All episodes Season 4 S04E18 2004-04-01 60 min 2000s CBS

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Bad to the Bone

TV Flash files “Bad to the Bone” as hour 87 of 337 in the TV Flash guide — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015) on CBS, season 4, episode 18, aired 2004-04-01, 60 min.

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This leaf is S04E18: listed hour 87 of 337 in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guide, hour 18 of 23 in season 4. It aired 2004-04-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “XX” (S04E17). Next is “Bad Words” (S04E19).

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Bad to the Bone (S04E18)

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A violent murder in a casino parking garage and another episode in the police interview room lead the CSIs to one shocking discovery after another. The case involves a missing woman, a long dead body and a missing child.

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Where does Bad to the Bone sit in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guide?

S04E18 is listed hour 87 of 337 — hour 18 of 23 in season 4, season 4 episode 18.

When did CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S04E18 air?

Bad to the Bone aired 2004-04-01 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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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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