CSI: LA

CSI: LA (CSI: Los Angeles) is an American police procedural television series that started on September 23, 2013 on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of LAPD crime scene forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators" (instead of the actual title of "Crime Scene Unit Forensic Technicians" (CSU)) as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes. The series is the third spin-off from the veteran series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (following CSI: Miami and CSI: NY). It airs on Thursdays 8e/9c only on CBS. Repeats airs on the USA network starting on May 2015.

Tech analysts

 * Kevin Weisman as Aaron Mars (seasons 1-4)
 * Amy Acker as Trish Haynes (seasons 1-)
 * Ben Feldman as Jace Beaux (seasons 1-)
 * Eric Lively as Roger Maverick (seasons 5-)

Others

 * Anthony Head as Captain Melvin "Mel" Pierce, head of the LAPD (seasons 1-)
 * Shannyn Sossamon as ADA Tanya Leeson, a focused prosecutor and David's girlfriend (seasons 1-2)
 * David Anders as Peter Bowden aka "The Blood Drop Killer" (seasons 1-2)
 * Terrence Howard as Michael Ronald, a corrupted senator who tries to disgrace the CSIs for ruining his reputation for framing him for murder (season 3)
 * Milo Ventimiglia as CSI Zach Wilson, a San Francisco CSI loan to fill in Reed's absence in the first half of season 5. Wilson later returns in season 7.
 * Paul Blackthorne as Tomas Reeds (seasons 6-)
 * Nico Tortorella as CSI Trainee Jake (season 7)
 * Lucy Hale as CSI Trainee Melissa (season 7)
 * Tristan Wilds as CSI Trainee Bryan (season 7)
 * Brittany Robertson as CSI Trainee Ariel (season 7)
 * Dustin Milligan as Austin Reeds, Tomas's son and David's nephew (seasons 7-)
 * Annie Wersching as ADA Lana Maddox (season 8)

Season 1 (2013-2014)
1.01 Moving In Helen, Evern, Paterson, Carlson, and Kane work together to probe the murder of a highly-publicized DDA, who is found in Echo Park. The team has to solve the case while learning David Reeds is hired to be their CSI supervisor and shakes things up while helping them in the case of the slain DDA.

1.02 Freefall Reeds and the others probe the death of a skydiver; their clues lead them into the world of extreme skydiving. Meanwhile, Evern has an interest in a guy; however, he is one of the prime suspects in a case she is working on. Reeds's girlfriend,Tanya gets the vacant DDA spot.

1.03 The Suite Smell of No Success The CSIs have their hands full in a renovating hotel. Helen and Faine probe the disappearance of a hotel heiress (Paris Hilton); Reeds and Kane investigate a murdered wealthy philanthropist, whose interest in cosmetics might have been her undoing. Paterson and Evern investigate the apparent suicide of a rude bellhop.

1.04 One Blood Drop The team must track down a killer, whose M.O. perplexes them; when he killed a female instructor, he leaves a single blood drop on the crime scene, but the blood doesn't match the victim; Meanwhile, David asks Tanya to move in with him, but uncovers a murder nearby his neighborhood.

1.05 The Strange Day of the Rich and Famous Evern, Paterson, and Kane probe the death of a rising young actor, whose life is cut short, but when they try to investigate his past they are going to be shock to know how his life quickly propel him to fame. David and Helen investigate the suspicious murder of a business tycoon and discover that all his clients are rich angry agents, who each has a vendetta.

1.06 The Love Dissection A family is threatened when a housewife is found brutally murdered nearby a fountain. Reeds and Faine are at odds when Faine believes the husband did it because of discovering the victims' dirty secret, but Reeds believes it was a close friend because her husband wasn't with her when she died; in order to prove who is right, Reeds must heavily examine the whole park in order to find the truth. Meanwhile, Helen and Paterson probe the strange death of a visiting plastic surgeon.

1.07 Wrong Makes Right A wrongly accused criminal, Nelson Parks (Aidan Quinn), wants a new trial prompting Tanya to request David and the other CSIs to reinvestigate the ten year old kidnapping and murder of a thirteen year old cheerleader. As the CSIs relook the evidence, Paterson notices something fishy with one clue that could change the entire landscape of a potential retrial.

1.08 Duck, Shuck, Goose The CSIs must track down a duck who could be the key to the mysterious murder of a duck handler known in California as "The Duck Whisperer". Meanwhile, David gets a strange letter from the still-at-large Blood Drop Killer.

