CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Season 5
Paramount Pictures (2004)
TV Series  /  Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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IMDB   7.7
1088 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Robert David Hall Al Robbins
William L. Petersen Gil Grissom
Paul Guilfoyle Jim Brass
Marg Helgenberger Catherine Willows
Gary Dourdan Warrick Brown
Jorja Fox Sara Sidle
George Eads Nick Stokes
Eric Szmanda Greg Sanders
David Berman David Phillips
Wallace Langham David Hodges
Aisha Tyler Mia Dickerson
Marc Vann Conrad Ecklie
Alex Carter Detective Vartann
Louise Lombard Sofia Curtis
Archie Kao Archie Johnson
Joseph Patrick Kelly Officer Joe Metcalf
James Patrick Stuart Attorney Adam Matthews
José Zúñiga Detective Chris Cavaliere
Larry Sullivan Officer Andy Akers
Jason Segel Neil Jansen
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Bill Eagles
Terrence O'Hara
David Grossman
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer
Danny Cannon
Anthony E. Zuiker
Josh Berman
Writer Quentin Tarantino
Danny Cannon
Jerry Stahl
Anthony E. Zuiker
Cinematography Michael Slovis
Frank Byers
Nathan Hope
Eliot Rockett
Musician John M. Keane


CSI is an innovative, new type of crime drama in which the characters use cutting-edge forensic tools to examine the evidence to solve the case. Rather than a 'whodunnit' cop show (investigating witnesses/suspects), CSI explores the 'howdunnit'. CSI has been the number one scripted series in the Nielsen ratings for three years running. CSI is now in its tenth amazing season.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/23/2004  1.  Viva Las Vegas
A wild night in Las Vegas has the CSIs simultaneously investigating four fatalities. Greg Sanders' first day in the field has him assisting Grissom's investigation of a fatal nightclub shooting. Meanwhile, Catherine probes into the death of a stripper fou
Director:  Danny Cannon  Writer:  Danny Cannon  / Carol Mendelsohn 
Guest starring:  French StewartReiko AylesworthNicholas LeaJonathan Penner, Jose Zuniga, Scott Klace, Marina Black, William Allison, J. C. Brandy, Ji Tu Cumbuka, Allen Fawcett, Michelle Haner, Jasmine Jonas, Justin Kennedy, Stacey Linde,  Tony Amendola, Terrell Tilford, John L. Adam
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/7/2004  2.  Down the Drain
Heavy rains in Vegas wash up a body in the storm drains. As the team investigates, they find bones from another murder.
Director:  Kenneth Fink  Writer:  Naren Shankar 
Guest starring:  Brent Briscoe, Scott Lincoln, Michael Dempsey,  Lennie Loftin, Cristine Rose,  Jesse PlemonsGigi Rice, Alec Plotkin, Jack Carter,  Steve Monroe
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/14/2004  3.  Harvest
A child is abducted. As the Amber Alert goes out, the entire team investigates in a race against time. Lindsay Willows is found hitchiking to the alarm of Catherine.
Director:  David Grossman  Writer:  Judith McCreary 
Guest starring:  Thomas Dekker, DB Woodside,  Ramon De Ocampo, Jeremy Kent Jackson,  America FerreraPaul GanusMelissa Leo, Carlos Gomez, Jodi Carlisle
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/21/2004  4.  Crow's Feet
A woman is found dead in a hotel suite with symptoms of the ebola virus. Another woman is found dead with similar symptoms. Catherine and Nick investigate. Sara and Greg with help from Grissom try to determine how a the owner of a home was killed. His home was tented for infestation.
Director:  Richard J. Lewis  Writer:  Josh Berman 
Guest starring:  Larry Sullivan, David Anders, Steve Brand, A.J. Buckley, Corey Mendell Parker, Brad Hunt, Larry Joshua, Eyal Podell,  James Patrick Stuart, David Teitelbaum, Nicholl Hiren, Bunnie Rivera
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/28/2004  5.  Swap Meet
Grissom and Sara investigate the murder of a woman after a swap party. The married couples in the neighborhood meet and switch partners. With the help of a crime scene cleaner, Nick and Warrick find there was more to their crime scene than they first thought. Catherine wants a promotion to day shift supervisor.
