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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - The 'F' Word
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    S1:E2

    Deb discovers what life is like for Jane as she takes on a case defending a cocktail waitress who is fired after she gains 50 lbs. Grayson and Kim represent Chad in a divorce but the only thing he wants from back from his wife is his kidney.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  2. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Blood Lust
    8.4/10(11 votes)

    S3:E9

    Distracted by an attractive passenger, an Indian taxi driver feels his cab strike something at a suburban intersection. When he gets out to check, he finds a teenage boy pinned beneath the left rear tire, apparently killed on impact. The cabbie jumps back into the taxi to call for help, but a mob of angry onlookers - all of them white - drags him out and beats him for the crime. When Grissom arrives on the scene, he discovers that the teen has been eviscerated and has stab wounds, but shows no signs of having been struck by the cab.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  3. undefined Season 3 Episode 14 - The Wannabe in the Weeds
    8.3/10(15 votes)

    S3:E14

    A wannabe singer Tommy Sour was found on a grassy location. The investigation leads Brennan, Booth, and Cam to the Checker Box Restaurant where Tommy used to sing. There are several suspects who took part in the open mike contest there, with talent scouts in the audience. The group comes together with a startling revelation for Brennan.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  4. undefined Season 5 Episode 17 - Compulsion
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    S5:E17

    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.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  5. undefined Season 5 Episode 9 - Mea Culpa
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    S5:E9

    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.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 5 - The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    S4:E5

    The pieces of a dismembered body are found lying in a purple pool of water, except the head is missing. The team finds that the body belongs to Jared Addison, a science fiction writer who had several mental problems. With Sweets' help, several suspects are hunted down, however the team has trouble finding enough evidence with the victim's head still missing.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 20 - Sounds of Silence
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    S1:E20

    Two women run over a deaf man but they didn't kill him- he was already dead. Grissom has to find out who did it and he's not getting help from the deaf man's school. Catherine and Nick investigate an apparent mob hit that leaves five dead in a coffee shop.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  8. undefined Season 6 Episode 6 - Secrets and Flies
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    S6:E6

    A 28 year-old single mother is found dead. Initially, it's believed to be a suicide, but Catherine determines she was murdered. Also, Ecklie summons Grissom to refute the testimony of an entomologist in a murder trial.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 9 - And Then There Were None
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    S2:E9

    Grissom and his team investigate a casino heist during which innocent victims were shot, while Catherine and Sara are called to the scene of a murder in a remote part of the desert.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Overload
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S2:E3

    Grissom investigates a possible suicide at a high-profile construction site. Catherine takes on a case with a teenage boy who dies while in session with his female psychologist,

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Would I Lie to You?
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E1

    Jane dreams she is in a big musical dance number, working at a food court where she is visited by judge Paula Abdul. Meanwhile, Tony represents Jane at her disbarment hearing, but the case takes a big hit when Kim testifies against Jane. But when Tony learns about Ethan, will his relationship with Jane be able to weather the shocking news?

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - A Mother's Secret
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E7

    When Deb’s mom Bobbi requests Jane’s help in a legal matter, Jane discovers Bobbi had secrets of her own while she takes on a case involving a lab technician who is accused of stealing lab secrets. Meanwhile, Kim and Grayson work on a custody case involving a dueling couples pet chimp.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  13. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Hit and Run
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S3:E1

    With Grayson in a coma, Jane represents an actor whose innocence she questions in a fatal hit-and-run. When Kim takes the case of a woman whose ex-husband lied to lure her back into bed, she goes up against her ex-boss and former boyfriend, Jay Parker.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  14. undefined Season 5 Episode 5 - A Night at the Bones Museum
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    S5:E5

    Brennan and Booth are called to investigate what appears to be charred human remains on an electrical fence. The mysterious corpse is later determined to be a mummified Egyptian royal on loan to the Jeffersonian. The anthropological mystery has Brennan in a tizzy, and when the Jeffersonian curator prepping the mummy for exhibition is murdered, the team suspects foul play. Brennan’s investigation of the curator sheds new light on the life of the Egyptian royal, turning their case into one of historic proportions. Meanwhile, Brennan goes on a date with Booth’s supervisor and former intern, and Sweets’ girlfriend Daisy Wick (guest star Gallo) returns to the Jeffersonian.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - Anatomy of a Lye
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    S2:E21

