The BEST episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 2

Every episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 2!

CSI is a crime drama in which the characters use cutting-edge forensic tools to examine the evidence to solve the case. Rather than asking 'whodunnit' (investigating witnesses/suspects), CSI explores the 'howdunnit'.

Last Updated: 12/4/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Identity Crisis
star
7.80
935 votes

#1 - Identity Crisis

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/2002

Grissom's nemesis, serial killer Paul Millander, reappears and claims a third victim in this gripping episode. The latest slaying matches Millander's previous killings in that it recreates his father's murder. The killer's next target was born Aug. 17, 1956...which just happens to be Grissom's birthday.

Directors: Kenneth Fink
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Stalker
star
7.79
850 votes

#2 - Stalker

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/4/2002

Jane Galloway lives in fear. Her doors are triple-locked. Every shade is drawn. The bathroom window is nailed shut. An alarm system is activated. Who killed Jane, and how could the murderer have possibly entered, and left, the house?

Directors: Peter Markle
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Organ Grinder
star
7.75
878 votes

#3 - Organ Grinder

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2001

The CSI team is called in when a famous real estate entrepreneur is found dead in a hotel elevator. When the body of Bob Fairmont, the real estate developer, is found, the team discovers that the crime scene has been tampered with and that the victim has been re-dressed.

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The Finger
star
7.73
987 votes

#4 - The Finger

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/31/2002

Catherine is ordered by a kidnapper to accompany a man who is to deliver $1 million in ransom to him or else he will kill the man's mistress.

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
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Burden of Proof
star
7.66
805 votes

#5 - Burden of Proof

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/2002

Grissom investigates the murder of a Las Vegas photographer whose remains were dumped at a nearby body farm where CSIs routinely study corpses, and his findings reveal that the man was apparently shot to death even though there are no bullet fragments in the body.

Directors: Kenneth Fink
Writer: Ann Donahue
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The Hunger Artist
star
7.63
917 votes

#6 - The Hunger Artist

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/16/2002

The CSIs investigate when the body of an unidentified young woman is discovered stuffed in an overturned shopping cart near a freeway underpass.

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Jerry Stahl
Watch Now:Apple TV
Anatomy of a Lye
star
7.62
881 votes

#7 - Anatomy of a Lye

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/2002

Grissom and Sara investigate when a man's body, which has been doused with lye, is found buried in a park. Nick tries to determine how a hiker apparently drowned in a desert.

Directors: Kenneth Fink
Watch Now:Apple TV
Chasing the Bus
star
7.61
866 votes

#8 - Chasing the Bus

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/28/2002

A bus carrying 23 passengers from Los Angeles to Las Vegas crashes less than 40 miles from its destination, killing nine people. The CSIs soon discover that a recent parolee was on the bus, but is now unaccounted for.

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Eli Talbert
Watch Now:Apple TV
Cats in the Cradle
star
7.60
826 votes

#9 - Cats in the Cradle

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/25/2002

Grissom and Catherine investigate the stabbing death of an 80-year-old woman who lived in a run-down house full of cats. Nick and Sara comb through the remains of a car bombing that appears to be a murder plot gone awry.

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Kris Dobkin
Watch Now:Apple TV
Slaves of Las Vegas
star
7.58
884 votes

#10 - Slaves of Las Vegas

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/2001

Grissom and Catherine investigate the apparent violent death of a woman found in a sandbox. Warrick and Sara are called to a crime scene to investigate a shooting, which initially appears to have taken place during a robbery.

Directors: Peter Markle
Writer: Jerry Stahl
Watch Now:Apple TV
You've Got Male
star
7.57
880 votes

#11 - You've Got Male

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/2001

Grissom and Sara are called to the crime scene when two murder victims are found hidden in pipes at a construction site in the middle of an alfalfa field, while Catherine and Nick investigate an ostensible hunting accident.

Directors: Charlie Correll
Watch Now:Apple TV
Scuba Doobie-Doo
star
7.54
1036 votes

#12 - Scuba Doobie-Doo

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2001

Grissom, Sara and Warrick are called on to investigate an abandoned, blood-splattered apartment and Nick and Catherine must examine a dead scuba diver lodged in a tree.

Directors: Jefrey Levy
Watch Now:Apple TV
And Then There Were None
star
7.54
884 votes

#13 - And Then There Were None

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2001

Grissom and his team investigate a casino heist during which innocent victims were shot, while Catherine and Sara are called to the scene of a murder in a remote part of the desert.

Directors: John Patterson
Watch Now:Apple TV
Alter Boys
star
7.54
941 votes

#14 - Alter Boys

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/2001

Grissom and his team investigate a murder suspect who is caught red-handed -- burying the victims -- while Catherine and Warrick take on the case of a woman found dead in a hotel spa.

Directors: Danny Cannon
Writer: Ann Donahue
Watch Now:Apple TV
Chaos Theory
star
7.49
990 votes

#15 - Chaos Theory

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2001

The entire CSI team investigates a disappearance at a local university. A young woman vanished, seemingly off the face of the earth.

Directors: Kenneth Fink
Watch Now:Apple TV
Cross-Jurisdictions
star
7.49
926 votes

#16 - Cross-Jurisdictions

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/2002

Grissom and his crew handle their highest profile case to date when the city's former chief of detectives is slain execution-style in his house following a wild party. Missing from the residence are the chief's trophy wife and their 7-year-old daughter. Catherine and Warrick follow the trail to Miami, and soon enlist the help of Horatio Caine.

Directors: Danny Cannon
Watch Now:Apple TV
Burked
star
7.48
1172 votes

#17 - Burked

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2001

Grissom and the crew are called in after a high roller, a known drug addict, is found dead in his house by a gardener. The investigation reveals that the victim was restrained at some point with duct tape, and was possibly forced to ingest lethal amounts of heroin and other drugs.

Directors: Danny Cannon
Watch Now:Apple TV
Ellie
star
7.46
883 votes

#18 - Ellie

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2001

Warrick heads the investigation of the murder of a con artist who turns out to be involved with Brass' daughter, and the evidence leads Sara on a counterfeit investigation.

Directors: Charlie Correll
Watch Now:Apple TV
Felonius Monk
star
7.45
831 votes

#19 - Felonius Monk

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/2002

Grissom investigates the murders of four monks who were shot point blank while chanting in a Buddhist temple; Catherine reopens a cold case in which her best friend was murdered, after the man convicted of the crime claims he's innocent shortly before he dies.

Directors: Kenneth Fink
Writer: Jerry Stahl
Watch Now:Apple TV
Caged
star
7.43
970 votes

#20 - Caged

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2001

Grissom and Nick investigate the death of a book restorer while Catherine and Sara are called to the scene of a fatal train crash.

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
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Overload
star
7.43
932 votes

#21 - Overload

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2001

Grissom investigates a possible suicide at a high-profile construction site. Catherine takes on a case with a teenage boy who dies while in session with his female psychologist,

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Josh Berman
Watch Now:Apple TV
Bully for You
star
7.32
931 votes

#22 - Bully for You

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2001

When the class clown at the local high school is found murdered, the CSI team is called to investigate. Nick and Sara respond to the crime scene of a decomposed body found in a bag.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Ann Donahue
Watch Now:Apple TV
Primum Non Nocere
star
7.22
919 votes

#23 - Primum Non Nocere

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/2002

Grissom, Catherine and Sara are called in to investigate the death of a hockey player on the ice. Warrick and Nick look into the apparent drug-related death of a sax player at a casino.

Directors: Danny Cannon
Watch Now:Apple TV