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  • Sep 21, 2011
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  • Sep 21, 2011
CSI

Summary CSI is an innovative, new type of crime drama because the characters use cutting-edge forensic tools to examine the evidence to solve the case. Rather than a 'whodunnit' cop show (investigating witnesses/suspects), CSI explores the 'howdunnit'. CSI has been the number one scripted series in the Neilsen ratings for four years running. I...

Created By: Anthony E. Zuiker

  • CBS
  • Sep 21, 2011
  • CBS
  • Sep 21, 2011
CSI
Season 12
16 Seasons
Season Premiere: Sep 21, 2011
Metascore Available after 4 critic reviews
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 13 User Ratings
5.4
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Summary CSI is an innovative, new type of crime drama because the characters use cutting-edge forensic tools to examine the evidence to solve the case. Rather than a 'whodunnit' cop show (investigating witnesses/suspects), CSI explores the 'howdunnit'. CSI has been the number one scripted series in the Neilsen ratings for four years running. I...

Created By: Anthony E. Zuiker

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 21, 2011 • 44 m
73 Seconds
Under the direction of new boss D.B. Russell, the team tackles cases involving a wild shootout on a tram car, and a body dumped in an alleyway.
Episode 2 • Sep 28, 2011 • 44 m
Tell-Tale Hearts
The task of solving the grisly quadruple homicide of an entire family becomes more complicated when three people confess to the crime.
Episode 3 • Oct 5, 2011 • 43 m
Bittersweet
A sadistic killer from Sara's past who recently got out of prison appears to have struck again, while another dead body appears to have drowned in chocolate.
Episode 4 • Oct 12, 2011 • 44 m
Maid Man
The former Las Vegas mayor is shot during the grand opening of a new mob museum, and a maid is killed in the hotel room of a chauvinistic Middle Eastern prince.
Episode 5 • Oct 19, 2011 • 43 m
CSI Down
Morgan's life may be in danger when an injured man, who is also a suspect in the murder of two gang members, hijacks his medivac helicopter and demands to be flown to Mexico.
Episode 6 • Nov 2, 2011 • 43 m
Freaks & Geeks
The murder of a popular sideshow performer sends the team behind the scenes at a carnival freak show. Rachel is found sadistically slain, the team goes behind the scenes of the carnival freak show to find her killer.
Episode 7 • Nov 9, 2011 • 44 m
Brain Doe
The CSI crew is stumped when they discover a disembodied brain at a crime scene where all the other brains are accounted for.
Episode 8 • Nov 16, 2011 • 43 m
Crime After Crime
When the CSI team investigates three seemingly unrelated murders, they discover someone is getting revenge for cold case murders that were never solved.
Episode 9 • Dec 7, 2011 • 44 m
Zippered
As CSI and the FBI work together to solve the murder of a gunrunner working for a private defense firm, they discover that hundreds of very dangerous black market weapons may be out on the street.
Episode 10 • Dec 14, 2011 • 44 m
Genetic Disorder
When a genealogist is found dead in Dr. Robbins' bed, the team works on the theory that his wife may have been cheating even though she maintains her innocence.
Episode 11 • Jan 18, 2012 • 44 m
Ms. Willows Regrets
Episode 12 • Jan 25, 2012 • 44 m
Willows in the Wind
Catherine goes into hiding with D.B. after Mark Gabriel's hitmen try to kill her, but they soon come to the realization that Gabriel himself may not be calling the shots.
Episode 13 • Feb 8, 2012 • 44 m
Tressed to Kill
When a "hair stalker" escalates to murder, CSI turns to his "muse" to identify a suspect before he claims his next victim.
Episode 14 • Feb 15, 2012 • 43 m
Seeing Red
D.B. turns to a "blood whisperer" from his past to help solve a crime involving a gunshot victim who has lost his short-term memory.
Episode 15 • Feb 22, 2012 • 43 m
Stealing Home
Three dysfunctional siblings fight over ownership of their deceased mother's house, while the CSIs investigate the disappearance of the wife of one of the siblings.
Episode 16 • Feb 29, 2012 • 43 m
CSI Unplugged
The team works against the clock to find a kidnapped boy, which becomes even more difficult when a blackout shuts down the entire city.
Episode 17 • Mar 14, 2012 • 44 m
Trends with Benefits
The team discovers that a WLVU student notorious for his gossip video blog was killed because he was about to expose a major campus scandal.
Episode 18 • Mar 21, 2012 • 44 m
Malice in Wonderland
While the team tries to figure out a team of wedding bandits' next target before they strike again, Morgan pretends to be David's girlfriend to impress his mother.
Episode 19 • Apr 4, 2012 • 43 m
Split Decisions
The task of figuring out who shot and killed a pediatrician in a casino becomes more difficult when the team discovers that the killer is one of three identical triplets.
Episode 20 • Apr 11, 2012 • 44 m
Altered Stakes
A killer is about to go free because of a dirty cop, so the team tries to connect him to an earlier crime to keep him in jail.
Episode 21 • May 2, 2012 • 43 m
Dune and Gloom
A vehicle explodes during an off-road race, and the team discovers that it may have been connected to a plot to kill an oil executive.
Episode 22 • May 9, 2012 • 44 m
Homecoming
While at a campaign dinner for the Sheriff, the team are called to a triple homicide with a familiar victim.
16 Seasons

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William Petersen

CSI Dr. Gil Grissom, Gil Grissom

Laurence Fishburne

CSI Dr. Ray Langston

Ted Danson

CSI D.B. Russell

George Eads

CSI Nick Stokes

Eric Szmanda

CSI Greg Sanders, Lab Tech Greg Sanders, Greg Sanders

Robert David Hall

Chief ME Dr. Al Robbins

Paul Guilfoyle

Captain Jim Brass, CSI Jim Brass

Jorja Fox

CSI Sara Sidle

David Berman

Assistant ME David Phillips, David Phillips

Marg Helgenberger

CSI Catherine Willows

Wallace Langham

David Hodges

Gary Dourdan

CSI Warrick Brown

Jon Wellner

Lab Tech Henry Andrews, Sam Tracy

Archie Kao

AV Tech Archie Johnson, Archie Johnson, Campus Security Tech, M. Blaze

Larry Mitchell

Officer Mitchell

Elisabeth Harnois

CSI Morgan Brody, Lab Tech Morgan Brody, Self

Liz Vassey

Wendy Simms

Elisabeth Shue

CSI Julie Finlay

Marc Vann

Conrad Ecklie

Louise Lombard

Sofia Curtis

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Sep 21, 2011
What executive producers Carol Mendelsohn and Don McGill and their team have done by creating Russell is promising, both for the show and the genre.
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