Season 5

93. Viva Las Vegas - September 23, 2004
Directed by Danny Cannon | Written by Danny Cannon & Carol Mendelsohn

Guest starring: Guest starring: Alex Carter, David Berman, Jose Zuniga, Romy Rosemont, Wallace Langham, Nicholas Lea, Archie Kao, John L. Adams, Vincent Ward, Amanda Lockwood, Reiko Aylesworth

The CSI unit investigates four fatalities on one wild night in Las Vegas: a nightclub shooting, a stripper found dead in a hotel suite, a man found electrocuted in his bathtub, and a body clad in an alien costume found near Area 51.

A wild night in Las Vegas has the CSIs simultaneously investigating four fatalities.

Greg Sanders' first day in the field has him assisting Grissom's investigation of a fatal nightclub shooting. Meanwhile, Catherine probes into the death of a stripper found in a Las Vegas hotel suite. Across town, Warrick is called to an apartment building to investigate possible foul play in the death of a man found electrocuted in his bathtub. Lastly, Nick and Sara investigate a body found buried wearing an alien costume near Area 51. Back in the lab, Greg Sanders' replacement, Chandra, (Aylesworth), is overwhelmed by the fast-paced world of the CSIs.

94. Down the drain - October 7, 2004
Directed by Ken Fink | Written by Naren Shankar

Guest starring: David Berman, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Steve Monroe, Brent Briscoe, Gigi Rice, Jesse Plemons, Cristine Rose, Lennie Loftim, Jack Carter, Michael Dempsey, Scott Lincoln

After a heavy rain, the CSI team is called to investigate the deaths of two people found in sewage drains to determine whether either was murder.

Heavy rain in Las Vegas causes the CSI team to investigate the demise of victims found in the sewage drains.

When Grissom and his team investigate the apparent murder of a man found in a storm sewer, Catherine and Warrick find themselves searching for clues in the storm drain tunnel, where they learn that this may not be a murder after all. Meanwhile, across town sanitation workers stumble upon human bones also found in the drain. Through further investigation, Catherine, Warrick and Grissom identify the victim and now need to follow the trail to find the killer.

95. Harvest - October 14, 2004
Directed by David Grossman | Written by Judith McCreary

Guest starring: David Berman, Archie Kao, Madison McReynolds, Melissa Leo, America Ferrera, Carlos Gomez, Ramon De Ocampo, Aisha Tyler, Thomas Dekker, DB Woodside, Lucy Benali, Mary-Kathleen Gordon

A 12-year-old girl goes missing from a convenience store parking lot.

The CSI team investigates the kidnapping of a young girl.

The city is on "Amber" alert while the CSIs race against the clock, searching for a missing girl. Meanwhile, Catherine struggles with being a single parent to her rebellious daughter, who is the same age of the missing victim, and Greg may have finally found a worthy replacement in Mia Dickerson (Aisha Tyler).

96. Crow's Feet - October 21, 2004
Directed by Richard Lewis | Written by Josh Berman

Guest starring: David Berman, Alexx Carter, David Anders, Steven Brand, Larry Sullivan, A.J. Buckley, Corey Mendell Parker, David Wells, Brad Hunt, Larry Joshua, Eyal Podell, David Teitelbaum, Nicholl Hiren

Two women are found dead with lesions on their skin that lead the team to suspect ebola, but the focus changes when they learn that both victims received anti-aging treatments from a plastic surgeon.

Catherine and Nick delve into the dark world of hazardous cosmetic procedures to keep people looking young.

Catherine is called to the scene of an apparent death from Ebola, but the autopsy reveals the lesions on the female victim's skin are from cosmetic surgery. After a second female victim is found dead with similar indicators, Catherine and Nick discover that both women have recently undergone an anti-aging treatment from a plastic surgeon. Meanwhile, Grissom, Sara and Greg investigate a homeowner found dead inside his tented house post-fumigation.

97. Swap meet - October 28, 2004
(A Swing And A Miss)
Directed by Danny Cannon | Written by David Rambo, Naren Shankar, Carol Mendelsohn

Guest starring: David Berman, Aisha Tyler, Wallace Langham, Jose Zuniga, Victoria Reiniger, Pruitt Taylor Vibce, Pam Green, Robert Curtis Brown, Ed Quinn, Dina Meyer, Dedee Pfeiffer, Doug Savant, Penelope Alexis

The team investigates a group of swingers in a gated community when one of them is found murdered after attending one of the group's parties.

The CSI team investigates a murder victim found floating in a gated community fountain after attending a neighborhood swingers party.

The evidence reveals that the victim had sex with multiple partners, which helps the CSIs track down the crime scene to a neighbor's backyard. Meanwhile, Warrick and Nick investigate the bloody murder of a video arcade landlord. Also, Catherine justifies why she is a good candidate to be the supervisor on the day shift.

