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Rex Linn

2008-06-02T20:25:00.002+08:00

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Date of Birth
13 November 1956, Spearman, Texas, USA

Birth Name
Rex Maynard Linn

Height
6' 4" (1.93 m)

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This bald, hulking character actor is frequently cast as stern cops or others involved in law enforcement.

He has a B.A. degree in Radio, Television and Film from Oklahoma State University.

He was a 32-year-old bank vice-president in western Oklahoma before he decided to move to L.A. and become an actor in the late 1980s.

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Eva La Rue

2008-06-02T20:19:00.002+08:00

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Date of Birth
27 December 1966, Long Beach, California, USA

Birth Name
Eva Maria LaRuy

Height
5' 7½" (1.71 m)

Eva LaRue grew up in California. At the age of 6, she began her show business career. She starred in television commercials and sang many "jingles" for them. Today Eva still often sings at many sports events and any other opportunities that arise. Eva likes to ride horses and she has shown horses for over a decade. She also enjoys Tae Kwon Do. She's the oldest of three children. She loves acting and is well into her craft.

Spouse
John Callahan (30 November 1996 - present) (filed for divorce) 1 child
John O'Hurley (1992 - 1994) (divorced)

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Attended Norco Senior High School in Norco California. Graduated in the class of 1985.

She is the godmother of baby Michael Joseph (b. June 1997), who is the child of former "All My Children" (1970) castmates Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa.

She welcomed first child, 7lbs 1oz daughter Kaya McKenna Callahan on December 6th 2001.

Turned down the role of Rosanna Cabot on "As the World Turns" (1956) in 2002, opting to return to her role as Maria Santos Grey on "All My Children" (1970) instead.

Has a younger half-sister named Lara LaRuy. Graduated Westminster High School class of 2001.

Used to host Weddings of a Lifetime (1995) (TV) with her husband John Callahan.

After 8 years of marriage, Eva and John have filed for divorce.

She used to model for Fredericks of Hollywood.

She is of Puerto Rican, French, Dutch and Scottish ancestry

Sister of Nikka La Rue.

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Jonathan Togo

2008-06-02T20:12:00.002+08:00

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Date of Birth
25 August 1977, Rockland, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name
Jonathan Frederick Togo

Nickname
Jon

Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)

Jonathan Togo was born on August 25, 1977, to Michael and Sheila Togo. He was raised in Rockland, Massachusetts, attending Hebrew school as a child and graduating from Rockland High School in 1995. He went on to attend Vassar College, graduating with a BA in Theater. While at Vassar, he performed in a band with Sam Endicott and John Conway, both of whom are now members of the band The Bravery.

Jonathan has performed in numerous plays, including "Our Country's Good" for which he won the Margaret Thatcher Kazan Award. He has several TV show credits under his belt including a starring role in "Special Unit 2" (2001) as well as appearances in "Judging Amy" (1999), "Law & Order" (1990), "Ed" (2000), and "The Jury" (2004).

His most notable film credit is in Mystic River (2003). He has also appeared in _Raccoon (2004)_ and Up (2002/I).

He can currently be seen playing Ryan Wolfe on "CSI: Miami" (2002), which airs on Mondays on CBS in the United States.

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Attended Vassar College

Was a member of the band the Conquistadors with Sam Endicott and John Conway of The Bravery.

Mother is Italian and Irish and father is Ukranian-Jewish,

Raised in Rockland, Massachusetts.

Lived in Brooklyn, New York

Jonathan plays a saxophone and guitar and played in a punk rock/ska band called Skabba The Hut while at college. The band broke up - but two of the members are now in a successful group called The Bravery.

His family name was originally Tonkaview, but was shortened to Togo by a forefather who wanted something a bit snappier for his carpet business.

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Adam Rodriguez

2008-06-02T20:06:00.004+08:00

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Date of Birth
2 April 1975, New York, New York, USA

Birth Name
Adam Michael Rodriguez

Height
6' (1.83 m)

Spouse
Alexandra Cheron (22 September 2007 - 31 March 2008) (divorced)

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He has recently bought a house in Puerto Rico and wishes to one day visit Cuba.

He is 3/4 Puerto Rican and 1/4 Cuban.

Before he was an actor, Adam was a stock broker.

Attended high school with NFL Player, Keith Bulluck of the Tennessee Titans.

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Emily Procter

2008-06-02T19:56:00.002+08:00

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Date of Birth
8 October 1968, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Birth Name
Emily Mallory Procter

Height
5' 3" (1.60 m)

Emily Procter is a native of Raleigh, N.C. who attended East Carolina University. "I tried to get in the theatre department", she says, "but it was full." After graduation, however, she moved to Los Angeles and landed a number of small roles in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996). "Then I got the chance to audition for "The West Wing" (1999) and I got the part", she says.

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Her father, William, was a general practitioner. Her mother, Barbara, was a volunteer. They divorced when Emily was 2.

She studied journalism and dance at East Carolina University. Upon graduation she worked as the weather girl at the Greenville CBS affiliate. She then moved to LA, where her father paid for 2 years of acting lessons.

Does regular volunteer work at All Saints' Episcopal Church soup kitchen in Beverly Hills.

Majored in journalism at University

Member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority at ECU

Is a model for Charriol.

She collects bugs as a hobby.

Although she plays a character with a very serious personality on "CSI: Miami" (2002), says that she is a very "silly, goofy" person in real life.

Fronts her own 80s cover band called, "White Lighten."

Loves construction, might have been an interior decorator.

Has a brother named Whit.

Was chosen for a Distinguished Alumni Award by her high school, Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2006.

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David Caruso

2008-06-02T19:25:00.002+08:00

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Date of Birth
7 January 1956, Forest Hills, New York, USA

Birth Name
David Stephen Caruso

Height
5' 11½" (1.82 m)

Spouse
Margaret Buckley (4 May 1996 - 17 January 2007) (divorced)
Rachel Ticotin (1984 - 1987) (divorced) 1 child
Cheri Maugans (30 March 1979 - 21 February 1984) (divorced)

Trade Mark
Known for putting his sunglasses on while saying his famous one-liners on TV.

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Daughter, Greta, born the 1st June 1984, with Rachel Ticotin. Currently attends Yale University.

Graduated from Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, Queens, New York

Is co-owner of Steam, an upscale clothing and home furnishings store in South Miami, Florida.

His father is Italian, his mother is Irish.

He was cast as "Archie Andrews" in a 1976 pilot based on the "Archie" comic strip, but did not work out. He was replaced before shooting began by Dennis Bowen.

Has had more success as a TV actor than a movie actor. He was a popular cast member of "NYPD Blue" (1993), then quit that show to become a movie actor. After a series of unsuccessful movies, he joined the cast of "CSI: Miami" (2002), which shot him back into stardom.

Son Marquez Anthony born on 15 September 2005 (mother is girlfriend Liza Marquez)

Daughter Paloma Raquel born on 16 October 2007 (mother is girlfriend Liza Marquez).

He dreams to buy a home on the French Riviera, when he'll be a former actor.

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Archie Kao

2008-06-01T16:26:00.004+08:00

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Date of Birth
14 December 1973, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)

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Graduated from George Mason University with a degree in speech communication

Elected Student Body President and Homecoming King.

Member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity (Iota XI Chapter).

Named one of People Magazine's "Hottest Bachelors" in 2006.

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Louise Lombard

2008-06-01T16:18:00.005+08:00

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Date of Birth
13 September 1970, London, England, UK

Birth Name
Louise Maria Perkins

Height
5' 7" (1.70 m)

Spouse
Jon Stephen (1998 - ?) (divorced)

Louise Lombard began her acting career at age 14, while she was still in school. She has appeared in many TV dramas since the early 1990s. Lombard played Anna opposite Clive Owen in "Chancer" (1990), which gained her public attention in the UK. She starred in "The House of Eliott" (1991) as Evangeline Eliott, winning national and international fame. Lombard then went to Cambridge University to study literature, resuming her career in the late 1990s. She appeared in Tale of the Mummy (1998) with Christopher Lee, and played the beautiful Queen Esther in Esther (1999) (TV), which was part of a series that won an Emmy Award. She played opposite Alec Baldwin in Second Nature (2003) (TV), Viggo Mortensen in Hidalgo (2004), Jeff Goldblum in War Stories (2003) (TV), and Richard Harris in My Kingdom (2001). In 2004 Lombard joined the cast of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) to play Sofia Curtis. Off screen, Louise Lombard has a son named Alejandro.

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Is the fifth of seven children.

Began taking drama lessons when she was eight.

