CSI: Miami
Encyclopedia
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural
Police procedural
The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several...

 television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...

 of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

.

The pilot episode was first broadcast in United States on May 9, 2002 as an episode of
CSI
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

from the second season. Since then the series has produced 10 seasons. The series is produced in partnership with the Canadian media company Alliance Atlantis
Alliance Atlantis
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. was a Toronto-based media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operator in Canada. Alliance Atlantis also had offices in Halifax, Los Angeles, London, Dublin, Madrid, Barcelona, Shannon and Sydney.Alliance Atlantis was acquired by Canwest...

 and CBS Television Studios. During the ninth season, the 200th episode aired.

On May 18, 2011, CBS renewed the series for a tenth season. The tenth season premiered in the United States on September 25, 2011.

Production

CSI: Miami is filmed primarily in the United States. Indoor scenes are shot at Raleigh Manhattan Studios in Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach, California
Manhattan Beach is the wealthiest beachfront city located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, USA. The city is on the Pacific coast, south of El Segundo, and north of Hermosa Beach. Manhattan Beach is the home of both beach and indoor volleyball, and surfing. During the winter, the...

, California.

The majority of all outdoor scenes are filmed in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

, as well as portions of Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach.

Beach areas of Downtown Long Beach are often used for other outdoor scenes: Marina Green Park, Rainbow Lagoon Park. The newly constructed high-rise condos there give the pretense of being in Miami.

Very few location shots are filmed in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The sculptured walkway paying tribute to the old Pike Roller Coaster can be seen in the background in the episodes "Wrecking Crew" and "Under The Influence." Footage from the Biscayne Courthouse, visible prominently in the episode "Recoil", among others, was filmed at the Water Garden Park in Santa Monica
Santa Mônica
Santa Mônica is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...

, at 34.028728,-118.471331.

Other locations of Long Beach are used such as the Naples district, where its canals and upscale homes with large boat docks and palm trees give a feel of Miami.

The building used for exterior shots of the Miami-Dade Police Department
Miami-Dade Police Department
The Miami-Dade Police Department , formerly known as the Metro-Dade County Police Department , Dade County Public Safety Department and the Dade County Sheriff's Office is a Limited Service County Police Department serving Miami-Dade County, Florida's unincorporated areas, although they have...

 crime lab is actually the Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...

 Federal Credit Union headquarters located at 14600 Aviation Boulevard in Hawthorne, California
Hawthorne, California
Hawthorne is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California. The city at the 2010 census had a population of 84,293, up from 84,112 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

.

Plot

Inspired by the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

, CSI: Miami follows a South Florida team of forensic investigators/police officers who use both cutting-edge scientific methods and old-fashioned police work to solve crimes. Lieutenant Horatio Caine
Horatio Caine
Horatio Caine is a fictional character and the protagonist in the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by David Caruso. He is currently head of the crime lab, under the rank of Lieutenant of the MDPD.-Fictional character biography:...

 heads the team of investigators while working crimes in the steamy tropical surroundings and cultural crossroads of Miami. Horatio, his second in command Detective Calleigh Duquesne
Calleigh Duquesne
Detective Calleigh Duquesne is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Emily Procter.- Background :Calleigh is a ballistics specialist originally from Louisiana. She is fluent in Spanish and has a bachelor's degree in physics from Tulane University...

, and their team (Delko
Eric Delko
Detective Eric Delko is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Adam Rodríguez.- Background :...

, Boa Vista
Natalia Boa Vista
Natalia Boa Vista is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Eva LaRue.- Background :Little is known about Natalia's background prior to her association with the FBI and MDPD. In the Season 5 episode "Darkroom", it is revealed that she has at least two younger...

, Wolfe
Ryan Wolfe
Detective Ryan Wolfe is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Jonathan Togo.-Background:Ryan Wolfe, a former patrol officer, is hired after veteran CSI Tim Speedle is killed on the job. He has a strong background in science, having majored in chemistry at Boston...

, Tripp
Frank Tripp
Detective Sergeant Francis "Frank" Tripp is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Rex Linn.-Background:Frank Tripp is a fictional Detective Sergeant in the Homicide division of the Miami-Dade Police Department in CSI: Miami...

, Simmons
Walter Simmons
Walter Simmons is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actor Omar Benson Miller.- Background :Simmons, a Louisiana native and fluent French speaker, is a CSI from the night shift who transfers to Horatio Caine's day shirt team in season 8...

, Donner
Megan Donner
Lt. Megan Donner is a fictional character that appeared in the first eleven episodes of the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami. She was portrayed by Kim Delaney. Megan was the former day shift supervisor of the Miami Dade police crime lab. Her husband, Sean, was killed in the line of duty...

