CSI: Miami
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[edit] Cast and characters
- Miami Dade CSI Head Investigator Lieutenant Horatio Caine (David Caruso), (Born April 7, 1960) Head of the Miami-Dade crime lab, a forensic analyst and former bomb squad officer. In season 1 episode 2 Caine revealed that everything he knew had been taught to him by his mentor, Al Humphreys (played by Lou Beatty, Jr.), who is killed by explosion while trying to defuse a bomb in the episode. Caine was briefly married to Eric Delko's sister Marisol, which ended when she was murdered by a Mala Noche sniper.
- Miami Dade CSI Level 3 Detective Calleigh Duquesne (Emily Procter), (Born October 8, 1970) ballistics specialist. Her father is an alcoholic attorney who has tried to rehabilitate himself several times. She has a brief relationship with John Hagen in season 2; in the season 3 finale Hagen shoots himself while she is getting a different gun, after having pulled a gun on her earlier in the episode. At the beginning of Season 5 she is temporarily in charge of the lab while Horatio and Delko are in Brazil. She appears to be very good friends with fellow CSI Eric Delko.
- Miami Dade CSI Level 3 Detective Eric Delko (Adam Rodriguez), (Born December 19, 1976) fingerprint and drug identification expert of Cuban and Russian extraction. In episode 410, "Shattered", Delko's job is endangered when he is arrested for drug possession, but it turns out he had been buying the drugs for his sister Marisol, to ease the pain of her leukemia treatments. Delko's sister was murdered by a Mala Noche sniper after she married Delko's boss, Horatio Caine. He is also Catholic ("Curse of the Coffin").
- Miami Dade Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Alexx Woods (Khandi Alexander), Miami-Dade coroner. (Born August 13, 1956) Alexx began her medical career as a practicing doctor in New York, but for personal reasons came to Miami to work as a coroner. She often talks 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 whom she is very protective of.
- Miami Dade CSI Level 1 Detective Ryan Wolfe (Jonathan Togo), (Born August 25, 1977) Ryan was working as a police officer at the time he was hired by Horatio, who noted with approval that Ryan kept his firearm immaculately clean (his predecessor, Speedle, died in the line of duty as a direct result of his poor gun maintenance). He first appeared in the episode "Under the Influence", but did not become a regular cast member until "Hell Night". Ryan suffers from OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and appears to believe in curses ("Curse of the Coffin").
- MDPD Homicide Detective Francis 'Frank' Tripp (Rex Linn), a Texan homicide detective who regularly accompanies the team to the crime scenes. He has a slightly gruff demeanor and while not much knowledge of forensic procedures, he has an appreciation for the capabilities fo the CSI's and moreso of their results. He has a good working relationship with all the CSIs, particularly Calleigh. He is divorced, with three kids (episode 118, "Dispo Day"). Made regular in season 5, recurring previously.
- Laboratory Technician 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 dated briefly. They broke it off after a pregnancy scare. She escaped 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 woman (who had been killed by the victim's ex-husband) assuming an alias for protection. It was revealed at the end of the fourth season that she was the mole in the lab, but the negative information soiling the lab's reputation was not leaked by Boa Vista but by State Attorney Monica West, and Boa Vista had only reported information to the Feds that showed the lab in a positive light. In season 5, she is a CSI field trainee and has joined the main cast (she had previously been a recurring character) and, much to her distress, she discovered her ex-husband was out of prison and served her a restraining order; being that he was working for a private company that cleans up the crime scenes it created a difficult situation with forcing her to make terms with him to get the restraining order dropped.
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Detectives Duquesne, Salas, and Caine (l to r)
[edit] Discontinued characters
- Miami Dade CSI Level 3 Detective Megan Donner (Kim Delaney, episodes 1-10), Horatio's predecessor who went on indefinite leave from her job following the death of her husband. She briefly returned to work alongside the new head investigator Horatio but later resigned, finding the pressure of the position to now be more than she could handle. Her character was reportedly written out due to the lack of chemistry between her and Caruso.
- Miami Dade CSI Level 3 Detective Tim "Speed" Speedle (Rory Cochrane, seasons 1-2), (Born June 24, 1973) 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; he had not maintained his firearm diligently, and was shot by a suspect when it misfired during a police shoot-out. His character was written out at the request of Cochrane, who wanted to pursue a career in film and reportedly disliked the long, arduous shooting schedule for CSI: Miami.
[edit] Recurring characters
- MDPD Detective Yelina Salas (Sofia Milos, seasons 2-3, 5), a Colombian 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 was revealed to still be alive, she left with him and their son for Brazil, where they planned to keep a low profile for Raymond's safety. She reappears in Season 5, starting with "Rio" (the season opener). Caine and Delko are in Rio to hunt down Riaz, who murdered Caine's wife (and Delko's sister) Marisol at the end of Season 4. Riaz eventually dies, but not before killing Raymond Caine and enlisting Ray Jr into drug running in the shantytowns of the area. Yelina and Ray Jr wind up back in Miami, and it appears likely they will figure in future episodes.
