CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 9)

The ninth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on October 9, 2008 and ended May 14, 2009. The series stars William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger and Laurence Fishburne.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Season 9
Season 9 U.S. DVD cover
Starring	William Petersen Marg Helgenberger Gary Dourdan George Eads Eric Szmanda Robert David Hall Wallace Langham Paul Guilfoyle Lauren Lee Smith Laurence Fishburne
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	October 9, 2008 (2008-10-09) – May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)
Season chronology

Plot

As the team grieve for their fallen colleague ("For Warrick"), Grissom makes a life changing decision ("One to Go"), during the ninth season of CSI. Also this season, Sara investigates the death of a woman attacked nine years ago ("The Happy Place"), new CSI Riley Adams joins the team ("Art Imitates Life"), and she and Nick witness a store robbery on Halloween ("Let it Bleed"), Grissom attends the trial of the Miniature Killer ("Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda"), and an infamous serial murderer brings Dr. Raymond Langston face-to-face with the CSI team ("19 Down"). As Catherine adjusts to life as the team's leader, she investigates the bizarre, the brutal, and the unlikely, including an S&M related murder ("Leave out all the Rest"), an arson-homicide ("The Grave Shift"), the murder of an FBI agent ("Disarmed & Dangerous"), death-by-toothpaste ("Deep Fried & Minty Fresh"), and a Mexican wrestling related death ("Mascara"). Nick, meanwhile, investigates the happenings of a seedy motel over the course of a year ("Turn, Turn, Turn"), and Hodges and Wendy attend a sci-fi convention ("A Space Oddity").

Controversy

Writer and producer of the episode 13, Sarah Goldfinger, was sued for defamation of character by California real estate agents, Melinda and Scott Tamkin.[1]

Cast

Changes

William Petersen and Gary Dourdan both depart the main cast, and are replaced by Lauren Lee Smith and Laurence Fishburne. Jorja Fox recurs.

Main cast

Main article: List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation characters

• William Petersen as Gil Grissom, a CSI Level 3 Supervisor
• Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows, a CSI Level 3 Supervisor
• Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown, a CSI Level 3
• George Eads as Nick Stokes, a CSI Level 3
• Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders, a CSI Level 3
• Robert David Hall as Al Robbins, the Chief Medical Examiner
• Wallace Langham as David Hodges, a Trace Technician
• Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass, a Homicide Detective Captain
• Lauren Lee Smith as Riley Adams, a CSI Level 2
• Laurence Fishburne as Raymond Langston, a CSI Level 1

Recurring cast

See also: Minor characters in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

• Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle (Special guest star 4 Episodes)
• Liz Vassey as Wendy Simms
• Archie Kao as Archie Johnson
• David Berman as David Phillips
• Sheeri Rappaport as Mandy Webster
• Jon Wellner as Henry Andrews
• Marc Vann as Conrad Ecklie
• Bill Irwin as Nate Haskell

Guest cast

• Melinda Clarke as Lady Heather
• Jessie Collins as Natalie Davis
• Taylor Swift as Haley Jones

