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CSI Las Vegas Season 8 |
| CSI Las Vegas Season 8 : |
| 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 at the time. |
| Episode 1 - [Dead Doll] |
| Details : With time the weather and the desert against them the CSI team must work together to find Sara before she dies from the miniature killer's attack. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jessica Collins as Natalie Davis | Patrick Renna | Zach Grenier | Larry Hankin | Writer : Dustin Lee Abraham | Writer : Naren Shankar | Director : Kenneth Fink | |
| Air Date : Sep. 27, 2007 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [A La Cart] |
| Details : The CSI team investigates two unusual cases one involving the suspicious death of a go-cart racer who took his hobby to the highway and paid the price with his life and a murder at a hip new restaurant where patrons dine in the dark |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Darris Love | Melanie Paxson as Nancy Katz soon to be Ellis | Sheeri Rappaport as Mandy Webster | John Ross Bowie as Peter Ellis | Marc Vann | Brando Eaton as Rodney' Hot Rod' Banks | William Wellman Jr. as Hampton Huxley | Tyler Kain as April | Neil Jackson as Michael the Waiter | Karina Lombard as Pippa Sanchez | Danneel Ackles as Shasta McCloud | Heidi Herschbach as Go Kart Track Clerk | Writer : Sarah Goldfinger | Director : Richard J. Lewis | |
| Air Date : Oct. 04, 2007 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Go To Hell] |
| Details : The team investigates a girl whose whole family had been killed and she is supposedly possessed by the devil. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Debra Wilson | Harold Perrineau | Sheeri Rappaport as Mandy Webster | Britt Robertson as Amy Macalino | Archie Kao | Jessica Lucas | Michael Raynor | Liz Vassey | Writer : Douglas Petrie | Director : Jeffrey G. Hunt | |
| Air Date : Oct. 11, 2007 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [The Case Of The Cross-Dressing Carp] |
| Details : Grissom investigates the mysterious hanging death of a young man whose body looks like that of a female. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Archie Kao | Erika Alexander | Jessica Lucas | Anita Gillette | John Billingsley | William Russ | Gail O'Grady | Jon Wellner | Liz Vassey | Writer : David Rambo | Director : Alec Smight | |
| Air Date : Oct. 18, 2007 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [The Chick Chop Flick Shop] |
| Details : Grissom and his team investigate when an actress is killed on the set of a horror porn film. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Cassandra Jean Amell | John Asher | Archie Kao | Jessica Lucas | Martin Klebba | Will Sasso | Chris Diamantopoulos | Jon Wellner | Liz Vassey | Director : Richard J. Lewis | Writer : Evan Dunsky | |
| Air Date : Nov. 01, 2007 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Who And What (I)] |
| Details : Grissom and the team join forces with Jack Malone an FBI Agent from New York to track a serial killer. The crossover continues on Without A Trace S06E06 Where And Why (II). |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anthony LaPaglia | Denis O'Hare | John Hawkes | Archie Kao | Anthony Ruivivar | Sarah Danielle Madison | Muse Watson | Kim Beuche | Liz Vassey | Nathan Gamble as Mason Brewer / Kobe Farentino | Director : Danny Cannon | Writer : Danny Cannon | Writer : Carol Mendelsohn | Writer : Richard Catalani | Writer : Naren Shankar | Director : Kenneth Fink | |
| Air Date : Nov. 08, 2007 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [Goodbye And Good Luck] |
| Details : Sara questions her future as a CSI when a past case comes back to haunt her the 12 year old Hannah who has to back up her brother one more time with all new tricks up her sleeves. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Douglas Smith | Riley Smith | Sheeri Rappaport as Mandy Webster | Archie Kao | Juliette Goglia | Jessica Lucas | Julianna Guill | Larry Sullivan | Jon Wellner | Writer : Sarah Goldfinger | Writer : Allen MacDonald | Writer : Naren Shankar | Director : Kenneth Fink | |
| Air Date : Nov. 15, 2007 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [You Kill Me] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Sheeri Rappaport as Mandy Webster | Archie Kao | Gerald McCullouch | Jon Wellner | Liz Vassey | Writer : Sarah Goldfinger | Writer : Douglas Petrie | Writer : Naren Shankar | Director : Paris Barclay | |
| Air Date : Nov. 22, 2007 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [Cockroaches] |
| Details : The team investigates an underground mob. Warrick ends up becoming the prime suspect in a murder that's related to the mob and his addiction to pills starts to have a significant impact on his job as a CSI. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dennis Christopher | Archie Kao | John Capodice | Beth Broderick | Rebecca Budig | Rick Hoffman | Liz Vassey | Director : William Friedkin | Writer : Dustin Lee Abraham | |
| Air Date : Dec. 06, 2007 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [Lying Down With Dogs] |
