CSI EPISODE
The Execution of Catherine Willows
Season	3
Number	6
Writer	Elizabeth Devine Carol Mendelsohn
Director	Kenneth Fink
Original Airdate	November 7, 2002

The Execution of Catherine Willows is the sixth episode of season three in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

SynopsisEdit

Fifteen years ago, Catherine helped to put John Mathers on death row for the rape and murder of a young student at a local college. On the day of his execution, he's granted a stay based on new DNA evidence. Meanwhile, Grissom, Nick and Sara are looking for a missing student, who is found murdered and left in exactly the same fashion as the women in Catherine's case.

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
• Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders
• Robert David Hall as Dr. Al Robbins
• Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass

Recurring RoleEdit

• Skip O'Brien as Detective Ray O'Riley
• Romy Rosemont as Jacqui Franco
• David Lee Smith as Cody Lewis
• David Berman as David Phillips
• Victor Bevine as John Mathers

Guest StarsEdit

• Beth Grant as Sally Roth
• Wade Williams as Mr. Reston (credited as Wade Andrew Williams)
• Wayne Pére as Painter (credited as Wayne Péré)
• Viola Davis as Attorney Campbell
• Phe Caplan as Charlene Roth
• Michael Chieffo as Tom Roth
• John Goodwin as Psychiatrist
• Nicole Hayden as Debbie Reston (credited as Nikki Danielle Moore)

Major EventsEdit

• Romy Rosemont makes her first appearance as Jacqui Franco.
• The Blue Paint Killer case is introduced for the first time in this episode, his history will concluded, two years later, in What's Eating Gilbert Grissom? on season five.

TriviaEdit

• Grissom gets uncomfortable when a suspect could be smarter than him.
• This is the first episode with a main character name on the title. The next episode will be Grissom Versus the Volcano.

See AlsoEdit

• List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes
• CSI:Crime Scene Investigation Season 3
• Category:Images from The Execution of Catherine Willows