The BEST episodes of CSI: NY

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

The third edition of the "CSI" franchise sets up shop in the Big Apple, where taciturn Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) and his partner, Detective Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), lead a crime-solving team. Like his counterparts in Las Vegas and Miami, Taylor knows that people may lie, but the evidence rarely does.

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Pay Up
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7.83
522 votes

#1 - Pay Up

Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/14/2009

When transferring Robert Dunbrook's son from prison to court, the NYPD is ambushed by a group of professional kidnappers who kill a member of the team and one of the CSI's lives hangs in the balance.

Directors: Rob Bailey
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The Real McCoy
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7.81
393 votes

#2 - The Real McCoy

Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2012

The CSIs investigate a 1920s-inspired speakeasy when one of its owners is murdered and $10,000 goes missing. Meanwhile, Adam spends his day off in an unexpected way.

Writer: Sarah Byrd
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Flash Pop
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7.78
649 votes

#3 - Flash Pop

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/30/2012

Mac and the team are deeply affected as they must investigate the murder of one of their lab techs who found murdered on the stairs of a vacant brownstone. The building was the scene of an unsolved murder of a famous socialite in 1957 and the scene was staged so that everything matches the previous case. Also, Mac's relationship with Christine continues to grow as he joins her for a family party

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Dead Inside
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7.76
435 votes

#4 - Dead Inside

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2008

The team investigates the brutal murder of a house relocator who was found dead inside a Victorian house that he was about to move from Staten Island to The Upper East Side.

Directors: Christine Moore
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Prey
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7.75
460 votes

#5 - Prey

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/2009

While investigating the shooting of a voice coach in an empty theater, Stella realizes that the crime scene is oddly familiar and staged.

Directors: Marshall Adams
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Exit Strategy
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7.74
1182 votes

#6 - Exit Strategy

Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2011

Mac tries to find a little girl missing since 2002 who saw the murders that took place at the time of a burglary.

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She's Not There
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7.72
490 votes

#7 - She's Not There

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2009

A Russian tourist is found stabbed to death and the CSIs come face to face with the frightening realities of human trafficking. Solving this case becomes personal when it directly affects a prominent member of the NYPD

Directors: Nelson McCormick
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My Name is Mac Taylor
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7.68
417 votes

#8 - My Name is Mac Taylor

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2008

In the one hundredth episode of CSI: NY Mac faces his most deadly foe yet. There is a serial killer loose in New York City killing people with the name Mac Taylor making Mac a target.

Directors: Rob Bailey
Writer: Pam Veasey
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Means To An End
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7.67
718 votes

#9 - Means To An End

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2011

When an important witness turns up dead, Det. Jo Danville is caught up in the dangerous investigation of the suspected rapist who was freed on her and her colleague's Frank Water's watch in D.C.

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Crushed
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7.66
723 votes

#10 - Crushed

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2011

A video of a high school party causes the team to wonder if too much weight on a porch caused the death of a girl. Jo has to deal with her former partner bringing memories of her last F.B.I. case.

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Crossroads
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7.64
775 votes

#11 - Crossroads

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2011

As the CSIs investigate the assassination of a judge, Jo comes face to face with a criminal from her past.

Directors: Jeff T. Thomas
Writer: John Dove
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Today Is Life
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7.64
408 votes

#12 - Today Is Life

Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/22/2013

Unrest erupts in a community where an unarmed man was shot by police which means the CSI team needs to work as fast as possible to solve the case.

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Help
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7.62
387 votes

#13 - Help

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/2009

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.

Directors: David Barrett
Writer: Sam Humphrey
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Keep It Real
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7.62
865 votes

#14 - Keep It Real

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2011

When an awkward teen is found dead, the team discovers that his efforts to win a sexy punk rock chick's heart may have gone a step too far.

Directors: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Bill Haynes
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2,918 Miles
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7.62
556 votes

#15 - 2,918 Miles

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2012

The CSIs race to San Francisco in search of a 16-year-old girl who may already be dead, and the case hits home for Jo.

Directors: Vikki Williams
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Cavallino Rampante
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7.61
883 votes

#16 - Cavallino Rampante

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2011

When the body of a beautiful young woman is found in a stolen Ferrari, the investigation leads to a family of car thieves, but the CSIs must find the murderer before the rest of the family meets the same fate.

Directors: Nathan Hope
Writer: Adam Targum
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Down the Rabbit Hole
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7.61
380 votes

#17 - Down the Rabbit Hole

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2007

The latest murder case takes Detective Taylor to a whole new world and he must figure out why Cheryl Duncan looks so life-like. They also discover something shocking about the murderer while online.

Directors: Christine Moore
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Hostage
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7.61
494 votes

#18 - Hostage

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/21/2008

When a man takes hostages during a failed attempt to rob a bank, Mac offers himself in exchange for a hostage. Only condition is that he must prove that the bank robber did not kill the bank manager, whose body is found lying in a pool of blood in the vault. On the outside of the bank, the rest of the team works to process the evidence that Mac finds and stop the SWAT team from making matters worse.

Directors: Rob Bailey
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Officer Involved
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7.61
781 votes

#19 - Officer Involved

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2011

A night out for a friendly drink takes an unexpected turn when Danny and his rookie cops are caught up in a shooting.

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Dead Reckoning
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7.58
801 votes

#20 - Dead Reckoning

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2009

Incriminating DNA evidence contradicts the confession of a scorned woman claiming to have brutally murdered her cheating husband.

Directors: Scott White
Writer: John Dove
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Unwrapped
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7.58
504 votes

#21 - Unwrapped

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/4/2012

The CSIs are called to a Brooklyn housing project to investigate the murder of a successful businessman who still felt the pull of his old neighborhood.

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Misconceptions
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7.58
609 votes

#22 - Misconceptions

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2012

Mac investigates a 20-year-old case involving a missing boy when the prime suspect is found murdered on the anniversary of the boy’s disappearance. Meanwhile, Flack’s day off helps him deal with some lingering family issues.

Directors: Nathan Hope
Writer: John Dove
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Clue: SI
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7.58
511 votes

#23 - Clue: SI

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2012

When a psychiatrist’s patients are being systematically murdered, the CSIs are forced to play along in a game of CLUE in order to catch the killer.

Directors: Oz Scott
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Hammer Down (II)
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7.58
846 votes

#24 - Hammer Down (II)

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2009

(Crossover episode with CSI: Miami, Season 8 Episode 7 and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Season 10 Episode 7.) Which presumably seemed to be a traffic accident, turns out leading to homicide and illegal organ harvesting. The chase of those involved in the slaughter chain makes all three NY, Vegas and Miami CSI teams put their efforts together to put an end to the crimes. Hawkes, in particular, is very upset about the case.

Directors: Scott Lautanen
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Who's There?
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7.58
745 votes

#25 - Who's There?

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/2012

A home invasion investigation becomes more complicated when the victim's family turns out to be less perfect than they originally seem.

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