CSI Files: We've heard rumors of a burgeoning romance between Calleigh and Delko. Can you shed any light on that?
Rodriguez: I think this is something that has been brewing for a long time. I don't know how far the show is going to take it. Sometimes we get close with something and then it [fizzles]. I don't know how far we're going to go with Calleigh and Delko. We definitely show the building it up through the next episodes. I think it's cool. It's really realistic when it comes to working this job, working a lot of hours and spending the time we do with each other. It's inevitable that romance happens, like the fling with Natalia's character [last season] and the love triangle with Togo's character.
[Calleigh and Delko] will start to acknowledge [their feelings] and maybe even fall for each other. I'm excited about it. After doing a show for five years, any sort of new avenue is exciting. I hope they take it there, to an extreme place and really gives us a chance to explore it, but who knows where they're going to take it.
CSI Files: Do you think Ryan will have any feelings about Delko possibly starting a romance with Calleigh?
Rodriguez: A lot of people are going to have something to say [if Calleigh and Delko get romantic]. Hortatio will have things to say about it, because it might complicate things in the lab. Ryan's character will have things to say about it. I think it's going to be really interesting.
I think it would be cool if we have to keep it under wraps for a while, a kind of clandestine love affair, a secret to be revealed at some point. We might get more mileage out of it being a secret. Or, in true CSI: Miami fashion we could leave it, just let it build until we have no choice but to act on it. I really never have any idea what's going to happen. But I've been really lucky that last two seasons with what they've done with my character.
CSI Files: Earlier this season, Delko tangled with a dishonest couple and the wife ended up suing him despite the fact that he helped her (in "Throwing Heat"). Will we see that storyline come up again?
Rodriguez: Yes, you definitely are. That does not go away. It might even go beyond what I know of it. You'll be seeing something sooner rather than later.
