See Also: 'Dead Doll' Episode Guide

The premiere of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's eighth season will answer a burning question.

"Dead Doll" follows the CSI team as they try to find Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) before time runs out. This episode was written by Dustin Lee Abraham and Allen MacDonald.

Below is a video of the promo, followed by a full transcript.

[Catherine Willows looks closely at a miniature crime scene]

[Overhead view of a miniature crime scene]

[Text over: 'Miniature killer']

[Tweezers pick up a small picture of a dead doll]

[Close-up on Gil Grissom's face]

LAST SEASON, THE MINIATURE KILLER KEPT CSI GUESSING

[Profile of Natalie Davis over a shot of her in her workshop]

[Close-up profile of Natalie]

[Natalie stands at the crime scene where she saw Grissom and Sara together]

[Text-over: 'Who she is']

NOW, THEY KNOW WHO SHE IS

[Warrick Brown and Nick Stokes each hold Natalie by an arm]

[Shot of the miniature scene with the red Mustang]

[Text over: 'What she did']

THEY KNOW WHAT SHE DID

[The car is lifted away to reveal the doll underneath]

[Close-up of the doll]

Jim Brass: Looks like an abduction.

[Shot of Brass in the dark, holding a walkie-talkie]

[Shot of the miniature with the doll still underneath it]

Greg Sanders: The doll's still alive.

[Shot of Sara Sidle, face bloody, struggling as water rises around her]

Greg: That means Sara's still alive.

[Shot of Greg]

[Close-up of the doll's arm moving beneath the miniature Mustang]

[Grissom looks up, holding a flashlight]

[Overhead shot of pictures laid out on a lit table]

[Text over: 'What they don't know']

BUT WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW

[Shot of a car moving quickly, sending dirt and rocks flying]

[Nick walks up behind Warrick, and they both look shocked]

Nick: I'm not leaving here until I find something.

[A drawing of Sara hangs on the wall]

[Close-up of Nick as he turns to walk away]

[Grissom looks off into the distance]

Grissom: Where is she, Catherine?

[Catherine is kneeling down]

[Cars drive quickly through the desert]

[Sara struggles to stay above the water]

[Nick and Grissom run]

[Sara is submerged in the water]

[Grissom stops moving and looks down]

COULD COST ONE CSI HER LIFE

[Black screen]

Grissom: My god...

[Grissom and Nick run toward the red Mustang]

[Black screen]

[Grissom rubs his face]

BRACE YOURSELF FOR THE CSI SEASON PREMIERE

[Text over: 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Season Premiere, Thursday, Sept. 27 9/8 c']

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 ON CBS.

"Dead Doll" airs September 27 on CBS. Thanks to princessklutz04 on YouTube.

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