Season 3
🎬 23 Episodes 📅 2002 ⏱ 43 min
When a mysterious body surfaces in Las Vegas, the forensic team of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation must race against time to piece together fragmented evidence and expose a killer hiding in plain sight. Through meticulous examination of crime scenes and unwavering dedication to science, the investigators uncover layers of deception that challenge everything they thought they knew. Each discovery reveals darker truths, testing both their professional expertise and personal resolve.
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23
Episodes
2002
Year
43
min / ep
16.5
Watch Hours
3/15
Season No.
⭐ 8.7
Best Episode
Ep. 9 · Blood Lust
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🎬 Episodes 23 episodes
1
⭐ 8.1
Revenge Is Best Served Cold
Catherine and Nick become absorbed in the dangerous world of street racing after one of the illegal sport's hotshot drivers is found dead out in the desert at an abandoned airstrip. Back in town, Grissom and his crew probe the sudden death of a renowned poker player who suffered a violent convulsion…
🎬 Danny Cannon ✍️ Anthony E. Zuiker
2
⭐ 7.5
The Accused Is Entitled
Grissom and his crew are called in to investigate the death of a young woman found in the hotel room of popular actor Tom Haviland. Haviland admits that he slept with her, but denies killing her. Grissom believes otherwise, however, after finding blood evidence on the celebrity. Then things get pers…
🎬 Kenneth Fink ✍️ Ann Donahue
3
⭐ 7.1
Let the Seller Beware
Grissom and Catherine investigate the murder of a wealthy couple who are discovered just outside of their glamorous Las Vegas house, which was up for sale. Meanwhile, Sara probes the death of a cheerleader who is found eviscerated on a soccer field, her organs having been ingested by her killer.
🎬 Richard J. Lewis ✍️ Anthony E. Zuiker
4
⭐ 8.2
A Little Murder
Grissom suspects murder, not suicide, when the body of a dwarf is found hanging from a rope high above a stage in a casino hotel where a convention of little people is being held. Across town, Catherine is attacked at a crime scene where a man was murdered during what appears to have been a home rob…
🎬 Tucker Gates ✍️ Ann Donahue
5
⭐ 8.3
Abra-Cadaver
Grissom investigates when a woman vanishes while taking part in a magician's act. The female volunteer is placed inside the Amazing Zephyr's "Chamber of Doom" and the illusionist thrusts swords through the box. When it's opened, she's gone---and doesn't reappear in her seat as she's supposed to. Onl…
🎬 Danny Cannon ✍️ Anthony E. Zuiker
6
⭐ 8.3
The Execution of Catherine Willows
Fifteen years ago, Catherine helped put John Mathers on death row for the rape and murder of a coed at a nearby college. Her body was dumped in a trash bag, and two other girls found the same way were also linked to the suspect. As the episode opens, Mathers is about to be executed when he's granted…
🎬 Kenneth Fink ✍️ Elizabeth Devine
7
⭐ 8.2
Fight Night
A middleweight boxing champ dies in the ring after taking a brutal beating from his nemesis, but Grissom finds evidence that points to murder. Outside, in a nearby parking lot, Catherine works a crime scene where a Los Angeles gang member was gunned down, apparently by a rival gang. Also, Nick inves…
🎬 Richard J. Lewis ✍️ Andrew Lipsitz
8
⭐ 8.2
Snuff
Catherine called in by a pornographic-film developer to view graphic footage from a snuff movie in which a woman is brutally slain. But the clues are scant: The murderer isn't clearly seen, the cheap-looking hotel room could be almost anywhere and the film was sent to the developer anonymously. Outs…
🎬 Kenneth Fink ✍️ Bob Harris
9
⭐ 8.7
Blood Lust
Distracted by an attractive passenger, an Indian taxi driver feels his cab strike something at a suburban intersection. When he gets out to check, he finds a teenage boy pinned beneath the left rear tire, apparently killed on impact. The cabbie jumps back into the taxi to call for help, but a mob of…
🎬 Charles Correll ✍️ Josh Berman
10
⭐ 8.6
High and Low
Grissom, Warrick, and Nick investigate the case of man who apparently was murdered and pushed off a six story building. Grissom's involvement is cut short by renewed hearing problems. Catherine looks into the murder of man outside of his regular bar.
