BLOOD IS HER BUSINESS: In what is turning out to be a successful season of transition for original-flavor CSI, Elisabeth Shue looks like she'll fit right in as "blood whisperer" Julie "don't call me Jules" Finley "call me Finn." She shares a history she'd prefer not to talk about with CSI boss D.B. Russell ("We know how it ended last time"), and should he cross the line, she's clearly ready to tell anyone that D.B. is short for "Diebenkorn." Seriously? First seen (shades of Russell) laying on the floor, pretending to be a victim as part of a seminar demo, Finn is sardonic, proud of her professional bona fides, and very hands-on as she eagerly accepts Russell's challenge to piece together a complicated blood puzzle involving multiple victims. "I like it when you beg," she tells him when he offers her a consulting gig in the crime lab. "I may call you," she says. "I may answer," he responds. I may watch.
