CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 14)

The fourteenth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on September 25, 2013 on CBS, and ended on May 7, 2014. The season stars Ted Danson and Elisabeth Shue.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Season 14
Season 14 U.S. DVD cover
Starring	Ted Danson Elisabeth Shue George Eads Jorja Fox Eric Szmanda Robert David Hall Wallace Langham David Berman Elisabeth Harnois Jon Wellner Paul Guilfoyle
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 25, 2013 – May 7, 2014
Season chronology

Production

The series's 300th episode aired during the season, with Marg Helgenberger guest starring in the landmark episode in a series of newly recorded "flashbacks" to a case that occurred in the time frame of the first season.[1] Due to the leave of absence taken by George Eads following his altercation with a writer, he appears only in the first three episodes of the season, under the pretext of receiving special training in Quantico. Eads returned in the episode "Check In and Check Out".[2] The season also introduced a redesigned title sequence.

On February 18, 2014, CBS announced plans to launch a new spin-off of the CSI franchise, tentatively titled CSI: Cyber, with a backdoor pilot episode, entitled "Kitty", that aired April 30, 2014. Inspired by producer Mary Aiken's work as a cyber-psychologist, the new series revolves around Special Agent Avery Ryan, played by Patricia Arquette,[3] who is in charge of the Cyber division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C..[4] The show was officially picked up by CBS on May 9, 2014.[5] On March 13, 2014 it was announced that CSI: Crime Scene Investigation would return for a fifteenth season, which started airing in September 2014.[6]

Plot

D.B. and Finn lead the hunt for Morgan, while Brody makes a shocking discovery that endangers her own life ("The Devil and D.B. Russell"), in the fourteenth season of CSI. Also this season the team investigate the unusual, the brutal, and the life-changing, including a casino heist ("Take the Money and Run"), a night-club fire ("Torch Song"), a contact lens discovered on a cookery show ("Last Supper"), a cold case that takes the team, and Willows, back to 2000 ("Frame by Frame"), the death of a homeless man ("Passed Pawns"), a body in a human hamster ball ("Helpless"), a stabbing at a hotel ("Check In and Check Out"), the murder of Santa ("The Lost Reindeer"), a petty crime on a plane ("Keep Calm and Carry On"), a car-crash ("Boston Brakes"), a murder in Mexico ("De Los Muertos"), and the death of a sixteen year old ("Love for Sale"). Meanwhile, Greg is accused of framing a man seven years ago ("Under a Cloud"), Sara, Morgan and Finn head to a spa ("Girls Gone Wild"), D.B. is taken hostage ("The Fallen"), the team track a cannibal ("Consumed"), and Brass has to make a decision when his daughter attempts suicide ("Dead In His Tracks"). Avery Ryan, meanwhile, heads to Las Vegas to work alongside the CSI team when a casino owner's wife is killed in a cyber-related case ("Kitty").

Cast

Changes

Paul Guilfoyle, who plays Jim Brass, left the series at the end of the 14th season.[7] Marg Helgenberger guest stars, Patricia Arquette makes her franchise debut as Avery Ryan.

Main cast

• Ted Danson as D.B. Russell, a CSI Level 3 Supervisor and the Lab Director
• Elisabeth Shue as Julie Finlay, a CSI Level 3 Assistant Supervisor
• George Eads as Nick Stokes, a CSI Level 3
• Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle, a CSI Level 3
• Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders, a CSI Level 3
• Robert David Hall as Al Robbins, the Chief Medical Examiner
• Wallace Langham as David Hodges, a Trace Technician
• David Berman as David Phillips, an Assistant Medical Examiner
• Elisabeth Harnois as Morgan Brody, a CSI Level 3
• Jon Wellner as Henry Andrews, a DNA and Toxicology Technician
• Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass, a Homicide Detective Captain

Recurring

• Marc Vann as Conrad Ecklie
• Matthew Davis as Sean Yeager
• Larry M. Mitchell as Officer Mitchell

Guest stars

• Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows
• John de Lancie as General Robert Landsdale
• Patricia Arquette as Avery Ryan
• Wolfgang Puck as himself (episode 4)
• Lea Thompson as Jennifer Rhodes (episode 7)
• Sherilyn Fenn as Madame Suzanne (episode 15)

