CSI Files
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<I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I> provides fans with a few bonuses.<p>In July, <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/230708_01.shtml">details</a> were revealed about the DVDs for <I>CSI</I>'s eighth season. The set will be released on October 14, approximately one week after the ninth season premieres on CBS. The image on the back of the box set can be seen <A class="link" HREF="http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/CSI-Season-8-Rear-Box-Art/10400">here</a>, as well as information about special features.<p>As previously reported, the crossover episode of <I>Without a Trace</I> is included in addition to the 17 episodes of <I>CSI</I> aired during the strike-shortened season. The two audio commentaries featured in the set will be for <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season8/cockroaches.shtml">"Cockroaches"</a> and <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season8/you_kill_me.shtml">"You Kill Me"</a>. Fans will also be able to watch deleted scenes on the DVDs.<p>There are six featurettes included with season eight. One is titled "So Long, Sara Sidle", referring to <font color=yellow>Jorja Fox</font>'s character, who left the crime lab midway through the season. Another featurette is "<font color=yellow>William Friedkin</font>: A Different Take". Friedkin is famous for directing such movies as <I>The Exorcist</I> and <I>To Live and Die in L.A.</I>, which starred <I>CSI</I>'s <font color=yellow>William Petersen</font> (Gil Grissom). He came to <I>CSI</I> to direct "Cockroaches", one of the two episodes with audio commentary provided on the DVD set. The other featurettes are called "While the Cast's Away, the Rats Will Play", "What Happened in Vegas…", "Shot in the Dark" and "TOD: A Bug's Life".<p><A class="link" HREF="http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/CSI-Season-8-Rear-Box-Art/10400">TV Shows on DVD</a> provided the information and the image of the DVD set's back cover. The eighth season of <I>CSI</I> can be pre-ordered from <A class="link" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001CQONKY/trektoday">Amazon.com</a>.<center></center>