of man who apparently was murdered and pushed off a six story building. Grissom's involvement is cut short by renewed hearing problems. Catherine looks into the murder of man outside of his regular bar.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Naren Shankar

Grissom and Warrick get the case of an old woman found mummified in her closet. Sarah and Nick arrive to investigate a breaking and entering to find a raped teen. These cases are not as disparate as they first seem. Catherine looks into a gun found by a boy. The gun is connected to a week old murder across town that Warrick caught.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Naren Shankar

The CSI labrats take center stage to discuss the case of the Miniature Killer.

Director: Brad Tanenbaum

Writer: Naren Shankar

Brass, Catherine, Grissom and Nick work the case of a female victim found in an apartment building with a gun shot wound. Drops becomes a person of interest during the investigation, even though he is still in jail.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt

Writer: Naren Shankar

Catherine, Nick, and Sara investigate a seemingly months old body found in the mountains. Discovery of the man's identity lead the team to the world of robot wars. Warrick and Grissom look into the case of a man found murdered in an alley. Complicating their efforts, the medical examiner ""lost"" the body for 11 days. Greg helps this case by doing some undercover work.

Director: Deran Sarafian

Writer: Naren Shankar

Heavy rains in Vegas wash up a body in the storm drains. As the team investigates, they find bones from another murder.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Naren Shankar

One night, four cases. Grissom and Brass get a stolen hummer and a taco stand. Warrick gets a dead car show girl. Sara and Greg get a dead bodybuilder. Nick gets a dead boy found on a bench.

Director: Terrence O'Hara

Writer: Naren Shankar

Grissom suspects murder, not suicide, when the body of a dwarf is found hanging from a rope high above a stage in a casino hotel where a convention of little people is being held. Across town, Catherine is attacked at a crime scene where a man was murdered during what appears to have been a home robbery.

Director: Tucker Gates

Writer: Naren Shankar

A middleweight boxing champ dies in the ring after taking a brutal beating from his nemesis, but Grissom finds evidence that points to murder. Outside, in a nearby parking lot, Catherine works a crime scene where a Los Angeles gang member was gunned down, apparently by a rival gang. Also, Nick investigates a jewelry-store robbery.

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Writer: Naren Shankar

A woman's body is discovered in a small press box at a high-school football field, apparently the victim of strangulation. The evidence leads investigators to two convicts, one of whom is still in prison. At the crime lab, an explosion destroys key evidence and leaves Greg and Sara injured.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Naren Shankar

In part one of this two-part seventh season opener Grissom and Catherine handle the case of a women's dead body found at Cirque du Soleil by a performer. Meanwhile, an investor at one of Sam Braun's new casinos is shot to death during a party on the rooftop. Catherine's life is in jeopardy after visiting a nightclub with Nick. Grissom finds a miniature replica of a crime scene that he is investigating.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Naren Shankar

The team has a hard time trying to understand Michael who has become a team member since Grissom’s teaching hiatus. They investigate the murder of an unidentified girl who may have been killed by a serial killer who has been killing since the early 1970’s.

Director: Kenneth Fink

Writer: Naren Shankar

A datacam tape is uncovered showing Aeryn as part of a Peacekeeper firing squad that executed a previous Pilot aboard Moya. The rest of the crew wants answers but Aeryn is recalcitrant about revisiting her past - especially her relationship with Velorek, the man charged with forcibly bonding a new Pilot to Moya. Pilot two refuses to communicate with the crew, not wanting to reveal his own complicity in the murky circumstances surrounding his installment as Moya's guide.

Director: Tony Tilse

Writer: Naren Shankar

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.

Director: Danny Cannon

Writer: Naren Shankar