8.6/109 votes#1 - Golden Parachute
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2002
Megan Donner returns to the CSI unit in time to work on a jet crash in the Everglades. While searching for survivors, they inexplicably discover a female victim found five miles from the crash site. When the only survivor says the woman opened the plane's hatch in order to commit suicide, Horatio is suspicious. The team must now recreate what happened on that fatal flight, especially when the pieces don't quite fit together.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Steven Maeda
8.5/104 votes#2 - What If He Lets Her Go
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/22/2006
Hopper learns someone close to him may have been involved in framing him for Garza's murder. Meanwhile, some critical clues are revealed that could assist Hopper in making his nightmarish day finally end.
Director: Rob Bowman
Writer: Steven Maeda
8.4/1048 votes#3 - THE CHEF AND THE CHORE BOY
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/31/2023
Sanji and head chef Zeff put their differences aside to save a severely wounded Zoro. A ruthless Fishman on a mission stirs up trouble for the crew.
Director: Tim Southam
Writer: Steven Maeda
8.2/105 votes#4 - Simple Man
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/2003
Shortly before Horatio is set to testify at a high-profile murder case in which the defendant is the husband of a city councilwoman, he's given new facts that could prove the man is innocent. The information revolves around the discovery of a second victim who matches the profile of the first one and was killed in a similar manner. If the man on trial isn't guilty, then Horatio fears that a serial killer may be on the loose.
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Steven Maeda
8.2/104 votes#5 - Spring Break
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2003
The team investigates the deaths of two college students who were in Miami on spring break. The first is a teenage girl found dead on a beach with her neck broken and human bite marks on her legs. The second is a young man found in the bottom of a hotel swimming pool who apparently died before he hit the water.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: Steven Maeda
8.2/1041 votes#6 - The Long Con
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/2006
Some of the island survivors fear that "The Others" may have returned when Sun is greatly injured during a failed kidnapping attempt at her plant garden. Also, the trust barrier becomes very thin between Locke and Jack in terms of locking up the guns and being kept safe. Meanwhile, Sawyer is an amused but highly interested bystander when tension escalates between Jack, Locke, Kate and Ana Lucia. When Jack purposely takes Sawyer's medication from him he pushes more in favor of helping Locke. Lastly, flashbacks reveal more of Sawyer's con artist past.
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writer: Steven Maeda
8.1/1050 votes#7 - WORST IN THE EAST
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/31/2023
The Straw Hat crew strives to take down Arlong and the Fishmen once and for all. After a tense family reunion, Luffy inches closer to his dreams.
Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka
Writer: Steven Maeda
8.0/103 votes#8 - Cop Killer
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/2005
During a routine traffic stop, a police officer is murdered and now Horatio and the team must track down the killer. The only witness to the murder is a civilian who was doing a ride-along with the officer, but who is now missing. Roadside evidence leads the CSIs to Missy Marshall, a teenage girl who was with the killer at the time of the murder. However, as the team searches for the civilian and the killer, they find that Missy may have been more involved with killer and the shooting than she is admitting. Meanwhile, Horatio and Rebecca's relationship is in jeopardy when they don't see eye to eye on a case.
Director: Jonathan Glassner
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.9/1043 votes#9 - What Kate Did
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2005
As Kate’s backstory continues, her original crime is revealed. She thinks something is haunting her through Sawyer. Locke and Eko make an interesting discovery about the film, and Michael has a mysterious encounter with the computer.
Director: Paul A. Edwards
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.9/1049 votes#10 - Adrift
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2005
With the abduction of Walt fresh on their minds, their raft destroyed, and Jin missing, Michael and Sawyer fight for their lives in the middle of nowhere in the ocean and discover a new predator in the roiling sea. Meanwhile on land, Locke must descend into the hatch when Kate goes missing inside. Also, Jack isn't too far behind Locke as he decides to go into the hatch as well later on. Lastly, flashbacks reveal more of Michael's troubled relationship with ex-lover Susan and their baby son Walt as they fight over custody for Walt and Michael must let go.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.9/107 votes#11 - O Brave New World
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/10/2015
Kyle rescues Dr. Sarah Jordan as Alan Farragut fights his own brother, Peter Farragut.
Director: Steven A. Adelson
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.8/106 votes#12 - Losing Face
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2002
A serial bomber is on the loose. Will the team with the help from Caine's old bomb squad mentor be able to work out the puzzle and find the bomber?
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.8/1039 votes#13 - S.O.S.