Studied printing and photography at St. Martin's College in London.

When she played Lady Macbeth in "Shakespeare Shorts" (1996), it was set not in the original medieval times, but about 50 years in the future in an industrial setting. The reasons for all the conflict were global warming and industrialization.

Studied English Literature at Cambridge University.

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Wallace Langham

2008-06-01T16:14:00.003+08:00

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Date of Birth
11 March 1965, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse
Karey Richard (3 November 2002 - present)
Laura Langham (1986 - 1998) (divorced) 2 children

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Children Alex (b. 1989) and Chloe (b. 1991).

He was accused of beating a stringer for the Star tabloid during an altercation on September 7 1999. He was charged with one count of misdemeanor battery and one count of committing a hate crime. He agreed to a six-figure settlement with the reporter who accused him of an anti-gay hate crime on January 26th 2000. The altercation between the two men stemmed from remarks that the reporter allegedly made about Langham's girlfriend.

Met his wife Laura on the set of Weird Science (1985). They were married a year and a half later.

Was in the movie Combat High (1986) (TV) with Keith Gordon and later starred in Gordon's first film as director The Chocolate War (1988).

He is part of the pre-show for the ride Dinosaur! in Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando. He explains the reason for going back in time and saving a stray dinosaur and his voice can be heard throughout the ride.

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Robert David Hall

2008-06-01T16:01:00.003+08:00

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Date of Birth
9 November 1947, East Orange, New Jersey, USA

Height
5' 7½" (1.71 m)

Spouse
Judy Stearns(1999 - present)
Connie Cole (14 August 1979 - 1987) (divorced) 1 child
Susan Petroni (8 March 1969 - 1974) (divorced)

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Graduated from UCLA in 1971 with an English Literature degree.

Son, Andrew (b. 1981), with Connie Cole.

Had both legs amputated after suffering burns over 65% of his body, the result of his car being crushed by an 18-wheeler in 1978. He uses prosthetics.

Met third wife Judy Stearns through the music business, a year after his accident. They married about 20 years later.

Bearded character actor who since his accident in 1978 has done extensive radio and voiceover work to compensate for his disability.

His disabled-specific role as the coroner on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) was initially for one episode, but expanded immediately to a regular role in 2000. Since this monumental success, he has become an impassioned spokesperson on the importance of hiring actors with disabilities. He has testified before Congress and served as a national board member and chair on the Performers With Disabilities Committee.

Is an accomplished singer, guitar player, and pianist.

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Paul Guilfoyle

2008-06-01T15:53:00.003+08:00

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Date of Birth
28 April 1949, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)

Spouse
Lisa Giobbi(? - present) 1 child

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Attended Boston College High School where he was a stand-out hockey player.

Participated in the Seattle Hockey Challenge in 2005 for the Ronald McDonald House Charity.

When he was 19 and doing his very first play in a small theater, a bus with 40 fans of Paul Guilfoyle (1902-1961) turned up, hoping to see their favorite actor. He had to explain to them that Paul Guilfoyle had been dead for 12 years.

Often mistakenly referred to as the son of character actor Paul Guilfoyle. They are not related

Attended Lehigh University, class of 1972.

Has been in two movies with Harrison Ford: Air Force One (1997) and Random Hearts (1999).

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Jorja Fox

2008-06-01T15:44:00.003+08:00

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Date of Birth
7 July 1968, New York, New York, USA

Birth Name
Jorja-An Fox

Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)

Jorja Fox has become a familiar face by playing major roles in three of the most successful television dramas in history: "ER" (1994), "The West Wing" (1999) and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000).

As a teenager, Fox had a career as a fashion model. She then turned to formal study of the acting craft at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, specifically under the tutelage of veteran actor William Hickey.

After appearing in several minor films and TV series, Fox got her big break in 1996 by landing a role in the immensely successful "ER" (1994) TV series. She appeared in 33 episodes as "Dr. Maggie Doyle" who became embroiled in a sexual harassment suit against a powerful hospital administrator. Fox then got a recurring role in the renowned "The West Wing" (1999) TV series where she portrayed a Secret Service agent who was in charge of protecting the President's college-age daughter. She had a key role in that series' cliffhanger episode where the President's entourage comes under gunfire by assassins.

Fox now appears as part of the regular cast of the popular TV series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) where she portrays one of the crime scene investigators. Fox shared in CSI's 2005 Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series.

In addition to her TV and movie roles, Fox is the co-founder of an experimental stage theater production company called "Honeypot Productions". Fox is also a musician and songwriter. She wrote and performed the song "Lullabye" which was featured in the movie Traveling Companion (1998).

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Attended Hoover Junior High in Indialantic, Florida.

She is part of a production company called Honeypot with Heather Grody (Murmurs singer/guitarist). They produce plays and recently a musical called Dear Bernard, written by Grody.

Went to Melbourne High School in Melbourne, Florida, for two years before being "discovered" in a model search at a local mall.

Her name, Jorja, is pronounced Georgia (like the state in the U.S.).

Her mother was from Montreal, Canada.

Her parents immigrated from Montreal: mother Marilyn (Belgian-Canadian, b. 1927, d. 1996), father (Irish-Canadian, b. 1924). She also has an older brother, Jeff (b. 1957).

Co-founded the experimental theater group Honeypot Productions.

In July 2004, Fox was fired from the hit show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) for refusing to sign documentation stating she would return to work. Her co-worker, George Eads, was fired the day after she was for not showing up to work. Reportedly both actors wanted more money. Fox returned to work the following Thursday after being fired, and Eads the next day.

Is a dedicated vegetarian, and an aspiring vegan.

Has the following pets: Ali (dog, female boxer), Rumplestiltskin (cat), and Sid Poitier (cat, male, formerly named Sid Vicious)

She ranked #80 in Stuff's "103 Sexiest Women" (2003).

She enjoys traveling, playing the guitar, and singing.

Best friend of actress Amy Carlson, whom she met on the Chicago set of the short- lived television series "Missing Persons" (1993) in 1993.

Good friends with Emily Procter, who plays "Calleigh Duquesne" on the "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) spin-off, "CSI: Miami" (2002).

Her good friend Emily Procter calls her 'Horha', how Jorja would be pronounced in Spanish, as a nickname.

During the late 1980s when she was modeling in NYC, Jorja was roommates with Paula Ciccone - Madonna's sister.

Has a purse named after her from the brand Matt & Nat. (www.mattandnat.com) which is an entirely vegan brand from Montreal, Canada.

According to "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) writer David Rambo (interviewed on the WGA picket line in November 2007 by the shipper site YTDaW), Jorja Fox herself wrote Sara's farewell note to Grissom in the episode "Goodbye and Good Luck".

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Eric Szmanda

2008-06-01T15:33:00.004+08:00

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Date of Birth
24 July 1975, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Birth Name
Eric Kyle Szmanda

Nickname
Ercy

Height
6' (1.83 m)

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Attended Carroll College in Wisconsin.

Great-nephew of former Menard's pitchman Ray Szmanda. Name rhymes with raw-panda.

Attended high school in Mukwonago, Wisconsin; graduated in 1993

Acted in numerous plays in high school

Is a fan of Marilyn Manson. In 2003, he appeared in the video to Manson''s song "Saint" along with _Asia Argento_, who also directed it. The video has never aired in the United States.

He has two brothers named Rob and Brett

Played drums until about freshman year in high school

In his first movie the producer he was working with requested that he changed his name

He likes the music of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós.

Lived in the guest quarters of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) co-star George Eads for a couple months and took care of George's dog, Maverick, while he was out of town.

His name is pronounced like "Amanda" with a "z".

Has a golden retriever named Dax.

Is of Polish descent.

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George Eads

2008-06-01T15:29:00.003+08:00

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Date of Birth
1 March 1967, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Birth Name
George Coleman Eads III

Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)

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Graduated from Belton High School in Belton, TX in 1985.

Texas Tech University graduate of 1990

When he arrived in Los Angeles, he could only drive during the day because the truck he borrowed from his step dad had two broken headlights (after landing his role on Savannah, Eads bought a new truck).

Used to work as a copy machine salesman.

He is an alumni of the same fraternity of Survivor: The Australian Outback runner up, Colby Donaldson. Colby entered after George graduated from Texas Tech in 1990.

He is a member of Phi Delta Theta's Texas Epsilon Chapter, Texas Tech University.

Along with Jorja Fox, fired in July 2004 from the hit TV crime show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) after reportedly failing to show up for work in what appeared to be a hold-out for more money. The network had only upped his salary from $100,000 to $120,000 per episode. Eads immediately issued a public apology, stating that it had nothing to do with money and he simply overslept. After a few days the network decided to rehire him.

