CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 5

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Season 5
File:CSI Crime Scene Investigation - The Complete 5th Season.jpg Season 5 U.S. DVD cover
Starring	William Petersen Marg Helgenberger Gary Dourdan George Eads Jorja Fox Eric Szmanda Robert David Hall Paul Guilfoyle
No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 23, 2004 (2004-09-23) – May 19, 2005 (2005-05-19)
Season chronology

The fifth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 23, 2004, and ended May 19, 2005. The series stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger.

Plot

Greg begins his journey from a lab rat to a field mouse, as the Las Vegas Crime Lab faces a personnel overhaul ("Ch-Ch-Changes"), during the fifth season of CSI. The team's final days together are plagued with more investigations into the insane and the unusual, including the discovery of an "alien" corpse just outside the boundary of Area 51 ("Viva Las Vegas"), a body washed up in a thunderstorm ("Down the Drain"), the kidnapping of a thirteen-year-old girl ("Harvest"), a death at a fumigation ("Crows Feet"), a swingers party ("Swap Meet"), the return of the Blue Paint Killer ("What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?"), and a kidnapping at a hotel ("Formalities"). It's the appearance of new evidence that appears literally as Grissom is on the witness stand, however, that causes Ecklie to separate Grissom and Willows' team ("Mea Culpa"), with Catherine, Nick, and Warrick delving into cases such as brain death ("No Humans Involved"), a body in a car ("Who Shot Sherlock?"), a severed head containing a snake ("Snakes"), the death of a bear ("Unbearable"), and a murder involving sports betting ("Big Middle"). The risk of losing of one of their own, however, allows Ecklie and Grissom to set aside their differences, both personal and professional, and reunite the team once again ("Grave Danger").

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 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
• Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders, a CSI Level 1
• Robert David Hall as Al Robbins, the Chief Medical Examiner
• Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass, a Homicide Detective Captain

Recurring cast

• Archie Kao as Archie Johnson
• David Berman as David Phillips
• Wallace Langham as David Hodges
• Aisha Tyler as Mia Dickerson
• Louise Lombard as Sofia Curtis
• Marc Vann as Conrad Ecklie
• Jason Segel as Neil Jansen
• James Patrick Stuart as Adam Matthews

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
93	1	"Viva Las Vegas"	Danny Cannon	Danny Cannon & Carol Mendelsohn	September 23, 2004 (2004-09-23)	501	30.57
Grissom works on a nightclub shooting with Greg Sanders, who has finally found a replacement in the lab and now only has to pass his final proficiency test; however, the replacement lab rat was proven to be a greenhorn, as did Greg himself, as Grissom pointed out several errors during his first field visit. Also: Catherine investigates a stripper found dead in a hotel room, Warrick investigates a man found electrocuted in his bathtub, and Sara and Nick are called in when an 'alien' is found in a shallow grave near Area 51. (Guest starred French Stewart.)
94	2	"Down the Drain"	Kenneth Fink	Naren Shankar	October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07)	502	28.43
The CSIs investigate when a thunderstorm washes up a body in the city storm drains. Murder is soon ruled out but the team makes another disturbing discovery: human bones that may have come from a murder. The only problem is locating where the body was dumped. Once they did find the origin, they would encounter an even bigger problem when the house they were investigating was rigged with explosives. (Guest starred Jack Carter.)
95	3	"Harvest"	David Grossman	Judith McCreary	October 14, 2004 (2004-10-14)	503	28.89
The CSIs investigate the kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl at the parking lot of a convenience store, which turns into a very disturbing murder. Catherine attempts to re-assert her role as a mother when her daughter Lindsey is picked up by the police for hitchhiking; when she still fails to listen, Catherine gives her the "Scared Straight" treatment at the morgue. (Guest starred America Ferrera.)
96	4	"Crow's Feet"	Richard J. Lewis	Josh Berman	October 21, 2004 (2004-10-21)	504	26.54
When two apparently unrelated women die under the same circumstances, with one of them mistakenly determined to have contracted ebola, Catherine and Nick discover that both women underwent various cosmetic procedures and a holistic dietary regimen at a local spa. Meanwhile, Grissom, Sara and Greg investigate when a man is found dead in a house fumigated for termites.
97	5	"Swap Meet"	Danny Cannon	David Rambo & Naren Shankar & Carol Mendelsohn	October 28, 2004 (2004-10-28)	505	29.60
Grissom, Sara and Greg investigate when a woman is found dead in the fountain of a gated community, after visiting a neighborhood swingers party. Meanwhile, Warrick and Nick investigate the murder of a landlord in a video arcade, which develops into a double homicide; as that case revealed new evidence and leads, a man who specializes in cleaning up crime scenes was starting to get inpatient. Later, Catherine requests the position of day shift supervisor from Grissom.
98	6	"What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?"	Kenneth Fink	Sarah Goldfinger	November 4, 2004 (2004-11-04)	506	30.58

External links

• DVD Release Dates at TVShowsOnDVD.com.