The worst episodes of CSI: NY

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  1. 01

    S08E09 · December 2, 2011 · 1h

    Means to an End6.2

    The ability to find justice for John Curtis is put in jeopardy when he is freed on bail, the accuser is killed, and the team uncovers a possible conspiracy to frame him.

  2. 02

    S01E01 · September 22, 2004 · 1h

    Blink6.3

    Two bodies are found, strangled to death by the same killer. Evidence from the second crime scene leads the detectives to a house with a third live victim who is paralyzed and is only able to blink.

  3. 03

    S08E05 · October 21, 2011 · 1h

    Air Apparent6.3

    When a young woman is stabbed to death, the junkie brother of a high school basketball phenom is accused.

  4. 04

    S08E04 · October 14, 2011 · 1h

    Officer Involved6.4

    One of Danny's rookie officers claims that she shot an armed man who attacked Danny outside of a barroom. However, the gun is not at the scene, and is used in a later shooting.

  5. 05

    S08E08 · November 18, 2011 · 1h

    Crossroads6.4

    The team tries to identify the shooter and motive in the assassination of a criminal court judge presiding over the trial of a Russian mobster, while Mac and Lindsay prepare for the hearing against serial rapist John Curtis.

  6. 06

    S08E03 · October 7, 2011 · 1h

    Cavallino Rampante6.5

    The dead body of a high end car thief is found in the trunk of a car she stole, and her family may be in danger.

  7. 07

    S08E11 · January 13, 2012 · 1h

    Who's There?6.5

    A real estate mogul is killed in a home invasion, but was somebody close to him ultimately responsible for his death?

  8. 08

    S08E01 · September 23, 2011 · 1h

    Indelible6.6

    On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Mac and the team remember specific moments from that day that were indelibly burned in their mind.

  9. 09

    S08E02 · September 30, 2011 · 1h

    Keep It Real6.6

    The boyfriend of a punk rock singer is shot to death in his apartment, and the key to solving the crime may be his missing roommate.

  10. 10

    S08E06 · November 4, 2011 · 1h

    Get Me Out of Here!6.6

    A fraternity pledge master is found dead in an open grave, and the team soon suspects that one of his pledges may be buried alive in another cemetery in New York City.

  11. 11

    S08E07 · November 11, 2011 · 1h

    Crushed6.6

    A dead body is found in the remains of a collapsed porch from a high school party, and the team discovers that she was strangled before the accident. Meanwhile, a serial rapist from one of Jo's past cases strikes in New York City.

  12. 12

    S09E04 · October 19, 2012 · 1h

    Unspoken6.6

    CSI searches for the shooter at a political rally, and the gun that he discarded in an alley afterwards is used in the accidental shooting death of a young girl.

  13. 13

    S08E10 · January 6, 2012 · 1h

    Clean Sweep6.7

    The team suspects that a badly burned corpse may be of a cage fighter, but later discovers that he may have faked his own death.

  14. 14

    S04E16 · April 9, 2008 · 1h

    Right Next Door6.8

    While CSI investigates a fire in Stella's apartment building, Stella comes to the revelation an abducted child may have been staying with the woman who lived next door to her.

  15. 15

    S05E12 · January 14, 2009 · 1h

    Help6.8

    Young brides-to-be fight over a killer dress at the biggest wedding gown sale of the year and one of the shoppers winds up dead. The unusual clues of this case force Dr. Hawkes to confront a painful chapter from his past.

  16. 16

    S09E06 · November 2, 2012 · 1h

    The Lady in the Lake6.8

    While searching for a gun, the team stumbles on a dead body at the bottom of a Central Park pond.

  17. 17

    S09E07 · November 9, 2012 · 1h

    Clue: SI6.8

    The team must solve a series of murders whose victims, locations, and murder weapons all resemble elements of the board game "Clue."

  18. 18

    S05E05 · October 29, 2008 · 1h

    The Cost of Living6.9

    While CSI investigates the death of a famed archaeologist, Stella's life is threatened over the archaeologist's possible discovery of a rare ancient Greek coin.

  19. 19

    S05E11 · December 17, 2008 · 1h

    Forbidden Fruit6.9

    Night find the big city as two NYPD officers come upon a young man attempting to put a young woman's body in the trunk of a car. When the police go after him, the young man is impaled on a fence, leaving many unanswered questions. Mac runs into Ella McBride who could cost him time in figuring out if Isabelle Vaughn died by eating the miracle fruit. Stella gets in trouble with Mac while investigating another murder linked to the Greek diplomat that attacked her.

  20. 20

    S05E23 · May 6, 2009 · 1h

    Greater Good6.9

    As Lindsay goes into labor, Mac suspects that a man who served a prison sentence in a manslaughter case is protecting the actual culprit.

  21. 21

    S06E02 · September 30, 2009 · 1h

    Blacklist (Featuring Gravedigger)6.9

    The case of a cyber killer, who appears to be targeting medical health-care workers, turns personal when the suspect invokes the name of Mac's father who had died nearly two decades earlier.

  22. 22

    S09E17 · February 22, 2013 · 1h

    Today is Life6.9

    A riot threatens to break out at a Manhattan precinct after an officer shoots and kills an allegedly unarmed black man during a chase.

  23. 23

    S02E21 · April 26, 2006 · 1h

    All Access7.0

    A limousine driver is shot dead inside his car, while a concert by Kid Rock is happening inside. Lindsay and Danny works on the case. Mac hears of a shooting on the police radio at Stella's address. He rushes to the scene where Stella is on the ground unconscious, while her boyfriend, Frankie, is found dead. Gunshot residue confirms that she shot him.

  24. 24

    S05E06 · November 5, 2008 · 1h

    Enough7.0

    Three drug dealers who are facing trial for killing a man are all shot and killed before their trial within minutes of each other.

  25. 25

    S05E16 · February 25, 2009 · 1h

    No Good Deed7.0

    The lab tackles a case involving a murdered Internet entrepreneur whose body has been picked apart by vultures.

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