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
296	1	"The Devil and D.B. Russell"	Alec Smight	Story by : Christopher Barbour Teleplay by : Christopher Barbour & Don McGill	September 25, 2013	9.12[8]
D.B. Russell leads the CSI team on a hunt to find Morgan and Ellie Brass following their kidnapping by a ritualistic killer in last season's end.
297	2	"Take the Money and Run"	Louis Shaw Milito	Andrew Dettmann	October 2, 2013	9.66[9]
A complex casino heist has the CSIs scratching their heads. Unexpected result of prossess from crime scene and situation of suspect makes CSI members busy to solve the case.
298	3	"Torch Song"	Brad Tanenbaum	Story by : Elizabeth Devine Teleplay by : Tom Mularz	October 9, 2013	8.82[10]
When the smoke from a nightclub fire clears away and four dead bodies are revealed, the CSI team goes looking for an amateur arsonist.
299	4	"Last Supper"	Frank Waldeck	Treena Hancock & Melissa R. Byer	October 16, 2013	9.45[11]
The hit cooking show, Elite Chef, takes on a grim new turn when a losing contestant is murdered and cooked into a tasting challenge.
300	5	"Frame by Frame"	Alec Smight	Gavin Harris	October 23, 2013	10.45[12]
It is back to the beginning for CSI's 300th episode, when the team investigates a homicide in the home of a reclusive former casino mogul who was a suspect in a similar crime in 2000. The CSI team recalls who they were and where they were in order to solve the cold case.
301	6	"Passed Pawns"	Phil Conserva	Story by : Michael F.X. Daley Teleplay by : Christopher Barbour	October 30, 2013	9.50[13]
The CSI team investigates the death of a homeless man who had a huge winning streak at a small casino.
302	7	"Under a Cloud"	Brad Tanenbaum	Elizabeth Devine & Richard Catalani	November 6, 2013	9.08[14]
The CSI team investigates a John Doe found during torrential rains in Vegas. Meanwhile, Greg Sanders is investigated and accused of framing a man for murder seven years ago.
303	8	"Helpless"	Karen Gaviola	Tom Mularz	November 13, 2013	10.47[15]
The discovery of a bludgeoned, bloody corpse inside a "human hamster ball" has the CSIs scratching their heads.
304	9	"Check In and Check Out"	Louis Shaw Milito	Andrew Dettmann	November 20, 2013	11.19[16]
The CSI team is called in to investigate the stabbing of a couple found in a local hotel room where two other violent murders took place.
305	10	"Girls Gone Wild"	Alec Smight	Melissa R. Byer & Treena Hancock	November 27, 2013	10.94[17]
A spa weekend for Sara, Finlay, and Morgan turns into a murder investigation and missing persons case when Finlay disappears, as the CSI team must piece together what happened in detail to find her.
306	11	"The Lost Reindeer"	Frank Waldeck	Gavin Harris	December 11, 2013	10.18[18]
The CSI team are brought in to investigate the death of a man dressed in a Santa costume on the front lawn of an suburban house.
307	12	"Keep Calm and Carry-On"	Brad Tanenbaum	Thomas Hoppe	January 15, 2014	10.30[19]
A petty crime aboard an inbound plane to Vegas becomes a murder investigation when one of the passengers is found dead at the end of an airport runway.
308	13	"Boston Brakes"	Eagle Egilsson	Christopher Barbour	January 22, 2014	9.47[20]
The CSIs are called to investigate a car crash and are shocked to discover the victim is someone they know.
309	14	"De Los Muertos"	Louis Shaw Milito	Story by : Richard Catalani Teleplay by : Tom Mularz	February 5, 2014	11.16[21]
The CSI team are brought in to investigate two separate murders, one involving a woman found murdered in Mexico and another of a local couple found dead in their driveway.
310	15	"Love for Sale"	Frank Waldeck	Andrew Dettmann	February 19, 2014	9.77[22]
Nick and Greg investigate the death of a 16-year-old girl with ties to a brothel.
311	16	"Killer Moves"	Alec Smight	Mary Leah Sutton	March 5, 2014	9.29[23]
The CSIs investigate the murder of an Elvis impersonator and a bird that have a bizarre connection.
312	17	"Long Road Home"	Phil Conserva	Gavin Harris	March 12, 2014	10.15[24]
The CSIs investigate the murder of a rock and roll groupie and the disappearance of a prostitute that both have ties to a mysterious band.
313	18	"Uninvited"	Brad Tanenbaum	Story by : Treena Hancock & Melissa R. Byer Teleplay by : Elizabeth Devine	March 19, 2014	10.20[25]
The CSIs are called to investigate when an entire family is reported to have been missing for a month.
314	19	"The Fallen"	Louis Shaw Milito	Deanna Shumaker	April 2, 2014	9.77[26]
D.B. Russell is taken hostage after a teenager opens fire in a police station. While D.B. try to convince the teenager boy who is occupying the police station, members of crime lab discover surprising story behind the police station.
315	20	"Consumed"	Karen Gaviola	Tom Mularz	April 9, 2014	9.11[27]
The CSIs track a cannibalistic killer and discover he's not alone. Then the story turn into confusing tales of the killer who was trying to spread the unique mythologic legend of cannibalistic crime.
316	21	"Kitty"	Eagle Egilsson	Ann Donahue & Carol Mendelsohn & Anthony E. Zuiker	April 30, 2014	9.95[28]
The CSIs investigate the cyber-related murder of a prominent casino owner’s wife and receive help from the FBI’s Cyber Crime Division.
317	22	"Dead in His Tracks"	Alec Smight	Andrew Dettmann	May 7, 2014	10.01[29]
The CSIs investigate a present-day crime with ties to a mob heist that occurred 25 years ago. Meanwhile, Brass has a decision to make when his daughter attempts suicide.