Director:  Danny Cannon  Writer:  Carol Mendelsohn  / Naren Shankar  / David Rambo 
Guest starring:  Jose Zuniga,  Pruitt Taylor Vince, Pam Green, Robert Curtis Brown, Danielle Savre, Ed Quinn,  Dina Meyer, Dedee Pfeiffer,  Doug Savant, Penelope Alexis, Ted Mattison, Amy Benedict, James DiStefano,  Henri Lubatti, Erin Spencer,  James Patrick Stuart, Tammi Land, Doug Woodbury
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/4/2004  6.  What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?
The killer from The Execution of Catherine Willows returns with deadly results. The entire team is engaged in a race against time to stop this sadistic killer from succeeding again. Grissom is additionally distraught by the idea that this killer is smarter than he is.
Director:  Kenneth Fink  Writer:  Sarah Goldfinger 
Guest starring:  David Lee Smith,  Harriet Sansom Harris, Brian Catalano,  Ron Perkins, Ty Upshaw,  Paul Ganus, Patrick Levis,  Clark Duke, Kris Palm,  Corey Stoll, Jim Jenkins, Kitty Swink,  Summer Glau, John Cabrera, April Bowlby,  Taylor Nichols, Max Van Ville,  Victor Bevine, Steele Justiss, L
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/11/2004  7.  Formalities
Grissom is called to a murder of a 17-year-old in a casino penthouse. Sophia Curtis (Louise Lombard) joins him in his research, she normally works in the day-shift. The entire team gets involved when its discovered that a kiddnapping took place along with the murder.
Director:  Bill Eagles  Writer:  Naren Shankar  / Dustin Lee Abrahams 
Guest starring:  Seth GabelXander BerkeleyJonathan Banks, Mike Erwin,  Matthew CareyKate MaraAdrianne PalickiKevin CooneyEric LangeJon Tenney, Danica Stewart
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/18/2004  8.  Ch-Ch-Changes
A woman who was pulled over by police is found murdered two miles up the road from the stop. It's not long before Robbins determines that the woman is, genetically speaking, not a woman.
Director:  Richard J. Lewis  Writer:  Jerry Stahl 
Guest starring:  Lindsay Crouse, Kate Walsh, Don McManus, Katy Selverstone,  Sam AndersonRaphael Sbarge, Sarah Buxton, Kevin Fry-Bowers, Jazzmun, Kelly Mantle, Savannah Ajar, Brian Beacock, Marci Bowers,  Peter Breitmayer, Deprise Brescia, Cassandra Cass, Bijoux Deluxe, Amber Lee hardin
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/25/2004  9.  Mea Culpa
Grissom is confronted with new evidence while on the stand of a murder trial of a restaurant owner. This development requires the reopening of the case and Eckley initiates an inquiry into Grissom and his team. The results of the inquiry lead to dramatic changes of the CSI team and the series.
Director:  David Grossman  / Josh Berman  / Carol Mendelsohn  Writer:  Josh Berman 
Guest starring:  Terry BozemanJohn LacyNana VisitorBobby HoseaJason Segel, Tina Lifford, Erik Jensen,  Jason London
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/9/2004  10.  No Humans Involved
Grissom and his team investigate the starving death of a five year old boy. They discover the boy has siblings who are in danger too. Catherine and her team determine who killed a prisoner in a holding cell brawl.
Director:  Rob Bailey  Writer:  Judith McCreary 
Guest starring:  Russell WongMae WhitmanRusty Schwimmer, Lobo Sebastian,  Alexis Cruz, Michael Bryan French, Walker Howard, Carla Renata,  Lily Knight, Mo, Miguel Najera, Blake Hightower, Logan Atkinson, Darien Smalling, Robert Mukes, Damani Roberts, Chris Villa, Dylan Bell, Antonio Leo
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/6/2005  11.  Who Shot Sherlock?
Greg, for his final proficiency, has to determine how the Sherlock Holmes of a Sherlock Holmes club was killed. Nick and Warrick try to determine how the driver of jeep was killed when the car ran off the road. They have to do this under budget while Catherine is watched by Ecklie.
