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CSI Las Vegas Season 3 |
| CSI Las Vegas Season 3 : |
| The third season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 26 2002 and ended May 15 2003. |
| Episode 1 - [Revenge Is Best Served Cold] |
| Details : Catherine and Nick become absorbed in the dangerous world of street racing after one of the illegal sport's hotshot drivers is found dead out in the desert at an abandoned airstrip. Back in town Grissom and his crew probe the sudden death of a renowned poker player who suffered a violent convulsion in the middle of a high-stakes game with three others. It looks like natural causes at first but Grissom suspects foul play. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ian Somerhalder | Todd Stashwick | Eric Stonestreet | Walter Jones | Carmine Giovinazzo | Gerald McCullouch | Hilary Shepard | Jeffrey D. Sams | Cliff DeYoung | Josef Cannon | Director : Danny Cannon | Writer : Anthony Zuiker | Writer : Carol Mendelsohn | |
| Air Date : Sep. 25, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [The Accused Is Entitled] |
| Details : Grissom and his crew are called in to investigate the death of a young woman found in the hotel room of popular actor Tom Haviland. Haviland admits that he slept with her but denies killing her. Grissom believes otherwise however after finding blood evidence on the celebrity. Then things get personal when Haviland's lawyer hires Grissom's former mentor Philip Gerard to find mistakes in the forensic part of the case. And unfortunately for Grissom Gerard finds plenty of errors to exploit. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Chad Michael Murray | Justin Cooper | Paula Francis | Corinna Harney | Michael B. Silver | Jakob Dylan | Lindsay Frost | Marta Martin as Suzi Bergh | Don Mirault | Raymond J. Barry | Writer : Ann Donahue | Director : Kenneth Fink | Writer : Elizabeth Devine | |
| Air Date : Oct. 02, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Let The Seller Beware] |
| Details : Grissom and Catherine investigate the murder of a wealthy couple who are discovered just outside of their glamorous Las Vegas house which was up for sale. Meanwhile Sara probes the death of a cheerleader who is found eviscerated on a soccer field her organs having been ingested by her killer. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Chris Johnson | Taylor Handley | Archie Kao | Nicole Paggi | Jeffrey D. Sams | Mary-Margaret Humes | Peter Holden | Rachel Shumate | Chris Payne Gilbert | Michael McLafferty | Writer : Andrew Lipsitz | Director : Danny Cannon | Writer : Anthony Zuiker | Writer : Carol Mendelsohn | Director : Richard J. Lewis | |
| Air Date : Oct. 09, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [A Little Murder] |
| Details : Grissom suspects murder not suicide when the body of a dwarf is found hanging from a rope high above a stage in a casino hotel where a convention of little people is being held. Across town Catherine is attacked at a crime scene where a man was murdered during what appears to have been a home robbery. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Michael Gilden | Phil Fondacaro | Archie Kao | Linden Ashby | Meredith Eaton | Director : Tucker Gates | Writer : Ann Donahue | Writer : Naren Shankar | |
| Air Date : Oct. 16, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [Abra-Cadaver] |
| Details : Grissom investigates when a woman vanishes while taking part in a magician's act. The female volunteer is placed inside the Amazing Zephyr's Chamber of Doom and the illusionist thrusts swords through the box. When it's opened she's gone---and doesn't reappear in her seat as she's supposed to. Only traces of blood are left inside the chamber. Clues lead the CSIs to an eerie decrepit mansion filled with secrets. Elsewhere a rock star's death on a band bus appears to be the result of an overdose but Catherine uncovers evidence that points to murder. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lawrence Monoson | Tom Noonan | Archie Kao | Jennifer Sky | Jack McGee | Director : Danny Cannon | Writer : Danny Cannon | Writer : Anthony Zuiker | |
| Air Date : Oct. 30, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [The Execution Of Catherine Willows] |
| Details : Fifteen years ago Catherine helped put John Mathers on death row for the rape and murder of a coed at a nearby college. Her body was dumped in a trash bag and two other girls found the same way were also linked to the suspect. As the episode opens Mathers is about to be executed when he's granted a stay based on new DNA evidence. But while Catherine awaits the results of tests on hair samples found on the first victim another girl at the same school is murdered... and discarded just like the first three - meaning the wrong man could be behind bars. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Viola Davis | Romy Rosemont as Jacqui Franco | Writer : Ann Donahue | Writer : Carol Mendelsohn | Director : Kenneth Fink | Writer : Elizabeth Devine | |
| Air Date : Nov. 06, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [Fight Night] |
| Details : A middleweight boxing champ dies in the ring after taking a brutal beating from his nemesis but Grissom finds evidence that points to murder. Outside in a nearby parking lot Catherine works a crime scene where a Los Angeles gang member was gunned down apparently by a rival gang. Also Nick investigates a jewelry-store robbery. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jennifer Aspen | Greg Serano | Khalil Kain | Gerald McCullouch | Geoffrey Rivas | Writer : Andrew Lipsitz | Director : Richard J. Lewis | Writer : Naren Shankar | |
| Air Date : Nov. 13, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [Snuff] |
