Talk:List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes

Incorrect episode numbers
Unrelated to the matter above, the episode numbers for this show are not the official ones. Episode numbers for network programs are always three digits. (They're technically called "the production code number"; however, everyone refers to them as the "episode numbers.") The first digit is the year, and the second two digits are the sequence of the episode in that year. So Episode #205, would be the fifth episode in the second season. They're noted as such on the CSI scripts and also on the CSI DVDs. This article, however, incorrectly notes the episode as #28, which is a nonsense number in real world/network/show terms. While this may seem trivial, the three-digit episode numbers are used in DVDs, IMDb, and all other promotion and discussion about programs on other webpages. Wiki should move over to this correct three-digit standard for all its shows and not use the numbers generated here, which have no meaning outside Wikipedia. The Wiki entry for Lost, for example, uses the correct episode numbering sequence. Yours truly, a TV writer (but not a CSI writer)... --207.69.137.7 04:21, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Built To Kill
"When an ambitious dancer is killed, the CSI team must learn the inner workings of the famous show KÀ"


 * I am assuming that KÀ is a misspelling here, unless it is an acronym. NorthernThunder 21:15, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

If you pulled this from the episode description here, please continue reading the article. KÀ is a Cirque Du Soleil show. If you pulled this from somewhere else, cite your source. Hans404 02:39, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Bang-Bang photo
Is there any way to change the screenshot of the penultimate episode of season 6, Bang Bang? Because a major plot detail is revealed in it. I don't know how spoiler-free we want this episode list, but it might ruin the episode for those who haven't seen it. --Cyrenaic

Airdates of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
I have listed Airdates of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation for AfD. The nomination can be found here. Thanks. -- Wikipedical 20:45, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Time to split the page up?
A la List of The Simpsons episodes (which is already featured btw), with just episode number, title and airdates on the page, then creating subpages for each season. We also need to add DVD covers and release dates.

I was also thinking of reducing clutter on the page by dropping the Writer and Director column. We already have them listed on each episode's infobox anyway. I can get started on this if there are no objections.Sandtiger 17:52, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, fixing this page is a real bitch because it doesn't use templates. Anyone who wants to help out is welcome to edit my sandbox. I've also done some work with Season 1. Sandtiger 22:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to the new List of CSI episodes
The old page has been archived just in case we need it Sandtiger 15:18, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Where is episode list past season 2? Someone please restore the complete list, even if it is partially complete. a list and date for some seasons is better than only a partial list.

Personally, I feel that the condensed lists of just episode numbers and titles was a lot cleaner than this jargled mess of plot summaries. Honestly, I feel that plot summaries have little import in an encyclopedia, unless it involves something of greater value; e.g, a popular controversy. plus... where did the rest of the episode listings go? 68.49.27.25 05:33, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

No worries, we moved the plot summaries to individual season articles; they are NOT unencyclopedic though. If plot summaries were unencyclopedic, kindly delete all plot sections in every article that concerns a film, book, TV show, theatre production or any other work of fiction :). Editus Reloaded 16:32, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

A lot of them aren't summaries, though. I consider a summary to be a paragraph at best; a lot of these have incredible spoiler detail. An encyclopedia is not the place for in-depth 'summaries', to be quite honest. a brief overview is sufficient to convey the point of what the episode is. in-depth plot coverage belongs with the fansites. I know people love hailing wikipedia as a source of all knowledge, but does it really expand to cover fictional universes, too? I wouldn't think that it should. 68.49.27.25 22:21, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Single episodes
I plan on redirecting these per WP:EPISODE soon. Information from multiple secondary sources must be present for a single episode to need an article. This includes reception and development. Single plot summaries and trivia don't make a substantial article. I suggest Wikia and tv.com as alternate venues for this information. TTN 18:08, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Elizabeth Devine
Instead of the CSI screenwriter, the link redirects to the cartoon character Lizzie Devine. It's a pity, as Ms Devine seems to be an interesting character, deserving of her own page - I found her bio here: http://www.documation.com/aba/pdfs/Devine.pdf --Hburdon 20:57, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Season 9
Can anyone get a website that can comfirmed the 12 episodes that will be aired after the episode "Bull" and the nineth season of CSI? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.95.11.129 (talk) 05:43, 6 January 2008 (UTC)


 * 1) I think you mean Season 8, not 9.
 * 2) Entertainment Weekly says there will be 6 more, which would make the total 18. Not sure if that's definitive or not. 199.71.183.2 (talk) 18:41, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * No, I mean season 9. And you look at the page right now, you will see a list of episodes in season 9. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.95.2.227 (talk) 14:29, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Episode Articles/Redirecting to season pages
I have noticed that episode pages range in content. Many of these do not seem notable as they are two sentence plot summaries and basic credits which can be found in this article itself and/or the season pages. Tagging the poorer ones (including ones with just longer summaries and guest stars) with notability and eventually AfD seems like a good idea. Such has been done with List of CSI: NY episodes and only a handful over there are actually wikilinked. Socby19 (talk) 22:06, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Chase the Bus
I think this episode has an error in the "evidence." TO be honest I am no expert, but from the evidence presented in the entire CSI franchise I have never seen anything that looked "wrong" apart from the bolt in this episode.

They have a "bolt" from the bus that "sheared." But the bolt found on the road when first seen look like it was cut with some form of circular saw (or grinder) with a tag, left from when the cut off bit fell off. The "tool marks" on the "break" are curved, and the final cut did not go all the way through, just like this-

http://www.reprap.org/mediawiki/images/thumb/b/b0/InterchangeableNozzleMk2-cut_bolt_innut_unsoldered.jpg/180px-InterchangeableNozzleMk2-cut_bolt_innut_unsoldered.jpg

Having sheared bolts off myself I got marks that were not evenly curved like cutting tool marks, but uneven or straight, and the tag left from final failure is bent over to the side by the final shear failure, bending the last bit of the metal over rather than leaving it standing.

Like I say I am no expert, but this is the only time I have ever seen an item of "evidence" in a CSI episode that looked "faked". — Preceding unsigned comment added by BernieDog (talk • contribs) 19:48, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

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