1.09 The Crime Squad An ameatur CSI wannabe is found dead leading the real CSI team to probe his murder; and they realize he was participating in a group of other wannabe CSIs who call themselves the Crime Squad. However, when another one of the Crime Squad wines up dead, Faine and the CSIs deducts a former member is out for revenge.

1.10 Guilty (mid-season finale) David, Helen, and Paterson are called to probe the murder of a renowned artist; however they are shocked to see another blood drop. When it doesn't matches the victim, David realizes the Blood Drop Killer has return. Meanwhile, Kane, Evern, and Carlson are probing the disappearance of a child star and realize she left clues of why she left.

1.11 The Reel Life As the Blood Drop Killer still out in the city, Captain Pierce convinces David and Faine to focus on their current work until BDK reappears. David still feeling angry that he let BDK go; Helen and the others agree with Pierce and convinces David to help them solve the case of a fallen actor who was filming a movie in production.

1.12 Demon in the Streets When another victim surfaces with the BDK's trademark M.O, Dr. Black assures this has to be the work of the Blood Drop Killer. Hearing those words, David decide to find a way to learn the true identity of the killer, however, when two more bodies show up that didn't match the works of BDK, David struggles to believe BDK is fooling with him.

1.13 Blood Oath As the search for the Blood Drop Killer continues, the CSIs think their latest case of four victims drained of their blood could be related to the BDK; however, when the case gets stranger and stranger, the CSIs discovered a key piece of evidence...a document that each victim signed to give their blood away. Now the true question the team wants to know who has the victims' blood?

1.14 Engaged and Murdered A promising engagement between two popular musicians (Ray J and Megan Good) are rocked when the two stars disappear causing a huge media frenzy. The CSIs and Det. Faine must tread carefully, yet the case takes a sudden turn when one of them is found strangled, and the other still out there--who could be the killer. While David, Faine, and Kane probe the murder; Helen leads the others to track down the missing musician who knows the true answers. 1.15 Game Over David's obsession in trying to find the true location of the Blood Drop Killer is starting to affect his relationships with his team and his girlfriend, DDA Leeson. However, when yet another victim with another blood drop appears, the CSIs take notice that the BDK is starting to play mind games. Desperate to outfox the BDK, David's probe into all of the BDK's victims and that common factor suddenly leads him to a place that surprises everyone.

1.16 No More Control (season finale) The CSI's manhunt for the Blood Drop Killer--who they finally discover his true identity as Peter Bowden--is reach to new heights; as the team seek help from Dr. Black to truly understand Bowden's troubled past. However, Bowden takes his game to the next level when he starts to threaten each of the CSIs leaving David last. The team must protect one another as they try to stop Bowden before another victim appears. However, as the team do their best to learn Bowden's endgame, one of them will face mortal danger.

Season 2 (2014-2015)
2.01 Unexpected Tragedy Discovering ADA Tanya Leeson is the latest victim of the Blood Drop Killer, the CSIs decide enough is enough and now they will strike back. Faine leads a group of officers to ransack Bowden's residence while David--heartbroken over his girlfriend's murder--leads the other CSIs in a revengeful fight as they try to examine Bowden's personal life and discover someone is helping him. However, can they stop Bowden for good?

2.02 Truth Hurts As the city is still in turmoil over the death of DDA Leeson, the FBI suddenly enters the scene to take over, but Captain Pierce and Det. Faine tries to avoid a jurisdiction fight. David is forced to go on paid vacation as he thinks about the moment he almost asked Tanya to marry him, but is in pain not knowing the answer. As he thinks about it more, he sees the ghost of Tanya. Meanwhile, acting supervisor Helen and the other CSIs solve a double murder; everyone will be shocked when Dr. Black matches Bowden's burn remains--and that the remains doesn't match Bowden; now Bowden is still alive.

2.03 Un-Holy Clarabelle Forced to let go of Bowden as the FBI is taking over, the CSIs are pissed, but realize they have a job to do. The team discovers their latest victim is a case of mistaken identity and that the assassination attempt leads them to a well-known and wealthy businesswoman/philanthropist Clarabelle Granger (Diane Farr).

2.04 Anxious Axel A high school is under attacked and the CSIs are called to investigate the cause of the attack. When some of the students rally to proclaim police misconduct, the team have evidence pointing to one of the students specifically a known troublemaker, Axel Tanner (Nathan Kress). Meanwhile, David still struggles to move on from losing Tanya.

