The WORST episodes of CSI: Cyber

Every episode of CSI: Cyber ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of CSI: Cyber!

The series follows an elite team of FBI Special Agents tasked with investigating cyber crimes in North America. Based out of Quantico, the team is supervised by Avery Ryan a behavioral psychologist turned cyber shrink who established the FBI Cyber Crime division and heads a "hack-for-good" program, a scheme in which the criminals she catches can work for her in lieu of receiving a prison sentence.

Last Updated: 3/31/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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Kidnapping 2.0
star
6.61
1545 votes

#1 - Kidnapping 2.0

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/2015

Special agent Avery Ryan and her team of FBI cyber analysts investigate a case of hacked baby monitors.

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CMND:/Crash
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7.00
1269 votes

#2 - CMND:/Crash

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2015

Agent Avery Ryan and her cyber team investigate a roller coaster crash caused by someone who found a way to hack into the ride’s internal computer.

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Killer En Route
star
7.00
1070 votes

#3 - Killer En Route

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/18/2015

The cyber team investigates when a car service company's dispatch software is hacked in order to target certain passengers.

Directors: Richard J. Lewis
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Why-Fi
star
7.24
925 votes

#4 - Why-Fi

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2015

D.B. Russell, a civilian specialist, transfers from Las Vegas to become the director of the newly created division of Next Generation Cyber Forensics. He joins Avery and her team as they track down the most dangerous cyber criminals, beginning with the hacking of a home security system that turns into a homicide investigation. Also, Avery considers moving to a new position within the hierarchy of the FBI, Krumitz is a witness in his sister’s trial, Elijah deals with a delicate family situation and more is revealed about both Nelson’s and Raven’s backgrounds.

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Fire Code
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7.30
995 votes

#5 - Fire Code

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/2015

Ryan and her team are alerted to a new cyber threat when they discover that arsonists have a new, less traceable way to start fires in homes – by hacking into the owners’ printers and laptops via a software patch.

Directors: Howard Deutch
Writer: Matt Whitney
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Selfie 2.0
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7.35
844 votes

#6 - Selfie 2.0

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/22/2015

The cyber team investigates the abductions of young women whose social network pages are being kept up to date. Also, Ryan helps Trish McCarthy cope with the death of Trish’s sister, Ryan’s former psych patient.

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Shades of Grey
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7.37
778 votes

#7 - Shades of Grey

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/2015

An innocent bystander is killed when dozens of ATMs spew money into the street. The team investigates the bank heist and learns it was orchestrated by a real-life Robin Hood.

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Bit by Bit
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7.38
667 votes

#8 - Bit by Bit

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/13/2015

Avery and the team investigate when a power outage in Detroit is used to mask a jewelry store robbery-homicide in which the jewels weren’t the target.

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iWitness
star
7.39
794 votes

#9 - iWitness

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2015

The cyber team investigates the murder of a hacker who was hired to erase an assault victim’s comments from a confessional website.

Directors: Paul Holahan
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Crowd Sourced
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7.39
959 votes

#10 - Crowd Sourced

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/8/2015

The Cyber team must track down a bomber fixated on revealing the “truth” about society’s overreliance on technology.

Directors: Eriq La Salle
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Ghost in the Machine
star
7.40
704 votes

#11 - Ghost in the Machine

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/12/2015

The cyber team tracks a killer who hacks into a popular online game and tricks gamers into delivering illegal weapons.

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The Evil Twin
star
7.40
920 votes

#12 - The Evil Twin

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/15/2015

Avery and her team investigate the murder of a woman whose electronic devices indicate that she was alive for three days after her official time of death.

Directors: Rob Bailey
Writer: Pam Veasey
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Fit-and-Run
star
7.40
766 votes

#13 - Fit-and-Run

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/21/2016

When a jogger’s body is found, the Cyber team use the fitness tracker she was wearing at the time of the murder to retrace her steps for the entire night leading up to her death.

Directors: Jeff T. Thomas
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hack E.R.
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7.41
855 votes

#14 - hack E.R.

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2015

When a hacker takes control of all networked medical devices at a hospital in Dallas and threatens to kill one patient every hour if his demands are not met, the Cyber team must find the source and figure out how they accessed an airtight security system.

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5 Deadly Sins
star
7.42
749 votes

#15 - 5 Deadly Sins

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/6/2016

The Cyber team tracks a vigilante who is killing the biggest offenders of objectionable posts on social media websites.

Directors: Rob Bailey
Writer: Matt Whitney
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URL, Interrupted
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7.44
860 votes

#16 - URL, Interrupted

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/21/2015

The Cyber team investigates when a high school victim of intense cyberbullying by her classmates pledges to retaliate.

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Heart Me
star
7.44
857 votes

#17 - Heart Me

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2015

When Raven's friend, Tracey (Lyndon Smith), is fired, evicted and her bank accounts emptied as a result of being hacked by a man she met on a dating app, Raven helps to locate the culprit. However, Raven asks for her team's help when the hacker is found dead and Tracy wakes up in a motel room with the murder weapon and no memory of what happened.

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Family Secrets
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7.45
702 votes

#18 - Family Secrets

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/13/2015

Avery confronts the hacker who released her patients’ information when she was a psychologist, and Krumitz confronts the man who murdered his parents.

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Corrupted Memory
star
7.47
854 votes

#19 - Corrupted Memory

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2015

A woman is murdered while she video chats with her parents. Avery's skill is tested when she interviews the only witness, an agoraphobic neighbor who is suffering from PTSD following the incident.

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Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes
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7.47
816 votes

#20 - Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2015

When a police officer’s body camera is hacked and the incendiary video goes viral, the Cyber team is sent to find the truth and the hacker before the small town erupts in unrest.

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Click Your Poison
star
7.49
772 votes

#21 - Click Your Poison

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/6/2015

Special Agent Avery Ryan and her team investigate when a man dies after taking medication he purchased from a hacked ad on a medical website.

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Gone in 6 Seconds
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7.50
735 votes

#22 - Gone in 6 Seconds

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2015

A man is killed by a driverless car while drag racing. The investigation leads to a hacker who is cyber-hacking vehicles and using them as remote-controlled cars to cause deadly crashes.

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Flash Squad
star
7.51
797 votes

#23 - Flash Squad

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/2016

The Cyber team investigates when users of a traffic app are rerouted to remote locations and robbed by masked women. Also, Russell reconnects with Greer Latimore after the team completes business in Los Angeles.

Directors: Howard Deutch
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Red Crone
star
7.52
827 votes

#24 - Red Crone

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2015

The Cyber team investigates a child abduction case based on the “Red Crone,” an online myth where an abductor lures children through an app on their phones. Also, Elijah’s aggressive behavior at work causes Avery to bench him, and romance is in the air for D.B.

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The Walking Dead
star
7.53
773 votes

#25 - The Walking Dead

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/14/2016

Avery and the Cyber team attempt to work with a black hat hacker, to track down another hacker who took identity theft to a new level and digitally 'killed' Avery’s ex-husband,

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