Father is a retired DA named Arthur Coleman "Cappy" Eads

Mother's name is Vivian Baker, Superintendent of Belton Schools.

Sister is Angela Eads Tekell who is a Lawyer in Waco with husband, David.

Stepfather is Dudley Baker, a GYN Doctor. He is Vice President of the Texas Gynecological Society

Is part owner of the Hollywood eatery "CineSpace". It's a "Dinner and a Movie" place

When he started in CSI, the scenery of corpses etc. gave him recurring nightmares. In one of them, George has told, there's just blood spattering -no screams and huge block letters spelling DOA.

He has two nephews named Marshall and Coleman

He has two Harley Davidsons, a Porsche 911 and a silver Cadillac Escalade

Used to work in a gym cleaning machines and putting free weights back.

Has a yellow labrador retriever named Maverick.

Owns High Rise Apartments on Cloverfield Blvd in Santa Monica.

He moved to Santa Monica after fires in California in October of 2003.

He met Monica Casey, with whom he's attended award ceremonies, on a blind date.

Attended KD: Studio, in Dallas, Texas.

Graduated with a degree in Mass Communication from Texas Tech University 1990.

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Gary Dourdan

2008-06-01T15:22:00.003+08:00

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Date of Birth
11 December 1966, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name
Gary Robert Durdin

Height
6' 2" (1.88 m)

Spouse
Roshumba Williams (1992 - 1994) (divorced)

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Has a daughter, Nyla and a son, Lyric.

Discovered by actress/singer/dancer Debbie Allen.

His uncle plays saxophone for Sister Sledge and gave Gary a saxophone when he was around 13.

Is an accomplished musician. Plays the guitar, piano, bass, drum and sax.

Six years before the premiere of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000), he and Marg Helgenberger starred together in the pilot of an unsuccessful TV series called "Keys.".

When he was 6, his older brother (26) was murdered when he was on a vacation in Haiti. The case is still unsolved.

In July 2005, he performed as part of DMC's Guests at the LIVE 8 concert in Barrie, Ontario Canada

Is of French, Irish, Scottish, African, Indian and Jewish descent.

Was a model in the 1980's and 1990's for Boss Models in New York City.

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Marg Helgenberger

2008-06-01T15:16:00.005+08:00

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Date of Birth
16 November 1958, Fremont, Nebraska, USA

Birth Name
Mary Marg Helgenberger

Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)

Spouse
Alan Rosenberg (9 September 1989 - present) 1 son

Trade Mark
Strawberry blonde hair

Marg Helgenberger is an established dramatic actress whose prominence has been steadily increasing. Her work has been noted on stage, film and TV. Most of her career has been spent in dramatic roles on television, but she has also had a noteworthy presence in feature films.

Helgenberger earned a degree in drama at Northwestern University. A talent scout recruited her from there to work on the soap opera "Ryan's Hope" (1975) where she appeared over the course of the next four years.

Throughout the 1990s Helgenberger took on numerous roles in made-for-TV movies and as a guest star on many TV series. In particular she appeared in many movies made specifically for the Lifetime cable network and also for Showtime. She won critical acclaim for In Sickness and in Health (1992) (TV), Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) (TV) and Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000) (TV).

In TV series she won an Emmy for her portrayal of a hard-bitten prostitute who catered to Vietnam War soldiers, in the series "China Beach" (1988). She also was George Clooney's love interest in a multi-episode arc of the monumentally successful TV series "ER" (1994).

In feature films, Helgenberger has appeared in Tootsie (1982), Steven Spielberg's Always (1989), Species (1995) and In Good Company (2004).

Her greatest claim to fame on the silver screen may be when she played opposite Julia Roberts as a chemical exposure victim in the popular movie Erin Brockovich (2000).

Helgenberger is most known for her TV role as a crime scene investigator in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000). She shared in CSI's 2005 Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series.

In her personal life, Helgenberger is the daughter of a cancer survivor and is very active in supporting research for breast cancer.

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Earned a B.S. degree from the School of Speech (now the School of Communications) at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois).

On "ER" (1994) episode #2.21, "ER: Take These Broken Wings (#2.21)" (1996), Karen Hines, the character she played, wears a Northwestern University pullover.

Has a son: Hugh Howard Rosenberg; born Oct 21, 1990 and named after Marg's father, who died in 1986 of complications from Multiple Sclerosis.

Got her start as a local news weather girl in her native Nebraska. The news producer felt her name was too long and made her change it to Margi McCarty. This was her night job. Her day job was as a meat boner at the meat packing plant where her father was a meat inspector.

Her Hollywood home once belonged to silent movie star William S. Hart

Six years before the premiere of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000), she and Gary Dourdan starred together in an unsuccessful TV series pilot called Keys (1994) (TV).

Had a plane scare while attempting to fly from Dallas, Texas to Omaha, Nebraska. The pilot aborted take-off after the plane blew two tires. Marg eventually made it to Omaha. [October 20, 2005]

Sister-in-law of Mark Rosenberg and Paula Weinstein.

Middle of 3 children. Her older sister is Ann Helgenberger (jazz musician) and her younger brother is Curt Helgenberger (a meat inspector).

Daughter of Hugh Helgenberger, who was a meat inspector, and Kay Helgenberger, who was a nurse. Marj originally wanted to be a nurse like her mother.

Her mother, Kay, is an Irish American and her father, Hugh, was a German American.

Meet husband Alan in 1984 and they started dating in 1986.

Her hometown of North Bend, Nebraska named a local street after her called Helgenberger Avenue.

Has been portrayed in several CSI games.

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William Petersen

2008-06-01T15:10:00.004+08:00

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Date of Birth
21 February 1953, Evanston, Illinois, USA

Birth Name
William Louis Petersen

Nickname
Billy

Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse
Gina Cirone (14 June 2003 - present)
Joanne Brady (1974 - 1981) (divorced) 1 child

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Attended Bishop Kelly High School in Boise, Idaho. He wears his old football jersey from that school in most of his movies.

Daughter named Maite, born in 1975.

Testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on increased funding for crime labs.

Attended the renowned Steppenwolf Company.

Engaged to Gina Cirone, a biology teacher. [March 2002]

Started at Idaho State University on a football scholarship, where he found acting.

Married longtime girl friend, Gina Cirone, in Petrignano, Italy.

He has a production company called, High Horse (with friend & fellow "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) producer, Cynthia Chvatal).

He has one grandchild named Mazrik William (born October 2003).

One "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) plot line had him pursuing an insane killer played by Tom Noonan, who also played the titular insane killer in Manhunter (1986).

Was offered a role in Platoon (1986), but turned it down because it was a low paying job and the prospect of going to the Phillipines for weeks of training before filming didn't appeal to him.

Calls Long Gone (1987) (TV) the most fun he ever had making a movie. He made it instead of appearing in Platoon (1986).

Was cast in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) after Gary Sinise declined the part. Sinise became the star of "CSI: NY" (2004), which is the spin-off of Petersen's series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000).

Co-presented an award at the 2004 Emmys with Dennis Franz, whose former "NYPD Blue" (1993) co-star, David Caruso stars in "CSI: Miami" (2002) the spin-off of Petersen's series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000).

Has played two characters with the surname "Walker." He played Gideon Walker in "Return to Lonesome Dove" (1993) and Steve Walker in Fear (1996).

Declined the offer to produce "CSI: Miami" (2002), the spin-off of his series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000).

Because his role in Manhunter (1986) was so emotionally exhausting, he did everything he could to rid himself of the Will Graham character after filming had been completed. This included cutting his hair and dyeing it blonde, and shaving off his beard.

Played Missy Crider's father in the mini series The Beast (1996) (TV). Crider later appeared in the second season premiere of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000).

Was 33 years old when Manhunter (1986) was released. When the film's remake, Red Dragon (2002) was released, his Will Graham successor, Edward Norton, was also 33 years old.

An avid Chicago Cubs fan, he sings the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley Field every year and also narrated the documentary Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy (2001) (V) about Wrigley Field.

Owns the rights of James Ellroy's crime novel "Clandestine".

Turned down a major part in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990).

Turned down a major part in Michael Mann's Heat (1995).

Has performed at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago.

Appears in The Skulls (2000) with Hill Harper. Harper currently co- stars in "CSI: NY" (2004), the spin-off of Petersen's series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000).

Winner of the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jack Abbott in "The Belly Of The Beast".

Has been portrayed in several CSI games.

