Jeffrey D. Stevens

When Langston and Nick are called in to investigate a murder at a fast-food restaurant, they soon discover they have a tricky task ahead of them when they find the evidence covered in cooking oil.

A bomb rips through the funeral of Franklin Clarke, the young cop killed by Jekyll before he was captured. As the CSIs hunt the culprit, Langston's life hangs in the balance and Nick struggles with his feelings of guilt over Franklin's death.

The team must unravel three separate confessions in order to solve the case of a young man brutally beaten and raped.

After Sara is abducted by Natalie, the `Miniature Killer', Grissom and the rest of the CSIs must search the vast desert for her. Meanwhile, Sara is trapped under Natalie's car, in danger of drowning after a thunderstorm causes a flash flood. Can Sara's friends find her in time?

Doc Robbins turns detective to solve the mysterious deaths of a number of apparently unrelated victims. Elsewhere, Riley and Greg investigate the murder of an extreme dieter. Could the other members of the victim's slimming club be involved in the crime?

Nick and Riley investigate a suspicious attack on a skydiver, and when Catherine and Greg are then called to a double murder, it seems the two cases share a surprising connection. Elsewhere, Ray struggles to solve the death of a religious fanatic in the desert.