Director:  Kenneth Fink  Writer:  David Rambo  / Richard Catalani 
Guest starring:  Jose Zuniga,  Ted Rooney, Rod McLachlan, Sebastian Roché, Catherine Dent,  Lisa Waltz, Steve Heinze,  John Krasinski, Gus Buktenica
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/13/2005  12.  Snakes
The swing shift has a busy time. Warrick looks into the murder of man by someone who apparently needs a wheelchair. Nick looks into the murder of woman in the subculture of the narcocorrido, songs about drug murders. The night shift is slow and lends help to Catherine's team.
Director:  Richard J. Lewis  Writer:  Dustin Lee Abraham 
Guest starring:  Doan Ly,  Geoffrey RivasMichael Pena, Yancey Arias, Joe Nieves,  Miguel PerezTony PlanaVernee Watson-JohnsonGeorge MurdockAnna Berger, Reid Scott, Chris Flanders, David Correia, Julian Rodriguez, Benjamin Burdick,  Ken Weiler, Daniel Wisler, Chad E. Donella
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/3/2005  13.  Nesting Dolls
Catherine, Warrick and Nick find the body of two women at a construction site buried under tar.The swing swift are brought into the world of foreign ""mail-order"" brides. Sara and Catherine have a disputer in which Sara gets suspended by Ecklie for acting insubordinate toward Catherine and himself. Sara opens up to Grissom about her childhood past.
Director:  Bill Eagles  Writer:  Sarah Goldfinger 
Guest starring:  Zeljko Ivanek, Natasha Alam, Justin Louis,  Lisa Thornhill, Misha Collins,  Wallace Langham, Bill Dearth,  Ben Reed, Taneka Johnson, Christina Stacy, Sanya Mateyas
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/10/2005  14.  Unbearable
Grissom, Sofia, Sara and Greg investigate the disappearance of a woman coming home from a night out with a friend, her abandoned car found on the edge of a highway. Catherine, Warrick and Nick investigate the deaths of a hunter and his prey, a Kodiak bear.
Director:  Kenneth Fink  Writer:  Josh Berman  / Carol Mendelsohn 
Guest starring:  Forbes March,  Meredith Scott Lynn, Sara Foster
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/17/2005  15.  King Baby
When a major Las Vegas player is found dead, Ecklie orders both teams to investigate the case. The man who had secrets on everyone in Vegas had a very big one of his own.
Director:  Richard J. Lewis  Writer:  Jerry Stahl 
Guest starring:  Wendi Malick, Susan Ward,  Mark Derwin, Lyle Kanouse,  Edie McClurg, Saida Pagan, Tom Warden,  Tony DenisonNan MartinGreg EllisValerie WildmanAndy Buckley
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/24/2005  16.  Big Middle
Catherine, Nick, and Warrick investigate a badly mutilated body in the woods. The cause of death was a shotgun blast. Nearby is a beaver dam made in part with cash. Grissom, Sarah, and Nick try to determine how a man was killed in a hotel room. It leads them to a convention of big women.
Director:  Bill Eagles  / Dustin Lee Abraham  Writer:  Naren Shankar  / Judith McCreary 
Guest starring:  Michael Edwin, Steve Lawrence,  Debra ChristoffersonKinna McInroe, Tara Karsian,  Melora HardinPatrick Kilpatrick, John Furey, Craig Saslow
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/10/2005  17.  Compulsion
A serial killer strikes again, and the CSI team tries new technology using evidence from a prior killing. They find a fingerprint belonging to Jesse Acheson, who becomes the prime suspect. A boy confesses to the killing of his brother, but evidence suggests that he may not have committed the crime.
Director:  Duane Clark  Writer:  Josh Berman  / Richard Catalani 
Guest starring:  Wil WheatonLee TergesenStephen Baldwin, David Newsom, Diane DiLascio, Tamara Clatterbuck,  Jason Segel, Jose Zuniga, Tina Lifford,  James Patrick Stuart, Russell Sams,  Cleo King, Andy Gobienko, Erin Matthews,  Larry Sullivan
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/31/2005  18.  Spark of Life
Grissom, Sara, and Nick investigate a wildfire that killed one man and badly burned a woman. Catherine, Nick, and Warrick get the case of a family of three murdered in their home.
