A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
Season 5 episodes
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A wild night in Las Vegas has the CSIs simultaneously investigating four fatalities. Greg Sanders' first day in the field has him assisting Grissom's investigation of a fatal nightclub shooting. Meanwhile, Catherine probes into the death of a stripper found dead in a hotel room, while Sara and Nick look into the strange case of an "alien" body found near Area 51.
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Directed by Danny CannonWritten by Carol Mendelsohn, Danny CannonGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Reiko Aylesworth, Jonathan Penner, J.C. Brandy, French Stewart, Nicholas Lea, Bug Hall
Heavy rains in Vegas wash up a body in the storm drains. As the team investigates, they find bones from another murder.
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Directed by Kenneth FinkWritten by Naren ShankarGuest stars David Berman, Gigi Rice, Jesse Plemons, Jack Carter, Brent Briscoe, Cristine Rose, Lennie Loftin, Michael Dempsey
A child is abducted. As the Amber Alert goes out, the entire team investigates in a race against time. Lindsay Willows is found hitchiking to the alarm of Catherine.
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Directed by David GrossmanWritten by Judith McCrearyGuest stars David Berman, America Ferrera, Melissa Leo, Jodi Carlisle, D. B. Woodside, Carlos Gómez, Thomas Dekker, Madison McReynolds
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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Directed by Richard J. LewisWritten by Josh BermanGuest stars David Berman, Brad Hunt, Larry Joshua, A.J. Buckley, David Anders, Eyal Podell, Steven Brand, James Patrick Stuart
Grissom and Sara investigate the murder of a woman after a swap party. The married couples in the neighborhood meet and switch partners. With the help of a crime scene cleaner, Nick and Warrick find there was more to their crime scene than they first thought. Catherine wants a promotion to day shift supervisor.
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Directed by Danny CannonWritten by David Rambo, Carol Mendelsohn, Naren ShankarGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Dedee Pfeiffer, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Dina Meyer, Ed Quinn, Doug Savant, Danielle Savre
The killer from The Execution of Catherine Willows returns with deadly results. The entire team is engaged in a race against time to stop this sadistic killer from succeeding again. Grissom is additionally distraught by the idea that this killer is smarter than he is.
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Directed by Kenneth FinkWritten by Sarah GoldfingerGuest stars Wallace Langham, Summer Glau, Patrick Levis, Clark Duke, Taylor Nichols, Harriet Sansom Harris, April Bowlby, Corey Stoll
Grissom is called to a murder of a 17-year-old in a casino penthouse. Sophia Curtis (Louise Lombard) joins him in his research, she normally works in the day-shift. The entire team gets involved when its discovered that a kiddnapping took place along with the murder.
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Directed by Bill EaglesWritten by Dustin Lee Abraham, Naren ShankarGuest stars David Berman, Danica Stewart, Kevin Cooney, Eric Lange, Jonathan Banks, Seth Gabel, Jon Tenney, Xander Berkeley
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.
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Directed by Richard J. LewisWritten by Jerry StahlGuest stars David Berman, Kate Walsh, Marci Bowers, Lindsay Crouse, Katy Selverstone, Raphael Sbarge, Sarah Buxton, Jazzmun
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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Directed by David GrossmanWritten by Josh Berman, Josh Berman, Carol MendelsohnGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Jason London, Jason Segel, Nana Visitor, Bobby Hosea, John Lacy, Stefan Marks
Grissom and his team investigate the starving death of a five year old boy. They discover the boy has siblings who are in danger too. Catherine and her team determine who killed a prisoner in a holding cell brawl.
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Directed by Rob BaileyWritten by Judith McCrearyGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Mae Whitman, Alexis Cruz, Russell Wong, Rusty Schwimmer, Lobo Sebastian, Walker Howard
Greg, for his final proficiency, has to determine how the Sherlock Holmes of a Sherlock Holmes club was killed. Nick and Warrick try to determine how the driver of jeep was killed when the car ran off the road. They have to do this under budget while Catherine is watched by Ecklie.
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Directed by Kenneth FinkWritten by David Rambo, Richard CatalaniGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, John Krasinski, Catherine Dent, Sebastian Roché, Rod McLachlan, Ted Rooney, Steve Heinze
The swing shift has a busy time. Warrick looks into the murder of man by someone who apparently needs a wheelchair. Nick looks into the murder of woman in the subculture of the narcocorrido, songs about drug murders. The night shift is slow and lends help to Catherine's team.
