CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami
File:CSIMIAMI.jpg The Cast of C.S.I. Miami
Created by	Nathan Hancock
Starring	David Caruso Emily Procter Adam Rodriguez Khandi Alexander Jonathan Togo Rex Linn Eva LaRue
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	72 (to date)
Production
Running time	45 Minutes
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 23, 2002 – present

CSI: Miami is a spin-off of the popular CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Like the original CSI, CSI: Miami is a police procedural about a team of forensic scientists. It is set in Miami, Florida in the present. Filmed in the United States, the series has been exported to over a dozen countries worldwide. The show averages 20 million viewers an episode making it Monday's #1 show, and one of the most watched shows in North America. The series is distributed internationally by Alliance Atlantis.

The team investigate mysterious and unusual deaths to determine who killed whom and how, and also solve other serious crimes such as rape.

Characters

Main characters

• Horatio Caine (David Caruso), head of the Miami-Dade crime lab, a forensic analyst and former bomb squad officer. He's very protective towards his people. Horatio is called 'H' sometimes by his team. His trademark is putting on and removing his sunglasses, often several times in an episode. During the first three seasons, Horatio's slowly-revealed backstory mainly concerned his late brother. In season 4, after the resolution of that storyline, a new part of Horatio's history is starting to be revealed. In episode 407 Felony Flight, Caine is served and expected to show in court. In episode 408 Nailed, Caine reveals that a DA in New York is going after him for the murder of the man who killed Horatio's mother.

• Calleigh Duquesne (Emily Procter), ballistics specialist; originally from Darnell, Louisiana, she is fluent in Spanish and has a bachelor's degree in physics from Tulane University. While working in New Orleans, she gained the nickname "Bullet Girl". Her father is a alcoholic attorney that has tried to rehabilitate several times, and her mother presumably still lives in Louisiana.

• Eric Delko (Adam Rodriguez), fingerprint and drug identification expert; a Miami native with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Miami, fluent in Spanish and Russian. Delko typically acts as the team's frogman when the situation arises. In episode 410 "Shattered", Delko's job is endangered when he is busted for drug possession, but it evolves that he buys the drugs for his ill sister to ease the pain of her breast cancer.

• Dr. Alexx Woods (Khandi Alexander), Miami-Dade coroner. Alexx began her medical career as a practicing doctor, but circumstances had her leaving New York for Miami as a coroner. She has an eccentric habit of talking to the dead bodies as she examines them, usually as a way of giving them comfort in death. She is married with a son and a daughter.

• Ryan Wolfe (Jonathan Togo), a police deputy who wanted to get into the actual forensic work. Horatio hired him to replace the slain Speed, not only for his considerable skills, but also for the fact that he diligently maintained his sidearm, a precaution his predecessor fatally neglected. He realizes he can never replace Speed, but can only do the best that he can as a member of the team. Wolfe first appeared in the episode Under the Influence, but was not made a regular until Hell Night. In episode 408 Nailed, Ryan is shot in the corner of his right eye with a nail gun, but isn't seriously hurt by it. It remains to be seen if there are any long term effects on his vision due to this injury.

Supporting characters

• Frank Tripp (Rex Linn), a homicide detective. Made regular in season 4, recurring previously.

• Natalia Boa Vista (Eva LaRue, season 4-), a new latina DNA analyst only allowed to work on cold or unsolved cases due to the restrictions of her federal grant.

Former characters

• Tim "Speed" Speedle (Rory Cochrane, seasons 1-2), trace evidence and impressions expert; originally from Syracuse, New York, with a degree in biology from Columbia University, Speed was killed in the line of duty in the third season premiere, Lost Son, when his inadequately maintained sidearm malfunctioned during a shoot-out. His character was written out by request; Cochrane wished to pursue a film career, and was not happy with CSI: Miami's long shooting schedule.

• Megan Donner (Kim Delaney, episodes 1-10), Horatio's predecessor who returned to work as investigator after mourning the death of her husband, but later retired due to the pressure caused by it. Her character was written out after 10 episodes of the first season due to the lack of chemistry between her and Caruso.

• Yelina Salas (Sofia Milos, seasons 2-3), a homicide detective frequently attached to CSI investigations, and the widow of Horatio's brother Raymond. She later starts a relationship with IAB Sergeant Rick Stetler, Horatio's personal nemesis. After her husband Raymond is revealed to be still alive in seasons 3's finale, she leaves with him and their son for Brazil to ensure Raymond's safety.

Recurring characters

• Tyler Jensen (Brian Poth), a lab tech expert in multimedia analysis.
• Rick Stetler (David Lee Smith, season 2-), IAB Sergeant and Horatio's personal nemesis. He later started a relationship with Yelina, but she left with her husband on season 3 finale. His harsh feelings toward Caine stem from a bitter feeling when Horatio was promoted to lieutenant instead of him believing Caine may have pulled in some "special favors" for the job.
• Maxine Valera (Boti Ann Bliss, seasons 2-), a DNA analyst fired due to a mistake in season 3, but returns in season 4.
• Peter Elliott (Michael B. Silver, seasons 2-), a US Secret Service (Financial Crime Division) Special Agent.
• Joseph Kayle (Leslie Odom Jr., season 2-), a lab tech.
• Aaron Peters (Armando Valdes-Kennedy, season 3-), a lab tech.
• Dan Cooper (Brendan Fehr, season 4), a new A/V Tech.