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
183	1	"For Warrick"	Richard J. Lewis	Teleplay by: Allen MacDonald & Richard J. Lewis Story by: Carol Mendelsohn	October 9, 2008 (2008-10-09)	23.49[2]
CSI Warrick Brown is shot and killed outside a Las Vegas diner. The entire team grieves for their fallen friend, while unknown to them, the killer is one of their own. Also, Sara returns to Las Vegas when she hears the news.
184	2	"The Happy Place"	Nathan Hope	Sarah Goldfinger	October 16, 2008 (2008-10-16)	19.28[3]
Nick and Catherine investigate why a woman who was about to be married would have taken a swan dive off of her balcony. Also Grissom investigates the brutal murder of a woman found in an alley. The investigation gets tougher with the discovery that her two-year-old was with her when she was murdered. Greg calls Sara in when the husband of a woman, who was raped in the episode "Too Tough to Die", pulls out her breathing tube.
185	3	"Art Imitates Life"	Kenneth Fink	Evan Dunsky	October 23, 2008 (2008-10-23)	19.49[4]
The team investigates the murder of a woman found in the park posed to recreate life and a string of murders follows with the same pattern. An artist becomes one of the suspects when they find out he has his models pose as dead bodies for his paintings. Also, being two CSIs short, Ecklie hires a new CSI, Riley Adams, and a counselor comes in to help them deal with Warrick's death.
186	4	"Let It Bleed"	Brad Tanenbaum	Corinne Marrinan	October 30, 2008 (2008-10-30)	19.10[5]
It is Halloween and Nick and Riley witness a man dressed as a cop rob a convenience store and then must help the team investigate the death of the daughter of a major drug lord, which leads them to a seedy club where Catherine finds Lindsey on the dance floor. Wendy and Dr. Robbins clash when the victim is revealed to have three blood types in her body and two of them are male.
187	5	"Leave Out All the Rest"	Kenneth Fink	Jacqueline Hoyt	November 6, 2008 (2008-11-06)	18.18[6]
A body is found out in the desert and the man's girlfriend is missing. After discovering needle marks on the victim's body, Grissom turns to Lady Heather for help when he realizes that the needle marks are a form of S&M. She points the team towards a place designed for poetry and performing arts, but it has a back room perfect for S&M fantasies. Grissom and Lady Heather question their link and Sara questions Grissom's commitment.
188	6	"Say Uncle"	Richard J. Lewis	Dustin Lee Abraham	November 13, 2008 (2008-11-13)	19.05[7]
The CSI team investigates a shooting at a Koreatown neighborhood party, in which the mother and uncle of a small boy, Park Bang, are murdered. Grissom stakes a personal investment in the case when it is discovered that Park Bang witnessed the shooting and he goes missing. Grissom suspects the killer tracked Park down and is trying to keep him from talking. The case becomes more complicated when it's revealed Park has HIV and his mother put him on an unauthorized medical trial.
189	7	"Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda"	Brad Tanenbaum	Teleplay by: Allen MacDonald Story by: Naren Shankar & Allen MacDonald	November 20, 2008 (2008-11-20)	18.45[8]
Greg, Riley, and Brass investigate the death of a woman and the beating of her daughter who falls into a coma. They discover the woman's husband is a suspect in the murder of a private investigator, Trevor Murphy and Trevor's kids may be bent on getting revenge for their dad's murder, at any cost. Catherine and Nick investigate when two teenagers crash their car into a tree and die and uncover a deadly game of mailbox baseball. In the meantime, Grissom attends the trial of Natalie Davis.
190	8	"Young Man with a Horn"	Jeffrey Hunt	David Rambo	December 4, 2008 (2008-12-04)	17.48[9]
The CSIs discover a link between the death of a popular young singer and a murder that happened over 50 years ago.
191	9	"19 Down…"	Kenneth Fink	Naren Shankar & Carol Mendelsohn	December 11, 2008 (2008-12-11)	20.86[10]
When a new murder leads to a connection with an infamous serial killer, Grissom secretly joins the class of well-known criminal pathologist Dr. Raymond Langston (Fishburne), to gain access to the killer and get a crack in the case.
192	10	"One to Go"	Alec Smight	Carol Mendelsohn & Naren Shankar	January 15, 2009 (2009-01-15)	24.25[11]
The CSI team works to close Grissom's last open case. During the last open case for Grissom, Dr. Langston joins the team as consultant for the case. However, after resolve of the case, Grissom offer Dr. Langston to be the CSI, not an assisting consultant of the case.
193	11	"The Grave Shift"	Richard J. Lewis	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	January 22, 2009 (2009-01-22)	17.57[12]
