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Next week will be the first full week of the May sweeps, meaning new episodes will air of all three CSI shows. CBS recently issued official press releases for these episodes.
First up on Monday at 10:00pm is CSI: Miami's "Recoil," which the network described as follows:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>After a bitter custody battle, shots are fired outside the courthouse and the CSIs must find the shooter. Bullets fly and the target is the little girl's mother. Horatio goes after the father, who he suspects may not be the girl's biological father after all. However, when the mother's shady past is uncovered, the team finds that she has a lot of enemies who would like to take a shot at her. Meanwhile, Calleigh's father returns to the crime lab for her guidance but for an unexpected reason
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<font color=yellow>Joe Chappelle</font> directed "Recoil," his first Miami episode this season. He did helm last week's CSI: New York, "Supply And Demand," as well as the Miami second-season finale, "Innocent." The episode was written by <font color=yellow>Steven Maeda</font>, presumably making this his last episode before his departure to Lost (story), and <font color=yellow>Marc Dube</font>, who this season also worked on "Under The Influence," "Speed Kills," "After The Fall" and "Nothing To Lose."
The following actors will be making a guest appearance in "Recoil:"
<ul>[*]<font color=yellow>Tracey Needham</font> as Cheri Lyle[*]<font color=yellow>Brian Tahash</font> as Don Landis[*]<font color=yellow>Bill Sage</font> as Brad Manning[*]<font color=yellow>Rex Linn</font> as Det. Frank Tripp[*]<font color=yellow>Liana Liberato</font> as Amy Manning[*]<font color=yellow>Natalia Baldwin Leon</font> as Female Newscaster[*]<font color=yellow>David Gianopoulos</font> as Vincent Lesca[*]<font color=yellow>Paul Green</font> as Greg Rondinelli[*]<font color=yellow>Kimiko Gelman</font> as Dr. Nicole Talcott[*]<font color=yellow>McKinley Freeman</font> as MDPD Uniform[*]<font color=yellow>Michelle Ann Johnson</font> as Valerie Adams[*]<font color=yellow>Brian Poth</font> as Tyler Jenson[*]<font color=yellow>John Heard </font> as Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne[/list]
Both Linn and Poth have very frequent recurring roles on CSI: Miami, while John Heard has also appeared on the show several times before. This will be the second appearance by Natalia Baldwin Leon, whose character has apparently gotten a promotion - in the second-season episode "Money For Nothing" she was still just a reporter rather than a newscaster.
Four of the other actors have appeared on CSI before, three of them on the original show: Tracey Needham was Jessica Abernathy in the fourth season's "Bad Words," Bill Sage played Frank McBride in the second-season episode "The Hunger Artist," and and Michelle Ann Johnson appeared as Pamela Adler way back in the first season's "Too Tough To Die." Brian Tahash, meanwhile, had a memorable role in CSI: New York's "Blood, Sweat and Tears" as the Clown Judge.
On Wednesday, CBS will be showing CSI: New York's "On The Job." This is what you can expect from the episode:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>While processing a crime scene, Danny is suddenly attacked by a suspect hiding in the victim's closet. The ensuing chase leads them to a crowded New York subway where the suspect, an undercover cop and Danny all fire shots. When the smoke clears, the team is left with a dead cop, a missing suspect and Danny under investigation for the possible murder of the officer. Mac must prove who killed the cop in order to save Danny's job. Meanwhile, Stella investigates the death of a nanny killed in a Central Park restroom.
</font></blockquote>Director <font color=yellow>David Von Ancken</font> is new to the CSI franchise. He's previously worked on several other crime shows, including Without A Trace, Cold Case, The Jury and Numb3rs. The episode's screenwriter, <font color=yellow>Timothy J. Lea</font>, this season also penned "Outside Man" and "ReCycling."
