The BEST episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 3
Every episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 3!
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'.
#1 - The Accused Is Entitled
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2002
Grissom and the team investigate the death of a young woman found in the hotel room of a popular actor.
#2 - Abra Cadaver
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2002
Grissom investigates when a woman vanishes while taking part in a magician's act. A rock star's death on a band bus appears to be the result of an overdose, but Catherine uncovers evidence that points to murder.
#3 - Blood Lust
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2002
A taxi driver feels his cab strike something, then finds a teenage boy pinned beneath the left rear tire, apparently killed on impact. When Grissom arrives on the scene, he discovers that the teen has been eviscerated and has stab wounds, but shows no signs of having been struck by the taxi.
#4 - Lady Heather's Box
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2003
Grissom's investigation into the murder of two men leads him to a new encounter with Lady Heather. Catherine is desperate to discover what lead to the near-death of her daughter and why her ex-husband disappeared.
#5 - Let the Seller Beware
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2002
Grissom and Catherine investigate the murder of a wealthy couple who are discovered outside their glamorous home, which was up for sale. Sara probes the death of a cheerleader who is found eviscerated on a soccer field, her organs having been ingested by her killer.
#6 - Inside the Box
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2003
Three masked bandits steal a safe-deposit box from a Las Vegas bank in a daring daytime heist. Catherine follows the evidence to the casino owner, who is like a father to her. Grissom's hearing gets progressively worse and he asks Doc Robbins for help.
#7 - Snuff
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2002
Catherine is called in by a pornographic-film developer to view graphic footage from a snuff movie. Grissom investigates when a body, smothered with fire ants, is found stuffed inside a large toolbox.
#8 - Play with Fire
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/2003
A woman's body is discovered in a small press box at a high-school football field, apparently the victim of strangulation. An explosion in the Crime Lab destroys key evidence and injures Greg and Sara.
#9 - Random Acts of Violence
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/2003
Warrick investigates the drive-by murder of a young girl in his old neighbourhood. Nick tackles the murder of a computer company employee.
#10 - Last Laugh
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/24/2003
Grissom and Catherine investigate the murder of a despised comic who died onstage, apparently after drinking from a tainted bottle of water. 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.
#11 - A Night at the Movies
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/10/2003
Grissom and Catherine investigate the murder of a movie-goer. The rest of the team reach a forensic impasse while processing a teenager who died from a gunshot wound.
#12 - Fight Night
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2002
A boxing champ dies in the ring, but Grissom finds evidence that points to murder. Catherine works a crime scene where a Los Angeles gang member was gunned down. Nick investigates a jewelery-store robbery.
#13 - Precious Metal
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/3/2003
Catherine, Nick and Sara investigate a seemingly months old body found in the mountains. Warrick and Grissom look into the case of a man found murdered in an alley, but the medical examiner 'loses' the body for 11 days.
#14 - Revenge Is Best Served Cold
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2002
Catherine and Nick become absorbed in the dangerous world of street racing after the body of one of the illegal sport's drivers is found in the desert at an abandoned airstrip. Grissom and his crew probe the sudden death of a renowned poker player who had a violent convulsion during a high-stakes game.
#15 - Crash and Burn
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/13/2003
An elderly woman crashes her car into a crowded restaurant. Grissom and Nick investigate the possible carbon monoxide murder of a woman in her home.
#16 - A Little Murder
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2002
Grissom suspects murder when the body of a dwarf is found hanging from a rope high above a stage in a casino hotel where a convention of little people is being held. Catherine is attacked at a crime scene where a man was murdered during what appears to have been a home invasion.
#17 - High and Low
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2002
Grissom, Warrick and Nick investigate the case of man murdered by being pushed off a six storey building. Catherine looks into the murder of man outside his regular bar.
#18 - One Hit Wonder
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2003
Catherine investigates an escalating series of peeping tom incidents. Sara reopens the dormant case of her friend, a DA.
#19 - Got Murder?
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2003
The finding of a raven with a human eyeball in its mouth leads the team to a divorced man and his 2 children. Warrick and Grissom look into the circumstances of David's unusual and first autopsy.
#20 - Recipe for Murder
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2003
Grissom and Catherine investigate a meat grinder murder at an abattoir. Warrick and Sara look into the apparent suicide of a young woman.
#21 - Lucky Strike
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/2003
After a man driving with a wooden stake in his head dies in front of a casino, Grissom and Nick work to discover the 'vampire' killer. Warrick and Catherine hunt for the killer of an NBA star's 5 year old son.
#22 - The Execution of Catherine Willows
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2002
15 years previously, Catherine helped put a man on death row for the rape and murder of a college co-ed. Just as he is abut to be executed, another girl at the same school is murdered in similar circumstances.
#23 - Forever
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/2003
A horse trainer is found dead in the cargo bay of a private 747 carrying 12 well-heeled passengers and a million-dollar show horse. In Death Valley, Sara and Warrick probe the apparent suicide of a 15-year-old boy found under a bedspread.