January 30, 2003
"Random Acts of Violence"
Warrick is the focus of this intense hour in which he allows emotion to trump evidence when he investigates a drive-by shooting in his old neighborhood.

Gunfire rips through the house of Warrick's former mentor (Keith David), who runs a recreational center, killing his 9-year-old daughter in her bedroom. Officers believe the actual target was a white teen who was dropping off his black girlfriend next door. When a suspect is nabbed with the murder weapon, a vengeful Warrick is certain the man is guilty — an assumption that leads to even more violence. Across town, Nick probes the death of a highly disliked worker who's found in a computer room with a crushed skull.

February 6, 2003
"One Hit Wonder"
Catherine tries to track down a sexual predator who breaks into single women's apartments and terrorizes them. Meanwhile, Sara reopens a cold case in which a colleague's husband was murdered, but the killer was never caught. Also: Grissom's hearing further deteriorates.

February 13, 2003
"Lady Heather's Box"
Two cases get very personal for Grissom and Catherine in this pivotal 90-minute episode. In the first, Grissom discovers that the murders of a party guest at a nightclub and a man who was working out in his apartment are related. The deaths were similar and both victims were employees of Lady Heather (Melinda Clarke), a dominatrix who penetrates Grissom's cold exterior to reveal his vulnerability. The second case involves Catherine's ex-husband, Eddie (Timothy Carhart), who vanishes after his car crashes while he's traveling with their daughter. Sara leads the investigation, but Catherine quickly becomes displeased with the way it's being handled.

February 20, 2003
"Lucky Strike"
The 5-year-old son of a professional basketball player is kidnapped while his father is at a casino, and a $5 million ransom is demanded. Elsewhere, Grissom and Nick investigate when a man with a wooden stake lodged in the back of his head stumbles out of his car and dies.

February 21, 2003 (SPECIAL DAY AND TIME 10:00) (Repeat)
"The Finger"
Catherine is ordered by a kidnapper to accompany a man who is to deliver $1 million in ransom to him or else he will kill the man's mistress.

February 27, 2003
"Abra Cadaver" (Repeat)
The strange worlds of magic and rock music are explored in this creepy episode. Grissom investigates when a woman vanishes while taking part in a magician's act. The female volunteer is placed inside the Amazing Zephyr's "Chamber of Doom" and the illusionist (Tom Noonan) thrusts swords through the box. When it's opened, she's gone — and doesn't reappear in her seat as she's supposed to. Only traces of blood are left inside the chamber. Clues lead the CSIs to an eerie, decrepit mansion filled with secrets. Elsewhere, a rock star's death on a band bus appears to be the result of an overdose, but Catherine uncovers evidence that points to murder.