Dr. Langston's first day as a CSI is anything but easy when a seemingly simple burglary case ends up overlapping with an in-depth homicide and arson case.
194	12	"Disarmed & Dangerous"	Kenneth Fink	Dustin Lee Abraham & Evan Dunsky	January 29, 2009 (2009-01-29)	20.15[13]
The CSIs are called in when an undercover FBI agent is found brutally murdered. The CSIs must help the victim's partner find the killer.
195	13	"Deep Fried & Minty Fresh"	Alec Smight	Corinne Marrinan & Sarah Goldfinger	February 12, 2009 (2009-02-12)	17.94[14]
Langston, Nick and Riley investigate a murder at a fast food restaurant that turns out to be difficult because most of their evidence is coated in cooking oil. Meanwhile Catherine and Greg investigate the strange death of a woman killed by ingesting two tubes of toothpaste.
196	14	"Miscarriage of Justice"	Louis Shaw Milito	Richard Catalani & Jacqueline Hoyt	February 19, 2009 (2009-02-19)	16.92[15]
While Langston testifies in the trial of a respected Congressman, the prosecution's key witness commits suicide outside the court with the suspected murder weapon sending the CSIs back to the lab.
197	15	"Kill Me If You Can"	Nathan Hope	Teleplay by: Allen MacDonald Story by: Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	February 26, 2009 (2009-02-26)	17.72[16]
The CSIs are called to three different crime scenes in one night: Ray and Wendy investigate the murder of an art dealer, Catherine and Greg investigate the murder of a woman in a motel, whilst Nick and Riley investigate the death of a man found stuffed in a car. The cases initially seem unrelated, but forensic evidence in each of them reveals a common link.
198	16	"Turn, Turn, Turn"	Richard J. Lewis	Tom Mularz	March 5, 2009 (2009-03-05)	20.88[17]
We follow the happenings of a seedy motel's inhabitants over the course of a year. The CSIs are called to a few too many cases to be coincidence and one CSI in particular finds himself becoming emotionally involved. Taylor Swift guest stars.
199	17	"No Way Out"	Alec Smight	Fulvia Charles-Lindsay	March 12, 2009 (2009-03-12)	17.13[18]
Langston and Riley are taken hostage during the aftermath of a shootout, that leaves three people dead and two teenagers missing, in a usually calm Las Vegas neighborhood.
200	18	"Mascara"	William Friedkin	Teleplay by: Dustin Lee Abraham Story by: Dustin Lee Abraham & Naren Shankar	April 2, 2009 (2009-04-02)	14.63[19]
In the 200th episode, one of Ray's former students is murdered and the investigation plunges the team into the mysterious world of Mexican wrestling.
201	19	"The Descent of Man"	Christopher Leitch	Evan Dunsky	April 9, 2009 (2009-04-09)	16.63[20]
When a seasoned skydiver is paralyzed after free falling to earth when his parachute does not deploy, he turns out to be linked to the strange death-by-airborne-toxins of two wealthy men with ties to Iran. Langston investigates the death of a religious leader in the desert.
202	20	"A Space Oddity"	Michael Nankin	Teleplay by: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson Story by: Naren Shankar	April 16, 2009 (2009-04-16)	15.72[21]
While at a sci-fi convention, Hodges and Wendy stumble across the body of a dead producer. While the team works to solve the case, Hodges and Wendy must deal with the fact that they may be falling for each other.
203	21	"If I Had a Hammer…"	Brad Tanenbaum	Teleplay by: Allen MacDonald & Corinne Marrinan Story by: Daniel Steck	April 23, 2009 (2009-04-23)	14.64[22]
Catherine looks into one of her first cases as a CSI when a man claims that the verdict was influenced by faulty forensics.
204	22	"The Gone Dead Train"	Alec Smight	Jacqueline Hoyt	April 30, 2009 (2009-04-30)	15.54[23]
A series of indeterminate deaths test the deductive powers of the CSI team, who fear that a public health emergency may be in the offing, especially after Catherine is bitten by one of the victims. Meanwhile, Greg and Riley investigate when a friendly rivalry over who will win an upcoming bikini contest takes a deadly turn when one of the contestants is sexually assaulted before dying in hospital.
205	23	"Hog Heaven"	Louis Shaw Milito	David Rambo	May 7, 2009 (2009-05-07)	14.91[24]
The team must find out who tipped a biker gang off after an undercover cop in their midst is murdered. While the investigation of crime lab uncover the story behind the crime scene, they discover the tragic truth that was covered within the evidence from the crime scene.
206	24	"All In"	Paris Barclay	Teleplay by: Evan Dunsky & Richard Catalani Story by: Naren Shankar & Phillip Schenkler	May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)	14.81[25]
The team investigate a suspected body dump in the desert and discover that a stash of old casino chips worth $1,000 each on the collectible market may be the key to solving the murder.

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