🎬 Richard J. Lewis ✍️ Eli Talbert
11
⭐ 7.2
Recipe for Murder
Grissom and Catherine investigate the grisly meat grinder murder at a slaughterhouse. Warrick and Sara look into the apparent suicide of a troubled young woman.
🎬 J. Miller Tobin ✍️ Ann Donahue
12
⭐ 8.0
Got Murder?
Some bird watchers find a raven with a human eyeball in its beak. This eventually leads our CSIs to a divorced man and his 2 children but not much else. Warrick and Grissom look into the circumstances of David's unusual and first autopsy. This takes them to a car dealership where the man worked.
🎬 Kenneth Fink ✍️ Sarah Goldfinger
13
⭐ 8.1
Random Acts of Violence
Warrick investigates the drive by murder of a young girl in his old neighborhood. The girl's father is a friend and mentor of Warrick's as well. Warrick struggles to control his emotions to the point where Grissom pulls him off of the case. Nick tackles the murder of a computer company employee. T…
🎬 Danny Cannon ✍️ Danny Cannon
14
⭐ 7.9
One Hit Wonder
Catherine takes the point in the investigation of an escalating series of peeping tom incidents. The crew is racing to stop the attacker before his crimes become more serious assaults. Meanwhile, Sara reopens the dormant case of her friend, a district attorney. The DA is facing surgery to remove a …
🎬 Félix Alcalá ✍️ Corey Miller
15
⭐ 7.2
Lady Heather's Box
Grissom investigates the murder of two men that leads him to a new encounter with Lady Heather. Catherine is desperate to find out what lead to the near death of her daughter and why her ex, Eddie, disappeared.
🎬 Richard J. Lewis ✍️ Josh Berman
16
⭐ 8.4
Lucky Strike
A man driving with a wooden stake in his head dies in front of a casino. Grissom and Nick work to discover the 'vampire' killer. Warrick and Catherine hunt for the killer of a NBA star's 5 year old son.
🎬 Kenneth Fink ✍️ Eli Talbert
17
⭐ 7.2
Crash and Burn
An elderly woman crashes her car into a crowded restaurant. One of the patrons is Sara's paramedic boyfriend. Grissom and Nick investigate the possible carbon monoxide murder of a woman in her home.
🎬 Richard J. Lewis ✍️ Josh Berman
18
⭐ 8.3
Precious Metal
Catherine, Nick, and Sara investigate a seemingly months old body found in the mountains. Discovery of the man's identity lead the team to the world of robot wars. Warrick and Grissom look into the case of a man found murdered in an alley. Complicating their efforts, the medical examiner ""lost"" t…
🎬 Deran Sarafian ✍️ Andrew Lipsitz
19
⭐ 8.7
A Night at the Movies
Grissom and Catherine investigate a movie-goer who was stabbed to death; the team comes to a forensic impasse while processing a teenager who died from a gunshot wound.
🎬 Matt Earl Beesley ✍️ Carol Mendelsohn
20
⭐ 7.1
Last Laugh
Grissom and Catherine investigate the murder of a despised comic who died onstage, apparently after drinking from a tainted bottle of water. The case grows more puzzling when a 15-year-old boy dies in a convenience store after drinking the same brand of water. Brass reopens a woman's accidental-deat…
🎬 Richard J. Lewis ✍️ Bob Harris
21
⭐ 8.0
Forever
A murder aboard a luxurious 747 and the discovery of two formally attired teens in the desert confound Grissom and his crew in this absorbing episode. First, a horse trainer is found dead in the cargo bay of a private jet carrying 12 well-heeled passengers and a million-dollar show horse. Initially,…
🎬 David Grossman ✍️ Sarah Goldfinger
22
⭐ 7.7
Play with Fire
A woman's body is discovered in a small press box at a high-school football field, apparently the victim of strangulation. The evidence leads investigators to two convicts, one of whom is still in prison. At the crime lab, an explosion destroys key evidence and leaves Greg and Sara injured.
🎬 Kenneth Fink ✍️ Andrew Lipsitz
23
⭐ 7.2
Inside the Box
Things get personal for the CSIs in the top-rated series' third-season finale, which explores the intersection of the investigators' work and their personal lives. Three masked bandits steal a safe-deposit box from a Las Vegas bank in a daring daytime heist, during which Det. Lockwood is killed. Loc…
🎬 Danny Cannon ✍️ Anthony E. Zuiker