2.05 Loopyville Helen, Carlson, and Peterson probe a pharmaceutical company and the company's CE0 (Stephen Bogardus), which are both under fire when their controversial drug, Diaxdrian, is the main connection to four deaths with all of them having the same side effects before each of them died. Meanwhile, Kane and Evern suspect a elaborate dating service is a link to a slain female entrepreneur. David seeks counsel from a psychologist (Amy Pietz) if he can return to work.

2.06 Gone Maybe Gone When David finally reinstated, he and the rest of the CSIs are immediately thrown into action when they half to find a missing child, but when evidence gets diluted from a shootout against a gang. The team suspects a rising gang war has the answers they need if they hope to find the kid alive.

2.07 Restricted Access Kane's past is brought up when the team discovers their latest stabbing victim has a connection to a eight year old murder of the same M.O and Kane used to work the case. David feels Kane should lead the investigation if they believe the same killer strikes again.

2.08 Green Tops When an explosion at a green friendly factory killed about ten lives and injury twenty others, the CSIs are up to their knees to retrace the bombs and track down the bombers. However, their case gets complicated when the DEA is involved.

2.09 Conviction Service The trial of convicted serial killer Sam Dupree (Callum Keith Rennie) is approaching as Helen and Peterson who both participated in that case five years ago appear. However, when a victim shows up matching the same way how Dupree killed his victims. Helen and Peterson must resolve Dupree's case feeling there is a copycat, and the only one who could help them stop the copycat is Dupree himself. Meanwhile, Faine seeks David, Kane, and Carlson to investigate a murdered parolee, who just left prison 24 hours ago.

2.10 Speak No Evil A language barrier between the police and a Mexican gang is spawn into deadly results when the CSIs are called to investigate a deadly shootout where three officers lost their lives. However, as the team try desperately to see who killed who, the gang decides to have vengeance and the CSIs are caught in the crossfire.

2.11 The Family Ashamed The grandson of a billionaire magnate, Alexander Harris (James Naughton), is kidnapped; Faine and the team are in desperate hours to find the young boy. However, the team notice something odd and suddenly things take a shocking turn when they believe someone in the family is keeping the boy hostage for the family's patriarch's remade trust.

2.12 Dundoz in Detroit (mid-season finale) A old case that haunted David years ago in Detroit is brought back when a young female is beaten severely and she is left in a coma. David heads back to his hometown who he soon runs into Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise), who had similarities of another case back in New York. As both of them try to track down the attacker who originally fled from New York to Los Angeles and now back in Detroit.

2.13 Mis-Traced While the CSIs are handling a case of a severed foot and a partial limped body filled with gunshot and stab wounds, the tech analysts back in the lab have to work double duty to help the team id the victim. However when Beaux makes a crucial mistake that harms the process of identifying the body, Beaux and the other analysts try to redo the test before it cost them not only the case, but their jobs

2.14 The Birthday Surprise Just as the CSIs try to plan a surprise party for Det. Faine, the team is in shock to discover one of the guests they invited, Faine's former girlfriend, is found murdered nearby the dangerous neighborhood of Zuma Canyon. Desperate to learn answers, Faine go on a personal vendetta to track down the killers. Meanwhile, Faine's quest for revenge suddenly reignites David's obsession to find Bowden and get revenge for Tanya's death.

2.15 Love Potion Valentine's Day strikes the team as everyone have their own unique way to celebrate the holiday. However, a recent case sends the team to split into groups. David, Helen, and Paterson investigate a party gone bad when guests are giving bags of love potions, but the victim has a bag laced with poison; Carlson, Kane, and Evern probe the suspicious deaths of a dominatrix and one of a groomsmen at the groom's party, but not is all what it seems.

2.16 Heartaches and Heartbreaks The CSIs are perplexed when a DJ with perfect health fallen with a deadly heart attack. As they try to probe the reason if it was natural or was he murdered, they are soon questioned by the FBI when someone tried to lock horns over the Bowden case. Meanwhile, David sees Tanya once again as he starts to doubt himself of being completely fine.

2.17 Marks the Spot Trying to forget his visions of his dead girlfriend, David tries to help Paterson and Carlson as they try to probe the sudden death of a college student, who revealed to be part of a treasure hunt to find lost treasure. Faine seeks Helen and Evern's help in trying to track down a runaway female teeanger who is the prime suspect of her cracked parents' murder.