Below is a list of "On The Job" guest stars:
<ul>[*]<font color=yellow>Joe Morton</font> as Chief Dwight Hillborne[*]<font color=yellow>Chad Lindberg</font> as Chad Willingham[*]<font color=yellow>Alanna Ubach</font> as Constance Briell[*]<font color=yellow>Nick Damici </font> as Det. Patrick Colton[*]<font color=yellow>Kimberly Dooley </font> as Glenda Wallace[*]<font color=yellow>Noureen DeWulf </font> as Matrice Singh[*]<font color=yellow>Octavia Spencer</font> as Child Welfare Rep[*]<font color=yellow>Maurice Compte</font> as Michael Armstrong[*]<font color=yellow>Gilbert Rosales</font> as Det. Rodney Minhas[*]<font color=yellow>Chris Tardio</font> as Steve Dark[*]<font color=yellow>Adina Porter</font> as Shannon Goodall[*]<font color=yellow>Alison Raimondi</font> as Nurse[*]<font color=yellow>James Lancaster</font> as Butler[*]<font color=yellow>Valeri Ross</font> as Attorney[*]<font color=yellow>Sean Jeffrey Jones</font> as Uniformed Officer[*]<font color=yellow>Patricia Martinez</font> as Sandra Lopez[*]<font color=yellow>Kamala Mathis </font> as Fire Breathing Woman[/list]
Both Chad Lindberg and Alanna Ubach are playing previously established NY characters. Although Nick Damici has never appeared on CSI: New York before, he did play a detective in "MIA/NYC Nonstop" - likely the same character he's playing in this episode. Maurice Compte also previously appeared on CSI: Miami, playing Guillermo Soriano in the first-season episode "Body Count."
On Thursday, the final new episode of the week will be airing - the original CSI's "Weeping Willows." CBS described the episode as follows:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>After a tough day on the job, Catherine heads to a bar to unwind and has a brief romantic encounter with a stranger, Adam Novak. When a woman from the same bar turns up dead later that night, evidence points to Novak as the lead suspect in the murder investigation. Friction arises between Grissom and Catherine when she fails to disclose her knowledge of the suspect. Meanwhile, Mia deals with cross contamination of evidence in the DNA lab.
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Director <Font color=yellow>Ken Fink</font> is a CSI veteran, having this year already worked on "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?," "Who Shot Sherlock?" and "Spark Of Life." This is the first episode written by <font color=yellow>Areanne Lloyd</font>, who has worked on the show for the past several years as Script Coordinator.
The following actors will be guest-starring on "Weeping Willows:"
<ul>[*]<font color=yellow>David Berman</font> as David Phillips[*]<font color=yellow>Wallace Langham</font> as Hodges[*]<font color=yellow>Aisha Tyler</font> as Mia Dickerson[*]<font color=yellow>Marc Vann</font> as Conrad Ecklie[*]<font color=yellow>Larry Sullivan</font> as Officer Akers[*]<font color=yellow>Geoffrey Rivas</font> as Det. Vega[*]<font color=yellow>Alex Carter</font> as Det. Vartann[*]<font color=yellow>Alan Rosenberg</font> as Adam Novak[*]<font color=yellow>Lauren Bowles</font> as Ellen[*]<font color=yellow>Anita Gillette</font> as Lily Flynn[*]<font color=yellow>Mary Kelsey</font> as Alice Granger[*]<font color=yellow>Madison McReynolds</font> as Lindsey[*]<font color=yellow>Channon Roe</font> as Douglas Granger[*]<font color=yellow>Shawn Hatosy</font> as Jeff Simon[*]<font color=yellow>Elaine Curtis</font> as Holly Pearson[*]<font color=yellow>Lelah Foster</font> as Sheila[*]<font color=yellow>Lauren Birkell</font> as Lynn[*]<font color=yellow>Meredith Scott Lynn</font> as Carol Allred[/list]
As usual for the original CSI, many of these actors are playing long-established recurring charactes, including Berman, Langham, Tyler, Vann, Sullivan, Rivas, Carter and McReynolds. Meredith Scott Lynn joins their ranks as of this episode, after first appearing as Carol Allred in "Unbearable" earlier this eason. Only Channon Roe has worked on any of the CSI shows before, playing Brad Repkin in one of the first CSI: Miami episodes, "Broken." Alan Rosenberg didn't appear on any of the CSIs before, but he is the real-life husband of <font color=yellow>Marg Helgenberger</font> (Catherine Willows).