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David Caruso as Horatio Caine

2008-05-31T13:17:00.004+08:00

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Lieutenant Horatio "H" Caine, portrayed by David Caruso, is the boss of the forensics team on the TV show "CSI: Miami". He's usually more involved in investigations than he should be (like when Marisol Delko or his brother Raymond are concerned) and his personal problems often disrupt his job, but he's always in control and taciturn.

He also married with his co-worker Eric delko's sister,Marisol Delko until she was shot to death.

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Wallace Langham as David Hodges

2008-05-31T11:12:00.006+08:00

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David Hodges is a lab technician who was transferred to the Las Vegas crime lab from the Los Angeles crime lab, where his superiors felt he had an attitude problem. While Grissom was on sabbatical, Hodges signed up for an online class that Grissom was teaching. Hodges plays an important role in the miniature killer case when he, with the help of his fellow lab technicians, whom he recruited, links bleach as a common factor in the killings. He is currently working on a board game called "Lab Rats" similar to that of "Clue" in which players try to use evidence to find out how a murder is committed.

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Robert David Hall as Dr.Al Robbins

2008-05-31T10:47:00.004+08:00

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His date of birth is unknown but appears to be in his 50's.Medical examiner (coroner) for the Las Vegas Police Department. Works in close conjunction with Grissom's team, doing many of the autopsies. He's extremely good at his job.Little is known of his personal life, except that he walks with a limp and uses a cane. He does, however, have an affinity toward coffee; he requistioned his own coffee machine and makes macchiatos. However, it's his secret, and he wouldn't even let Grissom leave the autopsy room with the coffee mug.

He likes the rock music that the daytime coroner, Gary Telgenhoff, records on his off time. Catherine didn't care for it though...

He's mostly seen in the autopsy room, so is consequently garbed in smocks. Otherwise, he appears to wear normal street clothes, nothing out of the ordinary.Wears reading glasses for close-up work.

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Paul Guilfoyle as Captain Jim Brass

2008-05-30T19:14:00.005+08:00

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Brass started out as New Jersey Cop before transferring to Vegas. He worked though the ranks to become the head of the Las Vegas Crime Lab, until the death of the rookie CSI Holly Gribbs. Brass is sent back to be a homicide detective and Grissom takes over as supervisor. His daughter Ellie is a rouge drug addict and prostitute. Ellie is not his biological daughter, his wife had an affair with another cop.

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Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle

2008-05-30T18:50:00.004+08:00

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Sara Sidle, until recently, was an elements analyst at the Las Vegas Police Department Crime Lab. Born on September 17, 1971, in California, Sara Sidle grew up in a B&B run by her two hippie parents. Always analytical, Sara would present them with business plans and suggestions for the business.

Despite the hippie background, the Sidle home was abusive and violent. At the age of nine, her mother, Laura, killed Sara's father and was sent to a mental institution. Sara spent the rest of her childhood in the foster care system. It is said that she had a rocky start in the system, was unreachable and angry, and was moved around a lot in her first year. Despite these circumstances, or perhaps because of them, she focussed her energy on schoolwork. She graduated high school early, at age sixteen, and left for the east coast to attend Harvard on a scholarship, where she majored in Physics.

After Harvard, she moved back to Los Angeles, and began moonlighting nights at the county coroner's office. She eventually joined the LA CSI team and began working as a full time investigator. In 1999, she met Gil Grissom at a Forensic Academy Conference in California. Many years later, she admitted that she stayed behind to ask so many questions about archaeology because she was trying to get up the nerve to ask him to dinner.

In 2000, Grissom asked Sara to come to Las Vegas, where he was the LVPD Crime Lab night shift supervisor. One of his CSI's, Warrick Brown was under investigation after the death of newcomer Holly Gribbs, and Grissom needed Sara to run the internal investigation. Sara was met with a chilly welcome from the team, but she soon showed herself to be fair, unbiased and a talented investigator, and the team was happy to have her come on board permanently.

Sara's obsession with her work rivalled Grissom's, to the point that he became concerned for her. He mentioned that she barely slept, she read forensic journals or listened to her police scanner for fun, and didn't seem to like anything else. Despite the fact that part of Sara's increasing bitterness was based in their unresolved attraction, she took his advice to heart, and briefly dated paramedic Hank Pettigrew. This relationship ended when she found out that he had another girlfriend.

After this, Sara became increasingly more abrupt and argumentative, especially with Grissom, and seemed to be in a self-destructive spiral. In 2005, she was pulled over at a roadblock and was arrested for driving under the influence. Because the blood alcohol limit had so recently been lowered, she was not charged, but Grissom was informed. Shortly thereafter, she had a very public confrontation with Catherine, a senior CSI, which resulted in her suspension. This appeared to trigger Grissom to act, and he asked her to explain what was happening to her. Sara revealed her violent childhood and her mother's killing of her father, and that conversation seemed to turn a corner in their relationship.

In 2006, it was revealed that she was in a romantic relationship with Grissom that had obviously been going on for some time. Their fellow CSI's were kept uninformed until late 2007, when Sara was kidnapped by the Miniature Killer, and Grissom explained the killer's motivation as revenge to "kill the only person he ever loved." Sara escaped but was badly injured, and was found by colleagues Nick Stokes and Sophia Curtis. Upon returning to work, she moved to the Swing Shift, so she and Grissom could still be together without violating lab policy. While physically healing, Sara seemed to be increasingly ground down by the constant scenes of death and abuse that made up her daily life. At this point Grissom proposed marriage, which she accepted delightedly. This seemed to bring her out of her PTSD-induced depression, but only temporarily. A month later, Sara decided to leave her job at the crime lab after a series of emotionally harrowing cases, culminating in the return of a youthful murderer who had previously "run her in circles". In a tearful letter, she explained to Grissom that she had to leave to bury her ghosts.

Sara's character arc is a cyclical journey through personal darkness, and finally into the acceptance of genuine love and hope. At first she appears preternaturally energized and eager to please, but this facade eventually wears off, and her old scars revealed. She is unable to make any deep human connection, and sets herself up for failure when she attempts to, seeking approval from unavailable or authoritative men. it is only when she opens up her past story that she begins the long process of healing, and in doing so, she helps Grissom more than she seems to realize: he becomes much more comfortable and open himself. Sara's departure in the middle of Season Eight does not seem to be a return to her old pattern of running away, but a positive decision to revisit her past and come to terms with it, so that she can move forward.

Sara is occasionally heard from indirectly, as she and Grissom talk by phone, or her ex-colleagues ask after her. It is speculated that she will return in at least two episodes of the next season.

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Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders

2008-05-30T13:14:00.004+08:00

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Lab technician Greg Sanders is the junior member of the Las Vegas CSI team. Several seasons he's trapped inside his lab, where he proves great ability and a sharp mind, but flirts with trouble when his playful 'puerile' side risks clashing in word or deed with Grissom's dry precision, or tempts him to engage in friendly rivalry with the other sleuths, especially fellow young men Nick Stokes and Warrick Brown. At least he is allowed, on a part time basis, to join the on the field, collecting evidence instead of always only having to analyze it.

In later seasons Greg took the field test and officially became a field man, he is no longer in his lab. He has proved to be a very insightful CSI and has been beneficial to the team. Although, like in the lab, he still has a knack for getting himself in trouble, in one episode entitles Fannysmackin he gets himself into quite a bit of trouble by trying to stop the beating of a man and ends up getting severely beaten himself. During this he accidentally hit one of the people doing the beatings and killed him. Greg eventually (though a few episodes time) got out of the trouble he was in and got back to a normal routine.

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George Eads as Nick Stokes

2008-05-30T12:58:00.004+08:00

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Nick Stokes is a Level 3 CSI from Dallas, Texas. Born August 18, 1971, he is the youngest of seven children born to his father, a Judge and mother, a prosecution lawyer. Nick was expected to go into Law, and left the family fold to go into Law Enforcement instead, after taking his degree at Texas A&M University.

Nick is generally considered the most low-maintenance of the crew, with little drama in his life, and little need for attention. He is a solid, reliable worker and witness for the prosecution, but becomes driven to make a case stick when angered or appalled. Perhaps because he is easily taken for granted, the team is not at all prepared when he is kidnapped and imprisoned in a glass coffin, containing a camera through which his terror and agony can be watched. On shooting out the single light to save the battery that also runs oxygen into his coffin, he inadvertently lets in thousands of fire ants. He is found by Warrick and Grissom barely alive, but eventually makes a full recovery.

