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* The ending of "The Lost Girls", where Langston encourages Madeline to come home.

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* The episode "Boom" when Grissom adds a newspaper clipping of [[spoiler: Dominic the security guard]] to the wall of dead police officers, commenting approvingly that the paper ran the story "above the fold."
* Grissom and Sara [[spoiler: meeting up in the rainforest]] after the former leaves the show. [[spoiler:And in the series finale, after some troubling events that lead them to call off their marriage, they reunite on his boat.]]

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* The episode "Boom" when Grissom adds a newspaper clipping of [[spoiler: Dominic the security guard]] guard to the wall of dead police officers, commenting approvingly that the paper ran the story "above the fold."
* Grissom and Sara [[spoiler: meeting up in the rainforest]] rainforest after the former leaves the show. [[spoiler:And And in the series finale, after some troubling events that lead them to call off their marriage, they reunite on his boat.]]



** From the same episode: after spending most of the episode treating Prof. Julia Holden (a Grissom's ex who works in an institute for deaf people, being herself deaf) as a suspect and being hostile to her, Sara ended up sympathizing with Holden after the latter feels saddened when she finds out that [[spoiler: her [[MayDecemberRomance younger]] [[TeacherStudentRomance boyfriend]] lied to her about his nationality and about being deaf (he could hear perfectly) and took advantage on her position to his personal gain. He was also accomplice to the episode's culprit (an English-Sign language translator working for the institute)]]. Sara comforts her and holds her hands in their last scene together.

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** From the same episode: after spending most of the episode treating Prof. Julia Holden (a Grissom's ex who works in an institute for deaf people, being herself deaf) as a suspect and being hostile to her, Sara ended up sympathizing with Holden after the latter feels saddened when she finds out that [[spoiler: her [[MayDecemberRomance younger]] [[TeacherStudentRomance boyfriend]] lied to her about his nationality and about being deaf (he could hear perfectly) and took advantage on her position to his personal gain. He was also accomplice to the episode's culprit (an English-Sign language translator working for the institute)]].institute). Sara comforts her and holds her hands in their last scene together.



* Nick and Doc Robbins find a dead girl, heavily pregnant with her baby still moving. Robbins does a hasty Caesarean and there's a few tense moments while he and Nick try to resuscitate the baby... and then she starts crying like any healthy baby at birth. Even with the circumstances, the looks on the men's faces are heartmelting.

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* Nick and Doc Robbins find a dead girl, heavily pregnant with her baby still moving. Robbins does a hasty Caesarean and there's a few tense moments while he and Nick try to resuscitate the baby... and then she starts crying like any healthy baby at birth. Even with the circumstances, the looks on the men's faces are heartmelting.heart-melting.



* Folsom bonding with Cole Truette, the 8 year-old son of a murder victim, in the CSI: Vegas episode "Let the Chips Fall."

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* Folsom bonding with Cole Truette, the 8 year-old 8-year-old son of a murder victim, in the CSI: Vegas episode "Let the Chips Fall."
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* Folsom bonding with Cole Truette, the 8 year-old son of a murder victim, in the CSI Vegas episode "Let the Chips Fsll."

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* Folsom bonding with Cole Truette, the 8 year-old son of a murder victim, in the CSI CSI: Vegas episode "Let the Chips Fsll." Fall."

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* The final scene of "Dead of the Class", where Hodges and Doc Robbins visit David and his new born son.

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* The final scene of "Dead of the Class", where Hodges and Doc Robbins visit David and his new born son.newborn son.
* Folsom bonding with Cole Truette, the 8 year-old son of a murder victim, in the CSI Vegas episode "Let the Chips Fsll."
* The ending of CSI: Vegas's first season, Hodges getting his name cleared and meeting his newborn son, followed by Grissom and Sara sharing a kiss on a roller coaster
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* Sheriff Sherry Liston makes a personal visit to Catherine after her demotion to check on how she's doing, and reveals that she's put Catherine's name in as a candidate for a high-position job with another agency. When asked why she went to the trouble, Liston reveals that she empathizes with and admires Catherine's struggle to attain a high level job in what is still a male dominated industry, and encourages her to keep trying to go higher despite her setback. Catherine doesn't get the job, but appreciates the gesture and eventually ''does'' go on to join the FBI.
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* When Sara's alcohol abuse takes its toll and eventually gets her suspended with her job on the line, Grissom requests Ecklie that Sara be placed on his shift with him taking full responsibility for her. He then goes to her house, where she's still emotionally turbulent until a patient Grissom is able to get her to talk about her DarkAndTroubledPast.

