CSI: 15 best moments

The drama’s first-ever snap zoom shot features Gil Grissom (William Petersen) holding up a maggot.

Gil assigns the whole team to a crime scene involving the death of a father, mother and their two sons while Sara (Jorja Fox) is tasked with comforting Brenda, one of the young survivors.

Love is in the air as Sara touches Gil’s cheek for the first time.

Catherine receives a call from her daughter Lindsay, who is stuck alone in a submerged car.

Gil goes to a furry convention to investigate the death of man wearing a raccoon costume.

A crime involving a victim who was cut into pieces and left in a garbage bin prompts Gil to question whether CSI is the life he really wants (and if he’s meant to be with Sara).

Nick (George Eads) is buried alive in a coffin in this two-parter directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Gil shares his feelings about Sara – who looks to be the next victim of the miniature killer – to the team.

Sara returns for her colleague’s funeral.

Grissom leaves CSI to go to Costa Rica to be with Sara.

Greg (Eric Szmanda) falls for a woman who may be connected to a string of murders by a killer who zapped them with an electric chair.

Catherine (Marg Helgenberger) leaves CSI for the FBI.

A love that wasn’t meant to be – or was it? For now, no: Gil and Sara separate.

The last episode for Capt. Brass (Paul Guilfoyle), whose daughter becomes hospitalized after suffering an overdose.

Nick decides to move on, and its the last time we see Julie Finlay (Elisabeth Shue).