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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 8)
Season 8
Starring
  • William Petersen
  • Marg Helgenberger
  • Gary Dourdan
  • George Eads
  • Jorja Fox
  • Eric Szmanda
  • Robert David Hall
  • Wallace Langham
  • Paul Guilfoyle
No. of episodes17
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 27, 2007 (2007-09-27) –
May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)
Season chronology
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Season 7
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Season 9
List of episodes

The eighth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 27, 2007 and ended May 15, 2008. The season stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger.

Plot

As the CSIs race to save one of their own ("Dead Doll"), Sara makes a life changing decision ("Goodbye and Good Luck"), and one investigator falls ("For Gedda"), in the eighth season of CSI. Grissom, Willows and their team investigate a decapitation ("A La Cart"), a demonic possession ("Go to Hell"), the death of a hermaphrodite ("The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp"), the murder of a slasher actress ("The Chick Chop Flick Shop"), and a kidnapping that brings New York's top FBI agent to Las Vegas ("Who and What"). Meanwhile, Catherine finds herself affected by the death of a three-year old ("A Thousand Days on Earth"), and the death of a difficult TV star leads Brass and Grissom to Hollywood ("Two and a Half Deaths").

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

2

Guest cast

[episode needed]

Cameo appearances

[episode needed]

Changes

Louise Lombard departed the cast after the first episode of the season, while Jorja Fox signed on for only the first seven episodes. This is the final full season to star Gary Dourdan and William Petersen, and the last season to feature every original main cast member in a starring role. Wallace Langham joined the main cast.

Production

Only 11 episodes had been completed and aired before the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike. Only six more episodes were made after the strike, for a total of only 17 episodes. Some international broadcasters only showed the first part of the crossover "Who and What" because Without a Trace did not air (or aired older seasons) at the time.

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1661"Dead Doll"Kenneth FinkStory by: Naren Shankar
Teleplay by: Allen MacDonald & Dustin Lee Abraham
September 27, 2007 (2007-09-27)25.22[1]
1672"A La Cart"Richard J. LewisSarah Goldfinger & Richard CatalaniOctober 4, 2007 (2007-10-04)20.97[2]
1683"Go to Hell"Jeffrey HuntDouglas PetrieOctober 11, 2007 (2007-10-11)19.79[3]
1694"The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp"Alec SmightDavid Rambo & Jacqueline HoytOctober 18, 2007 (2007-10-18)21.22[4]
1705"The Chick Chop Flick Shop"Richard J. LewisEvan DunskyNovember 1, 2007 (2007-11-01)19.06[5]
1716"Who & What"Danny CannonStory by: Carol Mendelsohn & Naren Shanker
Teleplay by: Richard Catalani & Danny Cannon
November 8, 2007 (2007-11-08)21.94[6]
1727"Goodbye & Good Luck"Kenneth FinkStory by: Sarah Goldfinger & Allen MacDonald
Teleplay by: Allen MacDonald & Naren Shankar
November 15, 2007 (2007-11-15)21.37[7]
1738"You Kill Me"Paris BarclayStory by: Sarah Goldfinger & Naren Shankar
Teleplay by: Naren Shankar & Douglas Petrie
November 22, 2007 (2007-11-22)14.75[8]
1749"Cockroaches"William FriedkinDustin Lee AbrahamDecember 6, 2007 (2007-12-06)18.80[9]
17510"Lying Down With Dogs"Michael SlovisChristopher Barbour & Michael F.X. DaleyDecember 13, 2007 (2007-12-13)19.87[10]
17611"Bull"Richard J. LewisStory by: Steven Felder & David Rambo
Teleplay by: David Rambo
January 10, 2008 (2008-01-10)18.18[11]
17712"Grissom's Divine Comedy"Richard J. LewisStory by: Jacqueline Hoyt & Carol Mendelsohn
Teleplay by: Jacqueline Hoyt
April 3, 2008 (2008-04-03)20.58[12]
17813"A Thousand Days on Earth"Kenneth FinkEvan DunskyApril 10, 2008 (2008-04-10)20.09[13]
17914"Drops Out"Jeffrey HuntStory by: Dustin Lee Abraham & Naren Shankar
Teleplay by: Dustin Lee Abraham & Allen MacDonald
April 24, 2008 (2008-04-24)17.02[14]
18015"The Theory of Everything"Christopher LeitchStory by: Carol Mendelsohn & David Rambo
Teleplay by: Douglas Petrie & David Rambo
May 1, 2008 (2008-05-01)18.01[15]
18116"Two and a Half Deaths"Alec SmightChuck Lorre & Lee AronsohnMay 8, 2008 (2008-05-08)18.07[16]
18217"For Gedda"Kenneth FinkStory by: Dustin Lee Abraham & Kenneth Fink
Teleplay by: Dustin Lee Abraham & Richard Catalani
May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)18.06[17]

See also

References

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