Director:  Kenneth Fink  Writer:  Allen MacDonald 
Guest starring:  Justin Kirk, Lina Patel,  Lennie Loftin, Michael Bryan French,  Terry BozemanTim DeKayHeather McComb, Jeffrey Johnson, Anna Lumarque, Aimee Miles, Daylia Wallace, Alex Wexo
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/14/2005  19.  4 x 4
One night, four cases. Grissom and Brass get a stolen hummer and a taco stand. Warrick gets a dead car show girl. Sara and Greg get a dead bodybuilder. Nick gets a dead boy found on a bench.
Director:  Terrence O'Hara  / Naren Shankar  / Sarah Goldfinger  Writer:  David Rambo  / Dustin Lee Abraham 
Guest starring:  Lauren C. Mayhew,  Alex CarterRomy Rosemont, Reni Santoni, Mandy Musgrave, Cerina Vincent, Scottie Epstein,  Pat Healy, Jose Zuniga,  Chauncey LeopardiRobert Cicchini, Neil Hopkins, Shane Haboucha, Clement E. Blake,  Debra Wilson, Patricia Bethune,  Michael P. Byrne, J. M
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/21/2005  20.  Hollywood Brass
Brass travels to Hollywood, California to try to track down his estranged daughter's friend, meanwhile trying to rekindle some kind of relationship with her.
Director:  Bill Eagles  Writer:  Carol Mendelsohn  / Sarah Goldfinger 
Guest starring:  Don Dowe, Lindsay Beamish, Joel Polis, Teal Redmann,  Matthew GlaveDonna Murphy, Richard Gross, Molly McDowell,  Nick SearcyMichael K. WilliamsJohnny Sneed, Karina Logue, Brian Leckner,  Eric Allan Kramer, John Wynn
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/28/2005  21.  Committed
Grissom and Sara investigate the murder of a mental-hospital patient and quickly narrow down the suspects to a handful of other patients and staff members.
Director:  Richard J. Lewis  / Sarah Goldfinger  / Uttam Narsu  Writer:  Richard J. Lewis 
Guest starring:  Robin WeigertAnnie CorleyJames Badge Dale, Jon Huertas, David Bowe,  Christian ClemensonKristoffer Ryan Winters, Jason Mattthew Smith,  Chris Williams, Allan Kolman,  Michael Reid MacKayZitto Kazann, Monique Edwards, Harry Perry, Richard Wharton
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/5/2005  22.  Weeping Willows
A man (Alan Rosenberg) whom Catherine flirted with at a bar reappears in her life as a suspect in a murder investigation.
Director:  Kenneth Fink  Writer:  Areanne Lloyd 
Guest starring:  Aisha TylerAnita Gillette
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/12/2005  23.  Iced
Two amorous freshmen are found dead on a sleeping bag in a dorm room, and Sara and Greg run into one dead end after another as they try to determine why the students were killed. Warrick, Nick and Catherine figure out how a man is found dead in the center of a crop circle. Ecklie is called into duty for a man found dead in his car and his body later goes missing.
Director:  Richard J. Lewis  Writer:  Josh Berman 
Guest starring:  Alexandra Lydon,  Casey Biggs
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/19/2005  24.  Grave Danger (1)
The CSI teams come together to save one of their own when they learn one team member has been kidnapped and buried alive, and now they must find him before he suffocates under five feet of dirt.
Director:  Quentin Tarantino  Writer:  Anthony E. Zuiker  / Carol Mendelsohn  / Naren Shankar 
Guest starring:  Andrew Prine (Bill Stokes), Aimee Graham (Kelly Gordon), Stephanie Hazlett-Gregg (Young Woman #2), Shannon Hazlett (Young Woman #1),  Tony Curtis
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/19/2005  25.  Grave Danger (2)
The CSI teams come together to save one of their own when they learn one team member has been kidnapped and buried alive, and now they must find him before he suffocates under five feet of dirt.
Director:  Quentin Tarantino  Writer:  Anthony E. Zuiker  / Carol Mendelsohn  / Naren Shankar 
Guest starring:  Aisha Tyler, Andrew Prine, Aimee Graham,  Marc VannArchie KaoDavid Berman, Wayne Wilderson,  Dan Martin
Edition Details
Edition The Complete Fifth Season
Series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Distributor Paramount
Release Date 11/29/2005
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (16:9, Anamorphic)
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Commentary [English]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [Spanish]
Layers Dual Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 7

Features
Disc 01 Director's Commentary Production Notes"The Making of..." Documentary