CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The End Game
TV Flash files “The End Game” as the last listed hour of season 15 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015) on CBS, season 15, episode 18, aired 2015-02-15, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E18: listed hour 335 of 337 in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guide, last listed hour of season 15. It aired 2015-02-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Under My Skin” (S15E17). Next is “Immortality (1)” (S16E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Season 15 ends with a final showdown between the CSIs and the Gig Harbor killer, whose motives are revealed. Meanwhile, Nick Stokes makes a decision that affects the team moving forward.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The End Game sit in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guide?
S15E18 is listed hour 335 of 337 — last listed hour of season 15, season 15 episode 18.
When did CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S15E18 air?
The End Game aired 2015-02-15 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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- Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass
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