More than any other character, Nick represents the emotional heart of the series. He is deeply empathic and does not hide his feelings, especially from the families of victims of crime. He reveals that he was molested as a child by an uncle, which may explain in part his need to offer emotional comfort to those in pain - and to help put abusive criminals behind bars. His best friend is Warrick Brown, a fellow CSI, with whom he has a brotherly rivalry and affection.

Nick occasionally dates, and is friendly and attentive to the women in his life, but doesn't appear to be in any steady relationship during the series. In the final episode of the current series, he is shown considering asking out the waitress of the crews' regular cafe, but he is forestalled by gunshots outside.

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Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown

2008-05-30T12:38:00.004+08:00

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Warrick Brown is a CSI Level 3 in the Las Vegas Police Department Crime Lab. Born in Las Vegas, he was raised by his grandmother, whom he credits with keeping him grounded during his turbulent adolescence. He is a complex character, with idealism and compassion, humble despite his strong intellect and investigative talents, but with personal demons that threaten to wreck his life and damage the reputation of his team.

Warrick has an addiction to gambling. Before, and while, working for the LVPD, he ran book for various high-level worthies in Las Vegas. He is a card-counter: a poker-player with the ability to memorize long series' of plays in order to mentally calculate his odds of winning. Like all counters, he keeps this skill a secret. Card-counters, once found out, are generally banned from poker tables.

In addition to the financial and psychological problems gambling causes him, Warrick also runs afoul of the law on several occasions. In the series' first episode, he places a bet for a judge, and loses a large sum of money. In order to make up the debt, he leaves rookie CSI Holly Gribbs alone at a scene while he places another bet. Holly is killed; Warrick is brought under investigation, and the judge claims that he will "own" Warrick for a long time.

Warrick is mentored and sometimes covered for by his direct supervisor, Gil Grissom. Grissom considers Warrick, an highly talented CSI, to be his natural successor, and seems to consider Warrick's problems to be resolvable. He guides Warrick through various legal and political mazes to help clear his name and keep his career on track, in a pattern that repeats several times over the years.

Warrick shares a gentle but unresolved flirtatious relationship with his co-worker, CSI Catherine Willows. Although their chemistry is obvious, Warrick eventually marries his recent girlfriend Tina, seeking stability in his life. Their marriage lasts only two years, and the final season shows the old sparks coming to life between Warrick and Catherine.

During the final stressful months of Warrick's marriage, he becomes dependent on prescription medications - sleeping pills as well as stimulants. His behaviour becomes even more erratic, and after he misses a call-out and becomes personally involved with an investigation of a crime-boss, his friend and fellow CSI Nick Stokes confronts him on his dependency. Warrick appears to listen, but later goes on a drinking spree with devastating consequences.

His long-running and increasingly dangerous investigation of Gedda, a Godfather-type kingpin of the old order, gives Warrick a renewed focus, but ultimately proves fatal.

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Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows

2008-05-30T11:37:00.004+08:00

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Catherine Willows is a CSI Level Three and occasional Acting Shift Supervisor with the Las Vegas Police Department.

Raised in Vegas by a showgirl mother, Catherine became an exotic dancer and nightclub wild child. Finding her calling, she danced her way through a medical technology degree at UNLV, hung up her spangles and became a CSI, specializing in blood spatter analysis. Her supervisor, Gil Grissom, mentions the fact that she was his first friend in Las Vegas, and the first person he recruited for his team. While a reliable and meticulous CSI, Catherine still enjoys flaunting her sexuality, and occasionally uses it to make a point - or win over a difficult suspect.

Catherine is a single mother with an attitude and a complicated family life. Her late husband Eddie, from whom she "should have gotten divorced years ago" had issues with drugs and fidelity, and was murdered in 2003. Their teenaged daughter Lindsey seems to have acquired her mother's feistiness - talking back, running away, and hanging out with questionable friends. Catherine, despite her night-shift schedule, keeps a close watch on her, placing her in an highly disciplined private school, and spending as much time as possible with her during the day. Lindsey is soon to graduate and go to college, a fact that causes Catherine no end of anxiety.

Casino tycoon Sam Braun, a friend of her mother, is a surrogate uncle to Catherine during her childhood and stormy teenage years. While they operate on opposite sides of certain gray areas of law, they share a lasting affection and grudging respect. Catherine learns that he is, in fact, her biological father after performing a DNA control test during a murder investigation involving Sam. This comes to haunt her during the trial. When Sam dies, he leaves Catherine and her mother some of his fortune, but the vast majority of it is tied up in the land development trusts he began during his life.

Catherine, while well-liked and highly successful at her job, seems to be trailed by bad luck in her personal life. Grissom is known to have criticized her for having a personal life at all, as drama seems to find her despite her best intentions. Her dates seem to end up jeopardizing investigations, or involved in them. Her daughter was kidnapped as a warning to her, and soon after her safe return, her father was killed in her arms by the kidnapper. Her recent dating life is next to nil, though she shares an unresolved, and ultimately tragic, flirtatious relationship with her co-worker, Warrick Brown.

While not vain in the strictest sense, Catherine has a dancer's strong sense of beauty and style to go with her natural good looks. She has watched her mother age from a great beauty into comfortable older-middle-age, and as she watches Lindsey grow up, she is often shown to be struggling with her own signs of aging.

In recent episodes, Catherine is shown to be transferring her maternal tendencies to the team, attempting to steer Grissom through his fiancee's departure, and helping Warrick through drug dependency and a murder charge.

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William Petersen as Gil Grissom

2008-05-29T23:25:00.005+08:00

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Gilbert "Gil" Grissom was born on August 17, 1956 in Santa Monica, California and grew up in Marina Del Rey, California. His father, a botanist, died when Gil was nine years old. His mother, who was deaf, ran an art gallery in Venice.

He was raised Roman Catholic, but he now seems to be a lapsed Catholic. He describes this as "practic[ing] a kind of secular Catholicism that involves ritualizing certain aspects of everyday life and imbuing them with a spiritual intensity they might not otherwise possess". This appears to neatly sum up his personal faith in scientific rigor as well as humanity, despite the crime scenes he attends every night.

Grissom describes himself as "a ghost" in school, focussing on his studies and on his scientific interests. He was known to pick up and dissect animals killed along the highway, and was eventually called upon to assist local law enforcement with necroscopies and other forensic tasks. (It is later hinted that Grissom has Asperger's Syndrome, or Asperger's-like tendencies, and these are key examples: social withdrawal and intellectual obsession leading to mastery of a subject.)

Grissom has a degree from UCLA in Biology, though it is unclear where he completed his postgraduate work.

At only 22, Grissom became the youngest country coroner in California history. Winning a surprise windfall in a poker game, he set up his first Body Farm - a natural setting where donated human bodies could be observed and recorded at all stages of the process of decomposition, local predation, and of course, bugs - entomological interference.

At 29, Grissom switched careers and became a CSI, rising quickly through the ranks to become a shift supervisor. He eventually transferred from the San Francisco PD to the Las Vegas PD, and took over the graveyard shift. Under his guidance, the LVPD Crime Lab rose to a second place crime-solving position in the country, second only to the FBI national headquarters at Quantico.

Grissom, while attached mainly to his work, does make friendly connections with his staff. And at least one friend is willing to relocate entirely to work with him: CSI Sara Sidle appears in the second episode of the series, called in from San Francisco by Grissom to run an internal investigation. His night shift crew treat him as an avuncular figure, eccentric but wise, hilariously dry, and solid as a rock. His own supervisor, Conrad Ecklie, considers him the proverbial thorn and a possible contender, and takes every opportunity to put him in his place.

Grissom's inherited his mother's otosclerosis, a fusion of the small bones in the ear, which nearly led to the loss of his hearing. This leads him even further into himself, withdrawing emotionally from his crew, and especially from Sara, for whom he has feelings he can neither deny nor act upon. With successful surgery, he regains his full hearing, but the effects of his behaviour upon Sara take much longer to heal.

Grissom and Sara, while both ferociously intelligent and adept observers, both find personal relationships awkward and difficult. Grissom especially takes a great pleasure and pride in his mind, and doesn't often see the point in changing to accommodate the people around him. Sara surrounds herself with emotional brick walls. It takes years for them to realize that neither of them is asking the other to change - only to be honest and willing to try. Six years after she arrives from San Francisco, Grissom and Sara are finally shown to be a couple, though they keep their relationship hidden from their colleagues for another two years. It is not until the end of the seventh season that Grissom reveals to them, during Sara's kidnapping, that she is the only one he has ever loved.