- Laboratory Technician Maxine Valera (Boti Ann Bliss, seasons 2-), a DNA analyst suspended due to a mistake in season 3, but returns in season 4. Has an unfortunate habit of taking short-cuts when filing in the evidence and that almost got her in trouble when the FBI investigated the lab. Nonetheless, she is an effective and dedicated contributor to the lab.
- Laboratory Technician Joseph Kayle (Leslie Odom Jr., season 2-), a lab tech.
- Laboratory Technician Aaron Peters (Armando Valdes-Kennedy, season 3-), a lab-tech.
- Laboratory Technician Cynthia Wells (Brooke Bloom), a lab tech expert in Questioned Documents.
- Audio/Visual Technician Tyler Jensen (Brian Poth), a lab tech expert in multimedia analysis.
- Audio/Visual Technician Dan Cooper (Brendan Fehr, season 4), a new A/V Tech. May or may not relate to the case of D.B. Cooper
- Secret Service Special Agent Peter Elliott (Michael B. Silver, seasons 2-), Working in Financial Crime Division (Financial Crime Division) Agent Elliott had an obvious infatuation with Calleigh that interested her but she stopped when she found out that he was engaged to the state district attorney after taking him to the hospital for a gunshot wound. At the end of the season, it was revealed that his fiancée State District Attorney Monica West is the one that implicated the CSI lab and stole drug money seized in a raid causing the FBI to investigate, hoping that discrediting the lab would help her out politically.
- IAB Sergeant 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 Stetler's 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)
- Erica Sykes (Amy Laughlin, Season 3-), an aggressive ambitious young news reporter for the Miami CBS station, WFOR-TV. Her antics are often described as crazy and are very much annoying to the CSI team. She may or may not have dated Ryan at some stage, but the two often flirt. It was Erica who revealed to Ryan that there was a mole in the lab in a special extended scene that was available on www.cbs.com after the episode Urban Hellraisers aired. She also helped Ryan in a case regarding abuse of eminent domain, with the government evicting people from their homes before turning the land over to a private developer (episode 505, "Death Eminent").
- Glen Cole (Mark Rolston), a FBI Agent, headed the investigation into the lab in season 4, returns in season 5 working on a case involving counterfeitting and the Korean Government.
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Detectives Caine and Salas (left to right)
[edit] Former recurring characters
- MDPD Detective Adelle Sevilla (Wanda de Jesus, season 1), a Latina homicide detective who occasionally accompanies the CSIs. She appeared in 10 episodes.
- MDPD Detective John Hagen (Holt McCallany, seasons 1-3), a homicide detective who had emotional and psychological problems. He was apparently Raymond's former partner who told Calleigh once that he couldn't stand being reminded of being the partner of a 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 escape (she didn't know it was him at that time). He later shot himself in the Ballistics Lab in front of Calleigh during the Season 3 finale.
- Laboratory Technician Sam Belmontes (Cristian de la Fuente, season 1-2), a lab tech expert in chemical analysis.
- State Attorney Rebecca Nevins (Christina Chang), A State Attorney who briefly had a relationship with Horatio, 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.
- State Attorney Monica West (Bellamy Young, season 4). The State Attorney who replaced Nevins. She was the one who planted Boa Vista to spy on the CSI Lab, hoping she will come up with evidence of corruption within the lab. However, when Natalia only brought back positive results on the lab, she got frustrated enough that she stole some money that the team seized in a raid on the Mala Noches when her fiancee, Agent Peter Elliot, was looking over the money, and tipped off the FBI causing the lab to be investigated. When Wolfe pointed out that the money wasn't taken from their lab, Calleigh figured it out and had Elliott confess. She made him get her to admit that she was the one who took the money. She was then arrested.
- Marisol Delko Caine (née Delektorsky) (Alana de la Garza, season 4) Eric's older sister, who had leukemia. Because of the painful treatments, Eric occasionally purchased drugs, such as marijuana, to alleviate her pain. This got him in trouble until Horatio Caine intervened in the investigation, letting him off. Marisol and Horatio were married between the episodes that aired on May 8 and May 15, 2006. She was shot by a Mala Noche sniper during the May 15 episode and later died from her injury. It was later discovered that the hit was ordered by a Mala Noche boss named Antonio Riaz, who found out about Marisol's family connections through his relationship as her marijuana dealer. Not long after, Horatio and Delko follow Riaz to Brazil, and Horatio kills Riaz. Her last words were with Horatio--
- Horatio: You know, I got us booked for a restaurant tonight.
- Marisol: Casa Tua?
- Horatio: Casa Tua.
- Marisol: You got the good table?
- Horatio: I got the good table.
- Horatio: You're not planning... You're not planning to stand me up, are you?
- Marisol: Never.
- At this point, Marisol is silent and holds Horatio's hand, closes her eyes, and the sound recorder behind her goes to a long electronic beep, dead.
