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Bloodwork

Season 1
Bloodwork focuses on incredible criminal cases in which the resolution was brought about by the use of forensics.
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  1. S1 E1 - Cut and Print

    February 17, 2011
    45min
    TV-14
    A man is murdered - brutally stabbed with a steak knife. When Sgt. Ivan Mendez is called in to collect evidence it seems there is no hope of finding the killer's fingerprints.
  2. S1 E2 - Hidden Graves

    February 24, 2011
    45min
    TV-PG
    An equipment salesman is murdered in his own driveway. His neighbor confesses that he and a relative murdered him and dumped his body. A K-9 unit has to sniff out the evidence.
  3. S1 E3 - Canine Crimesolvers

    March 3, 2011
    45min
    TV-PG
    A 16 year-old disappears from her father's house. A family friend brags about burying a girl "in the middle of nowhere." Canine handlers must take over where all others have failed.
  4. S1 E4 - Connect the Crime Dots

    March 10, 2011
    45min
    TV-PG
    A woman is ambushed in front of her home and shot at close range. Ballistics expert Kurt Tempinski must connect the dots, matching bullets to gun and gun to suspect.
  5. S1 E5 - Splitting Hairs

    March 17, 2011
    45min
    TV-14
    When an 82-year-old woman is murdered in her home, all forensic serologist Gordon Calvert has is a small bit of blood and hairs as evidence. After a year of literally splitting hairs, he isolates one.
  6. S1 E6 - The Right Stuff

    March 24, 2011
    45min
    TV-14
    At a house in Poughkeepsie, a serial killer stores eight dead bodies. After nearly a decade, the dead bodies are unearthed in an attempt to bring the killer to justice.
  7. S1 E7 - The Art of Sleuthing

    April 21, 2011
    45min
    TV-PG
    A robbery turns deadly and while the criminal tries to hide the evidence, high-tech crime fighting equipment goes into action. Shot Spotter alerts investigators who arrive at the scene.
  8. S1 E8 - The Exhumation of Jane Doe

    May 12, 2011
    44min
    TV-PG
    For 40 years "Jane Doe" lay in an unmarked grave. But now with advances in forensic science, Forensic Anthropologist Erin Kimmerle believes she can put a face to the victim.
  9. S1 E9 - Written in Blood

    May 19, 2011
    45min
    TV-14
    A Florida man arrived home to find his wife murdered and his house robbed. It looks like a burglary gone wrong, but blood on the husband's clothes may tell a different story.
  10. S1 E10 - Did Speed Kill

    May 26, 2011
    45min
    TV-PG
    Soccer star Mathew Maher rear ends a minivan and its driver is killed. Maher says that he was driving the speed limit and he could not avoid the minivan. A crash expert steps in to read the scene.
  11. S1 E11 - Digging Deeper

    June 2, 2011
    45min
    TV-14
    When a skeleton is found near bullets on a hiking trail, Royce D. Wilson and his Forensic Services team search the scene for evidence. How will they determine what was left by the criminal?
  12. S1 E12 - DNA: It's Not What You Think

    June 9, 2011
    45min
    TV-14
    A shocking claim: a young boy, it would seem, has been sexually abused. Or has he? Underwear with his father's semen on it is found at the scene of the crime. But what does it really mean?
  13. S1 E13 - Trace Evidence

    June 16, 2011
    45min
    TV-14
    Five cases hinge on a key piece of evidence so small as to be invisible to the naked eye. Only one man has the experience, the tenacity, and the dedication to find them.
  14. S1 E14 - Maggots Tell Tales

    June 23, 2011
    45min
    TV-14
    Residents of a Florida neighborhood complain about a stench of decay. Police find a seething mass of maggots. A decomposing body is found miles way. Forensic Entomologist Dr. Jason Byrd must use maggots from both scenes to discover if a crime took place.
  15. S1 E15 - Evidence From Ashes

    September 22, 2011
    45min
    TV-14
    Three children and their parents are killed when a deadly fire rips through their home. Fire Inspector Victor Zamaloff is called in to investigate. Part detective and part scientist, Zamaloff has one burning desire-to make evidence rise from ashes.
  16. S1 E16 - Swindle In Suburbia

    September 29, 2011
    45min
    TV-14
    Dreams go bust when mortgage rates for homeowners in a Pennsylvania development go through the roof. What didn't they see when they signed on the dotted line? It takes document forensic expert Gerhard Wendt's skills to uncover the swindle in suburbia.

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