The thirteenth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on September 26, 2012, on CBS, and ended on May 15, 2013. It stars Ted Danson and Elisabeth Shue.

Plot D.B. and Finn hunt for missing Kaitlyn, while Sara convinces Nick to return to the Las Vegas Crime Lab ("Karma to Burn"), in the thirteenth season of CSI. Russell, Finlay and their team are met with the gruesome, the brutal, and the unusual, including a shootout at the CSI's favorite diner ("Code Blue Plate Special"), the murder of a runaway sex slave ("Wild Flowers"), a body in a piano ("It Was a Very Good Year"), the death of a police dog handler ("Play Dead"), the discovery of a mass grave ("CSI on Fire"), a plane crash ("Risky Business Class"), a news anchor killed on live TV ("Dead Air"), the murder of a tennis star ("Double Fault"), the murder of a Cuban singing sensation ("Exile"), a cheating scandal at a poker tournament ("Last Woman Standing"), a body near a forest reserve ("Sheltered"), a ghost hunter's murder (Ghosts of the Past) a sole witness in the form of a 6-year-old girl ("Backfire") and a body in a mud-bath ("Fearless"). Meanwhile, things get personal, as Russell's sons coach is murdered ("Pick and Roll"), a body is found on Warrick's grave ("Fallen Angels"), Brass learns more about Ellie ("Strip Maul"), NYPD Lab Director Mac Taylor heads to Las Vegas ("In Vino Veritas"), Sara became a suspect in a homicide ("Forget Me Not"). Phillips heads to a high school reunion ("Dead of the Class"), and an investigation into a series of Dante's Inferno killings bring the CSIs face-to-face with Black Sabbath ("Skin in the Game"), before jeopardizing the life of one investigator.

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Production In episode thirteen of the season, CSI staged a two-part crossover with its spin-off show CSI: NY in which Gary Sinise marked his first appearance in CSI and as his CSI: NY character Mac Taylor; cast member Ted Danson subsequently appeared in the CSI: NY portion of the story. Former cast member William Petersen also returned as Gil Grissom for voice overs in the episodes "Wild Flowers" and "Dead Air", on the phone with Sara; these appearances were uncredited. On March 20, 2013, CBS renewed CSI for a fourteenth season, which aired in September 2013.

Episodes

U.S. Nielsen ratings Episode # Title Air date 18-49Rating/Share Viewers(in millions) Rank(Week)1 Karma to Burn (Part 2) September 26, 2012 2.5/7 10.76 222 Code Blue Plate Special October 10, 2012 2.6/7 10.70 193 Wild Flowers October 17, 2012 2.3/7 10.63 164 It Was a Very Good Year October 24, 2012 2.4/6 9.95 255 Play Dead October 31, 2012 2.4/7 10.91 176 Pick and Roll November 7, 2012 2.3/6 10.33 157 Fallen Angels November 14, 2012 2.5/7 11.01 148 CSI on Fire November 21, 2012 2.4/7 10.77 129 Strip Maul November 28, 2012 2.6/7 12.11 1210 Risky Business Class December 12, 2012 2.2/6 9.592111 Dead Air January 16, 2013 2.3/6 11.141512 Double Fault January 23, 2013 2.6/711.461013 In Vino Veritas (Part 1) February 6, 2013 2.4/7 10.971314 Exile February 13, 2013 1.9/5 8.54 2215 Forget Me Not February 20, 2013 2.3/7 10.65 1516 Last Woman Standing February 27, 2013 1.9/5 9.44 1417 Dead of the Class March 20, 2013 2.3/6 10.53 818 Sheltered April 3, 2013 2.1/6 9.89 2019 Backfire April 10, 2013 2.4/7 11.11 1420 Fearless May 1, 2013 1.9/5 9.49 21 Ghosts of the Past May 8, 2013 2.2/6 9.82 22 Skin in the Game (Part 1) May 15, 2013 2.0/6 9.53

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