Golden Parachute
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2002
A team of forensic investigators solves crimes in South Florida.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2002
A team of forensic investigators solves crimes in South Florida.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2002
Horatio launches a search for the person responsible for a bomb that killed his mentor.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2002
Fishermen find a human torso inside a tiger shark's stomach.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2002
A wealthy family uses their power and influence to distance themselves from a rape and murder investigation.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2002
A Cuban altar boy is implicated in the death of a priest.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2002
The whole team investigates the crime scene of an indoor amusement park when a young girl is found suffocated in the bathroom. They must track down the relentless man responsible for the heinous crime quicker than usual, as everyone on location has been detained until they can be cleared. What looks to be like a regular attempted kidnapping turns out to be much more than any of the detectives had bargained for.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2002
The naked body of a male stripper who performed during a private party at a Coconut Grove estate is found the next morning in a nearby rose garden, and the CSIs have difficulty determining the cause of death. Meanwhile, Megan and Eric investigate the case of a male swimmer who suddenly dropped dead from a stab wound after climbing aboard a boat seven miles out in the Atlantic.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2002
Horatio and his team must uncover the evidence in the brutal murder of an entire family in their own home. The only survivors are a blood-soaked toddler, and the father who is in surgery. The immediate assumption is that the mother is responsible—postpartum depression—but the evidence discloses a shocking, different outcome.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2002
A sniper is targeting downtown Miami and Horatio and his team must rush to stop the killer before he strikes again.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2002
Horatio, Speedle and Calleigh root through the evidence in the homicide of a strange, unorthodox college professor when they find him tortured and hung onto a tree. Their suspicions are immediately directed towards his thirteen cult-like students. Elsewhere, Delko and Megan investigate a car found in the water with a dead body in the trunk, and immediately suspect an insurance scam.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2002
The CSIs investigate the death of a young model, whose body was found near a juvenile detention camp for girls. Across town, Delko and Speedle probe the bizarre death of a man who was apparently burned from the inside. Meanwhile, unable to handle the job anymore and feeling that it reminds her of her dead husband's work, Lieutenant Donner resigns from the team for the good, leaving Horatio a note.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2003
A married man and his co-worker looking for a little extracurricular fun have their ardor drowned when they find a dead woman—a prostitute—in their bungalow, which leads to a family man who has been hiding a shady past. The team handles a car jacking in which a German tourist was killed, but the circumstances look more like murder as the wife was left unharmed after the shooting.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2003
The team investigate the manufacture of lethal drugs at mobile labs, and an elderly woman is murdered at a senior home.
Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2003
A nude man is found tied to his bed, having suffocated while he was being sexually assaulted. Concurrently, a crematorium owner is found murdered. When they investigate, they discover dozens of bodies that were never cremated.
Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2003
A mugger is found dead on the street, his neck broken. But Horatio's team has a bigger problem on their hands as during the autopsy, Alexx and Horatio realize the man was exposed to radiation. Now the team must race against time to find the man's killer before the next victim, an environmental lawyer, dies from radiation poisoning
Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2003
The team investigate a Russian immigrant who is stabbed to death. The only witness to the crime was a stripper who was performing for him.
Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2003
Before Horatio is set to testify at a murder case in which the defendant is the husband of a city councilwoman, he's given new facts that could prove the man is innocent. There is also new information which revolves around the discovery of a second victim who would match the alleged killer's profile - if the man on trial isn't guilty.
Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2003
The investigation into a drug heist offers brief glimpses into the private lives of the CSIs, whose nerves are on edge when they become suspects in the crime they are trying to solve.
Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2003
Horatio battles the FBI and U.S. Marshals as he tries to uncover why a beautiful woman was murdered poolside at a ritzy hotel. Evidence suggests it was a professional hit, and the case becomes really puzzling when the feds take an interest. Elsewhere, Calleigh confronts her dad about his drinking problem.
Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2003
Horatio is approached by a parolee he helped put away several years ago, who begs for the lawman's assistance in finding his missing teenage son. As the investigation gets underway, Horatio discovers that the boy may be planning a deadly assault. Elsewhere, Speedle becomes attracted to a sexy model who may be involved in her boyfriend's death.
Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2003
Horatio and his crew investigate the deaths of two college students who were in Miami on spring break. The first is a teen girl found dead on a beach with her neck broken and human bite marks on her legs. The second is a young man found on the bottom of a motel swimming pool who apparently died before he hit the water.
Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: May 5, 2003
Speedle and Delko are present when a trendy nightclub catches fire, apparently from a DJ's pyrotechnics display, killing 16 people and injuring dozens of others. But the ensuing investigation reveals it may have been arson to cover up a murder. Also: Horatio probes the death of a prostitute who is found dead in a judge's bathroom in his home.
Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: May 12, 2003
An explosion in a rundown barn nearly kills Horatio and his crew just after they find a dead man inside, bound with duct tape. The case gets personal for Horatio when it is discovered that the leading suspect knew his late brother. At the lab, Alexx is shocked to learn that her best friend's husband has been murdered, apparently the victim of a random shooting.
Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: May 19, 2003
The trouble begins when an inmate is stabbed to death in the prison yard. Shortly after Horatio arrives on the scene, a helicopter appears above the correctional facility. He immediately fears that the murder was a decoy to set up an escape. That's confirmed as three prisoners hop aboard the chopper and flee. As the investigation gets underway, the identities of the fugitives become known and a horrible realization sweeps over Horatio: Two of the escapees are cold-blooded killers who already have their next victims picked out.