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The franchise airs three brand new episodes this week.<p>Starting out the week on Monday at 10:00pm ET/PT, <I>CSI: Miami</I> puts one member of the crime lab between a <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/miami/season6/rock_and_a_hard_place.shtml">"Rock and a Hard Place"</a>:<p><dl><dt><dd><font color=yellow>When Alexx's son becomes a suspect in a murder, saving him has dire consequences.</font><p></dt></dl><p>This is <font color=yellow>Gina Lamar</font>'s fourth turn in the director's chair for <I>Miami</I>. The last episode she directed was <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/miami/season6/raising_caine.shtml">"Raising Caine"</a>. <font color=yellow>Marc Dube</font> has written twenty previous episode of <I>Miami</I>, including <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/miami/season6/miami_confidential.shtml">"Miami Confidential"</a> from earlier this season.<p>The following actors and actresses guest-star in "Rock and a Hard Place":<p><ul><li><font color=yellow>Boti Bliss</font> as Maxine Valera<li><font color=yellow>Harrison Knight</font> as Bryan Woods<li><font color=yellow>Basil Wallace</font> as Henry Woods<li><font color=yellow>Jack McGee</font> as Agent Brad Sylvestri<li><font color=yellow>Katherine Moennig</font> as Mary Landis<li><font color=yellow>Scott Elrod</font> as Jim Barber<li><font color=yellow>Toby Hemingway</font> as Trey Holt<li><font color=yellow>Stoney Westmoreland</font> as Phillip Rockland<li><font color=yellow>Sam Younis</font> as Hotel Manager<li><font color=yellow>Chad Henderson</font> as Paramedic</ul><p>Boti Bliss is returning to her established role as Maxine Valera. Basil Wallace appeared in the <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I> episode <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season4/coming_of_rage.shtml">"Coming of Rage"</a>. Jack McGee appeared in two episodes of <I>CSI</I> (playing two different characters): season three's <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season3/abra_cadaver.shtml">"Abra Cadaver"</a> and this season's <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season8/grissoms_divine_comedy.shtml">"Grissom's Divine Comedy"</a>. Scott Elrod was in the <I>CSI: New York</I> episode <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/newyork/season2/grand_murder_at_central_station.shtml">"Grand Murder at Central Station"</a>.<p>On Wednesday at 10:00pm ET/PT, <I>CSI: New York</I> airs <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/newyork/season4/personal_foul.shtml">"Personal Foul"</a>, and the cabbie killer is back:<p><dl><dt><dd><font color=yellow>The CSI team follows a forensic trail of evidence to stop the "Taxi Cab Killer" from killing another fare.</font><p></dt></dl><p><font color=yellow>Anthony Hemingway</font> has directed four previous episodes of <I>New York</I>, including this season's <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/newyork/season4/like_water_for_murder.shtml">"Like Water for Murder"</a>. <font color=yellow>Sam Humphrey</font> wrote "Like Water for Murder", as well as four other episodes of <I>CSI: NY</I>.<p>"Personal Foul" contains the following guest-stars:<p><ul><li><font color=yellow>Robert Joy</font> as Dr. Sid Hammerback<li><font color=yellow>Jessalyn Gilsig</font> as Jordan Gates<li><font color=yellow>Verne Lundquist</font> as Himself<li><font color=yellow>Bill Raftery</font> as Himself<li><font color=yellow>Keri Lynn Pratt</font> as Paula Tolomeo<li><font color=yellow>Jay Jablonski</font> as Dugan Scott<li><font color=yellow>Robert Maffia</font> as Abraham <li><font color=yellow>Geno Monteiro</font> as Lamont Henford<li><font color=yellow>Kyle Gallner</font> as Reed Garrett<li><font color=yellow>Nefetari Spencer</font> as Reporter #1<li><font color=yellow>Matt Haslett</font> as Reporter #2<li><font color=yellow>Johnny Palermo</font> as Ronnie Hall<li><font color=yellow>Jacqueline Pinol</font> as Rikki Sandoval<li><font color=yellow>Lindsay Hollister</font> as Plus Size Paula</ul><p>Robert Joy is reprising his role as <I>New York</I>'s resident coroner. Kyle Gallner ("Like Water for Murder"), Jacqueline Pinol (<A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/newyork/season4/right_next_door.shtml">"Right Next Door"</a>) and Jessalyn Gilsig (<A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/newyork/season4/doa_for_a_day.shtml">"DOA for a Day"</a>) are returning as established characters. Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery are guest-starring as themselves. Keri Lynn Pratt was in two episodes of <I>CSI</I>: <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season1/evaluation_day.shtml">"Evaluation Day"</a> and <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season6/spellbound.shtml">"Spellbound"</a>. Geno Monteiro was in both <I>CSI</I> (<A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season7/redrum.shtml">"Redrum"</a>) and <I>Miami</I> (<A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/miami/season5/high_octane.shtml">"High Octane"</a>).<p><I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I> will air its half of the writer-crossover with <I>Two and a Half Men</I> on Thursday at 9:00pm ET/PT. <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season8/two_and_a_half_deaths.shtml">"Two and a Half Deaths"</a> shows that crime isn't funny:<p><dl><dt><dd><font color=yellow>Grissom and the CSI team become involved in the world of Hollywood comedy when a diva sitcom star (Sagal) meets an untimely demise while filming her show in Las Vegas.</font><p></dt></dl><p>This is the fifth time <font color=yellow>Alec Smight</font> has directed <I>CSI</I>. His latest episode was <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season8/the_case_of_the_cross_dressing_carp.shtml">"The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp"</a>. "Two and a Half Deaths" was written by <font color=yellow>Chuck Lorre</font> and <font color=yellow>Lee Aronsohn</font>. Both men are executive producers for <I>Two and a Half Men</I>.<p>The following guest-stars will appear in this week's episode of <I>CSI</I>:<p><ul><li><font color=yellow>David Berman</font> as David Phillips<li><font color=yellow>Liz Vassey</font> as Wendy Simms<li><font color=yellow>Katey Sagal</font> as Annabelle Bundt/Natasha Steele<li><font color=yellow>Rachael Harris</font> as Megan Kupowski<li><font color=yellow>Diedrich Bader</font> as Bud Parker<li><font color=yellow>Constance Marie</font> as Det. Carolina Flores<li><font color=yellow>Jon Wellner</font> as Henry Andrews<li><font color=yellow>Larry Mitchell</font> as Officer Mitchell<li><font color=yellow>Stephen Tobolowsky</font> as Spencer Freiberg<li><font color=yellow>Benjamin King</font> as Stewart Lytle<li><font color=yellow>Tom McGowan</font> as Mark<li><font color=yellow>JD Walsh</font> as Eddie<li><font color=yellow>Kevin Sussman</font> as Don<li><font color=yellow>Brian Letscher</font> as Richard Langford</ul><p>David Berman, Liz Vassey and Jon Wellner are reprising established recurring roles in the lab. Larry Mitchell has appeared in 27 previous episodes of <I>CSI</I> as Officer Mitchell. Stephen Tobolowsky was in five episodes of <I>Miami</I>, the latest being <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/miami/season3/whacked.shtml">"Whacked"</a>. Benjamin King guest-starred in the <I>Miami</I> episode <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/miami/season4/collision.shtml">"Collision"</a> during the show's fourth season.<p>"Rock and a Hard Place", "Personal Foul" and "Two and a Half Deaths" begin airing May 5 on CBS.<center></center>