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* When Sara's alcohol abuse takes its toll and eventually gets her suspended with her job on the line, Grissom requests Ecklie that Sara be placed on his shift with him taking full responsibility for her. He then goes to her house, where she's still emotionally turbulent until a patient Grissom is able to get her to talk about her DarkAndTroubledPast. Once Sara finishes and is left sobbing, Grissom -- who normally shies away from any kind of outward physical affection -- reaches over and holds her hand.
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** At the end of the episode, Nick brings the baby's father to hold his baby daughter.

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** At the end of the episode, Nick brings the baby's father to hold his baby daughter.daughter, and the father decides to name her after her mother.
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* The relationship between Conrad Ecklie and his daughter, CSI Morgan Brody, is a sort of arc [=CMOH=]. When she first joins the team she ''hates'' her father, due to his ParentalAbandonment after the divorce when she was 14. She slowly starts to come around to him, realizing that he's not the {{Jerkass}} he used to be, and she eventually comes to forgive him and start treating him more like a father that she actually loves and truly cares about. Her finally admitting that she loves him in the S13 premiere was very heartwarming.

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* The relationship between Conrad Ecklie and his daughter, CSI Morgan Brody, is a sort of arc [=CMOH=]. When she first joins the team she ''hates'' her father, due to his ParentalAbandonment after the divorce when she was 14. She slowly starts to come around to him, realizing that he's not the {{Jerkass}} he used to be, and she eventually comes to forgive him and start treating him more like a father that she actually loves and truly cares about. Her finally admitting that she loves him in the S13 premiere was very heartwarming.heartwarming.
* The final scene of "Dead of the Class", where Hodges and Doc Robbins visit David and his new born son.
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** From the same episode: after spending most of the episode treating Prof. Julia Holden (a Grissom's ex who works in an institute for deaf people, being herself deaf) as a suspect and being hostile to her, Sara ended up sympathizing with Holden after the letter feels saddened when she finds out that [[spoiler: her [[MayDecemberRomance younger]] [[TeacherStudentRomance boyfriend]] lied to her about his nationality and about being deaf (he could hear perfectly) and took advantage on her position to his personal gain. He was also accomplice to the episode's culprit (an English-Sign language translator working for the institute)]]. Sara comforts her and holds her hands in their last scene together.

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** From the same episode: after spending most of the episode treating Prof. Julia Holden (a Grissom's ex who works in an institute for deaf people, being herself deaf) as a suspect and being hostile to her, Sara ended up sympathizing with Holden after the letter latter feels saddened when she finds out that [[spoiler: her [[MayDecemberRomance younger]] [[TeacherStudentRomance boyfriend]] lied to her about his nationality and about being deaf (he could hear perfectly) and took advantage on her position to his personal gain. He was also accomplice to the episode's culprit (an English-Sign language translator working for the institute)]]. Sara comforts her and holds her hands in their last scene together.

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* Sara's mother-in-law bringing her a potted plant as a peace offering, after spending the whole episode basically implying she isn't good enough for Grissom, and the two of them having a nice shared moment with Grissom on a webcam.

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* In "The Two Mrs. Grissoms", Sara's mother-in-law bringing her a potted plant as a peace offering, after spending the whole episode basically implying she isn't good enough for Grissom, and the two of them having a nice shared moment with Grissom on a webcam.webcam.
** From the same episode: after spending most of the episode treating Prof. Julia Holden (a Grissom's ex who works in an institute for deaf people, being herself deaf) as a suspect and being hostile to her, Sara ended up sympathizing with Holden after the letter feels saddened when she finds out that [[spoiler: her [[MayDecemberRomance younger]] [[TeacherStudentRomance boyfriend]] lied to her about his nationality and about being deaf (he could hear perfectly) and took advantage on her position to his personal gain. He was also accomplice to the episode's culprit (an English-Sign language translator working for the institute)]]. Sara comforts her and holds her hands in their last scene together.
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* Grissom and Sara [[spoiler: meeting up in the rainforest]] after the former leaves the show.

