Content & Trigger Warnings for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)

Stalking behavior featured in serial killer arcs targeting team members and victims

Child murder cases are investigated across the series with bodies sometimes shown

Victims' families shown grieving; investigators occasionally affected by emotional cases

Grissom's team faces personal losses and emotional toll from years of violent case work

Final season deals with legacy characters reflecting on years of trauma from the job

Suicide cases are investigated and characters face emotional burnout from the work

Hit-and-run and vehicular homicide cases are investigated in some episodes

Manipulative suspects gaslight victims and investigators in some episodes

Infidelity is a common motive in murder cases and affects main characters personally

Several cases involve abduction victims; kidnapping scenarios depicted in investigation recreations

Multi-episode kidnapping arcs including the Miniature Killer and other serial abduction cases

Multiple kidnapping cases including team members being abducted by criminals

Kidnapping cases investigated including cases tied to ongoing serial criminal arcs

Blood evidence is central to forensic analysis; blood spatter patterns and pooled blood shown frequently

Continued heavy use of blood evidence with more elaborate spatter analysis sequences

Blood evidence analysis remains central to investigations with detailed spatter recreation

Blood evidence and spatter analysis continue as core forensic procedures throughout

Decomposed and mutilated bodies examined in graphic forensic detail

Internal body camera shots showing bullet paths, poison effects, and decomposition from inside the body

Continued graphic internal body shots and decomposition sequences

Graphic decomposition and body examination sequences remain a visual staple

Autopsy scenes with scalpels, syringes, and medical instruments examining bodies in detail

Autopsies and forensic procedures shown in increasing medical detail

Medical procedures and autopsy examinations shown with standard forensic detail

Autopsy and medical examination scenes continue with detailed instrument use

Autopsy and forensic procedures shown in detail including toxicology and evidence collection

Investigators occasionally react to gruesome scenes and toxicology evidence involves stomach contents

Sex trafficking cases are investigated in some episodes

Sexual coercion is discussed and investigated as part of criminal cases

Alcohol consumption and its consequences appear in both cases and character storylines

Drug-related deaths investigated; narcotics found as evidence at crime scenes

Drug-related cases escalate; meth labs, overdose scenes, and drug culture depicted

Drug-related homicides and drug culture continue as case subject matter

Drug-related crime scenes and substance-involved homicides continue as case material

Drug-related crimes are frequent and a main character struggles with substance abuse

Drug overdose deaths are investigated and depicted in some episodes

Animal cruelty cases are occasionally investigated as linked to human crimes

Cases involving child victims investigated; evidence discussed but abuse not graphically shown

Child victim cases continue; forensic evidence of abuse against children discussed

Domestic violence cases investigated; injuries documented but abuse not typically shown on screen

Domestic violence escalates to murder in several cases; abuse patterns analyzed forensically

Domestic violence cases investigated with increasing focus on victim impact

Domestic violence cases continue to appear as investigation subjects

Graphic close-up shots of decomposing bodies, autopsy procedures, and crime scene evidence throughout

Peak-era CSI pushes forensic gore further with increasingly graphic body decomposition and injury detail

Forensic gore continues with graphic autopsy and crime scene detail throughout the Langston and Russell eras

Final seasons maintain franchise-standard forensic gore with graphic crime scene examination

Gunshot wounds analyzed forensically; some shooting recreations shown

Shooting investigations and CSI bullet trajectory analysis with graphic wound recreation

Increased gun violence including shootings directly involving CSI team members

Gunshot-related homicides investigated with standard forensic ballistics detail

Multiple episodes investigate sexual assault cases; evidence is discussed and analyzed forensically

Sexual crime cases become more complex and disturbing; serial predator storylines introduced

Langston's pursuit of serial killer Nate Haskell involves repeated sexual violence themes

Sexual crime cases continue but with somewhat less frequency than peak seasons

Cases involving torture victims become more prominent; evidence of prolonged suffering documented

Haskell's serial killer arc involves kidnapping and torturing victims over extended storylines

Torture-related cases investigated though less prominent than the Haskell-era seasons