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302. Revenge Is Best Served Cold
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Episode #: 47
Original Air Date: 9/26/02
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The top-rated drama gets off to a speedy start in its
third-season opener, in which the teams investigate the murder of a street racer and the untimely death of a legendary poker
player. 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 in the middle of a high-stakes game with three others. It looks
like natural causes, at first, but Grissom suspects foul play.
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Josef Cannon (Fireman) Jeffrey D. Sams (Det. Cyrus
Lockwood) Christopher Wiehl (Hank) Ian Somerhalder (Tony Del Nagro) Cliff DeYoung (Mr. Del Nagro) Eric Stonestreet (Ronnie
Litre) Madison Mason (Doyle 'Candyman' Pfeiffer) J.P. Pitoc (Michaelangelo) Todd Stashwick (Matt) Donna Scott (Waitress Nancy)
Walter Emanual Jones (Street Racer) Gerald McCullouch (Bobby Dawson) Brent Hinkley (Steven Masters) Carmine Giovinazzo ()
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301. The Accused Is Entitled
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Episode #: 48
Original Air Date: 10/03/02
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The
tables are turned on the CSIs, who are the ones put under the microscope in this engrossing episode about a movie star on
trial for murder. 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 personal when Haviland's lawyer hires Grissom's former
mentor, Philip Gerard, to find mistakes in the forensic part of the case. And, unfortunately for Grissom, Gerard finds plenty
of errors to exploit.
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303. Let the Seller Beware
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Episode #: 49
Original Air Date: 10/10/02
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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.
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Episode #: 50
Original Air Date: 10/17/02
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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 robbery.
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Episode #: 51
Original Air Date: 10/31/02
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The strange worlds of magic and rock music are explored in this creepy episode. 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. Only traces of blood are left inside the chamber. Clues lead the CSIs to an eerie, decrepit mansion
filled with secrets. Elsewhere, a rock star's death on a band bus appears to be the result of an overdose, but Catherine uncovers
evidence that points to murder
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305. The Execution of Catherine Willows
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Episode #: 52
Original Air Date: 11/07/02
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A triple murder case from Catherine's rookie year
is the focus of this intriguing installment. 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 a stay based on new DNA
evidence. But while Catherine awaits the results of tests on hair samples found on the first victim, another girl at the same
school is murdered... and discarded just like the first three — meaning the wrong man could be behind bars.
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Episode #: 53
Original Air Date: 11/14/02
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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 investigates a jewelry-store robbery.
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Episode #: 54
Original Air Date: 11/21/02
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A horrific murder caught on film and the discovery
of a skeleton covered with fire ants are the focus of this first-rate episode. Catherine is 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.
Outside of town, Grissom investigates another killing when a body, smothered with fire ants, is found stuffed inside a large
toolbox. The initial findings indicate that the person died well over a year earlier.
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Episode #: 55
Original Air Date: 12/05/02
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Grissom encounters a crime scene unlike any he has
ever investigated before in this taut, twist-filled episode. 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 angry
onlookers — all of them white — drags him out and beats him for the crime. When Grissom arrives on the scene,
he discovers that the teen has been eviscerated and has stab wounds, but shows no signs of having been struck by the cab.
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Episode #: 56
Original Air Date: 12/12/02
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Nick and Warrick investigate the death of a man
who was apparently thrown from the roof of a six-story building. Evidence reveals that he was dead before he hit the ground.
Also, Catherine probes the shooting death of a man who was killed with his own gun, and Grissom's hearing problems cause him
to drop out of a case.
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Episode #: 57
Original Air Date: 1/09/03
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A human arm is discovered stuck in a grinder at
a meat-processing plant and the evidence leads Grissom and Catherine to an upscale restaurant where the victim worked as a
chef. Across town, Warrick and Sara probe the apparent suicide of a girl with bipolar disorder in her apartment, but as the
case unfolds it becomes clear that she was murdered.
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Episode #: 58
Original Air Date: 1/16/03
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The discovery of a human eye in a raven's nest leads
investigators to a landfill where a limbless female with a crushed skull is found. At the lab, an autopsy on a different body
turns into a lifesaving mission when it's discovered that the victim isn't dead. Still, Grissom must determine whether the
man was a target for murder.
