The Best of CSI:

The Best of CSI: (CBS)

Creator: Anthony E. Zuiker

Seasons: 15 Episodes: 335 Years: 2000-2015

Premise: An elite Las Vegas forensic team solves cases

My 20 Standout Episodes

1. Pilot S01E01 | #01

The team investigates a murder staged to look like a suicide

2. Unfriendly Skies S01E09 | #09

There’s a death in first class so the team interviews the passengers

3. Chaos Theory S02E02 | #25

There’s a disappearance in a college dorm but no one recalls seeing her

4. Chasing the Bus S02E18 | #41

A bus crashes killing nine passengers and a recent parolee is missing

5. A Little Murder S03E04 | #50

Grissom investigates the murder of a dwarf; Catherine is attacked

6. Last Laugh S03E20 | #66

The team investigates the murder of a stand-up comic

7. Fur and Loathing S04E05 | #74

A man dressed in a raccoon suit is found dead; a man is solid ice

8. Invisible Evidence S04E07 | #76

Warrick’s only piece of evidence is thrown out because of a technicality

9. Suckers S04E13 | #82

An electrocution & robbery, plus a vampire murder

10. Paper or Plastic S04E14 | #83

Five are dead after a robbery at a grocery store

11.Turn of the Screws S04E21 | #90

A roller coaster goes off its track leaving six people dead

12. Who Shot Sherlock? S05E11 | #103

Greg, for his final proficiency, has to determine who shot a role player

13. Grave Danger, Part I & II S05E24/25 | #116 & #117

Nick is kidnapped and buried alive (directed by Quentin Tarantino)

14. I Like to Watch S06E17 | #134

A reality series videotapes the CSIs as the investigate a serial rapist

15. Rashomama S06E21 | #138

All the evidence from a recent wedding murder is stolen from Nick’s car

16. Fannysmackin’ S07E04 | #145

A group of punks are going around beating up tourists

17. Lab Rats S07E20 | #161

Hodges gets his fellow lab rats to try and solve the miniature murders

18. Living Doll / Dead Doll S07E24/S08E01 | #165 & #166

The Miniature Killer is revealed but they have chosen their next victim

19. You Kill Me S08E08 | #173

Hodges makes a board game where lab techs are killed

20. For Gedda / For Warrick S08E17/09E01 | #182 & #183

Warrick is arrested for the murder of crime boss Gedda

My Top Five

1. Grave Danger

2. Fur and Loathing

3. Living Doll/Dead Doll

4. A Little Murder

5. Lab Rats