| Details : Catherine called in by a pornographic-film developer to view graphic footage from a snuff movie in which a woman is brutally slain. But the clues are scant: The murderer isn't clearly seen the cheap-looking hotel room could be almost anywhere and the film was sent to the developer anonymously. Outside of town Grissom investigates another killing when a body smothered with fire ants is found stuffed inside a large toolbox. The initial findings indicate that the person died well over a year earlier. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Pamela Gidley | Tyler Christopher | Niecy Nash | Archie Kao | William Mapother | Writer : Bob Harris | Writer : Ann Donahue | Director : Kenneth Fink | |
| Air Date : Nov. 20, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [Blood Lust] |
| Details : Distracted by an attractive passenger an Indian taxi driver feels his cab strike something at a suburban intersection. When he gets out to check he finds a teenage boy pinned beneath the left rear tire apparently killed on impact. The cabbie jumps back into the taxi to call for help but a mob of angry onlookers - all of them white - drags him out and beats him for the crime. When Grissom arrives on the scene he discovers that the teen has been eviscerated and has stab wounds but shows no signs of having been struck by the cab. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anjul Nigam | Michele Greene | Gina Philips | Michael Welch | Gerald McCullouch | Bryan Friday | Director : Charles Correll | Writer : Carol Mendelsohn | Writer : Josh Berman | |
| Air Date : Dec. 04, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [High And Low] |
| Details : Grissom Warrick and Nick investigate the case of man who apparently was murdered and pushed off a six story building. Grissom's involvement is cut short by renewed hearing problems. Catherine looks into the murder of man outside of his regular bar. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Cynthia Preston | Michael Trucco | Leslie Bega | Catherine MacNeal | Gerald McCullouch | Richard Burgi | Director : Richard J. Lewis | Writer : Eli Talbert | Writer : Naren Shankar | |
| Air Date : Dec. 11, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [Recipe For Murder] |
| Details : Grissom and Catherine investigate the grisly meat grinder murder at a slaughterhouse. Warrick and Sara look into the apparent suicide of a troubled young woman. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert Mailhouse | Lori Rom | Wallace Langham | Cameron Mathison | Director : J. Miller Tobin | Writer : Ann Donahue | Writer : Anthony Zuiker | Director : Richard J. Lewis | |
| Air Date : Jan. 09, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [Got Murder] |
| Details : Some bird watchers find a raven with a human eyeball in its mouth. This eventually leads our CSIs to a divorced man and his 2 children but not much else. Warrick and Grissom look into the circumstances of David's unusual and first autopsy. This takes them to a car dealership where the man worked. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Allison Smith | Colton James | Jules Sylvester | Michael O'Keefe | Joey Slotnick | Evan Rachel Wood | Writer : Sarah Goldfinger | Director : Kenneth Fink | |
| Air Date : Jan. 16, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [Random Acts Of Violence] |
| Details : Warrick investigates the drive by murder of a young girl in his old neighborhood. The girl's father is a friend and mentor of Warrick's as well. Warrick struggles to control his emotions to the point where Grissom pulls him off of the case. Nick tackles the murder of a computer company employee. The only supects are the three other employees in the building. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tom Virtue | Romy Rosemont as Jacqui Franco | Archie Kao | Keith David | Gerald McCullouch | Geoffrey Rivas | Dwayne L. Barnes | Director : Danny Cannon | Writer : Danny Cannon | Writer : Naren Shankar | |
| Air Date : Jan. 30, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [One Hit Wonder] |
| Details : Catherine takes the point in the investigation of an escalating series of peeping tom incidents. The crew is racing to stop the attacker before his crimes become more serious assaults. Meanwhile Sara reopens the dormant case of her friend a district attorney. The DA is facing surgery to remove a bullet she got in an attack that killed her husband three years prior. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Leslie Grossman | Romy Rosemont as Jacqui Franco | Joseph Mazzello | Frank Novak | Rick Worthy | Gerald McCullouch | Elizabeth Mitchell | Jeff Kober | Devon Gummersall | Director : Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Writer : C-Murder | |
| Air Date : Feb. 06, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [Lady Heather's Box] |
| Details : Grissom investigates the murder of two men that leads him to a new encounter with Lady Heather. Catherine is desperate to find out what lead to the near death of her daughter and why her ex Eddie disappeared. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Melinda Clarke | Michael Riley | Kata Dobó | Archie Kao | Rib Hillis | Leslie Bega | Timothy Carhart | Alimi Ballard | Geoffrey Rivas | Samuel Ball | Sandra McCoy | Amy Pietz | Pauley Perrette | Madison McReynolds | Tomiko Fraser as Tall Party Girl | Writer : Bob Harris | Writer : Ann Donahue | Writer : Andrew Lipsitz | Writer : Anthony Zuiker | Writer : Carol Mendelsohn | Director : Richard J. Lewis | Writer : Eli Talbert | Writer : Josh Berman | Writer : Naren Shankar | |
| Air Date : Feb. 13, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [Lucky Strike] |
