| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 8 | |||
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| Country of origin | United States | ||
| No. of episodes | 17 | ||
| Broadcast | |||
| Original channel | CBS | ||
| Original run | September 27, 2007 – May 15, 2008 | ||
| Home video release | |||
| DVD release | |||
| Region 1 | October 14, 2008[1] | ||
| Season chronology | |||
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| List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes | |||
The eighth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 27, 2007 and ended May 15, 2008. Only 11 episodes had been completed and aired before the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike. Only six more episodes were made after the strike, for a total of only 17 episodes, which makes Season 8 the shortest season so far in the CSI franchise. Jorja Fox signed on for only seven episodes for the eighth season.
Some international broadcasters only showed the first part of the crossover "Who and What" because Without a Trace didn't air (or aired older seasons) at the time.
Contents |
| Actor | Character | Main cast | Recurring cast |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Petersen | Gil Grissom | entire season | N/A |
| Marg Helgenberger | Catherine Willows | entire season | N/A |
| Gary Dourdan | Warrick Brown | entire season | N/A |
| George Eads | Nick Stokes | entire season | N/A |
| Jorja Fox | Sara Sidle | episodes 1-7 | N/A |
| Eric Szmanda | Greg Sanders | entire season | N/A |
| Robert David Hall | Al Robbins | entire season | N/A |
| Wallace Langham | David Hodges | entire season | N/A |
| Paul Guilfoyle | Jim Brass | entire season | N/A |
| Liz Vassey | Wendy Simms | N/A | entire season |
| Archie Kao | Archie Johnson | N/A | entire season |
| David Berman | David Phillips | N/A | entire season |
| Sheeri Rappaport | Mandy Webster | N/A | entire season |
| Jon Wellner | Henry Andrews | N/A | entire season |
| Marc Vann | Conrad Ecklie | N/A | entire season |
| Jessica Lucas | Ronnie Lake | N/A | episodes 3-7 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 166 | 1 | "Dead Doll" (Part 2) | Kenneth Fink | Story: Naren Shankar Teleplay: Allen MacDonald & Dustin Lee Abraham |
September 27, 2007 | 25.22[2] |
| Grissom and his team search for Sara, who was kidnapped by the so-called miniature killer and left to die underneath a wrecked car in the desert. | ||||||
| 167 | 2 | "A La Cart" | Richard J. Lewis | Sarah Goldfinger & Richard Catalani | October 4, 2007 | 20.97[3] |
| Grissom, Nick, and Greg investigate the death of a go-kart racer whose headless body is found yards from the highway he was racing on; 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. | ||||||
| 168 | 3 | "Go to Hell" | Jeffrey G. Hunt | Douglas Petrie | October 11, 2007 | 19.79[4] |
| The team investigates the murder of a couple and their younger daughter, and the disappearance of their older daughter (Brittany Robertson), who is believed to be possessed by the devil. | ||||||
| 169 | 4 | "The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp" | Alec Smight | David Rambo & Jacqueline Hoyt | October 18, 2007 | 21.22[5] |
| The hanging death of a possible hermaphroditic male is connected to a tainted water supply, while the day crew investigates 40-year-old skeletal remains found at the site of a recently-imploded casino. Grissom asks Sara to marry him which she accepts and Greg reveals he is writing a book about Las Vegas history. | ||||||
| 170 | 5 | "The Chick Chop Flick Shop" | Richard J. Lewis | Evan Dunsky | November 1, 2007 | 19.06[6] |
| 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 and she was killed with a pipe. When Ronnie discovers a second body at the studio hanging from the rafters, she also comes face to face with the killer. Sara despairs at having death thrust in her face everyday. | ||||||
| 171 | 6 | "Who and What" (Part 1) | Kenneth Fink & Danny Cannon | Story: Carol Mendelsohn & Naren Shanker Teleplay: Richard Catalani & Danny Cannon |
November 8, 2007 | 21.94[7] |
| 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. The episode concludes on Without a Trace episode "Where and Why." | ||||||
| *** | *** | "Where and Why" (Part 2) | Jonathan Kaplan | Jan Nash & Greg Walker | November 8, 2007 | 21.68[7] |
| When a serial killer eludes capture in Nevada and escapes with his son to New York City, the crew picks up the trail with the help of Las Vegas CSI's Gil Grissom. This is the Without a Trace episode that is part of the two episode crossover story. | ||||||