In addition to the above three new episodes, CBS will be airing no less than three special CSI reruns next week. First up on Friday at 9:00pm is CSI: Miami's "Money Plane," in which someone uses a laser light to blind a pilot and bring down a jet, which carries more than $1.2 billion in checks to be delivered to banks on the eastern seaboard. The crime scene evidence reveals a victim -- a young fundraising socialite -- who was inside the plane but killed prior to the crash. Now, although the team has little to work with since the victim's wealthy family is opposing an autopsy, Horatio must follow the money trail. Meanwhile, Calleigh works on a case with her ex-boyfriend, Det. Hagen, and their romantic history could cause problems for both of them.
On Saturday at 8:00pm, the fourth-season original CSI finale "Bloodlines" will be shown. In this episode, after a rape victim identifies her rapist, Grissom and his team struggle to find the physical evidence to convict the perpetrator when it points in a different direction. The female victim, who barely escapes death, identifies her rapist but the DNA evidence suggests that he is not the person responsible. Meanwhile, Grissom comes to the rescue of one of the CSI members who lands on the other side of the law.
Finally, on Saturday at 9:00pm CBS will be repeating CSI: New York's "The Dove Commission." When the chief investigator of a controversial report documenting corruption within the NYPD is gunned down the day before his findings are published, Mac and Stella must find the killer. The Dove Commission is an independent group formed of judges and attorneys with one purpose: to expose the weaknesses of the NYPD. While the group celebrates their findings at a posh New York City bar located in a Manhattan high rise, the head of the commission is shot and killed, launching a massive search that makes every officer listed in the report a suspect. Meanwhile, Danny and Aiden investigate the murder of a gypsy cab driver.
The original press releases for all these episodes can be found by heading over to the Futon Critic.<center></center>
First up on Monday at 10:00pm is CSI: Miami's "Recoil," which the network described as follows:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>After a bitter custody battle, shots are fired outside the courthouse and the CSIs must find the shooter. Bullets fly and the target is the little girl's mother. Horatio goes after the father, who he suspects may not be the girl's biological father after all. However, when the mother's shady past is uncovered, the team finds that she has a lot of enemies who would like to take a shot at her. Meanwhile, Calleigh's father returns to the crime lab for her guidance but for an unexpected reason
</font></blockquote>
<font color=yellow>Joe Chappelle</font> directed "Recoil," his first Miami episode this season. He did helm last week's CSI: New York, "Supply And Demand," as well as the Miami second-season finale, "Innocent." The episode was written by <font color=yellow>Steven Maeda</font>, presumably making this his last episode before his departure to Lost (story), and <font color=yellow>Marc Dube</font>, who this season also worked on "Under The Influence," "Speed Kills," "After The Fall" and "Nothing To Lose."
The following actors will be making a guest appearance in "Recoil:"
<ul>[*]<font color=yellow>Tracey Needham</font> as Cheri Lyle[*]<font color=yellow>Brian Tahash</font> as Don Landis[*]<font color=yellow>Bill Sage</font> as Brad Manning[*]<font color=yellow>Rex Linn</font> as Det. Frank Tripp[*]<font color=yellow>Liana Liberato</font> as Amy Manning[*]<font color=yellow>Natalia Baldwin Leon</font> as Female Newscaster[*]<font color=yellow>David Gianopoulos</font> as Vincent Lesca[*]<font color=yellow>Paul Green</font> as Greg Rondinelli[*]<font color=yellow>Kimiko Gelman</font> as Dr. Nicole Talcott[*]<font color=yellow>McKinley Freeman</font> as MDPD Uniform[*]<font color=yellow>Michelle Ann Johnson</font> as Valerie Adams[*]<font color=yellow>Brian Poth</font> as Tyler Jenson[*]<font color=yellow>John Heard </font> as Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne[/list]
Both Linn and Poth have very frequent recurring roles on CSI: Miami, while John Heard has also appeared on the show several times before. This will be the second appearance by Natalia Baldwin Leon, whose character has apparently gotten a promotion - in the second-season episode "Money For Nothing" she was still just a reporter rather than a newscaster.
