CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Season 8

With Natalie Davis, "The Miniature Killer", giving no answers to Sara's whereabouts, Grissom and his team use whatever evidence they had to piece together clues to search for Sara, left to die underneath a wrecked car in the desert - a scene replicated by her miniature scene.

When a road cleanup crew discovered a helmeted head of a high school-aged teen, Grissom, Nick, and Greg investigate the death of a go-kart racer whose headless body is found yards away from the highway he was racing on. Meanwhile, Catherine and Warrick work to unravel the mysterious murder of a popular men's magazine publisher at a restaurant where patrons dine in the dark. Also, Ecklie has concerns for Grissom and Sara, after observing that they're being too close in the workplace.

The team investigates the murder of a couple and their younger daughter, and the disappearance of their older daughter (Britt Robertson), who is believed to be possessed by the devil; the prime suspect of the case was a preacher whom the daughter's parents believed he "exorcised" to death. Meanwhile Sara and a new CSI, Ronnie, investigate the death of a homeless man found on a garbage pile.

The hanging death of a male with breasts more typical for a female is connected to a tainted water supply. While examining a bee colony as part of that investigation, Sara accepts Grissom's marriage proposal. Meanwhile, Ronnie and the day crew investigate 40-year-old skeletal remains found at the site of a new casino being constructed; as the project was orchestrated by Catherine's late father, Sam Braun, she excuses herself from the case due to conflict of interest. During the course of the inv

The team investigates the murder of Weatherley Adams, a horror/slasher film actress found on the set with an ax in her back. The autopsy reveals that she was gored but that the ax wasn't the murder weapon. When Ronnie discovers a second body at the studio hanging from the rafters, she also comes face to face with the killer, in a scene not unlike the slasher films the studio produces. Also, still reeling from her own brush with death earlier, Sara despairs at having death thrust in her face ever

The FBI's Jack Malone (Anthony LaPaglia) joins forces with Grissom to track a serial killer after a boy who was kidnapped six years ago in New York matches the profile of a murder victim in Las Vegas. As the victim's residence is adjacent to a rail line, Grissom and Malone hopes to catch the suspect before he leaves town. This episode begins a crossover with Without a Trace that concludes on "Where and Why".

The CSIs investigate when a college freshman plunges to her death and her death is revealed to be a murder. They discover the victim had a relationship with Marlon West, a teen who, in Season 6's "The Unusual Suspect", was acquitted on a murder charge with the help of his younger sister, a child prodigy named Hannah. Sara handles the case and she becomes convinced Hannah killed Marlon's girlfriend and is framing him for the murder as an attempt to put him in jail and keep control of him. The who

Hodges talks about hypothetical murders with his fellow lab techs to give them a chance to play CSI, but unbeknownst to them he was taping the conversation to gather material for a board game he's creating. Meanwhile, everyone tries to comfort Grissom following Sara's departure (who as of this episode was seeing relatives in San Francisco), but he chose to keep working as a way to combat his depression.

A man's body is thrown from a garbage truck that is being chased by the police. The victim was a limo driver connected to a strip club run by a notorious mob ringleader, Lou Gedda. Warrick believes Gedda is responsible and sets out to prove it. Unfortunately, Warrick's divorce, his addiction to pills and a sudden reckless lifestyle negatively impact his job. Later, Warrick becomes the chief suspect in another mob-related murder when his date, an exotic dancer at the club was found murdered in hi

The body of a wealthy socialite, known for her charitable contributions, is discovered in a dumping ground along with the bodies of several dogs. The investigation reveals the victim was involved in illegal dog fighting and may have tortured some of the animals at a kennel. Meanwhile, Warrick tries to prove he is innocent of murdering an exotic dancer whose body was found in his car outside Lou Gedda's nightclub; his adamant belief on his innocence led to a two-week suspension by Grissom, with a

Three murders occur during the annual National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. The first victim is a bull rider who is discovered after hours in an empty bull ring. The second is a hit-and-run victim who is linked to the dead bull rider. Later, a third victim, a local pimp, is gunned down in a saloon's restroom. The investigation reveals the crimes may be connected to an illegal bull-breeding ring. (Guest starred Julie Brown and Joseph Campanella. Opens with The Star-Spangled Banner sung by Jewel. Fi

While Grissom was at home nursing a cold, he was called on by district attorney Maddie Klein (Bonnie Bedelia) to be an expert witness for a grand jury investigating La Tijera ("The Scissor"), a very dangerous Las Vegas gang. The gang appears to be terrorizing and murdering witnesses who could land them in jail. Grissom is reluctant, but Maddie insists he is the only one for the job. In his investigation, he discovered that imprisoned inmates were communicating with others using invisible ink on

After completing his show, a stand up comedian discovered the body of a 3-year-old girl in a vacuum cleaner box. This disturbing death had a great impact on Catherine as she searches for clues to her murder, naming the "Baby Jane Doe" as "Cordelia" after the street where she was found. While Cordelia's death touched many people, it ruined the life of a young man, who was the initial suspect, based on his prior record and the vacuum cleaner box alone.

Brass, Grissom, and Nick work the case of a female victim found in an apartment building with a gunshot wound, and another victim in the apartment directly above, also killed from a gunshot wound. The apartments were leased to Drops (Method Man), who became a person of interest during the investigation, even though he is still in jail. This led to Brass and Nick taking the unorthodox step of letting him out of jail in their custody to search for the actual suspects.

The whole team look into an abundance of unusual cases: the death of a man who burst into flames in police custody; the death of a woman and a man with green blood which is linked to a migraine drug; and the death of a senior couple who were in a pest control problem with their neighbors, which are all related in different ways. Note: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage make a cameo appearance as lab technicians as Nick tests the idea that a stun gun can ignite the shirt of a perp who had been maced.

The difficult star (Katey Sagal) of a TV sitcom is murdered while filming an episode in Las Vegas. The investigation reveals plenty of suspects, including her husband, the actress who is her stand-in (also Katey Sagal) and the show's entire staff of writers. This was part of a writer exchange crossover with Two and a Half Men, with Carol Mendelsohn and the CSI writers writing the Two and a Half Men episode "Fish in a Drawer" that also guest-starred George Eads. Includes cameos from Charlie Sheen

At a funeral for an African American man, the bottom of his casket fell out as the pallbearers were carrying it; it was discovered that a white man, a private investigator who was working with Warrick on the Lou Gedda case, was sharing the coffin after he was killed. Later, Warrick is accused of murdering Gedda, of whom he crossed paths earlier at his strip club. Even more troubling is the fact that Warrick is not certain if he is innocent or guilty of the crime. The CSIs would investigate to di