CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

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.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (94,969 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 15
Streaming (US): Hulu · Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 15 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2000)

7.85 avg 23 episodes 7.9 → 8.3 47 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.9	1,770
2	Cool Change	7.8	1,404
3	Crate 'n' Burial	7.8	1,283
4	Pledging Mr. Johnson	7.7	1,217
5	Friends & Lovers	7.7	1,234
6	Who Are You?	7.7	1,195
7	Blood Drops	8.7	1,509
8	Anonymous	8.1	1,180
9	Unfriendly Skies	8.2	1,208
10	Sex, Lies and Larvae	7.5	1,104
11	I-15 Murders	7.9	1,101
12	Fahrenheit 932	7.6	1,073
13	Boom	8.1	1,115
14	To Halve and to Hold	7.5	1,035
15	Table Stakes	7.6	1,032
16	Too Tough to Die	7.6	1,035
17	Face Lift	7.7	1,048
18	$35K O.B.O.	7.7	1,013
19	Gentle, Gentle	8.1	1,073
20	Sounds of Silence	7.8	1,054
21	Justice Is Served	7.9	1,090
22	Evaluation Day	7.6	1,016
23	The Strip Strangler	8.3	1,080

Season 2 (2001)

7.85 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 8.0 46 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Burked	7.5	1,029
2	Chaos Theory	8.1	1,045
3	Overload	7.5	985
4	Bully for You	7.6	983
5	Scuba Doobie-Doo	7.8	982
6	Alter Boys	7.6	1,037
7	Caged	7.9	1,010
8	Slaves of Las Vegas	8.2	1,118
9	And Then There Were None	8.1	997
10	Ellie	7.7	955
11	Organ Grinder	7.8	960
12	You've Got Male	7.5	940
13	Identity Crisis	8.5	1,082
14	The Finger	8.5	1,077
15	Burden of Proof	7.8	973
16	Primum Non Nocere	7.4	979
17	Felonious Monk	7.6	963
18	Chasing the Bus	7.9	982
19	Stalker	8.3	1,122
20	Cats in the Cradle...	7.4	999
21	Anatomy of a Lye	8.0	973
22	Cross-Jurisdictions	7.9	1,168
23	The Hunger Artist	8.0	1,006

Season 3 (2002)

7.77 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 8.3 47 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Revenge Is Best Served Cold	7.5	996
2	The Accused Is Entitled	8.4	1,047
3	Let the Seller Beware	7.8	947
4	A Little Murder	7.7	958
5	Abra Cadaver	7.8	948
6	The Execution of Catherine Willows	8.0	957
7	Fight Night	7.5	899
8	Snuff	7.7	922
9	Blood Lust	8.0	931
10	High and Low	7.4	898
11	Recipe for Murder	7.4	888
12	Got Murder?	7.6	913
13	Random Acts of Violence	7.7	888
14	One Hit Wonder	7.8	910
15	Lady Heather's Box	8.5	1,126
16	Lucky Strike	7.4	869
17	Crash and Burn	7.9	898
18	Precious Metal	7.4	872
19	A Night at the Movies	8.0	887
20	Last Laugh	7.5	891
21	Forever	7.3	840
22	Play with Fire	8.0	916
23	Inside the Box	8.3	920

Season 4 (2003)

7.81 avg 23 episodes 8.0 → 8.4 44 min avg

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Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Assume Nothing	8.0	938
2	All for Our Country	8.0	933
3	Homebodies	8.0	905
4	Feeling the Heat	7.6	881
5	Fur and Loathing	7.6	995
6	Jackpot	8.4	1,015
7	Invisible Evidence	8.2	893
8	After the Show	7.7	867
9	Grissom Versus the Volcano	7.6	861
10	Coming of Rage	7.7	851
11	Eleven Angry Jurors	7.7	870
12	Butterflied	8.2	984
13	Suckers	7.7	869
14	Paper or Plastic?	7.8	865
15	Early Rollout	7.6	869
16	Getting Off	7.3	835
17	XX	7.7	854
18	Bad to the Bone	8.0	877
19	Bad Words	7.6	822
20	Dead Ringer	7.4	808
21	Turn of the Screws	7.8	863
22	No More Bets	7.6	801
23	Bloodlines	8.4	937

Season 5 (2004)

7.84 avg 25 episodes 7.9 → 8.6 49 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Viva Las Vegas	7.9	901
2	Down the Drain	8.0	871
3	Harvest	7.7	867
4	Crow's Feet	7.2	848
5	Swap Meet	7.6	869
6	What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?	8.4	983
7	Formalities	7.6	856
8	Ch-Ch-Changes	7.8	949
9	Mea Culpa	7.9	831
10	No Humans Involved	7.8	839
11	Who Shot Sherlock?	8.2	911
12	Snakes	7.2	833
13	Nesting Dolls	7.7	858
14	Unbearable	7.4	832
15	King Baby	7.6	874
16	Big Middle	7.4	828
17	Compulsion	7.9	867
18	Spark of Life	8.0	819
19	4x4	8.3	887
20	Hollywood Brass	7.7	854
21	Committed	7.9	870
22	Weeping Willows	7.7	822
23	Iced	8.1	845
24	Grave Danger: Part 1	8.5	3,245
25	Grave Danger: Part 2	8.6	2,914