Four of the other actors have appeared on CSI before, three of them on the original show: Tracey Needham was Jessica Abernathy in the fourth season's "Bad Words," Bill Sage played Frank McBride in the second-season episode "The Hunger Artist," and and Michelle Ann Johnson appeared as Pamela Adler way back in the first season's "Too Tough To Die." Brian Tahash, meanwhile, had a memorable role in CSI: New York's "Blood, Sweat and Tears" as the Clown Judge.
On Wednesday, CBS will be showing CSI: New York's "On The Job." This is what you can expect from the episode:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>While processing a crime scene, Danny is suddenly attacked by a suspect hiding in the victim's closet. The ensuing chase leads them to a crowded New York subway where the suspect, an undercover cop and Danny all fire shots. When the smoke clears, the team is left with a dead cop, a missing suspect and Danny under investigation for the possible murder of the officer. Mac must prove who killed the cop in order to save Danny's job. Meanwhile, Stella investigates the death of a nanny killed in a Central Park restroom.
</font></blockquote>Director <font color=yellow>David Von Ancken</font> is new to the CSI franchise. He's previously worked on several other crime shows, including Without A Trace, Cold Case, The Jury and Numb3rs. The episode's screenwriter, <font color=yellow>Timothy J. Lea</font>, this season also penned "Outside Man" and "ReCycling."
Below is a list of "On The Job" guest stars:
<ul>[*]<font color=yellow>Joe Morton</font> as Chief Dwight Hillborne[*]<font color=yellow>Chad Lindberg</font> as Chad Willingham[*]<font color=yellow>Alanna Ubach</font> as Constance Briell[*]<font color=yellow>Nick Damici </font> as Det. Patrick Colton[*]<font color=yellow>Kimberly Dooley </font> as Glenda Wallace[*]<font color=yellow>Noureen DeWulf </font> as Matrice Singh[*]<font color=yellow>Octavia Spencer</font> as Child Welfare Rep[*]<font color=yellow>Maurice Compte</font> as Michael Armstrong[*]<font color=yellow>Gilbert Rosales</font> as Det. Rodney Minhas[*]<font color=yellow>Chris Tardio</font> as Steve Dark[*]<font color=yellow>Adina Porter</font> as Shannon Goodall[*]<font color=yellow>Alison Raimondi</font> as Nurse[*]<font color=yellow>James Lancaster</font> as Butler[*]<font color=yellow>Valeri Ross</font> as Attorney[*]<font color=yellow>Sean Jeffrey Jones</font> as Uniformed Officer[*]<font color=yellow>Patricia Martinez</font> as Sandra Lopez[*]<font color=yellow>Kamala Mathis </font> as Fire Breathing Woman[/list]
Both Chad Lindberg and Alanna Ubach are playing previously established NY characters. Although Nick Damici has never appeared on CSI: New York before, he did play a detective in "MIA/NYC Nonstop" - likely the same character he's playing in this episode. Maurice Compte also previously appeared on CSI: Miami, playing Guillermo Soriano in the first-season episode "Body Count."
On Thursday, the final new episode of the week will be airing - the original CSI's "Weeping Willows." CBS described the episode as follows:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>After a tough day on the job, Catherine heads to a bar to unwind and has a brief romantic encounter with a stranger, Adam Novak. When a woman from the same bar turns up dead later that night, evidence points to Novak as the lead suspect in the murder investigation. Friction arises between Grissom and Catherine when she fails to disclose her knowledge of the suspect. Meanwhile, Mia deals with cross contamination of evidence in the DNA lab.
