Wednesday 30 May 2012

Dr. Raymond (Ray) Langston (portrayed by Lawrence Fishburne)

Raymond was an Army brat born in Seoul, South Korea, and consequently calls the sport of soccer football. His father, a decorated soldier and a veteran of the Korean War, was a violent man, often involved in brawls off the battlefield; as a result, Langston's childhood was a painful one.
Raymond eventually obtained a medical degree and became a pathologist at a hospital. A co-worker at his hospital was an Angel of Death, murdering 27 patients. While Langston saw the evidence, he was never able to put it together.
Afterward, Langston became a professor at West Las Vegas University, but continued to do pro bono work as a surgeon. It was in this capacity that he came into contact with the CSI team, as they were investigating a series of murders attributed to serial killer Nate Haskell, who Langston interviewed for the course. After the case's conclusion, Grissom encouraged Langston to join the Las Vegas Crime Lab as a Level 1 investigator.



In season 9, Langston began his first day on the job. His first day was troubling for him as he overdusted a print and ruined it, dropped a burned body and tearing its shift then getting his necktie stuck in the victim's blood, causing it to become evidence, and drawing Riley Adams' criticism when he reprimands a man who strikes his son. 
He also received a cold welcome from David Hodges, who was still unhappy about Gil Grissom's departure, but who warms up to Langston after the latter demonstrates a cornmeal bomb. Nevertheless, the team accepts him as one of their own, inviting him to join them at a diner.

n later episodes, it is revealed that Langston has a number of interests, including blues music and quickly befriended the like-minded Doc Al Robbins.
 It is revealed  in one episode that Langston knows some Mandarin Chinese. He is the only member of the team who rides a motorcycle to work.
Langston, despite his calm demeanor, occasionally takes cases personally. In his first case, he reprimanded a father for shouting at his son while the team was searching the boy's room, earning a reprimand from Riley about keeping an emotional distance. He was forced to kill a suspect in self-defense in the Season 9 finale, "All In"; his lack of guilt over the event worries him. It was the first time he had taken a life in the line of duty. 

By the tenth season premiere episode, Langston has taken numerous courses (going so far as to max out the hours the lab will pay for and paying out of his own pocket) and has since been promoted to CSI Level 2. He said no to giving his DNA to the crime lab to clear him from the investigation; the reason why is later speculated on by Wendy Simms and David Hodges, though the two draw no concrete conclusions.

