301. "Revenge is Best Served Cold" (Sep 26 2002)
A gambler drops dead at the table, and it doesn't take Grissom long to figure out it wasn't natural causes. Meanwhile, Nick and Catherine investigate a 'fast and furious' death of a street racer out in the desert.
302. "The Accused is Entitled" (Oct 03, 2002)
Trouble dogs the CSI team when Grissom investigates the case of a movie star involved in an ugly murder, and two members of his team are accused of compromising evidence by a visiting investigator. Look for the return of Sara's on/off date, Hank Peddigrew.
303. "Let the Seller Beware" (Oct 10 2002)
A house sale turns sour when prospective buyers find the owners murdered in the swimming pool. Suspects abound, including the realtor who just may have been robbing his own clients. Sara investigates a cheerleader's gruesome demise.
304. "A Little Murder" (Oct 17 2002)
Grissom, Catherine and Nick tackle the case of a dwarf who committed suicide at a Little People's convention that's in town. However. the hanging may not have been suicide. Warrick and Sara check out a murder. Catherine is attacked at a crime scene at the site of a home invasion.
305. "Abra-Cadaver" (Oct 31 2002)
The team tackles two cases. Nick and Catherine try to piece together clues left behind when a singer from a popular band apparently ODs while on tour -- even though he'd supposed gotten off drugs years before. Grissom, Warrick and Sara tackle the case of a volunteer who disappears during a magic act, and soon discover that not all is at it seems.
306. "The Execution of Catherine Willows" (Nov 07 2002)
Could Catherine's work have inadvertantly put an innocent man in jail? Fifteen years ago, Catherine's testiomy helped put John Mathers on death row for the rape/murder of three young women. However, new DNA evidence is granting the man a stay of reprieve. Worse yet, another girl at the exact same college is murdered in the identical fashion.
307. "Fight Night" (Nov 14 2002)
Grissom, Sara and Warrick investigate the brutal world of boxing when a boxer abruptly dies in the ring. Meanwhile, Catherine and Nick investigate a 'smash and grab' at a jewelry store, which soon turns into more than a simple robbery.
308. "Snuff" (Nov 21 2002)
A film developer alerts the police to a snuff film that turned up in processing, leading the team into the sordid world of pornography. They also investigate the death of a young man with Down's Syndrome, who worked at a riding stable, and turned up dead, his skeleton covered with fire ants.
309. "Blood Lust" (Dec 5 2002)
A taxi driver accidentally runs over a teenager who steps in his path. He pays the ultimate price: he is beaten so badly by a mob that he dies. However, the team soon discovers that the car may not have been what killed the youth. Also, a man is found shot dead. How is he related to the taxi death?
310. "High and Low" (Dec 12 2002)
Some skateborders encounter an impediment to their fun: a body lands on the concrete. Did he jump or fall from the building, or somewhere else? Also, a man is shot to death in a parking lot.
311. "Recipe for Murder" (Jan 09 2003)
The team ends up dealing with bad food this episode: a chef from a local restaurant ends up as part of the hamburger in a meatpacking plant, and soon it turns out that more than cooking was going on in the kitchen. The second case tackles a young woman whose disturbed personal history makes her a perfect candidate for suicide - or murder.
312. "Got Murder?" (Jan 16 2003)
The teams deals with some people who take a while to die. First, a car salesman dies - twice, and a woman thought to be dead shows up alive, but then turns up dead, and some very disturbing facts about her family comes to light during the investigation.
313. "Random Acts of Violence" (Jan 30 2003)
When a child of Warrick's former mentor is killed in a drive-by shooting, Warrick lets his emotions wrongly lead him to assume a suspect is guilty. A second case involves CSI enter the world of cubicle dwellers as they look for clues into the case of a man who lay dead for hours before his geeky computer programmer subordinates noticed anything was amiss. And all of them had plenty of motive to off their boss.
314. "One Hit Wonder" (Feb 6 2003)
Catherine investigates a peeping tom who is now breaking into women's apartments and terrorizing them. Sara reopens an old case in which a colleague's husband was murdered, but the killer was never apprehended. Meanwhile, Grissom's hearing deteriorates.
315. "Lady Heather's Box" (Feb 13 2003)
This special 90-minute episode focuses on cases personally affecting both Grissom and Catherine. Grissom runs across the dominatrix Lady Heather once again (from "Slaves of Las Vegas") when two murders have a connection to Lady Heather: they were her employees. Catherine becomes personally involved when her ex-husband, traveling with their daughter, is involved in a car crash and vanishes. Sara is in charge of the investigation, but Catherine wants quicker results.
316. "Lucky Strike" (Feb 20 2003)
This episode revolves around the kidnapping of the 5-year-old son of a professional basketball player who is visiting Las Vegas. Another case, quite odd, is when a man stumbles out of his car and dies - from a wooden stake rammed into his head.
317. "Crash & Burn" (Mar 13 2003)
Press release: "Sara's personal life takes a hit when she investigates a deadly car crash. The accident is a bizarre and seemingly random one involving an elderly woman who killed and injured several people when she drove her car through the front of a bar crowded with happy-hour patrons. Among those hurt is Sara's EMT boyfriend, Hank. While Sara is rocked by his injury at first, she soon manages to work the case in her usual professional manner. But her emotions begin to get the best of her once again as she learns disturbing news about Hank's presence in the bar. Elsewhere, a woman dies of carbon-monoxide poisoning, and Grissom quickly decides it was no accident.
318. "Precious Metal" (Apr 03 2003)
Press release: When the CSIs discover a badly decomposed body in a chemical-waste drum dumped in an abandoned farm, their investigation uncovers a world of robotic sports where the rise of the machines leads to murder. Meanwhile, Grissom and Warrick are called to investigate a newly married man whose body is found in an alley. An earlier report said they investigated a "missing person who never returned from his camping trip, and Greg Sanders assists them in the field in solving the mystery."
319. "A Night at the Movies" (Apr 10 2003)
Press release: "The CSIs investigate two murders---one in a movie theater, the other in an abandoned warehouse---that are even more bizarre and perplexing than usual. The first case takes Grissom and Catherine to a dingy art house, where a moviegoer was stabbed in the back of the head with a screwdriver . Apparently, the man was killed during a noisy on-screen gunfight, perhaps by a tall redheaded woman seen leaving the theater during that scene. Across town, a team tries to unravel the mystery of a badly bruised 15-year-old boy found shot to death in a bullet-riddled warehouse, where more than 100 rounds were fired from every conceivable angle, including the roof. "
320. "Last Laugh" (Apr 24 2003)
"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. Also: 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. "
321. "Forever" (May 01 2003)
Press release: "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. "
322. "Play with Fire" (May 08 2003)
Press release: 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 at the DNA lab destroys key evidence and leaves both Greg and Sara injured, and it's possible that one of the CSI team inadvertantly caused the disaster.
323. "Inside the Box" (May 15 2003)
Two plots wrap up the third season: Three masked bandits steal a safe-deposit box from a Las Vegas bank in a daring daytime heist, during which Det. Lockwood is shot and killed. This case 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. Further date: The plot concerns a bank robbery in which something that is not money is taken, and "two gargantuan secrets revealed -- one to a character, one to the audience about one of the characters," according to Anthony Zuiker, who wrote the episode along with Carol Mendelsohn. Location shooting took place in Las Vegas, April 28th. |