</font></blockquote>
Director <Font color=yellow>Ken Fink</font> is a CSI veteran, having this year already worked on "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?," "Who Shot Sherlock?" and "Spark Of Life." This is the first episode written by <font color=yellow>Areanne Lloyd</font>, who has worked on the show for the past several years as Script Coordinator.
The following actors will be guest-starring on "Weeping Willows:"
<ul>[*]<font color=yellow>David Berman</font> as David Phillips[*]<font color=yellow>Wallace Langham</font> as Hodges[*]<font color=yellow>Aisha Tyler</font> as Mia Dickerson[*]<font color=yellow>Marc Vann</font> as Conrad Ecklie[*]<font color=yellow>Larry Sullivan</font> as Officer Akers[*]<font color=yellow>Geoffrey Rivas</font> as Det. Vega[*]<font color=yellow>Alex Carter</font> as Det. Vartann[*]<font color=yellow>Alan Rosenberg</font> as Adam Novak[*]<font color=yellow>Lauren Bowles</font> as Ellen[*]<font color=yellow>Anita Gillette</font> as Lily Flynn[*]<font color=yellow>Mary Kelsey</font> as Alice Granger[*]<font color=yellow>Madison McReynolds</font> as Lindsey[*]<font color=yellow>Channon Roe</font> as Douglas Granger[*]<font color=yellow>Shawn Hatosy</font> as Jeff Simon[*]<font color=yellow>Elaine Curtis</font> as Holly Pearson[*]<font color=yellow>Lelah Foster</font> as Sheila[*]<font color=yellow>Lauren Birkell</font> as Lynn[*]<font color=yellow>Meredith Scott Lynn</font> as Carol Allred[/list]
As usual for the original CSI, many of these actors are playing long-established recurring charactes, including Berman, Langham, Tyler, Vann, Sullivan, Rivas, Carter and McReynolds. Meredith Scott Lynn joins their ranks as of this episode, after first appearing as Carol Allred in "Unbearable" earlier this eason. Only Channon Roe has worked on any of the CSI shows before, playing Brad Repkin in one of the first CSI: Miami episodes, "Broken." Alan Rosenberg didn't appear on any of the CSIs before, but he is the real-life husband of <font color=yellow>Marg Helgenberger</font> (Catherine Willows).
In addition to the above three new episodes, CBS will be airing no less than three special CSI reruns next week. First up on Friday at 9:00pm is CSI: Miami's "Money Plane," in which someone uses a laser light to blind a pilot and bring down a jet, which carries more than $1.2 billion in checks to be delivered to banks on the eastern seaboard. The crime scene evidence reveals a victim -- a young fundraising socialite -- who was inside the plane but killed prior to the crash. Now, although the team has little to work with since the victim's wealthy family is opposing an autopsy, Horatio must follow the money trail. Meanwhile, Calleigh works on a case with her ex-boyfriend, Det. Hagen, and their romantic history could cause problems for both of them.
On Saturday at 8:00pm, the fourth-season original CSI finale "Bloodlines" will be shown. In this episode, after a rape victim identifies her rapist, Grissom and his team struggle to find the physical evidence to convict the perpetrator when it points in a different direction. The female victim, who barely escapes death, identifies her rapist but the DNA evidence suggests that he is not the person responsible. Meanwhile, Grissom comes to the rescue of one of the CSI members who lands on the other side of the law.
Finally, on Saturday at 9:00pm CBS will be repeating CSI: New York's "The Dove Commission." When the chief investigator of a controversial report documenting corruption within the NYPD is gunned down the day before his findings are published, Mac and Stella must find the killer. The Dove Commission is an independent group formed of judges and attorneys with one purpose: to expose the weaknesses of the NYPD. While the group celebrates their findings at a posh New York City bar located in a Manhattan high rise, the head of the commission is shot and killed, launching a massive search that makes every officer listed in the report a suspect. Meanwhile, Danny and Aiden investigate the murder of a gypsy cab driver.
The original press releases for all these episodes can be found by heading over to the Futon Critic.<center></center>