Product Details

• Actors: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, Jorja Fox, Pauley Perrette
• Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: March 30, 2004
• Run Time: 1022 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (85 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001906X6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,179 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - The Complete Third Season" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

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Now firmly established as the top-rated television drama, by its third year CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a show positively glowing with confidence. Even when individual cases seem either too contrived or too easily resolved, the indefatigable night shift at the Las Vegas PD crime lab always look the part, solving conundrums and discovering microscopic damning evidence while, apparently, never shedding their own loose hair or skin cells all over the supposedly quarantined crime scenes. In reality, Catherine Willows's flowing blonde locks would contaminate any evidence she collected, but in the world of CSI only the bad guys leave body parts behind--the CSIs themselves are so good they're positively pristine.

The 23 episodes of season 3 on this five-disc set present more deliciously bizarre situations for the problem-solving sleuths: cannibalism, snuff movies, dwarfs, death while drag racing, bodies falling from the sky, and various dismemberments all tax the team's acumen. These are all double or multiple-case episodes, though in a characteristic trick of the writing sometimes apparently unrelated murders turn out to be connected (or vice versa, as in "Blood Lust," in which a road-accident victim is not what he seems, and the death of the driver at the hands of an angry mob is made all the more tragic). The mix of genuine forensic science with the glossiest Jerry Bruckheimer production values, plus the virtues of a good ensemble cast headed by William Peterson's modern-day Sherlock Holmes, remains as compelling as ever. --Mark Walker

Product Description

23 episodes on 6 DVDs. 2002-03/color/17 hrs/NR/widescreen.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

222 of 231 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation - The Complete Third Season February 5, 2004

By cyclista

Format:DVD

CSI is often intense and chilling. The scenes showing the laboratory work are fascinating. I scouted around on Paramount's web site to see what information they might have about the CSI 3rd season set. Here is what I found:
=>23 Uncut episodes
=>over five hours of special features.

Audio commentary with cast and crew on Episodes:
"Revenge Is Best Served Cold"
"The Accused Is Entitled"
"Fight Night"
"Snuff"
"Random Acts of Violence"
"Lady Heather's Box"

5 Exclusive Featurettes:
The CSI Tour: Police Station
The CSI Shot: Making It Real
The Writers Room
CSI Moves Into Season Three
Crime Scene Field Kit

Here is an episode guide, with a tiny description:
1. Revenge Is Best Served Cold: A poker player dies during a high-stakes game. A dragster is found dead at an airstrip.
2. The Accused Is Entitled: An actor is suspected of killing a hooker found in his hotel room. His lawyer hires Grissom's former mentor to find mistakes in CSI's work.
3. Let The Seller Beware: A wealthy couple's bodies are found at their home. Sara investigates the death of a cheeleader whose organs have been removed.
4. A Little Murder: A dwarf is found hanging at a Little People's convention. Catherine is attacked at a crime scene.
5. Abra Cadaver: A volunteer disappears during a magic act. A rock star appears to have overdosed.
6. The Execution Of Catherine Willows: A man on death row is granted a stay based on DNA evidence.
7. Fight Night: A boxing champ dies during a match. A gang member is shot. A jewelry store is robbed.
8. Snuff: A movies shows a woman being murdered. A long-dead body is found.
9. Blood Lust: After a taxi driver appears to have run over a teen-ager, an angry mob beats him.
10. High And Low: A man who was thrown off a building was already dead.
11. Recipe For Murder: A woman apparently commits suicide. There is a murder at a slaughterhouse.
12. Got Murder? A bird is found with a human eyeball.
13. Random Acts Of Violence: An old friend's daughter is killed in a drive-by shooting. A computer company employee is murdered.
14. One Hit Wonder: Escalating peeping tom incidents are investigated by CSI. Sara reopens a case involving a friend.
15. Lady Heather's Box: 90 minute episode. Two employees of a dominatrix are murdered. Catherine's ex-husband disappears after a car crash.
16. Lucky Strike: The young son of a pro basketball player is kidnapped. A man dies with a stake in the back of his head.
17. Crash & Burn: A woman dies due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
18. Precious Metal: A decomposed body found in a chemical waste drum begins an investigation of robot sports.
19. A Night at the Movies: A man is stabbed during a movie. A teen-ager is shot to death in a warehouse.
20. Last Laugh: A comedian dies during his act. A woman's death is investigated after her husband is seen with a new car and girlfriend.

