CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Chasing the Bus
TV Flash files “Chasing the Bus” as hour 41 of 337 in the TV Flash guide — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015) on CBS, season 2, episode 18, aired 2002-03-28, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E18: listed hour 41 of 337 in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guide, hour 18 of 23 in season 2. It aired 2002-03-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Felonius Monk” (S02E17). Next is “Stalker” (S02E19).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A bus carrying 23 passengers from Los Angeles to Las Vegas crashes less than 40 miles from its destination, killing nine people. Before he dies, the driver recalls that, moments before the wreck, the steering wheel began vibrating like a jackhammer in his hands, making it impossible for him to control the speeding vehicle. When the bus finally did come to a stop, it was on its right side on top of a sports car that was following it. At the scene, the CSIs discover that a recent parolee was on the bus, but is now unaccounted for---and that there's evidence of foul play.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chasing the Bus sit in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guide?
S02E18 is listed hour 41 of 337 — hour 18 of 23 in season 2, season 2 episode 18.
When did CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S02E18 air?
Chasing the Bus aired 2002-03-28 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I start with Las Vegas CSI or a spinoff?
The original Las Vegas series is the mothership — stylish forensics as nightclub cinema. Miami, NY, and Cyber are franchise mitosis, not the first language.
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Why this series still plays
Las Vegas criminalists solve murders with stylish science that made lab work look like nightclub cinema. Anthony E. Zuiker's CBS hit turned the who into the how, spawned a franchise mitosis machine, and put the "CSI effect" into real courtroom talk. 2000s procedural TV as global brand architecture.
The first useful image is glass, not a confession. Las Vegas criminalists solve murders with stylish science, moody lighting, and forensic close-ups that made lab work look like nightclub cinema. Anthony E. Zuiker's CBS series premiered October 6, 2000; the original Las Vegas run lasted through 2015, with a later revival limited series. William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger anchored early years of sunglasses, evidence, and gravitas beside George Eads, Jorja Fox, Paul Guilfoyle, and Eric Szmanda. The show turned…
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