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313. Random Acts of Violence
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Episode #: 59
Original Air Date: 1/30/03
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Warrick is the focus of this intense hour in which
he allows emotion to trump evidence when he investigates a drive-by shooting in his old neighborhood. Gunfire rips through
the house of Warrick's former mentor, who runs a recreational center, killing his 9-year-old daughter in her bedroom. Officers
believe the actual target was a white teen who was dropping off his black girlfriend next door. When a suspect is nabbed with
the murder weapon, a vengeful Warrick is certain the man is guilty — an assumption that leads to even more violence.
Across town, Nick probes the death of a highly disliked worker who's found in a computer room with a crushed skull.
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Episode #: 60
Original Air Date: 2/06/03
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Catherine tries to track down a sexual predator
who breaks into single women's apartments and terrorizes them. Meanwhile, Sara reopens a cold case in which a colleague's
husband was murdered, but the killer was never caught. Also: Grissom's hearing further deteriorates.
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Episode #: 61
Original Air Date: 2/13/03
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Two cases get very personal for Grissom and Catherine
in this pivotal 90-minute episode. In the first, Grissom discovers that the murders of a party guest at a nightclub and a
man who was working out in his apartment are related. The deaths were similar and both victims were employees of Lady Heather,
a dominatrix who penetrates Grissom's cold exterior to reveal his vulnerability. The second case involves Catherine's ex-husband,
Eddie, who vanishes after his car crashes while he's traveling with their daughter. Sara leads the investigation, but Catherine
quickly becomes displeased with the way it's being handled.
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Episode #: 62
Original Air Date: 2/20/03
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The 5-year-old son of a professional basketball
player is kidnapped while his father is at a casino, and a $5 million ransom is demanded. Elsewhere, Grissom and Nick investigate
when a man with a wooden stake lodged in the back of his head stumbles out of his car and dies.
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Episode #: 63
Original Air Date: 3/13/03
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Sara's personal life takes a hit when she investigates
a deadly car crash. The accident is a bizarre and seemingly random one involving an elderly woman who killed and injured several
people when she drove her car through the front of a bar crowded with happy-hour patrons. Among those hurt is Sara's EMT boyfriend,
Hank. While Sara is rocked by his injury at first, she soon manages to work the case in her usual professional manner. But
her emotions begin to get the best of her once again as she learns disturbing news about Hank's presence in the bar. Elsewhere,
a woman dies of carbon-monoxide poisoning, and Grissom quickly decides it was no accident.
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Episode #: 64
Original Air Date: 4/03/03
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A badly decomposed body is discovered in a beat-up
chemical-waste drum in the desert. The investigation soon leads Catherine into the world of robotic demolition derbies in
which custom-designed robots bash each other in combat-like competitions. Meanwhile, Grissom probes the death of a newly married
man whose body is found in an alley.
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319. A Night at the Movies
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Episode #: 65
Original Air Date: 4/10/03
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The CSIs investigate two murders — one in
a movie theater, the other in an abandoned warehouse — that are even more bizarre and perplexing than usual. The first
case takes Grissom and Catherine to a dingy art house, where a moviegoer was stabbed in the back of the head with a screwdriver.
Apparently, the man was killed during a noisy on-screen gunfight, perhaps by a tall redheaded woman seen leaving the theater
during that scene. Across town, a team tries to unravel the mystery of a badly bruised 15-year-old boy found shot to death
in a bullet-riddled warehouse, where more than 100 rounds were fired from every conceivable angle, including the roof.
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Episode #: 66
Original Air Date: 4/24/03
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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. Also: Brass reopens a woman's accidental-death case after
spotting the deceased's husband in a flashy new car with a trophy date on his arm.
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Episode #: 67
Original Air Date: 5/01/03
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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,
it appears the victim was trampled to death, but Grissom and Catherine uncover evidence of foul play. Meanwhile, in the Hell's
Gate section of Death Valley, Sara and Warrick probe the apparent suicide of a 15-year-old boy found under a bedspread. The
investigation intensifies when a girl's body turns up a half-mile away.
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Episode #: 68
Original Air Date: 5/08/03
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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.
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Episode #: 69
Original Air Date: 5/15/03
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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. Lockwood's
death provides Grissom and his crew with added incentive to find the murderous culprits. But the case really hits home for
Catherine when the evidence leads to casino owner Sam Braun, who is like a father to her. Also, Grissom's hearing gets progressively
worse and he seeks out Dr. Robbins for help.
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