Upon Sara's return, she and Grissom must deal with the administrative effects of an interoffice relationship. Sara volunteers to switch to the swing shift, which brings "more daylight" into her life, but which leaves them with little time to spend together. Grissom, in his usual sideways manner, suggests that perhaps they should marry, and Sara agrees delightedly. This seems to boost her spirits, but even Grissom can't entirely stop her headlong spiral into a PTSD-sparked depression due to her violent childhood and more recent ordeal. She leaves him to return to California to confront her ghosts, while Grissom, giving her the space she asks of him, throws himself back into work.

Recent episodes show Grissom in emotional retreat, occasionally speaking with Sara by phone, but otherwise channelling all of his energy into his work. His team is fraying around the edges, with Sara gone, Ecklie hovering, and Warrick's problems affecting his work, and he feels responsible. The finale of the eighth season shows his relief at sitting down to breakfast with his old crew, and his prodigal son Warrick returned to the fold. As every viewer knows, however, one should never trust a season cliffhanger.

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CSI :Season 1-Blood Drops

2008-05-29T13:03:00.004+08:00

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A teenage girl runs out of her house in the middle of the night screaming for help. The crime scene inside is a mess with four dead bodies, her father, mother and two brothers, lying in pools of blood. The only survivors are the oldest daughter and Brenda, the youngest member of the family. Grissom assembles his team together and announces that this will be the only crime scene for his shift. Meanwhile, he assigns Sara to take care of Brenda, much to her dismay as she is not good with children. Nonetheless, during the course of the investigation, Sara discovers a maternal side in her.

In the end,the killer was actually the boyfriend of Brenda's 18 year old sister,Tina,Who's actually her mother. Tina set up the plan and told her boyfriend to kill their family because her father abused her daughter Brenda,just like what he did to her when she was a child. her mother did nothing to stop it accept keeping herself quite. Tina got arrested after she confess everything.

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Grissom: "You don't sleep, do you?"
Sara: "Hmm.

"This isn't butter. It's imitation."Catherine, to Grissom, about murders not be cult murders.

Warrick: "You need to tell somebody when you're cutting the lights?"
Grissom: "What? You work for OSHA now?" After Warrick nearly trips in dark

"Yet who would have thought the old man would have so much blood in him." Grissom, quoting MacBeth.

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CSI :Season 1-Who Are You?

2008-05-28T23:35:00.007+08:00

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*A skeleton is found in the concrete foundation of a house in Summercliff and Grissom and Nick set about recovering it. Grissom calls in a facial reconstruction expert, Dr. Teri Miller, in to create a mold of the dead woman's face in the hopes of identifying her. The coroner, Dr. Al Robbins, determines that in addition to being stabbed, their victim suffered blunt force trauma to the head. He also finds grains of sand preserved in earwax. The woman is identified as Faye Green, who went missing just after moving in with her boyfriend, Jason Hindler. The CSIs go to Jason's house and question him while his wife, Amy, looks on. Grissom notices a fish tank in one of the rooms of the house and Nick finds a loose floorboard with sand underneath. The CSIs obtain a warrant and discover blood on the floor. Positing that Jason and Faye fought and he slammed her into the fish tank and stabbed her before hiding her at Summercliff, where he was working as a contractor at the time, they arrest him. Grissom takes him out, leaving Nick to process. The CSI is shocked when Amy Hindler aims a gun at him. She admits it was she who killed Faye, enraged that Jason had left her for Faye. Grissom returns and draws his own gun, getting Amy to lower hers and arresting the right person for the crime.

Sara and Warrick investigate a shooting of a fleeing suspect. Officer Joe Tynar claims he pursued a suspect in a car down the strip who suddenly pulled over and shot himself. Brass is irritated that the CSIs feel the need to throughly investigate Tynar's story, especially when a valet comes forward and claims the officer was the one who shot the suspect. The CSIs scour the scene for the bullet, but can't find it anywhere. When they turn to the suspect's car, Warrick finds the bullet buried in the treads of the spare tire. Bobby Dawson runs the bullet and finds it matches the suspect's gun, not Tynar's. The officer is exonerated. Catherine faces a case that gets even more personal when her ex-husband, Eddie, is accused of rape by a stripper named April. Grissom urges her to turn the case over to Warrick, but Catherine pushes forward, going to the club where April works and finds vaginal contraceptive film in her locker. When Greg runs the rape kit, he finds glycerin, proving April used the contraceptive prior to having sex with Eddie, and therefore the sex was planned, not forced.

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"By law, you have to disclose everything. Three bedrooms, two baths and a skeleton." Grissom to Nick

"Just bones? What a rush." Sara to Grissom

Grissom: "You know, for a ladies man you don't know much about bone structure."
Nick (grinning): "I know all I need to know."

"Who are you?" Grissom, to skull!

"Gil Grissom, or should I call you Spiderman?" Teri Miller to Grissom

"I need you to make me a face." Grissom to Teri Miller

"Give me your hand. You'll enjoy this." Teri Miller to Grissom

"It's about the evidence, Catherine. And you may not like where it takes you." Grissom to Catherine

Tyner: "Scientists! I bet you've never even drawn your weapon!"
Grissom: "And I hope I never have to."

Evans: "You dressed like that?"
Catherine: "If you want to call it dressed." About exotic dancer on stage.

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CSI :Season 1-Friends & Lovers

2008-05-28T22:31:00.003+08:00

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*The naked body of a teen boy is found in the desert. Grissom is quick to note the maggots on the body, indicating that the boy has been dead for a while. There's no obvious sign of death, so Grissom has Warrick autopsy one of the maggots and he discovers Jimson weed in the maggot's belly. Bobby Taylor reports his friend Eric missing and identifies the boy's body. He tells Grissom they were at a rave the night Eric disappeared and Warrick is able to identify the DJ playing at the rave by an entrance stamp on the boy's wrist. With Bobby in tow, Grissom and Warrick go to the rave and locate the drug dealer, Ethan, who is well-versed in the language of the law. Grissom wants to bring him down for murder, but the Warrick discovers that the levels of Jimson weed in Eric's system weren't fatal. The sad truth comes out when Grissom discovers a bite on Bobby's arm, which Bobby, who doesn't remember much of the evening due to the drug, assumed was a spider bite. The boys had a bad trip: Eric got overheated and stripped and freaked out while Bobby had an auditory overload and inadvertently smothered Eric to get him to be quiet. Bobby is crushed to discover he killed his friend.

Catherine and Nick are called to a school where Dean Vernon Woods has been bludgeoned to death with a stone by the school founder, Kate Armstrong. She claims that he attacked her and she struck him in self-defense, but the CSIs find multiple holes in her story. Kate struck the man several times, not just once as she initially claimed. A gap in the blood splatter on the walls indicates another person was in the room at the time. Kate claims her friend Julia was simply there to back up her story that Woods was hitting on her, but when the CSIs find another gap in the blood splatter--this one in the shape of a hand on Woods' shirt--they are able to prove Julia held him down while Kate beat him to death. Not satisfied with simply knowing how, Catherine observes the detective questioning Kate and Julia: it turns out they were lovers being blackmailed by Woods, who threatened to expose them. After he kept demanding money from them, they killed him to keep their secret. Meanwhile, Sara works a body dump case and is surprised to find the woman, Stephanie Reyes, was actually buried days ago at a nearby graveyard. When she discovers Stephanie's casket is missing as well, she figures out that the mortuary director has been reusing the coffins from graves--dumping the bodies and reselling the coffins. She demands that he pay for Stephanie to be reburied properly at another cemetery--and then to face charges.

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*Grissom: "You want to know what killed this kid? Benihana the maggots."
Warrick: "What the maggots?"

Entomology is our friend." Grissom to Warrick

"The walls in his office look like the dean went a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson." Catherine to Kate Armstrong

Grissom: "Dry as a bone, red as a beet, blind as a bat , mad as a hatter."
Warrick: "Really? Cite your sources.
Grissom: "Internet insomnia."

"Now there's a look I like to see - confusion." Catherine to Nick

"Blood's like my grandfather. Never lies." Nick to Julia

"Don't take it personally, miss. He's kind of married to his job." Warrick to rave girl who was clinging to Grissom

"If you're going to break the law, Jim, you've got to know the law." Grissom to Brass

"The evidence only knows one thing: the truth. It is what it is." Grissom to Warrick

"Gruesome Grissom. Tin man with a heart. Who knew?" Jenna Williams to Grissom, in morgue

Nick: "You heard Grissom. The more the why, the less the how. The less the how, the more the why."
Catherine: "Hey, Nick. Grissom's not always right. Do yourself a favor, think for yourself. I mean that as a friend, okay?"