Serial killer Nate Haskell first appears in the Season 9 episode "19 Down", the first part of the final episode of Gil Grissom, the former Supervisor of the crime lab. Langston was a professor of forensics and taught a class in college. Grissom comes to one of his classes, which is when Haskell is mentioned. After Langston became a CSI following Grissom's retirement, Haskell emerges again when he calls Langston in the first part of the Season 10 finale "Doctor Who."
At the conclusion of Season 10 ("Meat Jekyll"), Langston is stabbed by Haskell in the closing minutes of the second part of the finale and collapses to the ground, bleeding.
In the eleventh season premiere, Ray survives the attack but has lost one of his kidneys as a result and regularly needs a cane to help him although in later episodes, he seems to have fully capable of walking without it.
Later in the episode "Bump and Grind," Langston receives a letter from Haskell, where he finds a kidney bean and note that says, "Just thinking about you, XO, Nate". In the end of the episode, he looks at the scars that Haskell gave him and Sara Sidle walks in. He tells her about the letter that Haskell sent him, and Sara tells him to not let Haskell get in his way.
Later in the episode "Targets of Obsession", Langston goes to court to testify against Haskell. During the trial, Haskell contends that he is a victim of his own circumstances. As a child, he was abused by his alcoholic father, and he is also a carrier of the MAO-A gene, which has been shown to predispose an individual to violent behavior. When Langston takes the stand, Haskell forces him to recount in full detail the attack at the crime lab. At first, it appears that the jury has been swayed by Haskell's testimony; however, near the close of the case, Langston returns to the stand to rebuke Haskell's MAO-A defense. When Haskell questions Langston's ability to testify on the matter, Langston reveals that he is personally equipped to discuss the influence of the MAO-A gene on a person's behavior. Like Haskell, Langston reveals, he too was abused by an alcoholic father and has the MAO-A gene. The fact that Langston has avoided becoming a criminal himself and instead takes pleasure in seeing criminals being brought to justice proves for the court that neither abuse nor the MAO-A gene can determine a person's behavior, and Haskell is found guilty.
Haskell sends a signal to his fiancée, which Langston notices while the verdict was being read. As Langston was leaving to go home after his success in court, he sees the group of women that tried to free Haskell through his defenses and becomes suspicious when he doesn't see Haskell's fiancée nor a certain other woman. He remembers the signal sent and quickly returns to the prison where Haskell was being held, and finds that there was another inmate wearing Nate Haskell's prison band. It is later shown that Haskell's fiancée helped him escape by killing the other inmates, the other prison guards, and the woman that helped her.
In the episode "Unleashed," Ray reveals to Lady Heather, that when he was applying for medical school, he was asked why he wanted to be a doctor. He responded with as long as he was helping people, he was not hurting them. Lady Heather remarks that his ugly side will be the one to catch Haskell.
In the episode "Father of the Bride," Ray and the team receive a video of Haskell. It showed his fiancée, Vivian, who helped him escape, and it appeared to be a ransom video. In the Season 11 finale, Langston snaps after Haskell hints that he (Haskell) sexually assaulted Gloria. Langston beats him multiple times, using his medical knowledge to inflict as much damage as possible to Haskell. He damages Haskell's kidney in retaliation, and breaks his knee. After a series of beatings, Ray throws Haskell over a railing killing him. Catherine sent in the report to Internal Affairs saying the evidence supports that he acted in self-defense. At the end of the episode, Internal Affairs interviews him, and asks if he killed Haskell in self-defense or murdered him. The episode abruptly ends.
In the Season 12 premiere, "73 Seconds", Brass and Doc Robbins mention that Ray is back in Baltimore with Gloria. Though Ray was not formally charged by IA, he was pressured into leaving the team, and in addition, almost all of the CSIs involved were affected in some way; Nick Stokes and Catherine Willows were demoted because of the team's attempt to shield Ray and for not bringing Ray into line during his attempt to find Haskell. - (Info courtesy of wikipedia.)

When Langston first joined, he was warmly received by the team and has a good working relationship with them. When it comes to analyzing evidence and the science, he sometimes acts as a mentor to the likes of Nick (who first gives him the title "Doctor Ray") and Greg, telling them the little known or weird facts. Hodges, who initially seemed to dislike him, eventually warmed up to his new colleague. He notably developed a friendship with Doc Robbins and the two are often seen in the morgue exchanging banter over the corpse they are examining.

Laurence Fishburne made guest appearances as Dr. Raymond Langston in CSI: Miami and CSI: NY in the tenth season of CSI, appearing in episodes aired the week of November 9, 2009. This gives him the distinction of being one of the two actors in the main cast of one CSI program to appear in the same role on all three, the first being David Caruso as Lt. Horatio Caine. However, Langston is the only character who traveled to all three locations and worked fully with all three labs.

Sunday 27 May 2012

Sara Sidle (portrayed by Jorja Fox)

Sidle was born on September 16th, 1971 in Tamales Bay, an hour and a half outside San Francisco. Her father was abusive, battering both his wife and children, until Sidle's schizophrenic mother, Laura, killed him in 1984. Afterward, she spent time in the foster care system, which didn't keep her from graduating high school as valedictorian at age 16. She attained a scholarship and attended Harvard, moving on to graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley. While at Berkeley, she started a work-study position at the San Francisco Coroner’s office, where she would also audit lectures to keep up with new developments; it was at one of these that she met Gil Grissom.
Some time later, while she was working in San Francisco, Grissom called her because he was in need of someone outside the Las Vegas team. Sidle then went to Las Vegas and helped resolve some internal affairs problems within the CSIs while also providing a replacement to Holly Gribbs who had been shot. Some episodes later she became a permanent member of the Las Vegas crime scene investigators night shift as a CSI Level 3 at the LVPD Criminalistics Bureau, specialising in materials and element analysis. In season eight, Sidle briefly changed from the night shift to the swing shift. In the season 10 premiere, it is revealed Sara is now married to Grissom.


Perhaps because of her traumatic childhood, Sidle has demonstrated compassion and empathy for victims of domestic violence, and fury against their abusers. She also has a soft spot for animals, and became a vegetarian after she saw Grissom conduct an experiment on a dead pig. She has also shown a tendency to become very aggressive when under pressure or annoyed, especially in cases involving abused women - such as her arguments with Catherine and Ecklie, and engaging in a heated argument with a man suspected of murdering his wife.