Former recurring characters

• John Hagen (Holt McCallany, seasons 1-3), a homicide detective who had emotional and psychological problems. He also had a brief relationship with Calleigh in Season 2. He shot himself in the Ballistics Lab with Calleigh present during season 3 finale.
• Adelle Sevilla (Wanda de Jesus, season 1), a Latina homicide detective who occasionally accompanies the CSIs. She appeared in 10 episodes.

R1 DVD Releases

DVD Name	Release Date
CSI Miami Season 1	June 29 2004
CSI Miami Season 2	January 4 2004
CSI Miami Season 3	November 22 2005

R2 DVD Releases

DVD Name	Release Date
CSI: Miami Season 1 Part 1	September 6 2004
CSI: Miami Season 1 Part 2	February 21 2005
CSI: Miami Season 2 Part 1	September 12 2005

Trivia

• Introduced as an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's second season (CSI Episode 222: Cross Jurisdictions) when investigators Catherine Willows and Warrick Brown, played by Marg Helgenberger and Gary Dourdan respectively, went to Miami because a murder victim's daughter was found there after the killer took her and her mother while fleeing Las Vegas.

• During the opening credits, the actors' names morph out of equations:
  • $4y-1=3b(Nh)$ becomes David Caruso
  • $3a1-x=(A9Xy)$ becomes Emily Procter
  • $3b+N=7bn1(6A)$ becomes Adam Rodriguez
  • $X-T4a=(7h)3XyNh$ becomes Khandi Alexander
  • $A1b+B2c=R4$ becomes Kim Delaney
  • $(7b)=6m+(3h)$ becomes Jonathan Togo

• The series is primarily shot in in a former warehouse in El Segundo, California (just south of LAX); location shooting in Miami is limited to a few days each season.

• The title music is Won't Get Fooled Again by the British rock band The Who. The Who also provided music for the title sequences of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("Who Are You?") and CSI: NY ("Baba O'Riley").

• In one episode, conservationist Jeff Corwin (of Animal Planet's The Jeff Corwin Experience) is featured helping the detectives retrieve a human foot from inside a live crocodile.

• The second season cross-over episode "MIA/NYC Nonstop" is a bonus episode on the Season 1 DVD set of CSI: NY.

• Another crossover (between NY and Miami) will be featured again on Nov 7 (CSI: Miami) and Nov 9 (CSI: NY), which involves a crashed plane and an escaped serial killer, and includes members of both casts. A new track of Madonna will be heard once in each episode at the start of both CSI: Miami and CSI: NY.

• The fourth season crossover episode "Felony Flight" was solved on the CSI: NY episode "Manhattan Manhunt." This was the first time that a case was introduced on one "CSI" series and solved on another. This is also the first time that a CSI show has had crossover episodes that were not intended to introduce a spin-off.

Broadcasters

• Austria: ORF
• Canada: CTV, Showcase (syndication)
• France: TF1
• Germany: RTL (previously: VOX)
• Hungary: Viasat3
• Ireland: RTE2
• Iceland: Skjár 1
• Israel: Extra Hot
• Italy: Sky Italia, Italia1 (Mediaset)
• Finland: MTV3
• Korea: MBC (Voice talent by Yang Ji Woon)
• Latin America:AXN
• Montenegro:In TV
• Netherlands: RTL5
• New Zealand: TV3, SKY Network Television
• Norway: TVNORGE
• Portugal: AXN, SIC
• Russia: DTV-viasat
• South Africa: M-Net
• Spain: AXN, Telecinco
• United Kingdom: Five
• USA: CBS, A&E (syndication)

Syndication

The A&E network airs rerun episodes on Sunday nights. The network purchased the syndication rights for a hefty US $1 million per episode after the show had been on the air for just one season. Turkey-Digiturk

See also

• CSI: Miami (computer game)
• Hummer H2(Sponsor Cars)

External links

• CSI: Miami at EPisodeWorld.com
• TVTome's CSI: Miami Guide
• CBS CSI: Miami official site (Flash required)
• CSI Files - unofficial news site
• CSI Guide - unofficial guide to all of the CSI shows
• Shanshu.de.vu - Find CSI Songs, their scenes, and listen to samples (english/german site)
• CSI Miami songs and music index
• El Segundo warehouse revived as production studio (Los Angeles Business Journal, June 17, 2002)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation at IMDb
• CSI: Miami at IMDb
• CSI: NY at IMDb
• CSI websites about CSI, CSI : Miami and CSI : NYNews, screenshots, episodes guides, cast, wallpapers, more than 1000 pictures, CSI Forum ...
• MBC CSI: Miami Homepage