    Grissom and Sara investigate when a man's body, which has been doused with lye, is found buried in a park; Nick tries to determine how a hiker apparently drowned in a desert.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  16. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - Invisible Evidence
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    S4:E7

    Warrick's appearance at the preliminary hearing on a rape and murder case goes terribly wrong when the only piece of evidence is thrown out on a technicality. Grissom and the team have 24 hours to make the case with new evidence or the killer will go free.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  17. undefined Season 4 Episode 17 - The Salt in the Wounds
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    S4:E17

    The body of a pregnant 16-year-old athlete found buried in a mound of salt in a city de-icing truck leads Booth and Brennan to the discovery that many of her teammates are pregnant or have babies after a pregnancy pact.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  18. undefined Season 5 Episode 4 - Crow's Feet
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    S5:E4

    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.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  19. undefined Season 6 Episode 16 - Up In Smoke
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    S6:E16

    The investigation into a body found in a chimney leads the CSIs to re-open an investigation of an unsolved homicide of a female teenager named Caroline Fitzgibbons.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    S1:E1

    When beautiful-but-vapid model wannabe Deb has a fatal car accident, she suddenly finds herself in front of Heaven's gatekeeper, Fred, who declares her a self-centered "zero." Outraged, she attempts to persuade Fred to return her to her shallow existence but is accidentally relegated to the body of the recently deceased Jane Bingum. A brilliant, thoughtful and plus-size attorney with a loyal assistant, Teri, Jane has always lived in the shadow of her more comely colleagues whereas Deb has always relied on her external beauty. Now, by a twist of fate and a bolt of divine intervention, Deb must come to terms with inhabiting Jane's plus-size frame in the ultimate showdown between brains and beauty.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  21. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Death in the Saddle
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    S3:E3

    Things get kinky when Booth and Brennan follow murder clues that lead to a lodge used as an S&M retreat for "jockeys" and their "horses." Meanwhile, Angela tries hypnosis in an effort to figure out her elusive husband's name so she can finally divorce him.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  22. undefined Season 6 Episode 8 - The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    S6:E8

    Booth and Brennan’s next case leads them to a crime scene where a human carcass has literally melted into the dashboard of a charred truck. As the team investigates the case, they discover a gunshot wound in the victim, but learn that neither the fire nor the bullet was the cause of the victim’s death. Additional clues lead them to a local high school where the victim’s wife is a teacher. As a student-teacher relationship begins to surface and a pattern takes shape in the lab, the team is able to track down the murder weapon and solve the crime. Meanwhile, Sweets resists the temptation of allowing his feelings for Daisy to interfere with helping her pass a government psychological evaluation, and Hannah attempts to break the ice and warm up to Booth’s son Parker.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  23. undefined Season 6 Episode 11 - Werewolves
    7.7/10(13 votes)

    S6:E11

    The CSI team investigates the murder of a man suffering from a congenital hypertrichosis, causing him to grow excessive body hair. Elements of the case suggest a connection with a belief in werewolves. The case leads to the victim's sister, who suffers from the same disease. Because of her condition, she'd been hiding from the world, but it turns out that she's hiding facts that are vital to solving the case.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - Face Lift
    7.6/10(11 votes)

    S1:E17

    A body is found in a pottery store in what's apparently a robbery that was interrupted. Fingerprints at the scene seem to match a twenty year old kidnapping case. Sara and Warrick look into a case where a woman burned to death in her home. The woman was burned to an ash but only the chair she was in was burned, the rest of the house is fine. Sara believes they have a case of spontaneous combustion.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - Suckers
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    S4:E13

    Three little CSIs (Grissom, Sara, and Nick)respond to an electrocution at a casino. The casino is hosting Japanese antiquities. The electroctution is just a ruse to steal the central piece of the exhibit. Catherine and Warrick deal with a vampire murder.

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    Writer:Josh Berman

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Josh Berman Ratings Summary

"The 'F' Word" is the best rated episode written by Josh Berman. It scored 8.7/10 from 3 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on July 19, 2009. It is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Blood Lust".