Season 6 (2005)

7.83 avg 24 episodes 7.5 → 7.8 45 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bodies in Motion	7.5	824
2	Room Service	7.4	825
3	Bite Me	7.6	843
4	Shooting Stars	7.7	843
5	Gum Drops	8.8	1,193
6	Secrets & Flies	7.7	831
7	A Bullet Runs Through It: Part 1	8.4	916
8	A Bullet Runs Through It: Part 2	8.5	939
9	Dog Eat Dog	7.4	815
10	Still Life	8.1	845
11	Werewolves	7.6	857
12	Daddy's Little Girl	7.3	804
13	Kiss Kiss, Bye Bye	8.1	942
14	Killer	7.9	860
15	Pirates of the Third Reich	8.3	980
16	Up in Smoke	7.7	810
17	I Like to Watch	7.4	840
18	The Unusual Suspect	8.3	1,012
19	Spellbound	7.5	802
20	Poppin' Tags	6.8	823
21	Rashomama	8.4	1,065
22	Time of Your Death	7.5	833
23	Bang-Bang	8.1	839
24	Way to Go	7.8	889

Season 7 (2006)

8.05 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 8.9 45 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Built to Kill: Part 1	7.9	950
2	Built to Kill: Part 2	8.6	1,034
3	Toe Tags	8.0	988
4	Fannysmackin'	8.3	1,073
5	Double Cross	7.4	866
6	Burn Out	7.7	866
7	Post Mortem	8.1	899
8	Happenstance	7.8	859
9	Living Legend	8.4	1,067
10	Loco Motives	8.5	958
11	Leaving Las Vegas	8.0	859
12	Sweet Jane	8.0	908
13	Redrum	7.8	837
14	Meet Market	7.5	805
15	Law of Gravity	8.6	967
16	Monster in the Box	8.6	926
17	Fallen Idols	7.8	908
18	Empty Eyes	8.0	914
19	Big Shots	7.4	787
20	Lab Rats	8.4	1,007
21	Ending Happy	8.6	1,131
22	Leapin' Lizards	7.3	827
23	The Good, the Bad and the Dominatrix	7.6	848
24	Living Doll	8.9	1,195

Season 8 (2007)

7.69 avg 17 episodes 7.8 → 8.7 45 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dead Doll	7.8	1,104
2	A La Cart	7.7	873
3	Go to Hell	7.4	841
4	The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp	7.4	812
5	The Chick Chop Flick Shop	7.4	866
6	Who and What	7.5	819
7	Goodbye and Good Luck	8.1	970
8	You Kill Me	7.5	982
9	Cockroaches	7.6	830
10	Lying Down with Dogs	7.6	807
11	Bull	7.3	785
12	Grissom's Divine Comedy	7.8	779
13	A Thousand Days on Earth	8.0	795
14	Drops' Out	7.5	760
15	The Theory of Everything	8.1	841
16	Two and a Half Deaths	7.4	1,024
17	For Gedda	8.7	1,065

Season 9 (2008)

7.71 avg 24 episodes 9.0 → 7.1 53 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	For Warrick	9.0	1,313
2	The Happy Place	7.4	817
3	Art Imitates Life	7.9	834
4	Let It Bleed	7.5	784
5	Leave Out All the Rest	7.8	839
6	Say Uncle	7.6	770
7	Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda	7.5	766
8	Young Man with a Horn	7.5	789
9	19 Down	8.5	869
10	One to Go	8.9	1,020
11	The Grave Shift	7.8	767
12	Disarmed and Dangerous	7.5	794
13	Deep Fried and Minty Fresh	7.2	751
14	Miscarriage of Justice	7.4	742
15	Kill Me if You Can	7.2	729
16	Turn, Turn, Turn	8.6	1,116
17	No Way Out	7.7	738
18	Mascara	6.3	898
19	The Descent of Man	7.3	752
20	A Space Oddity	7.8	948
21	If I Had a Hammer...	8.2	771
22	The Gone Dead Train	7.7	743
23	Hog Heaven	7.6	714
24	All In	7.1	708

Season 10 (2009)

7.59 avg 23 episodes 8.1 → 7.9 60 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Family Affair	8.1	862
2	Ghost Town	7.4	766
3	Working Stiffs	7.6	806
4	Coup de Grace	7.7	783
5	Bloodsport	7.6	732
6	Death and the Maiden	7.6	763
7	The Lost Girls	7.4	772
8	Lover's Lanes	7.3	711
9	Appendicitement	8.4	865
10	Better Off Dead	7.6	724
11	Sin City Blue	7.4	721
12	Long Ball	7.1	688
13	Internal Combustion	7.3	707
14	Unshockable	7.1	763
15	Neverland	7.5	710
16	The Panty Sniffer	7.4	720
17	Irradiator	7.8	701
18	Field Mice	7.5	781
19	World's End	7.8	748
20	Take My Life, Please	7.2	719
21	Lost & Found	8.1	792
22	Doctor Who	7.7	702
23	Meat Jekyll	7.9	742

