Burn Out (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) complicated than Grissom or the rest of the CSI team ever expected. William Petersen submitted this episode for consideration in the category of "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" on his behalf for the 2007 Emmy Awards. Burn Out (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) "Burn Out" is the sixth episode in the of the American crime drama "", set in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two young boys, a Caucasian and a Black, go missing. Later, a known pedophile (played by Alan Tudyk) who lives in the neighborhood is found to be an arson victim. In an attempt to extract his confession,
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