Episode Ratings Grid

Every episode at a glance, color-coded by rating. Rows are episode numbers within each season, columns are seasons.

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S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
E1
7.4
7.4
7.1
7.8
7.7
7.8
7.7
8.3
7.6
E2
7.2
7.4
7.6
7.4
7.6
7.7
7.8
7.3
7.8
E3
7.3
7.3
7.1
7.7
7.9
7.7
7.6
7.6
7.3
E4
7.0
7.2
8.0
7.3
7.6
7.8
7.2
7.6
7.5
E5
7.0
7.2
7.2
7.5
7.7
7.1
7.2
7.5
7.7
E6
7.1
7.1
7.3
7.5
7.8
7.4
7.5
7.4
7.3
E7
7.2
7.9
7.1
7.3
7.3
7.7
7.4
7.5
7.6
E8
6.9
7.4
7.5
7.3
7.8
7.9
7.5
7.7
7.6
E9
7.2
7.3
7.7
7.8
7.8
8.1
7.9
8.0
7.4
E10
7.4
7.1
7.3
8.1
7.7
8.6
7.5
7.4
7.5
E11
7.3
7.5
7.8
7.6
7.6
7.7
7.3
7.2
7.7
E12
7.0
7.0
7.6
7.3
7.8
7.7
7.2
7.5
7.9
E13
7.3
7.1
6.9
7.3
7.5
7.3
7.5
7.5
7.6
E14
7.3
7.1
7.0
7.1
7.9
7.1
7.9
7.7
7.4
E15
7.3
7.4
7.4
7.5
7.6
7.2
7.7
7.3
7.7
E16
7.1
7.2
7.5
7.6
7.5
8.1
7.7
7.4
7.7
E17
7.2
7.3
7.2
7.7
7.9
7.4
7.5
7.4
8.4
E18
7.3
7.3
7.8
7.5
7.6
7.5
7.7
7.9
E19
7.2
7.1
7.2
7.5
7.4
8.1
7.3
E20
7.6
7.7
7.4
7.9
7.8
7.2
7.6
E21
7.5
7.7
7.6
8.2
7.7
7.6
8.1
E22
7.4
7.2
7.6
8.7
7.8
8.1
E23
7.9
7.9
7.4
7.8
8.1
E24
7.9
8.8
7.8
E25
8.5
Avg
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
7.8
7.7
7.6
7.6
7.6
Great
Good
Mid
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Episode Power Rankings

The best and worst episodes at a glance. Use this to find must-watch episodes or ones you might want to skip.

🏆 Top Episodes

#1 8.8

S3E24 Snow Day

After Flack makes an enormous drug bust, and locks it up at CSI, the drug lords infiltrate the building at gunpoint to get them back. Now the team must resolve the hostage situations, all the while with Mac, Stella, and Hawkes trapped inside.

#2
S5E22 8.7

Yahrzeit

The most exclusive jewelry auction of the year ends abruptly when an appraiser is killed during the event. The investigation takes an emotional turn when the CSIs must confront one of the greatest tragedies in human history - the Holocaust.

#3
S6E10 8.6

Death House

A frantic 911 call sends the CSIs into a vacant penthouse; however, instead of finding the caller, they unearth a nearly 100-year-old corpse and find themselves navigating their way through a booby-trapped house.

  1. 4. S5E25 "Pay Up" 8.5
  2. 5. S9E17 "Today Is Life" 8.4
  3. 6. S8E1 "Indelible" 8.3
  4. 7. S4E21 "Hostage" 8.2
  5. 8. S4E10 "The Thing About Heroes..." 8.1
  6. 9. S6E9 "Manhattanhenge" 8.1
  7. 10. S6E16 "Uncertainty Rules" 8.1

📉 Bottom Episodes

#197
S3E13 6.9

Obsession

The team must find out if one team’s fun led to murder in the New York version of the Iditarod. Another case involves the death of a kidnapper in an empty apartment and where is the kidnap victim?

  1. 196. S1E8 "Three Generations Are Enough" 6.9
  2. 195. S3E14 "The Lying Game" 7.0
  3. 194. S2E12 "Wasted" 7.0
  4. 193. S1E12 "Recycling" 7.0
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The Quality Arc

Each point is an episode, plotted chronologically. The colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for upward or downward trends to see if quality improved or declined over time.

S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 66.77.48.18.89.5 Rating 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Episode 10 9 8 7 6 5
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Episode Engagement

Vote count shows how many people cared enough to rate. High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.

Rating threshold:
48 Standouts
52 Infamous
65 Hidden Gems
32 Forgettable
Standouts Infamous Hidden Gems Forgettable Global: 7.5 6.97.37.78.08.48.8 Rating 217 283 370 484 632 Votes (log scale)
Top Standout: S3E24 Snow Day
Most Infamous: S1E1 Blink
Best Hidden Gem: S6E9 Manhattanhenge

Episodes plotted by rating vs. vote count. The vertical line marks the rating threshold (7.5). More votes = more engagement. Toggle above to compare against global or show-specific median.

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Series Trajectory

A simplified view: one point per season. This smooths out episode-to-episode noise to show the overall arc of the series.

6.56.97.37.78.18.5 Rating S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 Season 10 9 8 7 6 5
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Season Momentum

Did each season build momentum or fizzle out? Green arrows mean the finale rated higher than the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows = bigger swings.

5678910 Rating S1 7.2 7.5 +0.3 S2 7.3 7.7 +0.4 S3 7.2 7.6 +0.4 S4 7.5 7.7 +0.2 S5 7.7 7.8 +0.1 S6 7.7 7.8 +0.1 S7 7.6 7.7 +0.1 S8 7.6 7.4 -0.2 S9 7.5 7.7 +0.2
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Season Consistency

Some seasons are reliable bangers. Others are hit-or-miss. Each dot is an episode. Tightly clustered dots mean consistent quality. Scattered dots mean a mixed bag.

678910 Rating S1 Steady avg 7.3 S2 Steady avg 7.4 S3 Typical avg 7.5 S4 Steady avg 7.6 S5 Typical avg 7.8 S6 Typical avg 7.7 S7 Steady avg 7.6 S8 Steady avg 7.6 S9 Steady avg 7.6 Episode Premiere/Finale

Each dot is an episode. Clustered dots = consistent quality. Scattered dots = variable season. Hover for episode details.

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