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- 1800.0 (dbd:second)
- 1980.0 (dbd:second)
- A teenage girl and her boyfriend, who were in The Alphabets to score some drugs for himself, found themselves mugged by a homeless man; a struggle between the boyfriend and the bum would leave the bum dead of a gunshot wound; however, the smell of the gun's fumes would stir back memories from ten years earlier, when her entire family was killed by what was determined to be her father, who later shot himself as a "suicide". She would encourage Sara, who had worked on the original case, to reopen it to determine if her accused father was innocent. This would also stir back Sara's own memories of family life many years back, when her father was killed by her mother in an alcohol-driven rage. (en)
- Paul Winthrop reinvents himself to take on the identity of his now-deceased brother, Jared Briscoe. In doing so, he sent Finley a little gift: a statue of Castor and Pollux , and Paul's severed finger. They would soon discover the bodies of twin sisters, who before their deaths would tattoo Jared's designs onto Paul. With the help of Detective Shaw, he and Finley would trace Paul's whereabouts to San Diego, where his father, Collin Winthrop lives as a greenhouse gardener; an ambush would later take the lives of Collin and Detective Shaw, who would save Finley's life. Later in Las Vegas, Russell would find himself face-to-face with Paul Winthrop in Finley's condo, in which he told Russell that he killed her, but won't say where, other than the "desert"; she would later be found in the trunk of Paul's car, barely alive. Later, Nick decides to take the lead CSI job in San Diego, after encouragement from Russell and, in spirit, Finley, who was recovering but in a coma. (en)
- The CSIs respond to a 911 call while a murder was still in progress, only to discover the crime scene had already been worked and the 911 call having been faked; looking back at a similar scene in The CSI Effect, they are determined that the Gig Harbor Killer was still at large. Furthermore, the killer left a hidden message for the CSIs at the scene: "People lie - follow the evidence." Meanwhile, Jared Briscoe is undergoing psychiatric evaluation to determine whether or not he's innocent of his crimes, while Finley is in Seattle to research more on his relation between him and Paul Winthrop, leading to a convent where they discovered that Paul "died" at birth, only to find an old baby doll, a picture of what could be their birth mother, and a bit of hair in its grave. (en)
- Russell and Sara investigate the death of a man with multiple stab wounds in a back alley, wearing nothing but his boxer shorts. The next day in a nearby dumpster, Nick and Officer Mitchell discover a rubber suit of a woman, with stab wounds matching the victim's. This would lead the CSIs into the kinky world of "rubber dolls", and into a connection with a deceased fashion model, whose likeness was used in making the rubber suit the victim wore. (en)
- A man, who was buried alive and left for dead in the desert, dug himself out and flagged down a passing car, only to get struck and killed by that car. The CSIs would later trace him to an upscale billiards hall, which doubled as an illegal brothel. (en)
- Paul Winthrop announced that his brother, the 'Gig Harbor Killer' Jared Briscoe, has been exonerated due to a lack of evidence, and vows to bring justice to those who convicted Briscoe. Russell arranged for safe passage of his daughter back to Seattle, but one of the twins' accomplices, Seattle detective Daniel Shaw , was eavesdropping, Research would show that Shaw was blackmailed in order to save his own daughter, as Winthrop had a connection with an escort service, of whom Shaw was a customer. Briscoe would die in the melee, but Winthrop would escape undetected. (en)
- Sara and Greg investigate a shooting of a former biological pathogen specialist, but found themselves in quarantine after discovering that the dead man contracted a hemorrhagic fever. The other CSIs rush to find his assassin, who may also have the same disease, before it spreads. (en)
- The CSIs discover an accountant on the street with numerous shards of thick glass in his body, determining that he "jumped" from an office building a block away; examination of his office revealed two broken windows and a "skid mark" on a desk. Soon after, they examine a burned up taxi cab with only a victim's limbs and its helmet inside. These incidents would lead to a project by a defense contractor to test and manufacture jet suits for the United States Air Force, under supervision of a manager who encourages her workers to work extra hours - and put their lives on the line - to improve on the apparatus. The CSIs would find out the real reason why the manager would overwork her co-workers. (en)
- At a "murderabilia" convention, which featured the sale of items connected to notorious murders , a man was found stabbed in an automobile that belonged to "The Sin City Slasher", Lucas Reem, who was executed a couple of years earlier. His autopsy would later reveal that the victim was killed with a knife crafted out of one of Reem's bones. The husband of one of Reem's victims, who was trying to purchase the knives and other memorabilia with the intent to destroy them, was also found dead later. The CSIs would go into the dark web "blood market" to follow the evidence to determine who made the knives and committed the murders. (en)
- A "superhero", who came to the aid of a homeless person being harassed in a dark alley, was later found dead. The CSIs would discover that he was acting out his fantasy after discovering drawings of his superhero in action, and that he had friends who also pose as superheroes. Investigation would find out that the "gang" was also an act, designed to "defeat" the superhero. (en)
- A mentally ill inmate at the Clark County Jail, running away from officers administering flu shots due to his aversion to needles, created a melee as he ran away from the officers. However, soon after entering the laundry, he discovered a dead body in the closet. With "one victim and two thousand suspects," the CSIs investigate, only to find themselves in an impasse with the FBI, who had the victim as a confidential informant in a case involving a crooked prison guard, with the FBI refusing to share any details with the LVPD. (en)
- A teenager, recording at his high school for his vlog, caught an explosion at the chem lab that had taken the life of the chemistry teacher. The CSIs would later discover that not only the chem teacher was part of a witchcraft circle, but that he was not the target, and that the explosion was not the cause of his death. (en)
- Two teenage girls, daughters of a San Diego coroner, were in Las Vegas on a shopping and flirting spree on his stolen credit card, when they gained the attention of two men. After one of the men was found to be murdered in a public restroom, the CSIs' investigation would lead to a sex trade ring. One of the girls would later be found to be dead; Nick and his crew would race against time to find the other; a significant clue being a deathstalker scorpion, a species found only in the Middle East known for its deadly venom which could have killed one of the victims. Later, their father would offer Nick a position as lead CSI in San Diego, though Nick has qualms of taking up on the position, as his roots were with the LVPD. (en)
- Morgan, Sara, and Finlay attend a forensics conference at the Mediterranean when a mass shooting occurs, taking the lives of five attendees at a seminar that Morgan and Sara were attending. Finley and an old friend of hers from Seattle, who were in an elevator, nearly missed the assassin, but not without her friend being shot; it would become a special matter of life or death when the elevator they were on broke down. Meanwhile, the others investigate a case of a body found dissolved in a steel drum, which would be connected to the shooting. Later, they discovered a second shooter at the hotel, who was working independently from the first shooter on his own grudges. (en)
- A woman enters a marijuana dispensary, informing its owner that kidnappers are holding his family hostage, and demand $300,000 ransom if he wants them back alive. However, the situation turned dire when the shop's security guard shot her dead. The situation is made even more difficult when the CSIs found that she had no identifying features - not even fingerprints. (en)
- A woman, who became grossly intoxicated by drugs and alcohol after a night of partying at numerous clubs, was found dead in a swimming pool. The CSIs would find out that she was a patient at a rehab clinic with a liberal curfew and little restrictions, and that she didn't die of drowning in the pool, but of murder at the clinic. (en)
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