| Details : The world of illegal dog fighting is explored by Grissom and the rest of the team when they take on the case of a wealthy socialite who was murdered. Meanwhile Warrick struggles to clear his name in the recent exotic dancer murder case. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Zack Ward | Dennis Christopher | Sheeri Rappaport as Mandy Webster | Vincent Laresca | Jesse Borrego | Geoffrey Rivas | John Capodice | Rebecca Budig | Jamie Luner | Nelson Mashita | Jon Wellner | Liz Vassey | Director : Michael Slovis | |
| Air Date : Dec. 13, 2007 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [Bull] |
| Details : Two murders that happen during Las Vegas' annual bull riding rodeo are investigated by the CSIs who find that the murders might be connected to illegal bull breeding. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Julie Brown | Ty Murray | Shooter Jennings | Archie Kao | Joseph Campanella | Tamara Braun | James Hiroyuki Liao | Jewel | Nicole Sullivan | Chuck Hittinger | Shane Conrad | Liz Vassey | Melissa Barker as Bar Patron (uncredited) | Director : Richard J. Lewis | Writer : David Rambo | |
| Air Date : Jan. 10, 2008 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [Grissom's Divine Comedy] |
| Details : Grissom and his team battle the flu when they are called upon by D.D.A. Klein to investigate the deaths of several key witnesses for a grand jury case against a dangerous Las Vegas gang. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bonnie Bedelia | Van Epperson | Archie Kao | Natasha Gregson Wagner | Jack McGee | Robert LaSardo | David Burke | Daniel Louis Rivas | Writer : Carol Mendelsohn | Director : Richard J. Lewis | Writer : Jacqueline Hoyt | |
| Air Date : Apr. 03, 2008 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [A Thousand Days On Earth] |
| Details : CSI investigates the death of a little girl whose identity remains unknown. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jennifer Hall | Greg Fitzsimmons | Paula Francis | Ryan Simpkins | Archie Kao | Nathan Baesel | Ty Simpkins | Jay Paulson | Bobby Hosea | Dariush Kashani | Donna Marie Recco | Liz Vassey | Writer : Evan Dunsky | Director : Kenneth Fink | |
| Air Date : Apr. 10, 2008 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [Drops Out] |
| Details : Brass Catherine Grissom and Nick work the case of a female victim found in an apartment building with a gun shot wound. Drops becomes a person of interest during the investigation even though he is still in jail. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Octavia Spencer | Anya Monzikova | Method Man | Archie Kao | Al Shearer | Ludo Vika | Liz Vassey | Writer : Dustin Lee Abraham | Writer : Naren Shankar | Director : Jeffrey G. Hunt | |
| Air Date : Apr. 24, 2008 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [The Theory Of Everything] |
| Details : A deer is illegally killed and the person found with the body in the back of his truck apparently dressed it in a tutu. The man who was completely drunk when arrested was being interrogated by Nick and Brass and suddently tries to escape and is pepper sprayed. Unfazed by the spray officers then taser him and he bursts into flames and dies. Meanwhile an unbalanced woman wearing a tinfoil outfit at the front desk tries to warn people (including Nick) of an alien invasion. After observing the burning man she later turns up dead with green-tinted blood. When other people turn up with the same problem it's up to the team to figure out why. Meanwhile an old couple dies apparently in their sleep... but there is evidence the cases are related. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Don Swayze | Christine Lakin | Sheeri Rappaport as Mandy Webster | Adam Savage | Archie Kao | José Pablo Cantillo | Chloe Webb | Karl Makinen | Jon Wellner | Liz Vassey | Writer : Carol Mendelsohn | Writer : Douglas Petrie | Writer : David Rambo | |
| Air Date : May. 01, 2008 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [Two And A Half Deaths] |
| Details : Grissom Catherine Nick Greg and Brass are investigating the death of a well known TV star called Annabelle. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Katey Sagal as Annabelle Fundt / Natasha Steele | Diedrich Bader | Constance Marie | Stephen Tobolowsky | Benjamin King | George Eads | Jamie Rose | Michael Lowry | Nicole Sullivan | Charlie Sheen | Jon Cryer | Angus T. Jones | Writer : Sarah Goldfinger | Writer : Chuck Lorre | Writer : Lee Aronsohn | Writer : Evan Dunsky | Director : Alec Smight | |
| Air Date : May. 08, 2008 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [For Gedda] |
| Details : Catherine comforts Warrick when he is accused of murdering a famous Vegas gangster and even he is uncertain of his guilt or innocence. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lee Weaver | Archie Kao | Marc Vann | Deborah Ann Woll as Waitress | Gerald McCullouch | John Capodice | Larry Sullivan | Jay Karnes | Jon Wellner | Liz Vassey | Writer : Kenneth Fink | Writer : Dustin Lee Abraham | Director : Kenneth Fink | |
| Air Date : May. 15, 2008 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |