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{{Infobox Television episode
| Title= Chaos Theory
| Series= [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]
| Season = 2
| Episode = 2
| Guests=
| Airdate = October 4, 2001
| Production =
| Writer = [[Josh Berman]]<br />[[Eli Talbert]]
| Director = [[Kenneth Fink]]
| Season list = {{CSI season 2 episode list}}
| Episode list = [[List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes]]
| Prev = [[Burked (CSI episode)|Burked]]
| Next = [[Overload (CSI episode)|Overload]]}}


{{ER to list entry|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation}}
"'''Chaos Theory'''" is the second episode in the [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 2)|second season]] of the [[television drama]] ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', which is set in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]].

==Summary==
The team investigate the disappearance of a young woman from the local university. The episode relates to the [[Chaos Theory]] in that the case may not be an actual murder.

==Critical analysis==
This episode may have been at least partially inspired by [[Thornton Wilder]]'s ''[[The Bridge of San Luis Rey]]'' which contains at least similar themes and philosophy.{{Fact|date=July 2007}} ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "This 2001 episode of the procedural powerhouse involves the death of a college coed. So whodunit? No one. Breaking all conventions, it turns out her death was just an accident."<ref>Geier, Thom; Jensen, Jeff; Jordan, Tina; Lyons, Margaret; Markovitz, Adam; Nashawaty, Chris; Pastorek, Whitney; Rice, Lynette; Rottenberg, Josh; Schwartz, Missy; Slezak, Michael; Snierson, Dan; Stack, Tim; Stroup, Kate; Tucker, Ken; Vary, Adam B.; Vozick-Levinson, Simon; Ward, Kate (December 11, 2009), "THE 100 Greatest MOVIES, TV SHOWS, ALBUMS, BOOKS, CHARACTERS, SCENES, EPISODES, SONGS, DRESSES, MUSIC VIDEOS, AND TRENDS THAT ENTERTAINED US OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS". Entertainment Weekly. (1079/1080):74-84</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{imdb episode|id=0534665|episode=Chaos Theory}}
*{{Tv.com episode|id=78884|title=Chaos Theory}}
*[http://www.csiguide.com/episode.asp?csi=25 "Chaos Theory"] at CSI Guide.com
*[http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season2/chaos_theory.shtml "Chaos Theory"] at CSI Files

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