CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 2)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 2)
Starring	William Petersen Marg Helgenberger Gary Dourdan George Eads Jorja Fox Paul Guilfoyle
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	23
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 27, 2001 (2001-09-27) – May 16, 2002 (2002-05-16)

The second season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 27, 2001 and ended May 16, 2002. The series stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger.

Plot

The murder of a Police Chief leads Willows and Brown to Miami ("Cross Jurisdictions"), in the second season of CSI. The Las Vegas CSIs investigate another series of gruesome, unprecedented, and unsolvable crimes, including the murder of Catherine's brother ("Burked"), the disappearance of a University student ("Chaos Theory"), the death of a construction worker ("Overload"), the discovery of a decomposed body in a bag ("Bully for You"), a scuba diver discovered up a tree in the desert ("Scuba Doobie-Doo"), a fetish murder ("Slaves of Las Vegas"), and a death at a spa ("Alter Boys"). Meanwhile, Catherine and Sara investigate both a suspected suicide-by-train ("Caged") and a homicide at a remote convenience store ("And Then There Were None"), Warrick is given the opportunity to head the crime lab ("Ellie"), Grissom and Willows come to face to face with a serial killer in a courtroom ("Identity Crisis"), and Nick studies the death of a woman who drowned in the desert ("Anatomy of a Lye"), after finding himself the target of a stalker ("Stalker").

Cast

Main cast

Main article: List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation characters

• William Petersen as Gil Grissom, a CSI Level 3 Supervisor
• Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows, a CSI Level 3 Assistant Supervisor
• Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown, a CSI Level 3
• George Eads as Nick Stokes, a CSI Level 3
• Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle, a CSI Level 3
• Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass, a Homicide Detective Captain

Recurring cast

See also: Minor characters in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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Guest cast