2.18 Dream of a Lifetime Helen, Evern, and Kane suspect a fantasy service could be involved in the bizarre death of a female going through hallucinations of being hunted down by an unknown group. A power outage in nearby Sylmar sends David and the others to the deaths of an elderly couple, and possibly believe their deaths and the outage aren't related.

2.19 Losing Perspective Evern's loyalty with the CSIs is questioned when her date, Omar Massu (Omid Abtahi), is soon discovered to be a terrorist and the FBI and Internal Affairs want to know if she knows anything. David and the others notice FBI and IA are talking about the murder of a young soldier who Omar might have killed. Wanting to know what is going on, the team defies jurisdiction and probe the soldier's murder themselves trying to justify if Omar did it and if Evern knew.

2.20 Music to My Ears A piano teacher is found dead with his ears cut off. As the CSIs probe his personal life, the team traces a clue to the victim's professional life as it contains a dark secret that could tie into a conspiracy within a performance arts school. And the team suspects the school director (Wendy Crewson) is holding a lot more than meets the eye.

2.21 Eighteen Shots When the team is called to probe a gun range shootout, they notice eighteen gun shells and none of them was fired by the victims. The team are in a desperate race to find out what happened in the last 72 hours while trying to track down the missing victim.

2.22 Remembrance for a Fiend After having a dream with Tanya forewarning him he needs to stop Bowden, David realizes he needs to find and stop Bowden for good. With reluctant help from the other teammates, David goes on a one-man hunt to find Bowden. However, as David believes his mission is for the right reasons, Det. Faine warns David there could be consequences. However, David feels he has to do something in order to move on.

2.23 Into Havoc (season finale) After the shocking murder of Peter Bowden, the CSIs tries to downplay it while they investigate the death of a security arms specialist and suspect someone from within the victim's security firms knows who killed him. However as they deal with the case, Capt. Pierce forewarns the team FBI isn't happy and that Internal Affairs want to investigate the team's handling of the Blood Drop Killer case. With the lab under close examination by IA Officer Brad Winters (Chris Diamantopoulos), the team treads carefully as their careers are put on the line.

Season 3 (2015-2016)
3.01 CSI on Trial (1) The team is put on trial as District Attorney Matthew Horn (Teddy Sears) and IA Officer Brad Winters (Chris Diamantopoulos) prosecute the team for murder of Peter Bowden. As the team fight back with the help of Defense Attorney Neil Stratton (Stephen Colletti) to represent them, they try to find a way to claim their innocence and believe there could be an inside job.

3.02 CSI on Trial (2) As the trial tries to break the team apart, secrets will be revealed that will devastate some of the CSIs. However, their own investigation into Bowden's death leads them with a conspiracy deep within Internal Affairs. David suspects Winters is dirty and have Faine go undercover to learn if Winters is a mole.

3.03 Wild Boys A week after the aftermath and the sudden clearing of all charges against the CSIs, the team reunite to try to solve a perplexing murder of a group of middle-aged men who witnesses tell them that they were acting like wild teenagers. Meanwhile, Paterson is still traumatized over the trial and the testimony he had to give about his troubled life.

3.04 Bedlam in the Stadium The CSIs are called to handle a deadly ruckus in Staples Center. As they try to solve the case, they realize another victim who wasn't part of the fight. Meanwhile, Helen receives a call from a man in her past.

3.05 Auto Trouble TBA

3.06 Death A Mile Away TBA

3.07 Jump TBA

3.08 There You Go, Helen TBA

3.09 Crypt-Tuck TBA

3.10 A Bad Officer and a Dangerous Gentleman TBA

3.11 Separation Anxiety TBA

3.12 Monkey See, Must Do TBA

3.13 Carry Me Home TBA

3.14 Sweet Lullaby TBA

3.15 Past Pardon TBA

3.16 Legion TBA

3.17 Missing in 60 Minutes TBA

3.18 Cut Undone TBA

3.19 Hummer Time TBA

3.20 Live and Die Young TBA

3.21 Trouble with the Cluemaster TBA

3.22 Just Say Yono (season finale) TBA

Season 4 (2016-2017)
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Season 5 (2017-2018)
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Season 6 (2018-2019)
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Season 7 (2019-2020)
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Season 8 (2020-2021)
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