CSI EPISODE
The Strip Strangler
Season	1
Number	23
Writer	Ann Donahue
Director	Danny Cannon
Original Airdate	May 17, 2001

The Strip Strangler is the twenty-third episode and the season one finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

SynopsisEdit

The team is investigating the ongoing murders by a signature killer who apparently has a pretty extensive knowledge of forensics and is able to not leave any evidence at the crime scenes. Grissom becomes angry when the sheriff invites the FBI to help out with the case. Sara Sidle offers to bait the killer, which upsets Gil even more.

PlotEdit

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Main CastEdit

(Credit order)

• William Petersen as Gil Grissom
• Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows
• Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown
• George Eads as Nick Stokes
• Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle
• Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass

Recurring RolesEdit

• Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders
• Robert David Hall as Dr. Al Robbins
• Glenn Morshower as Sheriff Brian Mobley
• Skip O'Brien as Detective Ray O'Riley
• Paula Francis as News Anchor

Guest StarEdit

• Michael Cerveris as Syd Booth Goggle
• Rainn Wilson as Guy in Supermarket
• Randall Slavin as Hunter F. Baumgartner
• Gregg Henry as Special Agent Rick Culpepper
• Todd McKee as Bradley Walden
• Maureen Muldoon as Reporter Lynda Darby
• Jim Jenkins as Male TV Reporter (uncredited)
• Lisa Lefevre as Exotic Dancer (uncredited)
• Troy Martin as Corpse (uncredited)
• Nicole Randall as Eileen Jane Snow (uncredited)
• William Wantland as Extra (uncredited)

NotesEdit

• Sara Sara shows signs of Asperger's syndrome "We have ascertained that the perpetrator utilises items from the victim's domicile". Asperger's is a mild form of autism, off which that kind of stilted speech is characteristic. Grissom is also known to show signs of Asperger's.
• Brian Mobley offers Catherine the supervisor position when Grissom is put on forced leave, but she refuses.

GoofEdit

• While in the morgue investigating a dead woman, in the close up you can see the woman breathing.

See AlsoEdit

• List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes
• CSI:Crime Scene Investigation Season 1
• Category:Images from Strip Strangler