
A Florida team of forensics investigators uses cutting-edge scientific methods and old-fashioned police work to solve crimes. Horatio Caine, a former homicide detective, heads a group of investigators who work crimes amid the steamy tropical surroundings and cultural crossroads of Miami.

The team investigates the dangerous world of personal security when a rap star's (Xzibit) bodyguard is shot and killed during a concert.

Horatio goes to New York to work with his counterparts on a murder investigation. Guest star Gary Sinise.

All evidence points to the film distributor, who also happens to be a registered sex offender, in the investigation of an adult film star's murder, but an accident at the lab may taint a key piece of evidence.

When a man is murdered as he tries to pay his son's ransom with $3 million worth of jewels, the CSI team is called to investigate and one member of the group is killed in the line of duty.