Season 8, Episode 1: Out of Time
Original Air Date—21 September 2009
As Delko fights for his life once again, he flashes back to 1997 and the case that helped launch his career as a CSI.
Season 8, Episode 2: Hostile Takeover
Original Air Date—28 September 2009
A man desperate for justice creates a hostage situation at the Miami/Dade Police Department, and Horatio looks into his claims. One of the hostages is Jesse Cardoza, a former CSI who is returning to his old job.
Season 8, Episode 3: Bolt Action
Original Air Date—5 October 2009
A "cougar" is romantically connected to three victims who were electrocuted during a beach volleyball tournament, and the internal investigation into Calleigh and Delko comes to a conclusion.
Season 8, Episode 4: In Plane Sight
Original Air Date—12 October 2009
An investment broker who stole millions is found dead in his plane, and the investigation reveals no shortage of people who wanted to kill him--but none of the money he stole.
Season 8, Episode 5: Bad Seed
Original Air Date—19 October 2009
While investigating an e. coli-related death, the team finds itself stonewalled by a powerful corporate interest, and the case takes a serious emotional toll on Delko.
Season 8, Episode 6: Dude, Where's My Groom?
Original Air Date—2 November 2009
Two groomsmen are found handcuffed together in a fountain and covered with blood. The groom is also missing, but does the blood belong to him?
Season 8, Episode 7: Bone Voyage
Original Air Date—9 November 2009
Horatio Caine calls Las Vegas CSI Dr. Ray Langston to come to Miami when a severed leg found in the Everglades is discovered to belong to a girl who went missing in Las Vegas a week earlier.
Season 8, Episode 8: Point of Impact
Original Air Date—16 November 2009
The team investigates the scene of a fatal auto accident, but struggle to determine who was ultimately responsible and who was behind the wheel.
Season 8, Episode 9: Kill Clause
Original Air Date—23 November 2009
The team suspects that a company is killing its employees in order to collect on the insurance policies it put out on them, and a mysterious woman from Jesse's past returns.
Season 8, Episode 10: Count Me Out
Original Air Date—7 December 2009
The team finds the body of a dead census report taker in the trunk of a car, and the investigation takes a dangerous turn when it leads Wolfe and Boa Vista to a booby-trapped meth lab in an abandoned foreclosed home.
Season 8, Episode 11: Delko for the Defense
Original Air Date—14 December 2009
The team discovers that Delko is working for an attorney defending a homeless man accused of raping and killing a wealthy woman.
Season 8, Episode 12: Show Stopper
Original Air Date—11 January 2010
When America's sweetheart, Phoebe Nichols, bursts into flames during a concert, the CSIs expose the dark side of pop stardom.
Season 8, Episode 13: Die by the Sword
Original Air Date—18 January 2010
A man is chopped in half, and the lab tries to tie the case to a Japanese mobster, who seeks custody of his biological son, who was adopted by the victim. Meanwhile, Natalia's hearing loss nearly makes her a victim during the investigation.
Season 8, Episode 14: In the Wind
Original Air Date—1 February 2010
The CSIs have 24 hours to find out if a man on death row is truly guilty, and Eric Delko returns to work the case.
Season 8, Episode 15: Miami, We Have a Problem
Original Air Date—8 February 2010
A dead body falls from the sky, and the team discovers that he had been a passenger on a private commercial space flight.
Season 8, Episode 16: L.A.
Original Air Date—1 March 2010
A pornographer who was acquitted in Los Angeles for the murder of his wife is suspected of killing anther woman in Miami. Horatio and Delko travel to L.A. to further the investigation--and clear Jesse's Cardoza's name.
Season 8, Episode 17: Getting Axed
Original Air Date—8 March 2010
An office receptionist is killed with an ax at her workplace, and the team discovers that several employees held grudges against her, as well as a surprising tragic secret from her past.
Season 8, Episode 18: Dishonor
Original Air Date—22 March 2010
An Iranian man is burned to death. The prime suspects include Horatio's son Kyle's army buddy Brian, who is on military furlough, as well as Brian's girlfriend. who was the victim's daughter.
Season 8, Episode 19: Spring Breakdown
Original Air Date—12 April 2010
Spring Break raises the body count in Miami when the CSI team splits up to solve three different murders.
Season 8, Episode 20: Backfire
Original Air Date—19 April 2010
While CSI tries to figure out who and what caused a fatal house fire, Calleigh communicates with the victim and searches for clues by means of an out-of-body experience while in a coma.
Season 8, Episode 21: Meltdown
Original Air Date—3 May 2010
While investigating a murder that takes place during a diamond heist, the team discovers that the culprits weren't after the diamonds. Meanwhile, a package of diamonds is stolen from the evidence box at the crime lab.
Season 8, Episode 22: Mommie Deadest
Original Air Date—10 May 2010
When a suburban soccer mom is murdered, the CSIs uncover her family's dark past, while Delko continues his undercover mission.
Season 8, Episode 23: Time Bomb
Original Air Date—17 May 2010
The state's attorney Delko has been working with is killed by a car bomb. The car was stolen from Evidence just like the diamonds from the earlier case, and the evidence soon leads back to Wolfe.
Season 8, Episode 24: All Fall Down
Original Air Date—24 May 2010
Horatio suspects that a disgraced graduate psychology student is killing the people who caused her to fail, and is leaving cryptic messages for the crime lab. However, could it actually be part of an even more sinister plan?