98. What's Eating Gil Grissom? - November 4, 2004
Directed by Ken Fink | Written by Sarah Goldfinger

Guest starring: Aisha Tyler, Wallace Langham, Romy Rosemont, David Lee Smith, Harriet Sansom Harris, Brian Catalano, Ron Perkins, Ty Upshaw, Paul Ganus, Patrick Levis, Clark Duke, Kris Palm, Corey Stoll

Grissom is haunted by the return of the blue paint serial killer, who got away two years ago, as the team investigates the murders of four college students.

As the CSI team investigates the multiple murders on the WLVU college campus, they realize that the murders took place on the two-year anniversary of the execution of John Mathers, a man found guilty of murdering a woman in the same manner as these new victims at this college campus. The main clue tying four murders together is the blue paint found on all the victims' hands. The killer fooled the CSI team two years ago, when another murder took place the night of John Mathers' execution, and Grissom and team are determined to not let that happen again.

99. Formalities - November 11, 2004
Directed by | Written by

Guest starring: David Berman, Xander Berkely, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Louise Lombard, Jon Tenney, Jonathan Banks, Danica Stewart, Kate Mara, Kevin Cooney, Nicole Lenz, Ty Upshaw, Marc Vann, Larry Sullivan

The CSI team investigates the death of a high-school student at a private party in a hotel suite upstairs from the school's homecoming dance.

Grissom works with a CSI from the dayshift on the murder and apparent kidnapping case of two high school classmates attending their formal held at a Vegas casino.

Louise Lombard ("Hidalgo") guest stars as a dayshift CSI working with Grissom. Xander Berkely ("24") returns as Sheriff Atwater and Jon Tenney ("Brooklyn South") guest stars as the father of a kidnapping victim.

Grissom abruptly leaves a dinner honoring Conrad Ecklie's (Marc Vann) appointment to new Assistant Director of the Crime Lab after he gets an urgent page to rush across the street to a hotel suite where a high school student was found dead. Dayshift CSI Sofia Curtis (Lombard) assists Grissom with the case. The autopsy reveals that the victim died of suffocation after one of her classmates was kidnapped from the party. The CSI team now races to find the kidnapped victim before she is found dead, too.

100. Ch-Ch-Changes - November 18, 2004
Directed by Richard Lewis | Written by Jerry Stahl

Guest starring: David Berman, Aisha Tyler, Archie Kao, Sarah Buxton, Kevin Fry, Raphael Sbarge, Allen Lulu, Kate Walsh, Cassandra Foreseter, Deprise D. Bredcia, Sam Anderson, Marci Bowers

The team explores the world of transgenders in what turns out to be the ultimate case of mistaken identity.

A murder investigation leads the CSI team to explore the world of trangenders, which turns into the ultimate case of mistaken identity, on the 100th episode.

The CSI team investigates a transgender woman found brutally stabbed and mutilated. This leads the team into the fringe world of sex changes and transgenders in order to catch a killer.

101. Mea Culpa - November 25, 2004
Directed by David Grossman | Written by Josh Berman

Guest starring: David Berman, Louise Lombard, Aisha Tyler, Marc Vann, Wallace Langham, Jason Segel, Erik Jensen, Alex Carter, John DeMita, Jason London, Tina Lifford, Nana Visitor

Grissom discovers a previously undetected forensic clue on a piece of evidence during a murder trial, and the new assistant lab director seizes the opportunity to put Grissom and his team under the microscope.

Grissom works with a new CSI from the dayshift on an apparent kidnapping from a high school formal held at a Vegas casino.

Grissom abruptly leaves a dinner honoring Conrad Ecklie's (Marc Vann) appointment to new Assistant Director of the Crime Lab after he gets an urgent page to rush across the street to a hotel suite where a high school student was found dead. Dayshift CSI Sofia Curtis (Lombard) assists Grissom with the case. The autopsy reveals that the victim died of suffocation after one of her classmates was kidnapped from the party. The CSI team now races to find the kidnapped victim before she is found dead, too.

102. No Humans Involved - December 9, 2004
(No Humans...)
Directed by Rob Bailey | Written by Judith McCreary

Guest starring: David Berman, Louise Lombard, Aisha Tyler, Wallace Langham, Alex Carter, Carla Renata, Mo, Blake Hightower, Logan Atkinson, Walker Howard, Michael Bryan French, Antonio Leon, Lobo Sebastian

Grissom and his team look for a killer after the remains of a young boy starved to death are found in a plastic container.