Sara Sidle's romantic relationships have been largely unsuccessful. During the first seasons, coroner David Phillips, laboratory technician Greg Sanders, and fellow CSI Nick Stokes occasionally flirted with her, but nothing more than friendship resulted from those flirtations.
Since CSI's first season there were hints that both Sara Sidle and Gil Grissom were interested in each other romantically; in fact, the show's producers initially introduced Sara Sidle as a future love interest for Grissom. However, during the show's first three seasons Grissom flirted with other female characters, and when she asked him out to dinner he rejected her, saying that he didn't know what to do about what was going on between them.

Once, Sara was suspended for insubordination and told Grissom about her tormented childhood. He refused to fire her and has her working with him in almost every episode from season six and season seven.
It was not until the sixth season finale that it is revealed that Grissom and Sidle have worked through whatever issues they had and are, in fact, a couple. In season eight it was revealed they have been intimately involved for two years.

Friday 25 May 2012

Nick Stokes (portrayed by George Eads)
Nicholas "Nick" Stokes was born in Austin, Texas to Judge Bill Stokes and Lawyer Jillian Stokes. Nick is the youngest of seven siblings, and throughout his childhood, he exhibited considerable athletic and academic potential. In one episode, Nick tells Raymond Langston, "I'm from Austin. I grew up playing football."
Nick attended Texas A&M University, where he pledged at a fraternity, as revealed in the. After leaving college, he joined the police department and took a job with the Dallas crime lab in Texas, where he specialised in hair and fiber analysis.
Feeling that he would not be able to match his parents' considerable academic achievement, Nick decided to leave Texas and headed for Las Vegas, Nevada. In Vegas, Nick found that he could be his own man and in 1997, he joined the successful CSI team under the leadership of Gil Grissom.
Nick, overall, is shown as having had a happy childhood and as being close to his parents.

When in the field, Nick has a natural empathy with the people affected by the crimes he investigates; in contrast with many of his colleagues, who prefer to keep an emotional distance. On occasion, Nick's empathy causes friction both with colleague Warrick Brown and with supervisor Grissom, but Nick defends his approach and it often proves beneficial to the cases he handles.
Nick has a good command of Spanish; he frequently deals with cases involving Hispanics and the Latino community.
During the sixth season of CSI, Nick grew an ill-advised moustache, but soon got rid of it. He is also prone to changing his hairstyle, sometimes equally unsuccessfully, like "The Beatles" cut and the shaved head.
It is often mentioned that Nick is something of a ladies' man.
In "The Grave Shift", after Catherine turns down the offer to move into Grissom's office, she offers it to Nick, who accepts after some thought. He, in turn, decides to share the office space with Greg Sanders and Riley Adams, who are shown unpacking alongside him. Grissom's infamous fetal pig in a jar is placed in the room by Hodges, who says that "it is where it belongs". During the tenth season premiere, Nick is promoted to Assistant Supervisor after Sara Sidle advises Catherine that she needs a number two. Nick is also seen dealing with tarantulas, and is shown taking Grissom's old tarantula under his care.
In the season twelve premiere, Nick returns from a work-related trip to find that he has lost his office to new CSI supervisor D.B. Russell.

Despite being one of the more well-adjusted members of Grissom's team, Nick is the victim of a number of crimes during the course of the series. In the episode "Rashomama", his car (and all the evidence inside it) is stolen (although the car is subsequently returned). In the episode "Grave Danger", which is frequently voted the best ever episode of CSI, Nick is kidnapped and buried alive in a glass coffin rigged with explosives, where he is attacked by fire ants. The episode traumatizes him for some time. Throughout the season eleven premiere, Nick is seen struggling with the pain of this gunshot and he suffers a mental breakdown when a suspect pulls a gun, firing his own weapon so many times that he has to reload, despite the fact that the suspect is already dead. Catherine eventually stops him. As Nick struggles emotionally, Catherine attempts to comfort him by describing how she handled losing Warrick. She gives him a therapist's card, and eventually Nick decides to meet with him.

Nick is shown to be affable and gets along well with his colleagues, even the occasionally annoying David Hodges. Prior to Warrick's death, the duo are good friends and Nick even sets up a college fund for Warrick's son. In the episode "Appendicitement", he colludes with Greg and Hodges in "kidnapping" and taking Henry out for a birthday treat. He is defensive of his colleagues, as shown in "Fannysmackin'", wherein he takes his anger out on a bystander upon seeing Greg beaten up. He shares a good-natured relationship with now-former supervisor Gil Grissom. When new CSI Ray Langston takes his first case, Nick acts as his right-hand man, giving him tips and helping with investigations. He is occasionally seen being mildly flirtatious with Catherine Willows, his good friend and co-worker, who becomes something of an "older sister" figure to him.

CSI Craige, over and out.
Warrick Brown (portrayed by Gary Dourdan)
Warrick Brown, born in 1971, was a Las Vegas native, whose father abandoned him soon after his birth, and whose mother died when he was seven years old. Raised by his grandmother and Aunt Bertha, Warrick found it very difficult to socialize, and could often be found with his head in a book. His love of mathematics and science took him to Western Las Vegas University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.



Warrick grew up in a strict household, and kept his position as a casino runner a secret from his grandmother. He once told Catherine that while he was a dork in high school, and still had dimples, he "got a little action". He was strongly influenced by a community organizer who ran a center that he spent time at after school.
Early in the series it is discovered that Warrick was a gambling addict. Sara did not get along with Warrick early in the series because she knew of his addiction, however they ended up becoming good friends and colleagues. Warrick also tended to not get along with Jim Brass early in the first season, but over several episodes, they appeared to patch things up. Warrick is sensitive to the difficulties of minorities, which is shown throughout the series.


After dating a woman named Tina for a short time, he proposed and quickly married her in Season 6. Nearing the Season 6 finale, Warrick's marriage seemed to have become rocky. Through the mid-point of Season 7, Warrick still wore his wedding band, which would suggest that he and Tina had worked through their differences. In a season 7 episode, he commented that his marriage to Tina might have worked out better if Tina was also a crime scene investigator and better understood the demands of his job. In Season 8  Warrick tells Catherine that he is getting divorced. In early season 8, Warrick is on the phone with Tina. Warrick had asked to help father the unborn child, only to be met by resistance from Tina. We then see Tina again at Warrick's Funeral, when Sara and Greg discover that Warrick had a son named Eli with Tina, and had been fighting for custody over him, Tina also brings their son to the funeral.


Warrick appeared to have a close working and personal relationship with Catherine Willows, although it becomes clear throughout the show that their relationship did not develop into a romantic one. Catherine and Warrick continued to flirt with each other until Season 6, when it is revealed that Warrick had proposed and married his girlfriend, Tina. Catherine appeared to be very dismayed and unhappy. She told Warrick that she was disappointed that he hadn't told her and is visibly upset and jealous of his new relationship.
Warrick and co-worker Nick Stokes have remained brotherly since the first season. Warrick and Nick often bet on cases.
Warrick had nothing but respect for Grissom and idolized him from the first season. Grissom genuinely cared for Warrick as well; he regarded Warrick as like a son, often trying to help the younger man when he struggled with his gambling addiction, and thought that Warrick could potentially be his successor as lab supervisor. In the season 9 episode "For Warrick", Grissom was the first person to find Warrick after he had been shot, and held him in his arms when Warrick subsequently died. Upon hearing of this, Sara commented that "there is nowhere in the world he would have rather been at the end." Later in the episode, the team finds a video in Warrick's home in which he states that he never knew his biological father, but if he could choose someone to be his father, it would be Grissom.




Death


In the Season 8 finale ("For Gedda"), Warrick was held for questioning after the murder of mafia boss Lou Gedda. Earlier in the season, Warrick had become involved with a woman connected with Gedda. After she was killed, Warrick became a prime suspect in her murder. During Warrick's investigation, rumors began that Gedda had a mole in the LVPD. Gedda phoned Warrick to inform him that he was "ready to talk". During the discussion, Warrick was framed for Gedda's murder. The night shift crew was kept from the case, which is processed by Conrad Ecklie and the day shift crew. Grissom requested that Ecklie allow them to process the raw evidence after the day shift crew has had their turn, in order to draw their own conclusions. In doing so, Grissom's team discovered that another LVPD officer was involved in Gedda's murder and the LVPD did not press charges against Warrick.
After Warrick's release, Grissom's team ate at a local diner to celebrate his acquittal. Nick asked Warrick if he wanted to go for a beer, but Warrick passes. As he headed to the back alley and got into his parked car, Undersheriff Jeffery McKeen approached and asked him about the case. Warrick reminded him that Gedda's mole is still out there and that he will keep searching for him. The Undersheriff says to Warrick, "That's what makes you a great CSI", then shot him twice, cleaned the gun of his prints, dropped it in the car, walked away as Warrick slumped onto the steering wheel, and called in the shooting.
In the Season 9 premiere, Grissom discovered Warrick's body in his parked car. Grissom removed him from the car and discovered that Warrick was still alive. Warrick attempts to tell Grissom of his attacker, but is deterred by McKeen's brandishing of a gun out of view of the unsuspecting Grissom. McKeen is later apprehended and arrested. During the investigation of his death, papers were found in Warrick's apartment by Greg Sanders, disclosing that he had a son. In a video that was made, Warrick reveals his dedication to parenting a child and how he learned to care for people from Grissom. Warrick's funeral is held a few days later and Grissom delivers an emotional eulogy, saying that he will miss him "so much". In the episode "Turn, Turn, Turn", it is revealed that Nick and some of the others have started a college fund for Warrick's son Eli.
                                                                      ^^^Wikipedia^^^


Warrick was an amazing CSI, and it was so sad when he died.
+ R.I.P Warrick +

CSI Craige, over and out

Catherine Willows (portrayed by Marg Helgenberger)
Catherine Willows was raised by her single mother, Lily Flynn, a cocktail waitress and showgirl. Due to the nature of her mother's jobs, Catherine was constantly moved around the west coast of America as a child and because of this, she found it difficult to settle in school. She attended West Las Vegas University where she graduated with a degree in Medical Science. Catherine joined the CSI team at LVPD as a lab technician, after which she worked her way up to the role of supervisor under the watchful eye of Gil Grissom.


Catherine has one daughter, Lindsey Willows, who frequently appears in episodes of CSI. Lindsey's father and Catherine's ex-husband, Eddie Willows, also falls into storylines before being murdered. Catherine also discovers that her absent father was, in fact, her old family friend and big casino boss, Sam Braun. After coming to terms with the revelation, she lost Braun when he was gunned down.



Willows maintains a close friendship with the other investigators on the night shift, especially Grissom, though she has occasionally criticizes him for his lax attitude toward paperwork and office politics. When newcomer Sara Sidle arrived they briefly butted heads, but have become friends since then.
After Greg Sanders is injured in an explosion in the lab in "Play with Fire", Willows visits him in the hospital so that she can tell him personally that she was partially responsible for the accident. Several years later, she also expresses a deal of concern for Sanders when he returns to work not too long after being the victim of a brutal beating in the episode "Fannysmackin'".
After Grissom goes on sabbatical, Willows welcomes his temporary replacement Michael Keppler, accepting Keppler quite quickly into his new role on the team. After Keppler goes rogue during an investigation, she is the first to express concern to and about him. Unfortunately, she locates him just moments too late, after he takes a fatal bullet meant for a murder witness. When the paramedics declare Keppler to be dead, Willows collapses in tears into (the recently returned) Grissom's arms.
Catherine takes Warrick's death in "For Warrick" rather hard, and is possibly the character to show her pain the most, as she breaks down when she sees his body, whereas the others try to keep calm.
After Grissom's retirement, Catherine succeeded him as Supervisor of the Night Shift.






CSI Craige, over and out.

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Dr. Gilbert (Gil) Grissom (portrayed by William Petersen)
(Former CSI night-shift supervisor)


Aah, Grissom. He lasted 9 whole years as night-shift supervisor. That's a record. I think. It should be. Anyway, Grissom was a forensic entomologist (using bugs and insects to help solve crimes). He is a single child, and inherited his fathers enthusiasm for natural sciences. 
He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biology magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and his Ph.D. in biology from the University of Chicago.
Grissom became a crime scene investigator in about 1985 - (Grissom mentioned in Living Doll, which first aired on May 17, 2007, that he had been a crime scene investigator for 22 years).
Grissom announced his retirement just as evidence comes to light that The Dick and Jane Killer, a serial killer from the 1990s currently serving two life sentences, did not act alone, and that his accomplice has begun killing again. Rather than leave in the middle of a case, Grissom stays on to help solve it. The case closed, Grissom, having already had a series of one-on-one farewells with his co-workers, silently left the crime lab and departed for Costa Rica.


Early episodes revealed Grissom to be a witty, enthusiastic and quirky scientist, who had some sense of humor. He flirted regularly and seemed to be constantly in a hyperactive state. However, when he began to lose his hearing, Grissom retreated into himself and became easily irritable and unapproachable. After his surgery, he lightened up a bit, but never returned to the whimsical science nerd he once was. Grissom is often regarded as well-educated, but unusual in his approach toward his work and social life. In the series, some of his comments and actions can be seen to dumbfound his co-workers and superiors. His relationship with his subordinates in the office is portrayed as being a father figure to the team, but very professional in his work. Despite being calm, Grissom can get very angry or annoyed if interrupted during an interrogation.
Being an entomologist, he has a wide and varied knowledge of insects, which he applies to his investigations. This has led to his nickname, "The Bug Man". In the season 2 episode Alter Boys, Grissom confides in a priest that he does not believe in the concept of organized religion and is a lapsed Catholic, but does believe in the idea of God. In addition to belief in God, Grissom and Greg would later agree that scientific education should not necessarily preclude belief in occultism and other paranormal concepts. Although he is very dedicated to his job and sometimes goes to extremes in his investigations, his unwillingness to dabble in office politics often alienates his superiors.
Grissom may not ask to take on the role of mentor, but it seems to happen naturally, going all the way back to Sara Sidle when they first met in San Francisco, then Nick Stokes and Greg Sanders in Vegas. Although he can be annoyed with his protégés at times, he is visibly proud when they succeed, as Greg did by passing his field test and becoming a CSI. He is also protective of his staff and defends them as much as he can.
Grissom also has a good friendship with Dr. Al Robbins.
He has also been shown to be something of an inadvertent mentor-figure to Hodges, (the lab trace technician) who looks up to him and often seeks his advice or approval, despite not always receiving it.
 His relationship with Warrick Brown had aspects of a mentor/student bond, but out of all the CSIs (Catherine included), Grissom seemed to view Warrick as his successor, the one who would lead when he was gone.
Some fans have always expected to see a relationship between Grissom and Catherine Willows, in whom he is shown confiding many times. Catherine has many times encouraged Grissom to be more open and less self-absorbed.
Grissom's relationship with Sara Sidle has blossomed since the first season. Even then, there were hints at the two of them being interested in each other. Their relationship builds, Grissom denying his feelings towards Sara. He then realises how he feels in season four, and he says he can't risk his career to be with her. Then, in the sixth season, they appear to have sorted their problems, and are revealed to be a couple. They hide this from the lab, until Sara's abduction in season seven, when Grissom refers to his feelings for her. During the eighth season, they become engaged. Sara leaves in season eight, and Grissom leaves during season nine, going to look or Sara. When Sara returns to CSI in season ten, it is revealed that she and Gil are married.




CSI Craige, over and out. :)

Sunday 13 May 2012

Gregory (Greg) Hojem-Sanders (portrayed by Eric Szmanda)
Greg is a member of the CSI team. (I did him first because he's my fave!)
He was first seen in the first ever episode, as a lab technician (working in DNA) and for the first 4 series, only appeared occasionally, where the team went to get DNA results from evidence.
Eric Szmanda's name was first added to the opening credits at the start of season 3.
Greg is a cheerful and optimistic individual, but listened to loud music like Marilyn Manson, which met the dissaproval of Gil Grissom, the (former) night shift supervisor. He also had an odd taste in clothing, favouring Hawaiian shirts and he changes his hairstyle and colour quite often.
Since season 2, it had become apparent that Greg dreamed of having a field job. He responded to an "all hands on deck" call in season 2, even though he hadn't been trained for field work. He had his final proficiency test in Episode One of Series Five. He failed it after using one of the toilets at the crime scene. Despite this, Grissom decide3d to give him another chance. This finally happens ten episodes later, in "Who shot Sherlock?", the episode ending shortly after Grissom tells Greg he has passed his final proficiency and is a level one CSI. (Well done Greg!)
Since then, his dress sense has toned down a little, but he still changes his hair occasionally. He's grown a lot since the first CSI.
He's friends with most of the CSI team, excepting Hodges, with whom he has a friendly rival sort of relationship. He doesn't hide his crush on Sara, a fellow CSI, and has nothing but respect for Grissom. He and Nick have a brotherly relationship, as did Greg and Warick. Greg was visibly upset at Warick's death.
Greg is half Norwegian, and fondly refers to his grandparents and his mother, although he only mentions his father once.
"It should also be noted that during the series, Greg is involved in a number of explosions. These include explosions in "Play With Fire", which hospitalizes Sanders, "Say Uncle" in which he and Detective Cavalier are involed in a trip wire explosion in a house, and "Shock Waves" in which Greg saves Detectives Vartann's life resulting in him getting a few cuts in turn when a crime scene is rigged with explosives." - Wikipedia.


So, if you could help me with any more info on Greg, or any of the other characters, email me at csiinfoblog@gmail.com :) thanks


CSI Craige, over and out.
Concerning Characters
So the link don't seem to work :/ I guess I'll just have to create a post for each character. Let's see how that works out... Hopefully it will work fine........ Keep you updated :)
Most of the information will be from wikipedia, as there are some things I don't know about the characters.


CSI Craige, over and out.

Saturday 12 May 2012

An Introduction to the show
Some of you I realise may be new to the amazing world of CSI, and may not know what it's about, who's in it, or anything about it at all. For some reason, I find that hard to believe, but there you go. So, if you didn't already know, here are some CSI facts.
  • CSI stands for Crime Scene Investigation.
  • As you can tell from the title, it's about people who investigate crimes that have happened and catch the people responsible.
  • The CSI my blog is about is set in Las Vegas, USA.
  • Being a CSI is a dangerous job, and you have to be observative so you don't miss any vital evidence. It can also be dangerous because of the chemicals used to process evidence. Also, some of the suspects may be disgruntled, which can lead to outbreaks of violence. Also, if you're not careful, you can be kidnapped, as Nick was in the first part of a 2-episode story, "Grave Danger".
  • The first ever episode of CSI, named "Pilot", premiered in America on CBS on October 6th, 2000. It was followed by the second episode, which was a continuation of the 1st episode.
  • It was created by Anthony E. Zuiker, and is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.


In Las Vegas, a team of forensic investigators are trained to solve crimes by examining the evidence. They are on the case 24/7, scouring the scene, collecting the irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that will solve the mystery. D.B. Russell, the new CSI Supervisor for the grave shift, comes to the team after heading the Seattle Crime Lab. He's a family man and scientist, but not a nerd. Son of hippie parents, he's a "Left Coast" Sherlock Holmes who devours crime novels and looks at every crime scene as if it were a story waiting to be told. Other members include new CSI Julie Finlay, a blood pattern expert, who previously worked with Russell in Seattle; Nick Stokes, the conscience of the team, often driven by his emotional connection to the victim to always get the job done; Sara Sidle, aka Mrs. Grissom, the moral compass of the team who is relentless in her pursuit of criminals; Greg Sanders, once an off-beat tech analyst and now an experienced and intuitive crime solver; and Morgan Brody, an exile from the Los Angeles Crime Lab and the daughter of Undersheriff Ecklie. She's a natural born investigator who still has a lot to learn about politics and family. The CSI team members also work closely with Captain Jim Brass, a seasoned detective and protector of CSI, sometimes to a fault; Dr. Albert Robbins, the ever-professional medical examiner; his wise-cracking assistant, David Phillips; and David Hodges, a tech of many talents who often rubs people the wrong way, but never fails to deliver.



If you have any other facts or questions about CSI, or any good websites you could reccomend (you will be credited) email me @ csiinfoblog@gmail.com


Concerning Characters
As for characters, I will be making a series of presentations about all the characters, past and present, (but not future!) and posting them here. Hope it works...


So. That's your basic introduction to the amazing world of CSI. Hope you enjoyed reading. :)

CSI Craige, over and out.

Tuesday 8 May 2012

Contact
If you have any other useful info on anything CSI related, feel free to leave comments below, or send them to this adress
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CSI Craige, over and out.
Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm 14 years old, and I love CSI!
Seriously, CSI has changed my life so much. I started watching it 2 years ago, and since then, all I have ever wanted to be was a forensic scientist. This blog is about the show, the characters, the plot, and everything CSI!
Hope you enjoy, and if you want to email me any suggestions, or info you know about the show, I'd be more than happy to read through it and post it on my blog :)
email me @: csiinfoblog@gmail.com



CSI Craige, over and out. (teehee)