A young boy who had disappeared a year ago turns up for sale by a child pornographer on an online auction in Cleveland.
Royce Harmon was murdered 3 months ago in a scene staged to look like a suicide. Now another murder has taken place. Whoever the killer is he has a thorough knowledge of forensics, he purposefully has left evidence, and has baffled Grissom and his team.
Sydney and Nadia learn that Sophia, the head of the orphanage that cared for Nadia as a child, was badly beaten, and when Sloane learns why she was beaten, he fears for Nadia's safety.
When a reality TV star is murdered, the CSIs investigate the show's cast, the obsessed fans, and the stars' hidden pasts.
Ben lands in a 1950s psychiatric institution, and must plan a daring escape for a young woman unjustly committed by her husband. The identity of a mole in Quantum headquarters shocks the team.