"It's not about memory now, Bobby. It's about evidence, and the evidence … sucks." Grissom to Bobby.

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CSI :Season 1-Pledging Mr. Johnson

2008-05-28T20:09:00.005+08:00

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*Two men out fishing on the lake happen upon a gruesome find: a woman's severed leg. When the rest of her body is recovered, the CSIs identify her as Wendy Barger and the coroner, Dr. Jenna Williams, determines she didn't drown. Noting a dislocated shoulder and signs of sexual activity, Wells postulates that Wendy may have been raped. Grissom and Catherine question Winston, Wendy's husband, who admits they were having problems and she'd gone out to their cabin to think. His semen isn't a match, so the pair hits up the last place Wendy ate at and learns she dined with a neighbor, Phil Swelco. Swelco admits to an affair with Wendy and says she was planning to leave Winston. Swelco tells them Wendy took her boat to see him, but the boat isn't docked at the marina where it should be. While Grissom rigs up a tub to predict where the boat would be based on the currents, Catherine does the legwork and finds the boat near Barring Point Bridge. The CSIs recover the boat and find Swelco's blood on it. When they question him, he insists he cut himself innocently, but Winston spots him being question and Catherine tells him the truth: Swelco was having an affair with Wendy. Grissom gets angry with her for spilling the beans and compromising the investigation, and sure enough, even after Grissom determines Wendy's death was an accident--her boat ran out of gas and she dislocated her shoulder pulling the engine cord, hit her head and toppled into the water--tragedy strikes when a devastated Winston shoots Swelco, thinking the man killed his wife.

Nick and Sara look into the hanging death of a fraternity pledge, James Johnson. Matt Daniels, the fraternity president, claims James was depressed after not getting into the fraternity, but the coroner finds no teeth marks on James' tongue, indicated he didn't die by hanging. Petechial hemorrhaging indicates he did indeed suffocate, and the coroner points out ink on his penis. Matt and another fraternity brother, Kyle Travis, claim James was humiliated during an initiation ritual where pledges had to get girls to sign various body parts. The boys say James faked his and that they called him out on it, but Sara has doubts that are confirmed when fabric and liver are discovered in James' throat. Kyle claims James asked for a second chance, so the boys made him eat raw liver, but that he choked on it and died even after they performed the Heimlich maneuver on him. The coroner shows the CSI that there's no damage to the ribs indicating anyone tried to save James, and the plot thickens when the CSIs learn James actually did get his body signed by a girl: Kyle's girlfriend, Jill. When they find a bloody piece of string in Kyle's room, they're able to get Matt to confess: Kyle saw Jill's initials on James and made the pledge swallow the raw liver with a string attached, and then pulled on it, leaving the liver behind and causing James to choke to death.

Judge Cohen, the judge Warrick placed a bet for in the "Pilot" tells Warrick he wants the CSI to break an evidence seal in a rape case in order to compromise the case against the accused. Warrick is upset and turns to Grissom for advice after the supervisor tells him he's been promoted to CSI Level Three. Warrick lures the judge to a park to meet to discuss what Cohen wants him to do, and Warrick gets the judge's intentions on tape. Brass, who heard it all from nearby, swoops in and arrests the corrupt judge. Grissom tells Warrick he's proud of him but that he won't always be around to protect him.

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*"So Watson, the game's afoot." Grisson, to Catherine, about severed leg

"May I take your hand?" Grissom to Catherine, in order to take the victim's fingerprints

Nick: "I can't believe I used to live in a place like this."
Sara: "And here I had all this respect for you." About frat house they're in

Catherine: "I can tell you first hand, when you don't cheat, you don't suspect."
Brass: "Oh, man. I wish I had been married to you."
Catherine: "Not a chance."

Catherine: "Oh, alone?"
Grissom: "No, sometimes I have a beer with it." Her query about Grissom eating calamari at restaurant

Catherine: "When Eddie was cheating on me, I sure wish somebody would had said something."
Grissom: "You mean me."
Catherine: "Who else?"

"You know Grissom. Shortest distance between two points is science." Warrick to Greg, about tub experiment

Grissom: "We're scientists. We're not psychiatrists or victim's rights advocates."
Catherine: "You're right, I should be just like you. Alone in my hermetically sealed condo watching Discovery on the big screen. Working genius level crossword puzzles, but no relationships. No chance any will slop over into a case. Right. I want to be just like you."
Grissom: (beat) "Technically, it's a townhouse. And the crosswords are advanced, but not genius, but you're right. I'm deficient in a lot of ways. But I never screw up one of my cases with personal stuff."
Catherine: "Grissom ... what personal stuff?"

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CSI :Season 1-Crate and Burial

2008-05-27T18:11:00.012+08:00

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*Wealthy Jack Garris is beside himself when his wife Laura is abducted. Grissom and Sara are on the case, but Garris is determined to pay the two million dollar ransom in order to get his wife back. Grissom and Sara set out in a helicopter, locating Laura Garris buried underneath the dry desert earth in a crate while Brass stakes out the drop point and catches Chip Rundle, Jack Garris's personal trainer, taking the money. Chip denies involvement and Laura insists she didn't see her abductor, but Grissom and Sara become suspicious when Sara examines Chip's car and finds the position Laura was sitting in indicates she was neither bound nor unconscious. Nick matches the voice on the tape to Chip's voice, but Grissom sends him back to the drawing board to see if he can prove Laura's involvement. When he uncovers Laura's voice on the tape urging Chip to hurry, the CSIs are able to arrest both Laura and Chip.

Catherine and Warrick investigate the hit-and-run death of a young girl on a scooter. They're able to get a partial plate number off the girl's body which leads them to Charles Moore, an elderly man who confesses right away to hitting the girl, getting confused, and driving away. Catherine is bothered by his easy confession and when the CSIs go over his car, they find the seat pulled too far up and Mos Def on the radio, indicating a person much shorter and younger than Charles was driving at the time. When he's questioned about it, Charles says his grandson James was in the car with him and switched places with him after Charles hit the girl. The CSIs are still suspicious, and when Warrick recovers a chipped piece of tooth from the steering wheel, they're able to prove James was driving. Charles is chagrined to see his grandson taken off to jail, but Warrick offers the young man his number and his support.

++Quotes...

*Sara: "Excuse me. Is my evaluation interrupting you?"
Grissom: "No, I barely heard you."

"…I guess we folllow the dirt." Grissom to Sara

"One thing I can't stand is a punk coward." Warrick to Catherine

"Gruesome, Grissom." Sara to Grissom

"Every case teaches me something about the next." Grissom to Sara

"Here, kitty, kitty." Nick to suspect, who's loitering around trash can

Sara: "How long do I have to be here before I kicking in for gifts?"
Catherine: "When the spirits move you, Sara, so in your case, I guess … never."

"We'll play with these later." Grissom, gleefully, to Nick, about Chemlab/500 kits

Nick: "What'd I do wrong?"
THD: "I'm not going to spoil Grissom's fun. This is how he teaches all you guys."

"People leave us clues, Nick. They speak to us clues in thousands of different ways. It's our job to make sure we've heard everything they've said." Grissom to Nick

Sara: "Hey, Grissom, Would you come tape me up?"
Grissom (to Catherine): "I love my work."

"When you want evidence, you can't find it, when you don't want it it's as big as Dallas." Catherine, to herself

Sara: "Grateful Dead CD?"
Grissom: "Who's dead?" He's listening to earphones.

"The thing is, Jack, I tend not to believe people. They lie. The evidence doesn't lie." Grissom to Chip.

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CSI :Season 1-Cool change

2008-05-27T14:01:00.013+08:00

Here's another...i got the quotes from my one and only source Elyse Dickenson..a great person...love her site!! anyway..

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*Ted Sallenger wins a 40 million dollar jackpot at the Monaco casino, but his glee is short-lived; hours later, he's found dead outside the casino, the victim of a fall. Grissom and Nick take the case, questioning the victim's girlfriend, Jamie, who admits to a spat with him and to cutting him with a champagne bottle after he dumped her. After determining Ted was pushed, Grissom questions the man who played the machine for eleven hours before Ted won. Ted bought the man, Carleton, a few drinks before stumbling back to his room drunk. Carleton went to the roof to commit suicide but couldn't go through with it. Grissom finds roof dust on Carleton's clothes but none on Ted's, backing up Carleton's story. When the coroner reveals Ted was knocked out before being tossed out of the window, Grissom and Nick return to the room, finding blood and a candleholder that matches the wound on Ted's head. They turn back to Jamie, who folds under the weight of the evidence.