Season 11 (2010)

7.45 avg 22 episodes 6.9 → 7.6 54 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Shock Waves	6.9	1,025
2	Pool Shark	7.2	771
3	Blood Moon	7.1	755
4	Sqweegel	8.2	938
5	House of Hoarders	7.8	771
6	Cold Blooded	7.4	726
7	Bump and Grind	7.5	688
8	Fracked	7.2	729
9	Wild Life	7.7	722
10	418/427	7.4	705
11	Man Up	7.3	716
12	A Kiss Before Frying	7.6	840
13	The Two Mrs. Grissoms	7.8	767
14	All That Cremains	7.2	740
15	Targets of Obsession	7.5	889
16	Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead	7.1	719
17	The List	7.8	729
18	Hitting for the Cycle	7.4	709
19	Unleashed	7.4	707
20	Father of the Bride	7.3	694
21	Cello and Goodbye	7.6	718
22	In a Dark, Dark House	7.6	769

Season 12 (2011)

7.72 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 8.3 44 min avg

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Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	73 Seconds	7.5	855
2	Tell-Tale Hearts	8.0	796
3	Bittersweet	7.9	777
4	Maid Man	7.5	751
5	CSI Down	7.8	812
6	Freaks & Geeks	7.2	747
7	Brain Doe	7.3	718
8	Crime After Crime	7.8	737
9	Zippered	7.6	753
10	Genetic Disorder	8.2	775
11	Ms. Willows Regrets	8.5	827
12	Willows in the Wind	8.8	895
13	Tressed to Kill	7.7	763
14	Seeing Red	7.5	739
15	Stealing Home	7.7	738
16	CSI Unplugged	7.7	726
17	Trends with Benefits	7.4	714
18	Malice in Wonderland	7.6	754
19	Split Decisions	7.4	720
20	Altered Stakes	7.4	654
21	Dune and Gloom	7.1	640
22	Homecoming	8.3	713

Season 13 (2012)

7.52 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 8.1 44 min avg

Rebound

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Karma to Burn	7.6	700
2	Code Blue Plate Special	7.8	605
3	Wild Flowers	7.7	579
4	It Was a Very Good Year	7.6	608
5	Play Dead	7.9	612
6	Pick and Roll	7.2	529
7	Fallen Angels	7.5	530
8	CSI on Fire	7.3	550
9	Strip Maul	7.6	517
10	Risky Business Class	7.6	526
11	Dead Air	7.5	523
12	Double Fault	7.3	522
13	In Vino Veritas	7.3	531
14	Exile	6.9	496
15	Forget Me Not	8.3	598
16	Last Woman Standing	7.4	515
17	Dead of the Class	7.5	481
18	Sheltered	7.3	478
19	Backfire	7.5	478
20	Fearless	7.0	456
21	Ghosts of the Past	7.5	473
22	Skin in the Game	8.1	561

Season 14 (2013)

7.45 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 7.4 43 min avg

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Devil and D.B. Russell	7.9	603
2	Take the Money and Run	7.3	475
3	Torch Song	7.1	487
4	Last Supper	7.2	496
5	Frame by Frame	7.9	564
6	Passed Pawns	7.3	499
7	Under a Cloud	7.4	480
8	Helpless	7.1	474
9	Check In and Check Out	8.1	512
10	Girls Gone Wild	7.8	498
11	The Lost Reindeer	7.2	459
12	Keep Calm and Carry-On	7.5	466
13	Boston Brakes	7.6	465
14	De Los Muertos	7.5	458
15	Love for Sale	7.3	471
16	Killer Moves	7.4	464
17	Long Road Home	7.1	466
18	Uninvited	7.5	475
19	The Fallen	7.7	506
20	Consumed	6.9	446
21	Kitty	7.6	622
22	Dead in His Tracks	7.4	447

Season 15 (2014)

7.34 avg 18 episodes 7.7 → 7.9 43 min avg

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The CSI Effect	7.7	505
2	Buzz Kill	7.2	446
3	Bad Blood	7.5	458
4	The Book of Shadows	6.8	467
5	Girls Gone Wilder	7.7	483
6	The Twin Paradox	7.5	453
7	Road to Recovery	7.0	431
8	Rubbery Homicide	6.6	433
9	Let's Make a Deal	7.2	424
10	Dead Rails	7.2	443
11	Angle of Attack	7.2	439
12	Dead Woods	7.7	472
13	The Greater Good	7.7	447
14	Merchants of Menace	7.3	422
15	Hero to Zero	7.2	413
16	The Last Ride	7.1	404
17	Under My Skin	7.6	431
18	The End Game	7.9	526