| Details : A man driving with a wooden stake in his head dies in front of a casino. Grissom and Nick work to discover the 'vampire killer. Warrick and Catherine hunt for the killer of a NBA star's 5 year old son. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Christina Christian | Tequan Richmond | Tracy Middendorf | Jeffrey D. Sams | Writer : Anthony Zuiker | Writer : Eli Talbert | Director : Kenneth Fink | |
| Air Date : Feb. 20, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [Crash And Burn] |
| Details : An elderly woman crashes her car into a crowded restaurant. One of the patrons is Sara's paramedic boyfriend. Grissom and Nick investigate the possible carbon monoxide murder of a woman in her home. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Wallace Langham | Christopher Gorham as Corey | Jonathan Tucker | Jeffrey D. Sams | Jeremy Roberts | Director : Richard J. Lewis | Writer : Josh Berman | |
| Air Date : Mar. 12, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 18 - [Precious Metal] |
| Details : Catherine Nick and Sara investigate a seemingly months old body found in the mountains. Discovery of the man's identity lead the team to the world of robot wars. Warrick and Grissom look into the case of a man found murdered in an alley. Complicating their efforts the medical examiner lost the body for 11 days. Greg helps this case by doing some undercover work. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Katherine Boecher | Alexandre Chen as Vomiting Rookie Coroner's Assistant | Writer : Andrew Lipsitz | Director : Deran Sarafian | Writer : Naren Shankar | |
| Air Date : Apr. 02, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 19 - [A Night At The Movies] |
| Details : Grissom and Catherine investigate a movie-goer who was stabbed to death; the team comes to a forensic impasse while processing a teenager who died from a gunshot wound. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Peter Dobson | Romy Rosemont as Jacqui Franco | Kevin Christy | Wallace Langham | Archie Kao | Knate Gwaltney as J.J. | Director : Matt Earl Beesley | Writer : Danny Cannon | Writer : Anthony Zuiker | Writer : Carol Mendelsohn | |
| Air Date : Apr. 09, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 20 - [Last Laugh] |
| Details : Grissom and Catherine investigate the murder of a despised comic who died onstage apparently after drinking from a tainted bottle of water. The case grows more puzzling when a 15-year-old boy dies in a convenience store after drinking the same brand of water. Brass reopens a woman's accidental-death case after spotting the deceased's husband in a flashy new car with a trophy date on his arm. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Gilbert Gottfried | Jeff Ross | Wallace Langham | Paula Francis | Bobcat Goldthwait | Leslie Bega | Anthony Zuiker | Maggie Wheeler | Jeff Perry | Writer : Bob Harris | Writer : Anthony Zuiker | Writer : Carol Mendelsohn | Director : Richard J. Lewis | |
| Air Date : Apr. 23, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 21 - [Forever] |
| Details : A murder aboard a luxurious 747 and the discovery of two formally attired teens in the desert confound Grissom and his crew in this absorbing episode. First a horse trainer is found dead in the cargo bay of a private jet carrying 12 well-heeled passengers and a million-dollar show horse. Initially it appears the victim was trampled to death but Grissom and Catherine uncover evidence of foul play. Meanwhile in the Hell's Gate section of Death Valley Sara and Warrick probe the apparent suicide of a 15-year-old boy found under a bedspread. The investigation intensifies when a girl's body turns up a half-mile away. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lee Garlington | Arielle Kebbel | Patrick Fabian | Susan Walters | Jeffrey D. Sams | Michael Lawson | Keith MacKechnie | Director : David Grossman | Writer : Sarah Goldfinger | |
| Air Date : Apr. 30, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 22 - [Play With Fire] |
| Details : A woman's body is discovered in a small press box at a high-school football field apparently the victim of strangulation. The evidence leads investigators to two convicts one of whom is still in prison. At the crime lab an explosion destroys key evidence and leaves Greg and Sara injured. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Danielle Panabaker as Girl | Romy Rosemont as Jacqui Franco | Wallace Langham | Bob Gunton | Archie Kao | Max Martini | Luis Antonio Ramos | Josh Jacobson | Writer : Andrew Lipsitz | Writer : Naren Shankar | Director : Kenneth Fink | |
| Air Date : May. 07, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 23 - [Inside The Box] |
| Details : Things get personal for the CSIs in the top-rated series' third-season finale which explores the intersection of the investigators' work and their personal lives. Three masked bandits steal a safe-deposit box from a Las Vegas bank in a daring daytime heist during which Det. Lockwood is killed. Lockwood's death provides Grissom and his crew with added incentive to find the murderous culprits. But the case really hits home for Catherine when the evidence leads to casino owner Sam Braun who is like a father to her. Also Grissom's hearing gets progressively worse and he seeks out Dr. Robbins for help. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Scott Wilson | Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak | Romy Rosemont as Jacqui Franco | Gerald McCullouch | Jeffrey D. Sams | Director : Danny Cannon | Writer : Anthony Zuiker | Writer : Carol Mendelsohn | Director : Kenneth Fink | |
| Air Date : May. 14, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |