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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’s Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows) celebrates her birthday today, November 16.

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Hi folks! It's time to announce the winner of the second weekly contest and kick off the next one!

First, I will pose the question for the Third Weekly Contest!

The winner of this contest will win a copy of CSI Season 8 on DVD!

The question is...

If you had to pick one episode as your favourite, which one would it be and why?

ALL submissions for this contest have to be in by November 22, 2009 at 11:59:59pm Pacific Time. The rules can be found here. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the rules before entering the contest!

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The second weekly contest question was "Throughout the years of CSI, several characters have taken their leave from the team. Of all of them, who were you saddest to see leave and why?"

Like with the first weekly contest, we got a lot of great submissions and I hope you all continue to enter these contests!

The winner of the second weekly contest is ... [info]echelon122!!! Their submission was:

I think for me it was Grissom. He had his odd quirks that while it made him even more socially awkward than the nerdiest kid in school, made him more endearing with each quirk. He was one of the main reasons I started to watch and enjoy the show. He never gave the impression he was smarter or better than anyone he worked with and encouraged everyone to be better at their own jobs.

He had/has a certain aura about him that puts him ahead of his counterparts on the other CSI shows. He could carry an episode and not undermine anyone else in it as well. He would always strive to be a better person and encouraged others to do so as well.

Congratulations! You will be contacted via private message on LJ with further instructions on how to claim your prize!! :)

Thank you all for participating and hope to see some great replies to this new contest!!

Sponsored by CSI: Deadly Intent. Investigate a crime scene for your chance to instantly win a Wii™ Prize Pack or official CSI gear. Investigate now.

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Title: Sunday Mornings
Author: clydefrogjones
Based On: CSI:Miami
Pairing: Ryan Wolfe/Jesse Cardoza
Rating: FRM/FRAO
Disclaimer: Nothing was made from this, CBS owns all the characters that are used, wish I owned the but I don't.
Warning: Profanity, Sexual Innuendo, Sexual Situations, Sexual Toys, maybe, and last but not least, Sex. Oh, and drama. >__>
Summary: Ryan re-considers his hard feelings about Jesse, and he finds that no matter how hard he tries to pay him back, Jesse wouldn't accept his offers.
About The Chapter: A little bit of drama and the fun part.... smut! First time writing about this pairing, thanks to [info]twiztid_togo for the kind words and encouragement :]

The smell of fuel and burnt flesh littered the air. Ryan, Jesse and....
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The franchise offers an NBA guest star, the return of the Compass Killer and death in a bowling alley. Official plot details and cast lists after the jump.

Starting out the week on Monday at 10:00pm ET/PT, LA Lakers basketball player Pau Gasol will guest star in the CSI: Miami episode “Point of Impact”:

When the CSIs investigate who or what caused a horrific car accident, both drivers’ darkest secrets are revealed.

This is the second time Eric Mirich has directed an episode of Miami. His first credit was for last season’s “Bombshell”. Krystal Houghton has 14 credits for the show, including “Wolfe in Sheep’s Clothing”.

The episode will feature the following guest stars:

  • Christian Clemenson as Tom Loman
  • Wes Ramsey as Dave Benton
  • Henry Simmons as Andrew Ballard
  • Sherri Saum as Karen Ballard
  • Nieko Mann as Lily Ballard
  • Arjay Smith as Greg Ballard
  • Pau Gasol as Victor Emparo
  • Paloma Guzman as Marta Emparo
  • Meg Cionni as Nicole
  • J. Trevor Davis as Bert
  • Ron Rogge as Officer


Christian Clemenson and Wes Ramsey are reprising established roles. Ron Rogge appeared in “Hostile Takeover” earlier this season. Meg Cionni was in the CSI: New York episode “Help” last season. The other actors are new to the franchise.

On Wednesday at 10:00pm ET/PT, the CSI: New York team sees the return of a familiar face—and a familiar nemesis—in “Cuckoo’s Nest”:

After a body falls from the 59th Street Bridge, the CSI team finds a compass near the body pointing east, and realizes it’s the third victim of the “Compass Killer”.

This is Jeffrey Hunt’s fifth turn in the director’s chair. His most recent credit for the show was “Green Piece” last season. Aaron Rahsaan Thomas and co-executive producer Zachary Reiter co-wrote “Cuckoo’s Nest”. Reiter has 18 credits, including the season five finale “Pay Up”, but this is Rahsaan’s first time writing for New York.

The following actors will appear in guest-starring roles:

  • Skeet Ulrich as Hollis Eckhart
  • Nelly as Terrence Davis
  • John Mese as Lt. William Sythe
  • Fredro Starr as Deacon
  • Marguerite Moreau as Louise Dukes
  • Alex Cranmer as Bob Tanner
  • Kieran Campion as Kenneth Grant
  • Austin Lysy as Thomas Gates
  • Josie Davis as Calliope Eckhart
  • Brian K. Jones as Gigantaw


Skeet Ulrich is back as the Compass Killer, Hollis Eckhart. Ulrich first appeared in “Lat/Long” earlier this season, and so did Josie Davis. Rapper-turned-actor Nelly is reprising his role as Terrence Davis, who was last seen in “Pay Up”. John Mese was in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode “Spellbound” during the show’s sixth season. Fredro Starr guest-starred on Miami last season, appearing in “Smoke Gets in Your CSIs”. Kieran Campion was in two Miami episodes, “Dead Zone” and “Crime Wave”.

Rounding out the week on Thursday at 9:00pm ET/PT, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation deals with unusual evidence in “Lover’s Lanes”:

The CSIs investigate a murder at a bowling alley after a critical piece of evidence is revealed during a bowling tournament.

“Lover’s Lanes” marks the first time Andrew Bernstein has directed an episode of CSI. Writer Dustin Lee Abraham has 21 credits for the series, including “Ghost Town” from earlier this season.

“Lover’s Lanes” will feature these guest stars:

  • Larry Mitchell as Officer Mitchell
  • Devon Gummersall as Kyle “X” Chatts
  • Marcus Giammatti as Chevy Cigs
  • Ashley Jones as Shea Lammet
  • Blake Shields as Ronald Tobin
  • Scoot McNairy as Vitas Long
  • Elizabeth Lambert as Carla York
  • Jos Viramontes as Public Defender
  • Jennifer Crystal Foley as Jennifer Delaney
  • Michael Villani as Color Announcer
  • J.T. Jackson as Play by Play Announcer
  • Annabella Salvati as Eva


Larry Mitchell is back as Officer Mitchell. Blake Shields guest-starred in the season four episode “All for Our Country”. Devon Gummersall was in “One Hit Wonder” during season three, and he also appeared in the New York episode “Sex, Lies and Silicone” during the show’s fifth season. Ashley Jones was also on New York, in “Heart of Glass” during season three. Jos Viramontes was in the CSI: NY episode “Past Imperfect” during the third season.

“Point of Impact”, “Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Lover’s Lanes” begin airing November 16 on CBS.

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Eva La Rue (Natalia Boa Vista) will be getting back to her roots early next year. The CSI: Miami actress is one of several big name actors returning to the soap opera All My Children in honor of the show’s 40th anniversary. La Rue played Maria Santos Grey on the series from 1993-1997 and then from 2002-2005.

La Rue’s return to All My Children will air January 5, 2010.

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[Eric/Ryan: Eric Delko, Ryan Wolfe] Eric rediscovers something forgotten... [In progress]
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Title – Awakening the Angel – Chapter 18 / 22
Author – alligator138
Fandom/Pairing – CSI:Miami – Eric/Ryan
Fic Summary – Eric rediscovers something forgotten...
Chapter Summary – Taking risks sometimes pays off...
Rating – NC-17
Prompt – from csi50 – Table 1 - #24 - touch
Disclaimer – No one you recognise belongs to me. I’m just playing.
Thanks – go to lausi_gm for a fabulous beta job, and bflyw for the wonderful header.

It had been a calculated risk...

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LA Lakers basketball player Pau Gasol enjoyed acting in the CSI: Miami episode “Point of Impact”, but winning championships is still his dream. (Minor spoilers and embedded video after the jump.)

As CSI Files previously reported, Gasol will guest star in the next episode of Miami’s eighth season. “I play a random guy who is in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Gasol said. “It’s cool because I’m not playing myself or the stereotypical basketball player. It’s a little bit of a challenge.”

“My character’s name is Victor and I’m driving my sister’s boyfriend’s car and I’m returning the car to the guy and I get into a car crash,” he continued. “I can’t tell you the whole episode but will tell you that I get out of the car and I see that the other car is severely damaged and I see wounded people in there. One of them I believe is dead and the other I am trying to help and save his life.” He added, “It was an intense scene.”

Different scenes presented different challenges for the athlete-turned-actor. “One of the scenes required getting hit by a car – big, big hit,” Gasol explained. “Big crash. You’re stumbling, your mind isn’t clear, there’s a lot of tension, there’s fire, people are wounded, some are dead. You have to act and react, remember your lines and coordinate them with your actions. That’s challenging enough and to have an interrogation with one of the agents. Plus, you have to follow directions from your acting coach. It’s interesting how it all works and comes together.”

Gasol also had to get used to being on the Miami set. “Everybody around you just looking at you and hoping you get it right and remember your lines,” he shared. “There are a lot of things involved in three days of shooting. It wasn’t just the typical one day or half day of shooting.”

The Lakers player got the role after telling his agent, Arn Tellem, that he was interested in acting if he got the chance. “My agency had a good opportunity with CBS and they presented it to me and I was happy to have it,” Gasol said. “I met with the production company of CSI: Miami and it worked out great.”

Although Gasol enjoys acting, he doesn’t have a dream role. “I don’t know,” he admitted. “I haven’t gotten that far yet. Right now, my dream is to win championships and play basketball for as long as I can and one day having a family of my own, those are my primary dreams. Acting is something I enjoy doing, it’s refreshing but you really have to get into it and dedicate yourself to it a lot more than I do to be able to have a dream part and actually pursue it. When I have dreams, I like them to be somewhat realistic.”

He hopes fans are happy with his acting on Miami. “It’s going to be up to whoever watches it to have their own opinion,” Gasol said. “Some may say I did a fine job and others may say it’s not my forte. You have to respect people’s opinions. I just hope they enjoy it and they see it as a cool thing. I had fun doing it.”

Check out a clip of Gasol in “Point of Impact” below. The episode airs Monday, November 16 at 10:00pm ET/PT.

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CSI: Miami’s resident wisecracking detective, Rex Linn (Frank Tripp), celebrated his birthday today, November 13. The actor turned 53 years old.

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As CSI Files previously reported, Kim Kardashian will guest star in an upcoming episode of CSI: New York. Kardashian posted a picture of herself from the set of the show with New York regular Hill Harper (Dr Sheldon Hawkes). Click the picture to see it full-sized:

On set of CSI @HillHarper signing his new book The Conversati... on Twitpic

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The big CSI crossover event concludes in Vegas as Langston continues his desperate search for the missing Madeline Briggs.

Synopsis:

Security at the Tangiers catches sight of a prostitute being murdered in back of the hotel. When Brass arrives at the scene, he’s irritated to find Langston isn’t answering his phone. Nick finds the CSI on the strip, showing Madeline Briggs’ photograph around, hoping to find someone who has seen her. She was spotted in Vegas a week ago, when she was escorted out of a casino by police after she was caught hooking. Langston arrives at the scene close to the same time David Phillips does–and the coroner recognizes the victim as a weather girl from Barstow named DeDe Chase. Once they get her back to the morgue, Catherine finds evidence DeDe was either raped or engaged in rough sex shortly before her death. She also notes multiple contusions on the woman’s legs. David Phillips refuses to believe DeDe was hooking. Nick and Langston view surveillance tapes from the hotel and see DeDe picking up a man–and then parting company with him five minutes later. It appears to the two CSIs that she tried to run. Hodges discovers twenty-eight calls on DeDe’s cell phone over the last few days placed to a Brett McDowell–who is staying in town. McDowell is brought in and Brass plays his angry voicemail messages to DeDe back to him. McDowell tells the detective he’s DeDe’s producer, and admits to having an affair with her. He’s shocked to learn she’s dead, and he denies killing her–he says they had a fight three days ago and he kicked her out of his car. When Brass asks him about a tattoo on DeDe’s back, McDowell is surprised, telling Brass DeDe hated tattoos.

Wendy gets a hit on blood on DeDe’s earring–it’s a match to Madeline Briggs. Wondering if DeDe and Madeline had the same pimp, Langston and Brass visit a strip club frequented by pimps. They can’t get anyone to talk willingly, so they arrest one of the strippers, Diane Jasper, after finding cocaine on a bill she has. Langston is confronted by an angry Mrs. Briggs, who is upset he didn’t inform her that her daughter was spotted in Las Vegas. Catherine and Brass listen in on a jail call from Diane to her pimp, Anthony Samuels, and canvass his house after his mother Susan bails Diane out of jail. Spotting Anthony wearing Madeline’s earring gives them probable cause to storm the house, which they do–finding Anthony and his mother surrounded by prostitutes. Catherine discovers Diane in a closet, tied up and badly beaten. The CSIs process the house: Nick finds a bat with blood and a print on it, Greg discovers a hidden suitcase filled with money and DeDe’s ID while Langston finds a mattress covered in blood. Brass interrogates the pimp, who tells him that DeDe parties with his girls. He was at the strip club the night she was killed. Catherine questions Diane in the hospital, and the girl tells her Anthony loves her. She says Anthony saved her from her previous pimp, a Russian. When Catherine tries to see her tattoo, Diane gets agitated, forcing the nurses to sedate her. Noticing her tattoo is larger than the other girls’, Catherine looks at it under a florescent light and discovers a tattoo of a butterfly beneath it–a brand from her old pimp.

Wendy tells Langston that the blood on the mattress is from Madeline–but also a second donor, who shares alleles in common with her. Langston realizes Madeline has miscarried her child. The butterfly tattoo is traced to a Russian pimp named Dimitri Sadesky, who teaches Russian literature at a local university. The CSIs interrupt Dmitri during a lecture and search his car. Langston discovers dust on it from the salt flats–the same salt flats where the body of Stephanie Matthews, whose leg was discovered in Miami, was traced. Langston and Greg process the car back in the lab, finding a drop of blood inside. Catherine looks at the surveillance tapes from the Tangiers again and spots Diane on the tape, watching DeDe. Catherine confronts Diane in the hospital, who tells her that she and Anthony found DeDe walking on the strip and offered her a ride. Anthony forced DeDe into prostitution–making the same promises to her that he once made to Diane. Knowing DeDe wasn’t truly broken, Diane followed her, and when she caught her trying to escape, she confronted DeDe. DeDe urged Diane to flee with her, but Diane, totally in love with Anthony, stabbed her over the betrayal. Langston and Nick go to the salt flats and uncover the mummified remains of four women. Dimitri’s lawyer informs the CSIs his client is willing to cut a deal. When asked about Madeline, Dimitri says Anthony gave him the girl in exchange for Diane, but seeing the sorry state Madeline was in, he let her go. Langston sends a text out via the “ho vine”–to the phones of the prostitutes–asking Madeline to come in to the station… that her mother misses her and wants her to come home. As Langston leaves work that night, a woman steps out of the shadows: Madeline. She embraces Langston gratefully.

Analysis:

The crossover concludes on a much smaller scale than “Bone Voyage” and “Hammer Down” led us to believe it would. “The Lost Girls,” like the previous two entries, is a mixed bag. On one hand, the villains, played with sinister, deceptive charm by the incredibly effective Brandon Jay McLaren and the always excellent Mark Sheppard, are not without personality in this entry. Paul Guilfoyle gets a great scene with McLaren after Brass, comparing himself to the pimp, notes that he, too, went into the family business–he comes from a family of cops. “If I was in your family, I’d be a sorry ass, sleazy pimp like you,” Brass concludes. It’s a great zinger, and Guilfoyle delivers it with zest.

I can’t say I’m sorry the Vegas entry goes with two small time pimps over the Zeta gang mentioned in the Miami episode. Given their absence from both New York (save for a single mention) and CSI, the Zeta gang seems to be an element unique to Miami. That’s a good thing, because gangs as a collective are simply not as interesting as villains as individuals are. And it makes the sex trafficking trade really look like more of a business–rather than one gang operating everything, it seems like the girls are given or sold to truckers who sell them to pimps. And yet, I keep getting stuck on the logistics of it all. Since so much of the case is driven by the hunt for Madeline Briggs, her “rescue” at the end of the episode should be much more satisfying than it actually is.

It’s unfortunate Madeline isn’t given more depth as a character, because it really is hard to sympathize with someone who is in police custody not once but twice and doesn’t ask for help. Then she’s actually set free… but continues to wander the streets of Las Vegas until she receives a text from Langston on the “ho vine.” What irritates me so about the sex trafficking storylines is that the girls are painted as such victims–and not very smart ones at that. DeDe gets into a car with complete strangers. Presumably DeDe is making a decent living as a weather girl–did she really not have the funds to call a cab after being dumped by her married producer? And Madeline, who twice has the opportunity to escape, doesn’t take it either time. One CSI remarks that these women are treated like cattle, but it’s insulting to see them acting that way. It’s one thing to show someone as obviously beaten down by life as Diane Jasper is acting in a completely irrational and erratic way, but a weather girl from Barstow getting into a car with complete strangers? Or a girl who has been missing for a matter of weeks not taking two opportunities to save herself? It’s frustrating and unrealistic. We’re supposed to believe she’d bang relentlessly on the doors of a truck and risk irritating one of her captors, but not take the opportunity to reach out to a female officer at a police station when she locks eyes with her?

The gang element being removed from this episode serves to muddy matters further. I kept expecting that it would be revealed that the people holding Madeline were so powerful that she feared they’d be able to find her and exact revenge on her no matter where she went, but ultimately we find she’s been sold to a low level sleazy pimp in Las Vegas. In previous sex trafficking episodes, the victims were foreign or illegal immigrants, and their passports are held hostage by their captors. At least DeDe makes an escape attempt–that’s more can be said for Madeline. And that’s the problem with centering the whole crossover around Madeline–at the end of the day, she’s simply a plot device because we know nothing about her personality. And because of that, the audience isn’t as invested as we otherwise might have been.

Diane Jasper feels like a far more realistic character than either DeDe or Madeline, because the audience is given a picture of her life and therefore can understand her motives. She’s a sad figure, poor Diane, played with an air of tragic desperation by Annie Burgstede. She clings to Anthony not because she’s terrified of him or because she feels she has no other choice, but because she actually sees him as her salvation. “He told me he loved me,” she tells Catherine. “Nobody had ever said that to me before.” It’s a heartbreaking confession, and feels like the most genuine moment in the whole trilogy. It’s Diane, who has had such a difficult, loveless life that a pimp’s false promises of love sound like the salvation she never thought she’d find, that tugged at my heartstrings, more so than Madeline, who really is little more than a passive prop.

There is something undeniably sweet about the way Langston is standing on the strip showing Madeline’s pictures to passersby and prostitutes, hoping someone has seen the girl. It’s endearingly earnest, as is Nick’s offer to help him after hours. One of the biggest treats this season has been the developing friendship between Nick and Langston. They often approach cases from vastly different perspectives: Nick is more of a gut instinct guy, while Langston is a scientific study devotee. Yet both men have incredibly big hearts and are caring people, and that naturally draws them together. When Nick finds Langston on the strip, he doesn’t chew him out for not answering his phone but rather offers some good-natured advice, telling Langston the next time he wants to go AWOL, he should leave his department phone at home, as it’s equipped with a GPS device. George Eads and Laurence Fishburne both bring a genuine warmth to their characters, and seeing the bond between them grow and deepen is very rewarding.

The verdict on the crossover? Having seen all three episodes, I can say the thing I enjoyed the most about the trilogy is the character interactions. It was fun to see Langston mix it up with Horatio and Mac. Wouldn’t it be fun to see all three together at the same time, working the same case in the same city? It would have been a treat if Horatio and Mac had actually shown up in Vegas in person to help Ray, rather than just getting brief mentions via text message (Horatio and Mac don’t really strike me as text messaging types, really). It wouldn’t have been especially realistic, especially given the budget constraints in New York, but it certainly would have been fun. The story itself wasn’t quite as intricate and threaded as I expected it to be; Madeline Briggs and the sex trafficking business writ large were the only things that really connected the episodes together–as well as Langston, of course.

Will there be another crossover? Each show certainly saw a ratings bump, indicating that the crossover effort was certainly a success. I wonder if viewers who only watch one or two of the shows will now be more inclined to check out the others on a regular basis. Unfortunately, I think the answer is probably no–what usually draws viewers into procedurals is the characters, and the characters tend to take a back seat in event episodes like this. With so many procedurals on the air, ultimately what draws people to one over another is the characters–which of the many procedurals has the characters they like best? Of course, the stories matter too–which is why ultimately I wish this one had been stronger and more unique. Let’s hope the next crossover event offers up a better yarn to grab viewers.

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The most recent episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, “The Lost Girls”, was the final episode in the three-series franchise crossover. You can watch the episode on CBS.com or Fancast—or you can see the full video embedded right here on CSI Files after the jump:

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The latest episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation—and the final part of the three-series crossover—“The Lost Girls” topped the 9:00pm hour in overall viewers on Thursday, November 12. The episode pulled in 16.89 million viewers, which put it ahead of Grey’s Anatomy (14.38 million), NBC’s combination of The Office (7.76 million) and 30 Rock (5.78 million), Fringe (5.95 million) and Supernatural (2.77 million). In the 18-49 demographic prized by advertisers, Grey’s (5.4 rating/13 share) earned the top spot over CSI (4.0/10), the 3.5/9 average for Office and Rock, Fringe (2.2/5) and Supernatural (1.3/3).

