| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 9 | |||
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| Country of origin | United States | ||
| No. of episodes | 24 | ||
| Broadcast | |||
| Original channel | CBS | ||
| Original run | October 9, 2008 – May 14, 2009 | ||
| Home video release | |||
| DVD release | |||
| Region 1 | September 1, 2009[1][2] | ||
| Season chronology | |||
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| List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes | |||
The ninth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on October 9, 2008 and ended May 14, 2009.
Contents |
| Actor | Character | Main cast | Recurring cast |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Petersen | Gil Grissom | episodes 1-10 | episode 16 (voiceover, uncredited) |
| Laurence Fishburne | Raymond Langston | episodes 11-24 | episodes 9-10 (as special guest star) |
| Marg Helgenberger | Catherine Willows | entire season | N/A |
| Gary Dourdan | Warrick Brown | episode 1 | N/A |
| George Eads | Nick Stokes | entire season | 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 |
| Lauren Lee Smith | Riley Adams | episodes 3-24 | N/A |
| Paul Guilfoyle | Jim Brass | entire season | N/A |
| Jorja Fox | Sara Sidle | N/A | 4 episodes (as special guest star) |
| 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 |
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 183 | 1 | "For Warrick" (Part 2) | Richard J. Lewis | Story: Carol Mendelsohn Teleplay: Allen MacDonald & Richard J. Lewis |
October 9, 2008 | 23.49[3] |
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The ninth season opens with Grissom and his team shocked to learn that Warrick has been shot. They immediately begin to investigate the crime and learn a stunning secret about their colleague. When Sara hears the news, she returns to the lab to help with the probe. Final appearance of: Warrick Brown. |
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| 184 | 2 | "The Happy Place" | Nathan Hope | Sarah Goldfinger | October 16, 2008 | 19.28[4] |
| Nick and Catherine investigate why a woman who was about to be married would have taken a swan dive off of her balcony and suspect that a hypnotist who robs banks may be involved while Grissom investigates the brutal murder of a woman found in an alley and discovers that her two-year-old child was with her when she was killed. Sara is confronted by an old case from season one "Too Tough to Die". | ||||||
| 185 | 3 | "Art Imitates Life" | Kenneth Fink | Evan Dunsky | October 23, 2008 | 19.49[5] |
| 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 pictures. Also being two CSI's 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 Marinan | October 30, 2008 | 19.10[6] |
| It's 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 | 18.18[7] |
| A body is found out in the desert and the guy'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 | 19.05[8] |
| 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 | Story: Naren Shankar & Allen MacDonald Teleplay: Allen MacDonald |
November 20, 2008 | 18.45[9] |
| Greg, Riley, and Brass investigate the death of a woman and the beating of her daughter who falls into a coma. They discover the women'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 G. Hunt | David Rambo | December 4, 2008 | 17.48[10] |
| When a popular young singer is found dead outside an infamous Las Vegas nightclub, the CSI team uncovers a link between the present day crime and a murder from over 50 years ago. | ||||||
| 191 | 9 | "19 Down" (Part 1) | Kenneth Fink | Carol Mendelsohn & Naren Shankar | December 11, 2008 | 20.86[11] |
| 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" (Part 2) | Alec Smight | Carol Mendelsohn & Naren Shankar | January 15, 2009 | 24.25[12] |
| The CSI team is shocked and saddened when, after working with Dr. Raymond Langston (Fishburne) on the "Dick & Jane" murders, Grissom announces that his time as a CSI has come to an end and offers Langston a permanent position on the CSI team. | ||||||
| 193 | 11 | "The Grave Shift" | Richard J. Lewis | Bradley Thompson & David Weddle | January 22, 2009 | 17.57[13] |
| The first day on the job for Dr. Langston turns from bad to worse when a simple burglary case quickly overlaps with a complicated arson and homicide case. | ||||||
| 194 | 12 | "Disarmed and Dangerous" | Kenneth Fink | Dustin Lee Abraham & Evan Dunsky | January 29, 2009 | 20.15[14] |
| When an FBI agent who was working undercover is found brutally murdered, the CSI team is called in to assist the victim's partner in finding the killer. | ||||||
| 195 | 13 | "Deep Fried and Minty Fresh" | Alec Smight | Corinne Marrinan & Sarah Goldfinger | February 12, 2009 | 17.94[15] |
| 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 a strange death of a woman killed by ingesting two tubes of toothpaste. | ||||||
| 196 | 14 | "Miscarriage of Justice" | Louis Milito | Richard Catalani & Jacqueline Hoyt | February 19, 2009 | 16.92[16] |
| While Langston testifies in the trial of a respected Congressman, new evidence sends the CSIs back to the lab to reopen the investigation. | ||||||
| 197 | 15 | "Kill Me If You Can" | Nathan Hope | Story: Bradley Thompson & David Weddle Teleplay: Allen MacDonald |
February 26, 2009 | 17.72[17] |
| The CSIs are called to three different crime scenes in one night that are seemingly unrelated, but each case's forensic evidence reveals a common link. | ||||||
| 198 | 16 | "Turn, Turn, Turn" | Richard J. Lewis | Tom Mularz | March 5, 2009 | 20.88[18] |
| 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 | 17.13[19] |
| Langston and Riley are taken hostage during the aftermath of a shootout in an unusually calm Las Vegas community | ||||||
| 200 | 18 | "Mascara" | William Friedkin | Story: Naren Shankar & Dustin Lee Abraham Teleplay: Dustin Lee Abraham |
April 2, 2009 | 14.63[20] |
| 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" | Chris Leitch | Evan Dunsky | April 9, 2009 | 16.63[21] |
| When a seasoned sky diver is paralyzed after free falling to earth when his parachute doesn't deploy, he turns out to be linked to the strange death-by-airborne-toxins of two wealthy men with ties to Iran. | ||||||
| 202 | 20 | "A Space Oddity" | Michael Nankin | Story: Naren Shankar Teleplay: Bradley Thompson & David Weddle |
April 16, 2009 | 15.72[22] |
| While at a sci-fi convention Hodges and Wendy have to solve the murder of one of the stars. | ||||||
| 203 | 21 | "If I Had a Hammer" | Brad Tanenbaum | Story: Daniel Steck Teleplay: Allen MacDonald & Corinne Marrinan |
April 23, 2009 | 14.64[23] |
| Catherine revisits one of the very first cases she worked as a CSI when the convicted felon in the murder claims the verdict was based on faulty evidence. | ||||||
| 204 | 22 | "The Gone Dead Train" | Alec Smight | Jacqueline Hoyt | April 30, 2009 | 15.54[24] |
| An unexplained illness that is affecting random citizens of Las Vegas baffles the CSIs. | ||||||
| 205 | 23 | "Hog Heaven" | Richard J. Lewis | David Rambo | May 7, 2009 | 14.91[25] |
| A band of vicious bikers is given the go-ahead to take down one of their own when it is discovered that the guy is an undercover cop. | ||||||
| 206 | 24 | "All In" | Alec Smight | Story: Phillip Schenkler & Naren Shankar Teleplay: Richard Catalini & Evan Dunsky |
May 14, 2009 | 14.81[26] |
| The CSIs investigate murders linked to rare poker chips from a bygone casino. Meanwhile, Ray is forced to use lethal means for the first time on the job. | ||||||
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