
Eagle-eyed technical experts prove there is no such thing as a perfect crime as they assemble the pieces every criminal leaves behind. Dramatic crime re-creations and, sometimes, part of the investigations are a staple of the series. Some of the re-creations include alternate versions of the crimes, which are disproved by science. The show's episodes follow each case from the initial investigation until it reaches its legal resolution.

Forensics hopes to determine if this was revenge when the home of a state's witness is bombed, killing his father.

Eight years after a man confessed to the murder of a young woman, another man claims that he committed the crime, and investigators must use forensic evidence to determine the true killer.

Police suspect a gay college student's slaying is a hate crime until forensic evidence points the case in another direction.

Forensic science and deductive reasoning determine what happened to a mother and daughter while they were on a shopping spree.