21. Forever: A teenaged couple are found dead. A horse trainer is found trampled to death in the cargo bay of a private jet carrying a show horse.
22. Play With Fire...: A woman is strangled at a sports field. The CSI crime lab explodes.
23. Inside The Box: A detective is killed during a bank robbery.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank goodness for CSI October 20, 2004

By E. Tomihiro

Format:DVD

I pretty much do not watch tv anymore with the exception of childrens shows with my 4 year old (I like to make sure what he is watching) and occasionally news with my husband. I was thrilled when a friend let be borrow the first season DVD set of CSI and I immdeiatly started hunting them down.

I enjoyed the third season as much at the first two. I loved the ending which left you wondering about how Grissom's surgery would turn out and if Sara and Grissom would get together or not.

What I also appreciate is the fact that while they give us intresting tastes of the lives of the CSI personel the do not let it get in the way of the mysteries. I used to watch "Judging Amy" but after a while it switched from being about cases to being about Amy's crazy family life and in my oppinion just another soap opera. I appreciate that the CSI people have kept a good focus on the mystery part of the show.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars CSI's Still On Top! April 20, 2004

By Tim

Format:DVD

Being an extreme CSI fan, I couldn't pass up the chance to buy season 3 to add to my growing collection. I saw probably a little more than half the season and it was just as good as the other two seasons and I wanted to see all that I missed. The plot with Grissom's hearing problem kept you watching to see how he handled it and what would happen. Once again, there's 23 episodes on 6 disks. The episodes are as follows: (Episodes appear in the order of original airdate)

DISK 1:
*Episode 302: "Revenge is Best Served Cold"
**Episode 301: "The Accused is Entitled"
Episode 303: "Let the Seller Beware"
Episode 304: "A Little Murder"

DISK 2:
Episode 306: "Abra Cadaver"
Episode 305: "The Execution of Catherine Willows"
***Episode 307: "Fright Night" (Emmy Award Winning Episode)
^Episode 308: "Snuff"

DISK 3:
Episode 309: "Blood Lust"
Episode 310: "High and Low"
Episode 311: "Recipe For Murder"
Episode 312: "Got Murder?"

DISK 4:
+Episode 313: "Random Acts of Violence"
Episode 314: "One Hit Wonder"
~Episode 315: "Lady Heather's Box"
Episode 316: "Lucky Strike"

DISK 5:
Episode 317: "Crash and Burn"
Episode 318: "Precious Metal"
Episode 319: "A Night At The Movies"
Episode 320: "Last Laugh"

DISK 6:
Episode 321: "Forever"
Episode 322: "Play With Fire"
Episode 323: "Inside The Box"

*- Featuring audio commentary by Danny Cannon and Anthony E. Zuiker

**- Featuring audio commentary by Ann Donahue, Elizabeth Devine, and Ken Fink
***- Featuring audio commentary by Richard Lewis and naren Shankar
^- Featuring audio commentary by Ann Donahue and Ken Fink
+- Featuring audio commentary by Danny Cannon and Karen Shankar
~- Featuring audio commentary by Richard Lewis, Anthony E. Zuiker, Naren Shankar and Josh Berman

Along with 23 episodes, the DVD features the following bonus materials:

The CSI Tour: Police Station
The CSI Shot: Making It Real
The Writers' Room
CSI Moves Into Season 3
Crime Scene Field Kit

(All bonus materials combine into a total of approx. 5 hours)

You get so much for the price! Some DVD sets can break 100 but this is much less. With 5 hours of Bonus Material and the 23 episodes, you can't possibly complain! I recommend any CSI lover out there to buy this DVD set. If you are a true fan of CSI, you won't be disappointed!