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Directed by Richard J. LewisWritten by Dustin Lee AbrahamGuest stars David Berman, Tony Plana, Miguel Pérez, Chad Donella, Yancey Arias, George Murdock, Vernee Watson, Ken Weiler
Catherine, Warrick and Nick find the body of two women at a construction site buried under tar. The swing shift are brought into the world of foreign "mail-order" brides. Sara and Catherine have a dispute in which Sara gets suspended by Ecklie for acting insubordinately towards Catherine and himself. Sara opens up to Grissom about her childhood past.
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Directed by Bill EaglesWritten by Sarah GoldfingerGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Misha Collins, Louis Ferreira, Lisa Thornhill, Natasha Alam, Sanya Mateyas, Željko Ivanek
Grissom, Sofia, Sara and Greg investigate the disappearance of a woman coming home from a night out with a friend, her abandoned car found on the edge of a highway. Catherine, Warrick and Nick investigate the deaths of a hunter and his prey, a Kodiak bear.
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Directed by Kenneth FinkWritten by Josh Berman, Carol MendelsohnGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Deanna Russo, Brad Rowe, Meredith Scott Lynn, Sara Foster, Forbes March, Lolita Davidovich
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.
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Directed by Richard J. LewisWritten by Jerry StahlGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Tony Denison, Greg Ellis, Lyle Kanouse, Mark Derwin, Nan Martin, Susan Ward
Catherine, Nick, and Warrick investigate a badly mutilated body in the woods. The cause of death was a shotgun blast. Nearby is a beaver dam made in part with cash. Grissom, Sarah, and Nick try to determine how a man was killed in a hotel room. It leads them to a convention of big women.
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Directed by Bill EaglesWritten by Naren Shankar, Dustin Lee Abraham, Judith McCrearyGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Tara Karsian, Melora Hardin, Steve Lawrence, Debra Christofferson, Patrick Kilpatrick, John Furey
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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Directed by Duane ClarkWritten by Josh Berman, Richard CatalaniGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, David Newsom, Stephen Baldwin, Jason London, Jason Segel, Lee Tergesen, Wil Wheaton
Grissom, Sara, and Nick investigate a wildfire that killed one man and badly burned a woman. Catherine, Nick, and Warrick get the case of a family of three murdered in their home.
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Directed by Kenneth FinkWritten by Allen MacDonaldGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Heather McComb, Justin Kirk, Lennie Loftin, Tim DeKay, Jeffrey Johnson, Alex Wexo
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.
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Directed by Terrence O'HaraWritten by Sarah Goldfinger, Naren Shankar, Dustin Lee Abraham, David RamboGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Debra Wilson, Laurie Fetter, Neil Hopkins, Dyllan Christopher, Shane Haboucha, Mandy Musgrave
Brass travels to Hollywood, California to try to track down his estranged daughter's friend, meanwhile trying to rekindle some kind of relationship with her.
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Directed by Bill EaglesWritten by Sarah Goldfinger, Carol MendelsohnGuest stars Eric Allan Kramer, Joel Polis, Johnny Sneed, Teal Redmann, Donna Murphy, Karina Logue, Lindsay Beamish, Molly McDowell
Grissom and Sara investigate the murder of a mental-hospital patient and quickly narrow down the suspects to a handful of other patients and staff members.
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Directed by Richard J. LewisWritten by Sarah Goldfinger, Uttam Narsu, Richard J. LewisGuest stars Wallace Langham, Chris Williams, Robin Weigert, Jon Huertas, Annie Corley, Monique Edwards, James Badge Dale, David Bowe
A man (Alan Rosenberg) whom Catherine flirted with at a bar reappears in her life as a suspect in a murder investigation.
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Directed by Kenneth FinkWritten by Areanne LloydGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Alan Rosenberg, Channon Roe, Shawn Hatosy, Meredith Scott Lynn, Anita Gillette, Madison McReynolds
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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Directed by Richard J. LewisWritten by Josh BermanGuest stars Wallace Langham, Jon Wellner, David Berman, Ross Thomas, Kim Johnston Ulrich, Regan Burns, Jason Segel, Casey Biggs
The CSI teams come together to save one of their own when they learn one team member has been kidnapped and buried alive, and now they must find him before he suffocates under five feet of dirt.
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Directed by Quentin TarantinoWritten by Anthony E. Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn, Naren Shankar, Quentin TarantinoGuest stars Wallace Langham, David Berman, Frank Gorshin, Tony Curtis, John Saxon, Lois Chiles, Scott Wilson, Michael Bacall
The CSI teams come together to save one of their own when they learn one team member has been kidnapped and buried alive, and now they must find him before he suffocates under five feet of dirt.
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Directed by Quentin TarantinoWritten by Anthony E. Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn, Naren Shankar, Quentin TarantinoGuest stars David Berman, Aisha Tyler, Andrew Prine, Dan Martin, Bruce Del Castillo, Aimee Graham, Wayne Wilderson, Archie Kao