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2006
Rose is surprisingly and vehemently opposed to Bernard's plan to create an S.O.S. signal; romantic sparks are rekindled between Jack and Kate when they trek into the jungle to propose a "trade" with "The Others"; and Locke begins to question his faith in the island.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.7/103 votes#14 - Grand Prix
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2003
A gas man is engulfed in invisible flames and dies during a qualifying race at the Grand Prix Americas.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.7/106 votes#15 - Endgame
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/2012
When Carrie's obsessed admirer turns up dead, she must locate the killer while deflecting attention from the prime suspect: her.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.5/104 votes#16 - Stalkerazzi
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/2004
A celebrity photographer is found dead in his car following an accident, but Horatio believes he was murdered. The investigation leads to an A-list movie star who was caught in a compromising position in photos taken by the paparazzi.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: Steven Maeda
- 7.5/104 votes
#17 - Hell Night
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2004
The wife of a famous baseball player is brutally killed in her home and her philandering husband is charged with the crime. The jury on the case, as well as the accused and his defense, visits the house to examine the crime scene, but when the lights are dimmed, as they were when the victim was killed, and then turned back on, the ball player is found dead with a meat clever in his back and a note that reads "guilty." Now, as Horatio and the team find that the husband's defense team tampered with the crime scene, they must examine the evidence to find the couple's killers. Meanwhile, Horatio gets a call from Yelina, who tells him that her son, Ray, Jr., is missing.
Director: Scott Lautanen
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.5/1015 votes#18 - San Jose
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2015
15 months after the events at Arctic Biosystems, new CDC team with the addition of biotoxicologist Kyle Sommer respond to a potential outbreak on a Windjammer in the Northern Pacific. Their search leads them to an island occupied by a mysterious cult led by the charismatic Michael. Meanwhile, 30 years in the future, Walker arrives at the same island searching for Alan Farragut.
Director: Steven A. Adelson
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.4/1025 votes#19 - Brand X
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 4/16/2000
While protecting a man due to testify against the Morley cigarette company, Skinner is horrified when the witness dies mysteriously. What the agents soon discover is that a new brand of cigarette has a dangerous secret.
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: Steven Maeda
- 7.3/103 votes
#20 - Pro Per
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2004
A woman is killed during a posh party at an exclusive waterfront estate when a man opens fire on the proceedings from a cigarette boat. When a former con is arrested, he acts as his own lawyer and proves to be smarter than he appears. Complicating matters is the fact that the leading witness in the case is the dead woman's 10-year-old son, whom Horatio wants to protect, refusing to let him testify.
Director: Karen Gaviola
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.2/1024 votes#21 - Redrum
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 12/10/2000
A prominent lawyer wakes to find himself in jail and about to be prosecuted for the murder of his wife. He has no memory of this event however, and when the days begin to regress backward towards the murder, he realizes that he has been given a second chance.
Director: Peter Markle
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.2/105 votes#22 - Camp Fear
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2002
The team investigates the death of a young model, whose body was found near a juvenile detention camp for girls. Across town, Delko and Speedle probe the bizarre death of a man who was apparently burned from the inside.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.2/104 votes#23 - Wannabe
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/2004
Horatio and Speedle's case hinges on the testimony of a forensic-evidence enthusiast who stole a blood-drenched latex glove from the scene of the murder of a man who was stabbed to death with a butterfly knife. When Speedle tracks him down, the CSI wannabe is impressed by the ease with which Speedle was able to locate him, and the two begin to develop a slight bond when he shows up at the crime lab the night before he is set to testify. However, their relationship is cut short when the young man is found dead in his forensics-shrine of a home. Meanwhile, Delko and Calleigh probe the shooting death of a young woman whose body is found wrapped in a plastic garbage bag in a dumpster near the ritzy Miami club where she worked.
Director: Frederick King Keller
Writer: Steven Maeda
- 7.2/104 votes
#24 - Recoil
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/2005
After a bitter custody battle, shots are fired outside the courthouse. Bullets fly and the target is the little girl's mother. Horatio goes after the father, who he suspects may not be the girl's biological father after all. However, when the mother's shady past is uncovered, the team finds that she has a lot of enemies who would like to take a shot at her. Meanwhile, Calleigh's father returns to the crime lab for her guidance but for an unexpected reason.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Steven Maeda
7.1/1022 votes#25 - 4-D
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 12/9/2001
During a stakeout of murderer Irwin Lukesh, Doggett sees Reyes attacked by Lukesh, but then we see Reyes and Doggett in her apartment, apparently both fine. Elsewhere at the same time, Doggett is shot and Lukesh identifies Reyes as the shooter. While Reyes is asked for her badge and gun by A.D. Follmer, and Doggett lies in hospital near death, the conflicting circumstances of the stakeout and Doggett's shooting do not add up and it becomes clear that Lukesh possesses the power to switch between parallel universes and alter the events in each.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Steven Maeda
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"Golden Parachute" is the best rated episode written by Steven Maeda. It scored 8.6/10 based on 9 votes. It was directed by Joe Chappelle. It aired on 9/23/2002 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "What If He Lets Her Go".