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Episode No.	Title	Air Date	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (in millions)	Rank (week)
1	The Devil and D.B. Russell (Part 2)	September 25, 2013	2.0/6[8]	9.12[8]	N/A
2	Take the Money and Run	October 2, 2013	2.1/6[9]	9.66[9]	#24[30]
3	Torch Song	October 9, 2013	1.9/5[10]	8.82[10]	#25[31]
4	Last Supper	October 16, 2013	2.0/6[11]	9.45[11]	#20[32]
5	Frame By Frame	October 23, 2013	2.1/6[12]	10.45[12]	#21[33]
6	Passed Pawns	October 30, 2013	1.7/5[13]	9.50[13]	N/A
7	Under a Cloud	November 6, 2013	1.8/5[14]	9.08[14]	N/A
8	Helpless	November 13, 2013	1.9/6[15]	10.47[15]	N/A
9	Check in and Check Out	November 20, 2013	2.1/6[16]	11.19[16]	N/A
10	Girls Gone Wild	November 27, 2013	2.0/6[17]	10.94[17]	N/A
11	Lost Reindeer	December 11, 2013	1.8/5[18]	10.18[18]	N/A
12	Keep Calm and Carry On	January 15, 2014	1.6/4[19]	10.30[19]	N/A
13	Boston Brakes	January 22, 2014	1.6/4[20]	9.47[20]	N/A
14	De Los Muertos	February 5, 2014	2.0/6[21]	11.16[21]	N/A
15	Love For Sale	February 19, 2014	2.0/6[22]	9.77[22]	N/A
16	Killer Moves	March 5, 2014	1.7/5[23]	9.29[23]	N/A
17	Long Road Home	March 12, 2014	2.0/6[24]	10.15[24]	N/A
18	Uninvited	March 19, 2014	2.0/6[25]	10.20[25]	N/A
19	The Fallen	April 2, 2014	1.8/5[26]	9.77[26]	N/A
20	Consumed	April 9, 2014	1.7/5[27]	9.11[27]	N/A
21	Kitty	April 30, 2014	1.7/5[28]	9.95[28]	N/A
22	Dead In His Tracks	May 7, 2014	1.9/6[29]	10.01[29]	N/A

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General references

• "Shows A-Z - csi on cbs". the Futon Critic. Retrieved April 8, 2012.

External links

• Official website
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation at TV.com