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* Grissom and Sara [[spoiler: meeting up in the rainforest]] after the former leaves the show. [[spoiler:And in the series finale, after some troubling events that lead them to call off their marriage, they reunite on his boat.]]
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* Investigating a woman's death, Catherine is rocked to see daughter Lindsey at a club, complete with fake ID. She has a cop bring her home, obviously ticked. Later, Lindsey shows up at the office to show how she insisted the cop perform a breathalyzer test and she hadn't been drinking. She tells Catherine she doesn't need to worry about her and with a sad smile, Catherine says that will never happen.
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* The end of the [[MilestoneCelebration 300th episode]] has the camera panning over evidence boxes of previous as a montage of past episodes plays for each one they reference, with final shot having a box saying the case was handled by Grissom and Sara.

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* The end of the [[MilestoneCelebration 300th episode]] has the camera panning over evidence boxes of previous cases as a montage of past episodes plays for each one they reference, with the final shot having a is an evidence box saying the case was handled by Grissom and Sara.
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* The end of the [[MilestoneCelebration 300th episode]] has the camera panning over evidence boxes of previous as a montage of past episodes plays for each one they reference, with final shot having a box saying the case was handled by Grissom and Sara.
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* The episode "Boom" when Grissom adds a newspaper clipping of [[spoiler: Dominic the security guard]] to the wall of dead police officers.

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* The episode "Boom" when Grissom adds a newspaper clipping of [[spoiler: Dominic the security guard]] to the wall of dead police officers.officers, commenting approvingly that the paper ran the story "above the fold."
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* When Sara's alcohol abuse takes its toll and eventually gets her suspended with her job on the line, Grissom requests Ecklie that Sara be placed on his shift with him taking full responsibility for her. He then goes to her house, where she's still emotionally turbulent until a patient Grissom is able to get her to talk about her DarkAndTroubledPast.
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* "Play Dead" also borderlines on TearJerker for those that have seen videos or pictures of dogs' loyalty to their owners even after death, but it's definitely one for dog lovers and owners when Nick adopts K-9 Sam upon hearing Sam's retirement.

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* "Play Dead" also borderlines on TearJerker for those that have seen videos or pictures of dogs' loyalty to their owners even after death, but it's definitely one for dog lovers and owners when Nick adopts K-9 Sam upon hearing Sam's retirement.retirement.
* The relationship between Conrad Ecklie and his daughter, CSI Morgan Brody, is a sort of arc [=CMOH=]. When she first joins the team she ''hates'' her father, due to his ParentalAbandonment after the divorce when she was 14. She slowly starts to come around to him, realizing that he's not the {{Jerkass}} he used to be, and she eventually comes to forgive him and start treating him more like a father that she actually loves and truly cares about. Her finally admitting that she loves him in the S13 premiere was very heartwarming.
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* Mix of heartwarming and funny in the pilot after the new CSI makes a wrong turn out of autopsy [[VomitingCop on her way to the bathroom]] and ends up in the morgue and gets trapped inside. Grissom rescues the terrified newbie and, when she says she could hear the corpses breathing, he turns to the door to the morgue and yells, "You assholes!" at the bodies.

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* The end of "Sounds of Silence." Seeing Grissom and Dr. Gilbert, the lady who headed up the institute for the deaf, just sitting in the park, having a conversation through sign-language. Both of them are smiling and enjoying each other's company, with Dr. Gilbert laughing every so often and correcting Gil's signing as he's "a little rusty." Its little moments like this that keep the show from being completely dark, moments where, whether amid or in the aftermath of the worst of society, there shines a glimmer of humanity.

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* The end of "Sounds of Silence." Seeing Grissom and Dr. Gilbert, the lady who headed up the institute for the deaf, just sitting in the park, having a conversation through sign-language. Both of them are smiling and enjoying each other's company, with Dr. Gilbert laughing every so often and correcting Gil's signing as he's "a little rusty." Its It's little moments like this that keep the show from being completely dark, moments where, whether amid or in the aftermath of the worst of society, there shines a glimmer of humanity.



* Borderlines on TearJerker, in "Code Blue Plate Special", the elderly couple killed in the diner are seen lying on the floor holding hands.

