CSI: Miami

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This article is about the television series. For the computer game, see CSI: Miami (computer game).

Template:Infobox television Template:In-progress tvshow 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. In 2006, Reuters reported that the show is "the most-watched U.S. series around the world"[1]. The series is distributed internationally by Alliance Atlantis.

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

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Characters

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Main characters

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  • 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 sometimes called 'H' by his team. His trademark is putting on and removing his sunglasses, often several times in an episode. He often stands sideways to the person he is speaking to and tilts his head slightly. Additionally, he frequently smiles flirtatiously at his primary suspect. Usually within the first 30 seconds after the crime sequence is shown, he greets Frank Tripp using his name, and asking a question or commenting about the crime. He has become somewhat of a cult icon. 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. Caine is also now dating Eric Delko's sister. In episode 413, "Collision", Caine reveals to a minor character that his mother was killed by his father.
  • 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 Police Department, she gained the nickname "Bullet Girl". Her father is an alcoholic attorney that has tried to rehabilitate several times. She had a brief relationship with John Hagen in season 2, in the season 3 finale he shot himself in front of her not standing the fact the earlier that episode he pulled gun on her. After that Calleigh then transferred from Ballistics not being sure she could stand working in there again. However she rejoined her spot as the Ballistics specialist after not being able to stand the incompetence of her successor.
  • Eric "Delko" Delektorsky (Adam Rodriguez), fingerprint and drug identification expert; a Miami native of Cuban and Russian extraction 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. The injury caused his vision to suffer although he refuses to admit it.
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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. She and Delko used to be dating, and at one point she thought she was pregnant with his child. She later found out that it was just a small illness. She apparently just got out of an abusive marriage before joining the crew, when her association with a society for battered women was key to helping the team solve the murder of a women assuming an alias for protection (who was killed by her ex-husband). Some members of the police department, though not the CSI team itself, suspect her to be a mole that has been leaking information out of the lab.
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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.
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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. Horatio also suspected that during his relationship with Yelina, Stetler may have been abusive, which was evident when she came to work one day with a black eye.(Season 3, episode Crime Wave)
  • Maxine Valera (Boti Ann Bliss, seasons 2-), a DNA analyst suspended 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.
  • Marisol Delektorsky (Alana de la Garza) Eric's younger sister who has breast cancer. Because of the painful treatments Eric occasionally gets drugs such as marijuana for her which almost got him in trouble for until Horatio Caine intervened in the investigation letting him off. Currently is involved in a low key relationship with Horatio.
  • Dan Cooper (Brendan Fehr, season 4), a new A/V Tech. May or may not relate to the case of D.B. Cooper
  • Erika Sikes (Amy Laughlin, Season 4-), an agressive ambitious young news reporter for a local Miami station. Pretty much her antics often described as crazy and is very much annoying to the CSI team. Occasionally she was flirting around with Ryan Wolfe just to get information from him.
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Former recurring characters

  • John Hagen (Holt McCallany, seasons 1-3), a homicide detective who had emotional and psychological problems. He was apparently Raymonds former partner told Calliegh once that he couldn't stand being reminded of being the partner of dirty cop. He also had a brief relationship with Calleigh in Season 2. While pulling a crucial piece of evidence from a crime scene, he panicked when Calleigh came over to photograph the scene, he then crept up behind her and put his gun behind her head. Although he didn't mean to hurt her it allowed him time to escaped (she didn't know it was him at that time). He later 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.
  • Rebecca Nevins (Christina Chang), State Attorney that Horatio was briefly in a relationship with but he broke it off when she made a deal with a criminal suspected of killing a cop and series of robberies as well as having a relationship with a 16 year-old girl who took part in his crimes. Originally expected to be a more regular character but has not appeared on the show since that episode for reasons unknown.
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R1 DVD Releases

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DVD Name Release Date
CSI Miami Season 1 June 29 2004
CSI Miami Season 2 January 4 2005
CSI Miami Season 3 November 22 2005
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R2 DVD Releases

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DVD Name Release Date
CSI: Miami Season 1 Part 1 September 6 2004
CSI: Miami Season 1 Part 2 February 21 2005
CSI: Miami Complete Season 1 February 21 2005
CSI: Miami Season 2 Part 1 September 12 2005
CSI: Miami Season 2 Part 2 February 20 2006
CSI: Miami Complete Season 2 February 20 2006
CSI: Miami Season 3 Part 1 May 29 2006
CSI: Miami Season 3 Part 2 September 25 2006
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Episode list 

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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:
  • The series is primarily shot 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 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) was 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 by Madonna ("Hung Up") was 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.
  • The (probable) origin of the 'Horatio' character name is explained by the character 'Belle King' in Dead Woman Walking (season 1) as being tied to Horatio (from Shakespeare's Hamlet), whom she calls 'the first CSI'. The actual origin of Horatio's name is given by Horatio himself in the pilot episode Cross Jurisdictions. His mother named him after American author Horatio Alger.
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Goofs

  • Golden Parachute (Season 1, Episode 1): When the man the CSI team pulls from the swamp is pronounced without examination to be still alive, but not breathing, they administer chest compressions rather than mouth-to-mouth.
  • Wet Foot/Dry Foot (Season 1, Episode 3): When a disembodied arm and half of a torso are pulled from a gutted tiger shark, Delko incorrectly comments that the tiger shark will eat anything as long as it's alive. However, tiger sharks will also feed 'on slaughter-house wastes or any other carrion'.[2]
  • A Horrible Mind (Season 1, Episode 10): In the case about the professor, an erroneous parallel was made to the 'Stanford Experiment' (correct name: 'Stanford Prison Experiment'); they should have referred to the Milgram experiment instead. The parallel concerned the professor using his students in a manner similar to the Milgram experiment, 'teachers' and 'learners', as taught to him by the Columbian torturer (although the Columbian called them students, not learners).
  • Entrance Wound (Season 1, Episode 12): Calleigh twice mispronounces "heptan-2-one" by saying the last syllable as the number one, instead of rhyming with "acetone" as anyone with any chemical knowledge would (it is a ketone alternatively called 2-heptanone).
  • Dead Woman Walking (Season 1, Episode 15): When the lawyer was poisoned, the CSI team checked her house, and later the orange juice, with sulfur to detect traces of iodine. Horatio claimed that the presence of iodine would indicate decayed iodine-131. However, “[i]odine-131 has a half-life of eight days. At the end of eight days, half of the Iodine-131 becomes stable xenon-131.” (emphasis added)[3] Therefore, the team was looking for the wrong chemical. Also, the use of sulfur as a detector appears to come from scriptwriters picking up information from the completely unrelated sulfur-iodine cycle.
  • The writers generally have little knowledge of South Florida. They refer to the courts as Superior Courts but trial courts in Florida are Circuit Courts (Los Angeles has Superior Courts, not Florida); writers had a suspect identified from a photo of the license plate on the front of a car, but Florida only uses rear license plates; writers often have the CSIs check the "state registry" of handguns but Florida does not register handguns.
  • In the episode Speed Kills (Season 3, Episode 8) a man's head is boiled in water to remove all tissue from around the skull in order to reveal the head injuries he sustained. The process obviously dissolved the victim's face which would not make for a pretty open coffin. Almost certainly most next of kin would seriously object.
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Broadcasters

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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.

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See also

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External links

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