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  • Oct 9, 2008
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  • Oct 9, 2008
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
  • Oct 9, 2008
  • CBS
  • Oct 9, 2008
CSI
Season 9
16 Seasons
Season Premiere: Oct 9, 2008
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
6.1
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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 • Oct 9, 2008 • 45 m
For Warrick
CSIs past and present come together at the news of Warrick's death. But will Warrick's real killer successfully frame another police officer for his murder?
Episode 2 • Oct 16, 2008 • 44 m
The Happy Place
A woman's unlikely suicide is tied to a bank robbery and a hypnotist, the team investigates the murder of a guidance counselor who was also a degenerate gambler, and Sara helps out in an euthanasia case.
Episode 3 • Oct 23, 2008 • 55 m
Art Imitates Life
CSI is caught in a race against time to catch a failed artist-turned serial killer who is leaving his victims in unusual poses all over Las Vegas.
Episode 4 • Oct 30, 2008 • 1 h
Let It Bleed
CSI discovers two dead bodies in the same dumpster. One committed an armed robbery in a stolen police uniform, and the other is the teenage daughter of a South American drug lord.
Episode 5 • Nov 6, 2008 • 44 m
Leave Out All the Rest
When CSI investigates a homicide that appears to have connections to the S&M world, Gil turns to Lady Heather for help. But is he really there because of his personal problems with Sara and not for the actual case?
Episode 6 • Nov 13, 2008 • 1 h
Say Uncle
CSI needs the help of an 8-year-old, HIV-positive boy to figure out who shot and killed his uncle and his mother during a street party in Koreatown.
Episode 7 • Nov 20, 2008 • 41 m
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda
A man blames the anonymous sender of emailed death threats after his wife and daughter are shot. Two teens in a convertible crash into a tree; one has an inexplicable shoulder injury. Grissom attends a transfer hearing.
Episode 8 • Dec 4, 2008 • 1 h
Young Man with a Horn
When a finalist for a popular television amateur singing competition is killed, it sheds new light on a 50-year-old murder at what was the first integrated casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Episode 9 • Dec 11, 2008 • 55 m
19 Down
When a new murder leads to a connection with an infamous serial killer, Grissom secretly joins the class of well-known criminal pathologist Dr. Raymond Langston to gain access to the killer and get a crack in the case.
Episode 10 • Jan 15, 2009 • 44 m
One to Go
Grissom gets Dr. Langston's help to find the man who is carrying on the serial killer's work before the next victim is killed. The case will prove to be Grissom's last with the crime lab.
Episode 11 • Jan 22, 2009 • 44 m
The Grave Shift
Dr. Langston has a challenging first day learning the ropes both in the field and in the crime lab, and the team has a difficult time deciding who will get Grissom's old office.
Episode 12 • Jan 29, 2009 • 44 m
Disarmed and Dangerous
The lab tries to unravel a complicated case involving fake FBI agents, an ultimate fighter, and a possible human trafficking ring.
Episode 13 • Feb 12, 2009 • 55 m
Deep Fried and Minty Fresh
The unit takes on cases involving two employees killed after hours in a chicken restaurant, and a struggling mortgage broker's wife who was killed from swallowing a lethal amount of toothpaste
Episode 14 • Feb 19, 2009 • 55 m
Miscarriage of Justice
A respected congressman faces trial for murder, but a suicide and confession during the trial cast new doubt on his guilt.
Episode 15 • Feb 26, 2009 • 55 m
Kill Me if You Can
CSI gets three new dead bodies, and all three cases have a connection to the same con artist with multiple identities.
Episode 16 • Mar 5, 2009 • 44 m
Turn, Turn, Turn
Nick volunteers on his birthday to take a case involving a 16-year-old girl found dead in the parking lot of a seedy hotel, because he got to know the girl while investigating other cases at the hotel over the last year.
Episode 17 • Mar 12, 2009 • 55 m
No Way Out
While investigating a gang-related shooting in an otherwise quiet suburban neighborhood, Raymond and Riley are held hostage.
Episode 18 • Apr 2, 2009 • 1 h
Mascara
One of Langston's former grad assistants is murdered. He discovers that she was investigating Mexican wrestlers to solve a series of unsolved murders.
Episode 19 • Apr 9, 2009 • 1 h
The Descent of Man
Nick and Riley investigate the case of a badly injured skydiver, while Dr. Langston investigates the death of a religious leader out in the desert.
Episode 20 • Apr 16, 2009 • 43 m
A Space Oddity
Will a case involving a television producer killed during a sci-fi convention kindle an unlikely romance between Hodges and Wendy?
Episode 21 • Apr 23, 2009 • 1 h
If I Had a Hammer...
A case from Catherine's past is reopened when a man who has been in prison for 18 years challenges the evidence that convicted him.
Episode 22 • Apr 30, 2009 • 1 h
The Gone Dead Train
Dr. Robbins determines that a number of unsolved deaths are actually from rabies, and that they are connected to a tattoo parlor and a former medical examiner from Reno who runs it.
Episode 23 • May 7, 2009 • 1 h
Hog Heaven
A biker who is brutally stabbed to death in a biker bar turns out to be an undercover agent whose cover was blown.
Episode 24 • May 14, 2009 • 1 h
All In
Langston investigates a homicide which is connected to the discovery of rare valuable chips from a legendary casino from the 1980s.
16 Seasons

Top Cast

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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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Critic Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
74
71% Positive
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
74
71% Positive
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
CSI is not looking for a facsimile, so fans can rest assured that Fishburne will evolve into a unique and valued lead on his own.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
83
I'll miss Grissom, but welcome Langston's brusque authority: lotsa possibilities for friction with the prickly CSI crew.
FULL REVIEW
75
If you were worried about your favorite show's favorite character's replacement, rest assured that Fishburne's Langston is different enough to walk easily in Grissom's paper lab shoes.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
70
While toying with chemistry is always dicey--especially when somebody as prominent as Grissom is involved--the storytelling remains the star, a fact neatly underscored by the casual nature the Petersen-Fishburne baton pass plays at least within this fast-paced hour.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
70
Fishburne doesn't show up until halfway through the episode and mostly stays in the background once he does, letting the intellectual chess match between Grissom and DJK be the focus. And that feels right.
By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW
60
The particulars of the transition involve the usual melodrama, as each regular cast member has a chance to express his or her feelings about Grissom’s departure, however pissy or mundane.
By Cynthia Fuchs FULL REVIEW
60
Fishburne, however, has done some terrific acting, and Langston is a character who's strong enough (though a nontraditional one for police shows) to firmly take Grissom's place at the table. Just in a different seat.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
6.1
65% Positive
11 Ratings
0% Mixed
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35% Negative
6 Ratings

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