| 172 | 7 | "Goodbye and Good Luck" | Kenneth Fink | Story: Sarah Goldfinger & Allen MacDonald Teleplay: Sarah Goldfinger & Naren Shankar |
November 15, 2007 | 21.37[8] |
| The CSI's 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 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. Sara burns out at the end and leaves Las Vegas. | ||||||
| 173 | 8 | "You Kill Me" | Paris Barclay | Story: Sarah Goldfinger & Naren Shankar Teleplay: Sarah Goldfinger & Douglas Petrie |
November 22, 2007 | 14.75[9] |
| Hodges stages hypothetical murders in the lab in order to give his fellow lab techs a chance to play CSI, but unbenownst to them he has other motives behind his actions. Meanwhile, after Sara's farewell, everyone tries to comfort Grissom. | ||||||
| 174 | 9 | "Cockroaches" | William Friedkin | Dustin Lee Abraham | December 6, 2007 | 18.80[10] |
| 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 nightclub with mob ties. Warrick believes the club owner is responsible and sets out to prove it. Unfortunately, Warrick's addiction to pills and a sudden reckless lifestyle negatively impact his job. Later, Warrick becomes the chief suspect in another mob-related murder. | ||||||
| 175 | 10 | "Lying Down With Dogs" | Michael Slovis | Christopher Barbour & Michael F.X. Daley | December 13, 2007 | 19.87[11] |
| 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 a nightclub. | ||||||
| 176 | 11 | "Bull" | Richard J. Lewis | Story: Steven Felder & David Rambo Teleplay: David Rambo |
January 10, 2008 | 18.18[12] |
| Three murders occur during an annual bull-riding 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. | ||||||
| 177 | 12 | "Grissom's Divine Comedy" | Richard J. Lewis | Story: Jacqueline Hoyt & Carol Mendelsohn Teleplay: Jacqueline Hoyt |
April 3, 2008 | 20.58[13] |
| Grissom and his team return to duty after long and bad bouts of the cold. Grissom is called on by DA Maddie Klien to be an expert witness in a Grand Jury case against a very dangerous Las Vegas gang - the La Tierras. They are terrorizing and murdering witnesses who could land them in jail and it is escalating. Grissom is reluctant, but Maddie insists he is the only one for the job. | ||||||
| 178 | 13 | "A Thousand Days on Earth" | Kenneth Fink | Evan Dunsky | April 10, 2008 | 20.09[14] |
| The disturbing death of a 3-year-old girl found in a box has a great impact on Catherine as she searches for clues to her murder, like naming the baby after the street were she was found on and crossing the line in interrogating a suspect who turns out to be innocent. | ||||||
| 179 | 14 | "Drops Out" | Jeffrey G. Hunt | Story: Dustin Lee Abraham & Naren Shankar Teleplay: Dustin Lee Abraham & Allen MacDonald |
April 24, 2008 | 17.02[15] |
| Brass, Grissom, and Nick work the case of a female victim found in an apartment building with a gunshot wound. They also discover another victim in the apartment directly above. Drops (Method Man) becomes a person of interest during the investigation, even though he is still in jail. | ||||||
| 180 | 15 | "The Theory of Everything" | Christopher Leitch | Story: Carol Mendelsohn & David Rambo Teleplay: Douglas Petrie & David Rambo |
May 1, 2008 | 18.01[16] |
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The whole team look into an abundance of cases, the death of a man who burst into flames in police custody; the death of a man with green blood which is linked to drugs; and the death of a senior couple who were in a pest control problem with their neighbours, which are all related in different ways. Note: The MythBusters guest star in this episode |
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| 181 | 16 | "Two and a Half Deaths" | Alec Smight | Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn | May 8, 2008 | 18.07[17] |
| 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 and the show's entire staff of writers. The script was written by Two and a Half Men scribes Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn. Meanwhile, CSI producers wrote the episode 17 in the 5th season of Two and a Half Men: "Fish in a Drawer". | ||||||
| 182 | 17 | "For Gedda" (Part 1) | Kenneth Fink | Story: Dustin Lee Abraham & Kenneth Fink Teleplay: Dustin Lee Abraham & Richard Catalani |
May 15, 2008 | 18.06[18] |
| Warrick is accused of murdering a Las Vegas gangster. Even more troubling is the fact that Warrick isn't certain if he is innocent or guilty of the crime. | ||||||
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