CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Play with Fire
TV Flash files “Play with Fire” as hour 68 of 337 in the TV Flash guide — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015) on CBS, season 3, episode 22, aired 2003-05-08, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E22: listed hour 68 of 337 in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guide, hour 22 of 23 in season 3. It aired 2003-05-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Forever” (S03E21). Next is “Inside the Box” (S03E23).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Grissom, Sara, and Nick investigate the murder of a woman in the press box of a high school stadium. They arrive less than an hour after the woman's death. Catherine and Warrick try to determine the cause of an explosion in the DNA lab of CSI that seriously injures a lab tech. The personal lives of our characters come into play in this episode.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Play with Fire sit in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guide?
S03E22 is listed hour 68 of 337 — hour 22 of 23 in season 3, season 3 episode 22.
When did CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S03E22 air?
Play with Fire aired 2003-05-08 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.
In the series
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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- Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle
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- Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass
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