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Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
24	1	"Burked"	Danny Cannon	Carol Mendelsohn & Anthony E. Zuiker	September 27, 2001 (2001-09-27)	22.30
Tony Braun, the son of Las Vegas mogul Sam Braun, is found dead in his home, apparently the victim of a drug overdose. But as the scene lacks all evidence normally connected to an overdose, the team soon suspects murder.
25	2	"Chaos Theory"	Kenneth Fink	Josh Berman & Eli Talbert	October 4, 2001 (2001-10-04)	19.70
The CSI team suspects foul play when university student Paige Rycoff vanishes into thin air. The team soon discovers she had an affair with a married professor, along with a lot of other seemingly unrelated events. When her body is found in a trash heap, the team has to find out what led to her death.
26	3	"Overload"	Richard J. Lewis	Josh Berman	October 11, 2001 (2001-10-11)	22.70
When a construction worker takes a fall from the twelfth story at a construction site, Grissom is convinced the victim is electrocuted. But as the Sheriff and a lot of others have no trouble believing it's a suicide and the evidence doesn't immediately support his theory, he has to go through a lot of trouble to prove murder. Meanwhile Nick and Catherine look into the death of a teenage boy who apparently suffered an epileptic seizure during a therapy session.
27	4	"Bully for You"	Thomas J. Wright	Ann Donahue	October 18, 2001 (2001-10-18)	23.00
Grissom, Warrick and Catherine investigate when the class clown from a local high school is found dead in the boy's bathroom. They soon discover that there are a lot of suspects, as their victim bullied a lot of his fellow students. Meanwhile Sara and Nick try to find out the identity and cause of death of a badly decomposed body found in a leather bag.
28	5	"Scuba Doobie-Doo"	Jefery Levy	Elizabeth Devine & Andrew Lipsitz	October 25, 2001 (2001-10-25)	24.70
Grissom, Warrick and Sara are sent to investigate when a former tenant leaves behind a blood-splattered apartment, and a missing girlfriend. Meanwhile, Catherine and Nick are confronted with what seems to be an urban legend turned fact: a scuba diver found in the top of a tree after a forest fire.
29	6	"Alter Boys"	Danny Cannon	Ann Donahue	November 1, 2001 (2001-11-01)	23.20
Grissom, Nick and Sara seem to have a clear-cut case when a young man is discovered burying a murder victim in the desert. Warrick and Catherine investigate the death of a young woman who died in a hotel spa.
30	7	"Caged"	Richard J. Lewis	Elizabeth Devine & Carol Mendelsohn	November 8, 2001 (2001-11-08)	25.10
Grissom and Nick investigate the death of a book restorer who was found dead in a locked library cage. Her autistic co-worker turns out to be a very reliable eyewitness. Meanwhile, Catherine and Sara handle the case of a young woman who was killed when her car was hit by a train.
31	8	"Slaves of Las Vegas"	Peter Markle	Jerry Stahl	November 15, 2001 (2001-11-15)	25.10
A naked young woman is found dead in a sandbox at a park playground. The scars and liquid latex on her body lead Grissom, Catherine and Nick to a fetish club, owned by "Lady Heather". Sara and Warrick investigate an armed robbery at a cash checking company.
32	9	"And Then There Were None"	John Patterson	Story by: Josh Berman Teleplay by: Carol Mendelsohn & Eli Talbert	November 22, 2001 (2001-11-22)	22.80
Grissom, Nick and Warrick investigate when three men dressed as women rob a casino. Catherine and Sara are sent to investigate a murder of a clerk at a remote convenience store. They soon discover the two cases are related.
33	10	"Ellie"	Charlie Correll	Anthony E. Zuiker	December 6, 2001 (2001-12-06)	24.00
When Grissom has to go to a conference, and Catherine is off to Reno, Grissom leaves Warrick in charge of the graveyard shift's investigation of the murder of a con man found dead in a casino parking garage. Things get personal for Brass when he learns his estranged daughter Ellie is one of the suspects.
34	11	"Organ Grinder"	Allison Liddi	Elizabeth Devine & Ann Donahue	December 13, 2001 (2001-12-13)	17.50
A famous real estate entrepreneur is found dead in a hotel elevator. It appears he died from natural causes, but the CSIs suspect he was poisoned. But this turns out hard to prove as organs are donated and the body cremated.
35	12	"You've Got Male"	Charlie Correll	Marc Dube & Corey Miller	December 20, 2001 (2001-12-20)	23.70
Grissom, Sara and Warrick investigate when a young woman is found dead in a pipe at a construction site. Another body, revealed to be the first woman's sister is found nearby, also murdered. A likely suspect is one of the women's Internet relationship, an ex-con. Meanwhile Catherine and Nick look into a hunting mishap, but as their investigation develops, it begins to look less and less like an accident.
36	13	"Identity Crisis"	Kenneth Fink	Ann Donahue & Anthony E. Zuiker	January 17, 2002 (2002-01-17)	24.10
Serial killer Paul Millander returns, leaving another staged suicide. Upon finding a clue that connects all the victims, Grissom and Catherine end up in a court room, where the judge bears an uncanny resemblance to Millander. Further investigation reveals a startling secret about Millander's past.
37	14	"The Finger"	Richard J. Lewis	Danny Cannon & Carol Mendelsohn	January 31, 2002 (2002-01-31)	23.50
Catherine gets involved in the kidnapping of a real estate developer's mistress. She has to accompany the man while he delivers a million dollar ransom. Meanwhile she tries to leave clues for the other CSIs who are on her trail.
38	15	"Burden of Proof"	Kenneth Fink	Ann Donahue	February 7, 2002 (2002-02-07)	24.64
When the body of a photographer is dumped at the Body Farm, Grissom finds out the man was shot to death, but there aren't any bullet fragments in his body. The case gets even more complicated when the CSIs discover the 12-year-old daughter of the photographer's girlfriend was the victim of child abuse.
39	16	"Primum Non Nocere"	Danny Cannon	Andrew Lipsitz	February 28, 2002 (2002-02-28)	28.74
Grissom, Sara and Catherine investigate when an ice hockey player dies in the middle of the game. Meanwhile Warrick and Nick investigate the apparent drug-related death of a saxophone player at one of the local casinos. During the case, Warrick finds himself attracted to the singer who worked with the victim.
40	17	"Felonious Monk"	Kenneth Fink	Jerry Stahl	March 7, 2002 (2002-03-07)	26.73
Grissom, Sara and Nick investigate the death of four Buddhist monks who were shot to death in their monastery near Vegas. Catherine re-opens the murder of an old friend, when the man that was convicted for the murder claims he is innocent on his deathbed. During the case she finds out some disturbing facts about how her old mentor handled the case.
41	18	"Chasing the Bus"	Richard J. Lewis	Eli Talbert	March 28, 2002 (2002-03-28)	25.24
The entire team investigates a bus crash in which nine people lost their lives. Before his death the driver claimed the bus began to vibrate, making it impossible for him to control the bus. The team has to find out whether the accident truly was an accident, or involved foul play.
42	19	"Stalker"	Peter Markle	Danny Cannon & Anthony E. Zuiker	April 4, 2002 (2002-04-04)	26.78
A young woman is found murdered in her heavily secured apartment, clearly terrified of someone who was stalking her. The position of her body seems familiar to Nick, and as he and the others piece together the solution, Nick finds himself the stalker's next target.
43	20	"Cats in the Cradle"	Richard J. Lewis	Kris Dobkin	April 25, 2002 (2002-04-25)	23.50
Grissom, Catherine and Warrick investigate the murder of an elderly woman who lived alone with a lot of cats. Meanwhile Nick and Sara investigate an attempted murder with a pipe bomb placed in a car.
44	21	"Anatomy of a Lye"	Kenneth Fink	Josh Berman & Andrew Lipsitz	May 2, 2002 (2002-05-02)	26.17
When a body is found buried in a park, covered in lye, Grissom and Sara discover the man was the victim of a hit and run. Meanwhile Nick investigates the death of a woman who drowned in the middle of the desert.
45	22	"Cross Jurisdictions"	Danny Cannon	Ann Donahue & Carol Mendelsohn & Anthony E. Zuiker	May 9, 2002 (2002-05-09)	27.12
The former police chief of Las Vegas is found murdered and his 7-year-old daughter is found alive in Miami. Catherine and Warrick then travel to Florida, where they assist the Miami CSIs led by Horatio Caine in hunting down the killer.
46	23	"The Hunger Artist"	Richard J. Lewis	Jerry Stahl	May 16, 2002 (2002-05-16)	27.00
The body of young woman is found in a shopping cart under a freeway overpass, her face horribly disfigured. The team soon discovers the victim was a fashion model and that her homeless sister is a likely suspect.

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