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* Borderlines on TearJerker, in "Code Blue Plate Special", the elderly couple killed in the diner are seen lying on the floor holding hands.hands.
* "Play Dead" also borderlines on TearJerker for those that have seen videos or pictures of dogs' loyalty to their owners even after death, but it's definitely one for dog lovers and owners when Nick adopts K-9 Sam upon hearing Sam's retirement.
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* In a S2 episode, Sara tells Grissom she is weighing the option of taking another job due to feeling that Grissom lacked a level of respect and understanding when dealing with her and the rest of the team. At the end of the episode, Grissom still isn't really taking the issue all that seriously until Catherine emphasizes how much he distances himself from everything. This causes Grissom to understand a little bit about how his aloofness affects everyone and sends flowers to Sara, making sure that the card reads it's from him.

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* In a S2 episode, Sara tells Grissom she is weighing the option of taking another job due to feeling that Grissom lacked a level of respect and understanding when dealing with her and the rest of the team. At the end of the episode, Grissom still isn't really taking the issue all that seriously until Catherine emphasizes how much he distances himself from everything. This causes Grissom to understand a little bit about how his aloofness affects everyone and sends flowers to Sara, making sure that the card reads it's from him.him.
* Borderlines on TearJerker, in "Code Blue Plate Special", the elderly couple killed in the diner are seen lying on the floor holding hands.
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* The end of "Sounds of Silence." Seeing Grissom and Dr. Gilbert, the lady who headed up the institute for the deaf, just sitting in the park, having a conversation through sign-language. Both of them are smiling and enjoying each other's company, with Dr. Gilbert laughing every so often and correcting Gil's signing as he's "a little rusty." Its little moments like this that keep the show from being completely dark, moments where, whether amid or in the aftermath of the worst of society, there shines a glimmer of humanity.
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** At the end of the episode, Nick brings the baby's father to hold his baby daughter.
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* Nick and Doc Robbins find a dead girl, heavily pregnant with her baby still moving. Robbins does a hasty Caesarean and there's a few tense moments while he and Nick try to resuscitate the baby... and then she starts crying like any healthy baby at birth. Even with the circumstances, the looks on the men's faces are heartmelting.

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* Nick and Doc Robbins find a dead girl, heavily pregnant with her baby still moving. Robbins does a hasty Caesarean and there's a few tense moments while he and Nick try to resuscitate the baby... and then she starts crying like any healthy baby at birth. Even with the circumstances, the looks on the men's faces are heartmelting.heartmelting.
* In a S2 episode, Sara tells Grissom she is weighing the option of taking another job due to feeling that Grissom lacked a level of respect and understanding when dealing with her and the rest of the team. At the end of the episode, Grissom still isn't really taking the issue all that seriously until Catherine emphasizes how much he distances himself from everything. This causes Grissom to understand a little bit about how his aloofness affects everyone and sends flowers to Sara, making sure that the card reads it's from him.
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* In "Cold Blooded" Hodges and Langston's kid-in-a-candy-store grins when they arrive at the Walking With Dinosaurs show.

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* In "Cold Blooded" Hodges and Langston's kid-in-a-candy-store grins when they arrive at the Walking With Dinosaurs show.show.
* Nick and Doc Robbins find a dead girl, heavily pregnant with her baby still moving. Robbins does a hasty Caesarean and there's a few tense moments while he and Nick try to resuscitate the baby... and then she starts crying like any healthy baby at birth. Even with the circumstances, the looks on the men's faces are heartmelting.
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* Sara's mother-in-law bringing her a potted plant as a peace offering, after spending the whole episode basically implying she isn't good enough for Grissom, and the two of them having a nice shared moment with Grissom on a webcam.

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* Sara's mother-in-law bringing her a potted plant as a peace offering, after spending the whole episode basically implying she isn't good enough for Grissom, and the two of them having a nice shared moment with Grissom on a webcam.webcam.
* In "Cold Blooded" Hodges and Langston's kid-in-a-candy-store grins when they arrive at the Walking With Dinosaurs show.
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* Grissom and Sara [[spoiler: meeting up in the rainforest]] after the former leaves the show.

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* Grissom and Sara [[spoiler: meeting up in the rainforest]] after the former leaves the show.show.
* Sara's mother-in-law bringing her a potted plant as a peace offering, after spending the whole episode basically implying she isn't good enough for Grissom, and the two of them having a nice shared moment with Grissom on a webcam.

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