103. Who Shot Sherlock #511 - January 6, 2005
(Who Shot Sherlock Holmes?)
Directed by Ken Fink | Written by David Rambo & Richard Catalani

Guest starring: David Berman, Wallace Langham, Jose Zuniga, Archie Kao, Marc Vann, Ted Rooney, Rod McLachlan, Sebastian Roche, Catherine Dent, Lisa Waltz, Steve Heinze, John Krasinsksi, Gus Buktenica

A Sherlock Holmes enthusiast is murdered in his perfectly re-created, Victorian-era, Baker Street study, and the CSI team needs to find the killer.

104. Snakes - January 13, 2005
(Boiler Room)
Directed by | Written by

Guest starring: David Berman, Louise Lombard, Geoffrey Rivas, Doan Ly, Chad Donella, Michael A. Pena, Yancey Arias, Joe Nieves, Miguel Perez, Tony Plana, Vernee Watson Johnson, George Murdock, Anna Berger

CSI finds a dead baby rattlesnake in the throat of a decapitated human head, sending investigators into a dangerous underground world that glamorizes violence and brutality.

105. Nesting Dolls - February 3, 2005
(Stacking Dolls)
Directed by Bill Eagles | Written by Sarah Goldfinger

Guest starring: David Berman, Wallace Langham, Marc Vann, Eric Stonestreet, Zeljko Ivanek, Lisa Thornhill, Justin Louis, Bill Dearth, Ben Reed, Taneka Johnson, Natasha Fhimanchuk, Christina Stacy, Misha Collins

Two female corpses are discovered in the construction area at a new housing development, leading investigators into the world of Russian mail-order brides.

The CSIs discover two female corpses that turn out to be part of an undercover Russian mail-order bride operation.

When two female corpses are uncovered in a new housing development construction area, the CSIs are led into the world of Russian mail-order brides, where young women get work visas and come to America hoping to land a man who will marry them and give them citizenship. Meanwhile, Sara is reprimanded by Ecklie for an inappropriate comment and ends up opening up to Grissom about her long-held family secret.

106. Unbearable - February 10, 2005
Directed by Ken Fink | Written by Carol Mendelsohn & Josh Berman

Guest starring: David Berman, Louise Lombard, Wallace Langham, Eric Stonestreet, Gerald McCullouch, James Patrick Kelly, Brad Rowe, Sara Foster, Deanna Russo, Forbes March, Jane Lynch, Lolita Davidovich, Jon Wellner

When a hunter and a bear are found dead on the outskirts of Las Vegas, the CSI team looks for a third party killer.

When a Kodiak bear is found dead with its gall bladder carefully removed and the hunter lying dead nearby, the evidence suggests another person was involved in the murders. Meanwhile, a young wife/mother is found dead after a night out with girlfriends, and the evidence suggests foul play from her seemingly perfect husband.

107. King Baby - February 17, 2005
Directed by Richard Lewis | Written by Jerry Stahl

Guest starring: David Berman, Wallace Langham, Marc Vann, Louise Lombard, Saida Pagan, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Wendie Malick, Lyle Kanouse, Susan Ward, Tony Denison, Mark Derwin, Andy Buckley, Valerie Wildman

The team investigates the death of the most feared man in Las Vegas, and Grissom is back in charge, to Catherine's dismay.

The investigation into the suspicious death of a high profile casino owner leads the CSI teams into a bizarre new world. Grissom and Catherine's teams work together to discover the truth behind the death of a larger-than-life casino owner.

When a well-known casino owner is found lifeless and stripped of clothing in his driveway, the CSI teams join forces to find the cause of death. Evidence leads them from a furnished adult nursery into the bizarre world of infantilism: men who wear diapers and love to be coddled.

108. Big Middle - February 24, 2005
Directed by Bill Eagles | Written by Naren Shanker, Judith McCreary

Guest starring: David Berman, Wallace Langham, Alex Carter, Joseph Patrick Kelly, John Furey, Steve Lawrence, Craig Saslow, Lee Burns, Melora Hardin, Claude Shires, Patrick Kilpatrick, Kinna McInroe, Tara Karsian

The team searches for a killer at a convention for overweight adults; a wad of cash and some betting slips are found near a dead body on the outskirts of town, taking the detectives into the world of high-stakes gambling.

Grissom and his team search for a murderer at a convention for plus-sized people.

When the evidence suggests the victim died from asphyxia due to a large object on his chest, Grissom and his team track the killer to an APAPSP convention, "Association to Promote Acceptance of Plus-Sized People."

Meanwhile, a large sum of cash and betting slips are found near a dead body on the outskirts of Vegas, leading Catherine's team into the world of high-stakes gambling.