Catherine works the Holly Gribbs shooting and Grissom calls Sara Sidle, a friend from San Francisco, in to run the internal investigation into the shooting. Catherine recovers a pager from the scene and is chagrined to discover Holly was shot with her own gun. Sara asks Warrick about his whereabouts, positing that he took off to place a bet. She also shares sad news: Holly died on the operating table. When the owner of the pager pages it, Catherine calls him and, pretending to be a flirt, gets him to give up his location by agreeing to meet him. Catherine, Brass and Sara storm his hotel room and match his DNA to scrapings under Holly's nails. Grissom decides to give Warrick a second chance, not knowing the CSI is entangled with the corrupt Judge Cohen. Warrick paid the judge back for making a bad bet for him, but the judge isn't letting go, claiming he "owns" Warrick.

++Quotes...

*Cop: "Do you want to talk to her?"
Grissom: "Not yet. Right now I want to talk to him." About witness, and corpse on ground

Grissom: "Norman fell."
Sara: "Wouldn't you if you were married to Mrs. Roper"? Regarding the dummy tossed off the roof

Catherine: "What are you doing here?"
Brass: "Guilt therapy." Why Brass shows up at hotel

"Nice swatch, Nick. Pizza box-sized." Grissom, to himself, after seeing massive swatch Nick took out of hotel carpet

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CSI :Season 1-Pilot

2008-05-26T15:04:00.009+08:00

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*The body of a man, Roy Harmon, is found in a bathtub, the apparent victim of suicide. Gil Grissom, the nightshift CSI supervisor, plays Harmon's taped suicide note for his distraught mother, but she says the voice on the tape isn't Roy's. Grissom returns to the lab to meet his newest recruit, Holly Gribbs, the daughter of a traffic court cop who has just graduated from with a forensics degree. She's overcome at the Harmon autopsy, where the coroner confirms Harmon's death was indeed a homicide--and rushes out, only to get herself locked in the morgue. Holly's first night on the job only gets worse when Captain Jim Brass gives her a dressing down and dismisses her as a legacy hire. Grissom sends her on what should be a simple robbery case, but the owner aims a gun at her to get her to hurry up her processing and CSI Catherine Willows comes in to intervene and offer the new CSI a few words of encouragement.

CSIs Nick Stokes and Warrick Brown are in a fierce competition for a promotion to CSI Level 3. Both men are just once case away from closing the deal. Nick works a robbery where a man has been robbed by the prostitute he brought up to his hotel room. His lips are discolored, but when Nick takes the swab to tech Greg Sanders, nothing comes up. Nick lucks out when a young woman named Kristi Hopkins passes out while driving and gets into a minor car accident. She's sent to the hospital and the doctor observes a discoloration around her nipple. Nick gets her to admit to drugging the man who hired her, and agrees not to press charges if she returns the man's belongings and turns over the solution she used to drug him.

Warrick doesn't fare quite as well on his case; he's called to the scene of a home invasion turned deadly. A husband has shot the drunk friend of his wife who was staying with them for six months before the husband threw him out. He claims the drunk man returned to attack his family and he shot him in self-defense, but Warrick has his doubts. He notices the victim's left shoe has been retied and also notices that the husband's left pinkie toe is hurt. The man admits to retying the shoe after it flew off during the shooting, but denies ever putting the victim's shoe on his own foot. When Warrick finds a broken toenail inside the victim's shoe, he's convinced the husband kicked the door in himself using the victim's shoe to make it look like the victim broke in. But when Warrick goes around Brass to a get a warrant from a judge in exchange for placing a bet for him, Brass calls him out and gets him removed from the case. Grissom sends Warrick with Holly to the scene of a robbery and finishes the case up for him, going to the house and collecting toenail clippings from the husband and confirming that he did indeed wear the victim's shoe--and kill him in cold blood.

The murder of Roy Harmon proves more of a challenge. There's a perfect print on the tape recorder--too perfect--laced with latex. The print matches a man named Paul Millander, but Grissom finds an explanation for it when he brings the man in for questioning: Millander works in a model warehouse and designed a hand model using his own hand as the blueprint. His prints are on the fingers of the ten thousand hands that were shipped out for Halloween. Though Grissom can reassure Mrs. Harmon that her son's death was indeed not suicide, he can't close the case. The CSIs gather to celebrate Nick's promotion to CSI Level Three, including Warrick, who left Holly to process the robbery scene while he went to place the bet for Judge Cohen. Brass interrupts the celebration with disturbing news: Holly Gribbs has been shot at the scene of the robbery and isn't expected to pull through. Warrick is placed on suspension and the rest of the team is headed into overtime to catch the shooter.

++Quotes...

"Here comes the nerd squad." Sgt. O'Riley to another detective when they see Grissom's team arrive

"I need a pint of your blood. It's customary for all new hires." Grissom to Holly

"No offense, but I don't think I want to eat anything that's been in this office." Holly Gribbs to Grissom

Nick: "Is there anything you won't bet on, man?"
Warrick: "Nah"

"I think every new hire should experience an autopsy on their first night." Brass to Grissom about Holly

"This is why I took this job. I can always tell when whitey's talking out of his ass." Warren to Boe at lab

Catherine: "Are you in danger?"
Holly: "We're getting there." Store owner in the liquor store has a gun on Holly

"Concentrate on what cannot lie -- the evidence." Grissom to Warrick

Grissom: "If latex rubber and lecithin went on a blind date, how would the night end?"
Lady Technician: "A lot better than ours did."

"You want to be different? Pin me up against the wall. Lay one on me like you mean it." Lady lab technician to Grissom

"Pin you against a wall??" Grissom's response to above technician

"We're just a bunch of kids, that are getting paid to work on puzzles. Sometimes there's a piece that's missing, sometimes, we solve it in one night." Catherine to Holly

"Stick with it. at least until you solve your first. And if after that you don't feel like King Kong on concaine, then you can quit.' Catherine to Holly about the job

"There is always a clue." Grissom to Warren

"There is no room for subjectivity in this department." Grissom to Warrick

Grissom: "I need to give you a pedicure."
Hubby: "Come again?"
Grissom: "I have warrant for your toenails."

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"CSI : Crime Scene Investigation"

2008-05-25T15:30:00.001+08:00

Okay folks...this is my one time favorite Tv series...

"CSI : Crime Scene Investigation"

It is the las vegas one...i'll be talking about it...all the time...and of course,don't forget CSI:Miami and CSI:NY!! Later!!

++Taglines...

*Sin Never Sleeps
*Theres no such thing as questions, just hidden answers.
*Brace yourself for a killer season.

++Plot....

*This show follows the nights of the detectives working at the Las Vegas Police Department Crime Scene Investigations bureau. Being the second busiest crime lab in America, CSI officers use the best scientific and technical methods to solve puzzles and catch criminals.

*The Las Vegas PD Criminalistics Division is the #2 crime lab in the US, solving crimes that practically every other crime lab has given up on. Led by hard-nosed Captain Jim Brass and quirky Gil Grissom, they track down perpetrators using scientific analysis and the occasional leap in logic.

*In the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, its reputation for providing instant success for those willing to try their luck draws in the hopeful and the naive. This constant influx of visitors also provides ripe targets for criminals of all varieties, confident they will never be caught. Unfortunately for them, most are proven wrong by the Las Vegas Police Department's night shift Crime Scene Investigations unit led by Gill Grissom. With almost obsessive dedication towards his quest for the facts, he and his elite team of investigators work various perplexing cases using scientific skills and equipment that are capable of finding valuable clues from the most seemingly unlikely sources. In a city of empty dreams and false fronts, Gill Grissom leads the quest for the one thing that can cut through the lies to the truth and justice, the evidence.

++Awards

*Nominated for 6 Golden Globes. Another 37 wins & 84 nominations

++Cast...

*William Petersen-Gil Grissom.
*Marg Helgenberger-Catherine Willows.
*Gary Dourdan-Warrick Brown.
*George Eads-Nick Stokes.
*Paul Guilfoyle-Captain Jim Brass.
*Ezic Szmanda-Greg Sanders.
*Robert David Hall-Dr.Al Robbins.
*Jorja Fox-Sara Sidle.
*David Berman-David Phillips.
*Wallace Langham-David hodges.
*Archie Kao-Archie Johnson.
*Louise Lombard-Sofia Curtis.
*Marc Vann-Conrad Ecklie.
*Madison McReynolds-Lindsay Willows.
*Kay Panabaker-Teenage Lindsay Willows.
*Scott Wilson-Sam Braun.
*Chandra west-Holly Gribbs.(only 2 episodes)

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