For more detailed ratings information, including other Thursday night programming, visit PI Feedback.

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[15] CSI 5x10
[12] various Marg Helgenberger/ Catherine Willows

[21] NCIS 5x01

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Here is your discussion post for the episode entitled "The Lost Girls". This week was a little different because it was a 3-parter spread across all 3 CSIs.

There WILL be spoilers in the comments for the new episode. However, do not spoil upcoming episodes. Please do not start unnecessary drama. If you do, and the mods feel the situation warrants, you will be removed from the community.

Hope everyone enjoyed the episodes! You can view all 3 at www.cbs.com. NOTE: This link might not work if you are outside the US.

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation executive producer Carol Mendelsohn wasn’t pleased with reports of Dr Ray Langston’s (Laurence Fishburne) “wardrobe makeover” at the start of season ten.

As CSI Files previously reported, the news about Langston’s wardrobe change was taken out of context. CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler made the comment in jest, but members of the media reported the information as fact. “It is so unimportant to what the show is and where we’re going that, to me, it demeans the show,” Mendelsohn said. “Not that Nina said it, because she said it as a joke. But for it to be reported that a wardrobe makeover is the most important news coming out of CSI?”

The real news at the time was the continuing transition from former leading man William Petersen (Gil Grissom) to Fishburne. The show went about the switch a little differently—instead of coming in as the new head of the lab, Fishburne’s character started at the bottom of the lab totem pole. “It was what attracted Laurence to the role — to come in as a newbie and to learn,” Mendelsohn explained. “And he will have a very accelerated learning curve. He will blossom this year into the true CSI that Grissom saw in him when they first met. I think Fishburne was integrated so well. He’s an incredible talent. We’re so lucky to have him.”

Having an older character change careers was a realistic choice, Mendelsohn added. “There’s so many people today who aren’t just one-career people,” she said. “Many of us have had a number of careers. And I think he’s very reflective of the working population.”

Although Langston has been around for a while and earned a promotion on the job, the character is still adjusting to his new career. “The one thing that is true is that Fishburne will continue the transition from Professor Langston to CSI Langston,” Mendelsohn said. And the rest of the CSI team will continue to adjust as season ten continues. “Our team, just like a family in real life, is going through a transition. Trying to find their equilibrium,” the executive producer added. “And the theme of the season is really family. It will be about Catherine [Willows, Marg Helgenberger] and Nick [Stokes, George Eads] and Greg [Sanders, Eric Szmanda] and Langston and Sara [Sidle, Jorja Fox] finding the right balance to be Grissom’s team. The team he left behind.”

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CBS has posted a sweepstakes on csicrossover.com. The prize is a trip to Los Angeles, California to visit the sets of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and CSI: New York.

Make sure you check out the official rules for the contest. Entries are due by December 31, 2009 at 11:59am EST.

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CSI Files previously reported about the contest taking place on LiveJournal for fans of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Week 1 of the contest has been extended. The new deadline is November 15 at 11:59pm PST. (Be sure to read all of the rules at LJ Contests.)

Week 2 of the contest is now underway and will also last until November 15 at 11:59pm PST. The prize this week is a copy of the seventh season of CSI on DVD (retail value: $37.99). To be in the running, fans can visit one of the following communities participating in the contest and answer the question posed. (Questions and links after the jump.)

  • c_s_i: “Throughout the years of CSI, several characters have taken their leave from the team. Of all of them, who were you saddest to see leave and why?”

  • csi: “Your friend/relative saw a recent episode of CSI and loved the show. But she has 9 other seasons to catch up on! What are your Top 3 CSI ‘must-see’ episodes? Why?”
  • csi_ny: “Do you prefer Grissom [William Petersen] or Langston [Laurence Fishburne] as the leading man? Why?”

Be sure to get your submissions in for Week 1 and Week 2 by November 15. Winners will be notified by private message within 72 hours of being selected.

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CSI: New York star Gary Sinise (Mac Taylor) and his Lt Dan Band are scheduled to perform at the end of the weeklong EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 event in Wisconsin on Friday, July 30 of next year. The concert will be sponsored by the EAA Warbirds of America and the Disabled American Veterans (DAV). “Gary Sinise is a longtime advocate for our organization and continues to shine the light on our mission to build better lives for America’s disabled veterans and their families,” said DAV National Commander Bobby Barrera. “As a patriotic and family-friendly venue, EAA AirVenture is an ideal setting to feature the Lt. Dan Band.”

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