Mendelsohn: It's A Year Of Transition

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No news on Sara, but big news for the rest of the cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Fans are going to have to wait for the season premiere of CSI on September 27 to find out whether Sara is rescued. However, although Sara's fate remains unknown, executive producers <font color=yellow>Carol Mendelsohn</font> and <font color=yellow>Naren Shankar</font> were more open about what will happen with the rest of the team in season eight. "It's a year of transition on CSI," Mendelsohn told TV Guide. "A year of people growing."

A story arc for Gil Grissom (<font color=yellow>William Petersen</font>) involves bugs, specifically bees. In episode three, "Go to Hell", Grissom finds a beehive and takes it back to the lab to study. "He's trying to figure out why honeybees are dying around the world," Mendelsohn explained. "It's his science experiment for the year."

Grissom won't be spending all of his time with bugs. On November 1, CSI will be doing a crossover with Without a Trace. WAT's Jack Malone (<font color=yellow>Anthony LaPaglia</font>) will spend some time in the Las Vegas crime lab with Grissom. Shankar described the crossover as "an intense, action-packed case that goes from Vegas to L.A. to maybe south of the border."

Season eight will bring changes for other characters as well. Nick Stokes (<font color=yellow>George Eads</font>) is going to experience stress as he steps up in the lab, becoming more of a leader. "The question always is: Grissom is the supervisor, but who's the supervisor-in-waiting?" Mendelsohn said. Nick's friendship with Warrick Brown (<font color=yellow>Gary Dourdan</font>) will be tested at a time when both men have things on their mind. While Nick deals with the pressure of being a leader, Warrick's marriage will continue to have problems and he will be forced to deal with some old Vegas mobsters. "Bad things can happen when you get involved with bad people," Shankar explained. This story arc will feature an episode directed by <font color=yellow>William Friedkin</font>, who previously worked with Petersen on the movie To Live and Die in L.A..

The death of Catherine Willow's (<font color=yellow>Marg Helgenberger</font>) father, Sam Braun (<font color=yellow>Scott Wilson</font>), in season seven will lead her to contemplate her own life. Braun had been working on a casino project when he died, and Catherine will find herself getting involved. While Shankar did not say whether the effect would be positive or negative, he did say that the situation is "going to lead to some substantial, potentially career-altering decisions."

The article can be found in next week's edition of TV Guide. Thanks to <font color=yellow>gsr4ever</font> and <font color=yellow>ricker 23</font> from Your Tax Dollars At Work.<center></center>
 
Finally something about warrick!!! Hooray!!! Good to see the relationship between Nick and Warrick being explored further! One if the perfect foil for the other, and Grissom watchin from aback! it will be nice to see if warrick and Grissom relationship is explored as well, as Warrick is his favourite! Cant wait! p.s Warrick and Catherine need to hit it off too!!!!
 
What about Greg??? Woot theres gonna be tension between Warrick and Nick i can feel it...

Gloves are off, may the best crime scene technician win.....
 
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