109. Compulsion - March 10, 2005
Directed by Duane Clark | Written by Josh Berman & Richard Catalani

Guest starring: David Berman, Louise Lombard, Wallace Langham, Aisha Tyler, Marc Vann, Jason Segal, Jose Zuniga, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Larry Sullivan, David Newsom, Wil Wheaton, Tina Lifford, Stephen Baldwin

While investigating a serial killer, the team lifts a fingerprint from an old crime scene that they link to Jesse Acheson (Stephen Baldwin), who becomes their prime suspect.

Grissom and his team use new technology to process a fingerprint from an old crime scene while they investigate a serial killer.

Stephen Baldwin ("The Long Dark Kiss") guest stars.

When a serial killer strikes again, the CSIs dig up evidence from a prior killing in the hopes of using new technology to make a match. The fingerprint is linked to Jesse Acheson (Baldwin), who becomes the prime suspect in the case. Meanwhile, when a teen boy is found dead in his bedroom, the Las Vegas Police Department elicits a confession from his brother, but the evidence leads the CSIs in another direction.

110. Spark of Life - March 31, 2005
(Firestarter)
Directed by Ken Fink | Written by Allen MacDonald

Guest starring: David Berman, Louise Lombard, Wallace Langham, Aisha Tyler, Alex Carter, Lennie Loftin, Lina Patel, Anna Lumarque, Dr. Frank, Aimee Miles, Jeffrey Johnson, Justin Kirk, Daylia Sky Wallace

Grissom finds a connection between the suicide of a woman in the Las Vegas wilderness and the slaughter of an entire family in a suburban home.

Two CSI investigations intertwine when a woman's suicide is linked through evidence to the murder of an entire family.

Grissom discovers a connection between the fiery suicide of a woman in the Vegas wilderness and the slaughter of an entire family in a suburban home. The evidence exposes a couple's infidelity, as well as the unthinkable results of one woman's desperate attempt to get pregnant.

111. 4 x 4 - April 14, 2005
Directed by Terrence O'Hara | Written by Dustin Lee Abraham & David Rambo

Guest starring: David Berman, Wallace Langham, Romy Rosemont, Jose Zuniga, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Michael P. Byrne, Patricia Bethune, Chauncey Leopardi, Scottie Epstein, Raymond Ma, Reni Santoni, Victoria Reiniger, Robert Cicchini

The CSIs simultaneously investigate the deaths of an auto-convention model, a boy beaten and burned to death, and a bodybuilder exposed to a toxic mold.

Four separate murder investigations are linked during one hectic CSI shift.

A wild day in Las Vegas has the CSIs simultaneously investigating four fatalities.

Catherine and Warrick look into the death of an auto convention model found murdered in a camper on display, as Nick examines the death of a boy found beaten and burned on a bus bench outside a mini-mall. Across town, the investigation into a car accident leads Grissom to suspect the driver was aiming at his victim, and Greg and Sara discover that toxic mold has eaten away at a body builder from the inside out.

112. Hollywood Brass #521 - April 21, 2005
Directed by Bill Eagles | Written by Carol Mendelsohn & Sarah Goldfinger

Guest starring: Teal Redman, Lindsay Beamish, Richard Gross, Donna Murphy, John Wynn, Matt Glave, Karina Logue, Molly McDowell, Johnny Sneed, Joel Polis, Eric Allan Kramer, Michael Kenneth Williams

Capt. Brass (Paul Guilfoyle) seeks the assistance of a former colleague (Tony Award winner Donna Murphy, late of Broadway's "Wonderful Town") when he travels to Los Angeles after his estranged daughter (guest star Teal Redman) calls for help. Warrick (Gary Dourdan), in town for a forensics convention, also lends a hand.

113. Committed - April 28, 2005
Directed by Richard J. Lewis | Written by Richard J. Lewis

Guest starring: David Berman, Louise Lombard, Wallace Langham, Archie Kao, Monique Edwards, Annie Corley, Harry Perry, Christian Clemenson, Kristoffer Winters, Richard Wharton, David Bowe, Jason Matthew Smith, Chris Williams

Grissom and Sarah investigate the murder of a mental hospital patient and quickly narrow down the suspects to a handful of other patients and staff members.

The CSI team investigates the brutal murder of an inmate at a locked-down state psychiatric hospital.

When a brutal murder is committed at a state psychiatric hospital, Grissom and Sara realize only a handful of residents and staff could be responsible for the killing. Meanwhile, Catherine and her team look into the death of young man whose body was found in a crop circle and shows no outward or inward signs of what killed him.

114. Weeping Willows #522 - May 5, 2005
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Guest starring: Alan Rosenberg

Weeping Willows A man (Alan Rosenberg) whom Catherine flirted with at a bar reappears in her life as a suspect in a murder investigation.

115. Secrets and Flies - ?, 2005
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