, Speedle
Tim Speedle
Timothy "Speed" Speedle is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, who was portrayed by Rory Cochrane until the character's death in the third season opening episode "Lost Son".- Characterization :...

, Woods
Alexx Woods
Alexx Woods is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Khandi Alexander.- Character's background :...

, Price
Tara Price
Dr. Tara Price is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Megalyn Echikunwoke.-Character's background:...

, Salas
Yelina Salas
Yelina Salas is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Sofia Milos. She is a recurring character in seasons 1 and 2, a regular in season 3, does not appear at all in season four, and returns to recurring status in seasons 5 to 7...

, Loman, and Cardoza
Jesse Cardoza
Jesse Cardoza is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Eddie Cibrian until the character's death in the ninth season opening episode "Fallen".-Background:...

) probe cases similar to those of their Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...

 counterparts, but Miami CSIs are cops first and scientists second.

Cast

Name |Occupation 1
CSI: Miami (season 1)
The first season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on September 23, 2002 and ended May 19, 2003. The shows regular time slot was Mondays at 10:00 pm.-Notable cast members:-Episodes:...

 
2
CSI: Miami (season 2)
The second season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003 and ended May 24, 2004.-Notable cast members:-Episodes:...

 
3
CSI: Miami (season 3)
The third season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on September 20, 2004 and ended May 23, 2005. Rory Cochrane left the series after the season premiere. Jonathan Togo joins the show and is promoted to series regular...

 
4
CSI: Miami (season 4)
The fourth season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005 and ended May 22, 2006.-Notable Cast Members:-Episodes:-External links:* at TVShowsOnDVD.com....

 
5
CSI: Miami (season 5)
The fifth season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on September 18, 2006 and ended May 14, 2007. Rex Linn and Eva LaRue are promoted to series regular.-Notable Cast Members:-Episodes:-External links:* at TVShowsOnDVD.com....

 
6
CSI: Miami (season 6)
The sixth season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007 and ended May 19, 2008. Khandi Alexander only appeared in 19 episodes and departed the cast as a series regular. Only 13 episodes had been completed before the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike...

 
7
CSI: Miami (season 7)
The seventh season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on September 22, 2008 and ended May 18, 2009. Megalyn Echikunwoke joined the cast, but left after 22 episodes. Khandi Alexander and Sofia Milos made guest appearances throughout the season....

 
8
CSI: Miami (season 8)
The eighth season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on September 21, 2009 and ended May 24, 2010. Eddie Cibrian joins the cast in the season premiere, along with Omar Benson Miller in episode 6. Christian Clemenson joins the show as the team's new medical examiner. Adam Rodriguez was only a regular...

 
9
CSI: Miami (season 9)
The ninth season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on October 3, 2010 and ended May 8, 2011. The show was on a special time Sunday 8/7c from January 2-16. Eddie Cibrian was written off the series and appeared as a special guest star for the premiere. Adam Rodriguez becomes a series regular...

 
10
CSI: Miami (season 10)
The tenth season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on September 25, 2011.- Cast :- Episodes :...

Lt. Horatio (H) Caine
Horatio Caine
Horatio Caine is a fictional character and the protagonist in the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by David Caruso. He is currently head of the crime lab, under the rank of Lieutenant of the MDPD.-Fictional character biography:...

 
David Caruso
David Caruso
David Stephen Caruso is an American film and television actor and producer, best known for his role of Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami. The role that gained him initial significant recognition was the role of Det...

 
CSI Day-Shift Supervisor Main
Det. Calleigh Duquesne
Calleigh Duquesne
Detective Calleigh Duquesne is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Emily Procter.- Background :Calleigh is a ballistics specialist originally from Louisiana. She is fluent in Spanish and has a bachelor's degree in physics from Tulane University...

 
Emily Procter
Emily Procter
-External links:...

 
CSI Day-Shift Asst. Supervisor Main
Det. Eric Delko
Eric Delko
Detective Eric Delko is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Adam Rodríguez.- Background :...

 
Adam Rodriguez
Adam Rodriguez
Adam Michael Rodríguez is an American actor and director. He is best known for his long running role as Eric Delko on CSI: Miami.-Life and career:...

 
CSI Level 3 Main Recurring Main
Det. Ryan Wolfe
Ryan Wolfe
Detective Ryan Wolfe is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Jonathan Togo.-Background:Ryan Wolfe, a former patrol officer, is hired after veteran CSI Tim Speedle is killed on the job. He has a strong background in science, having majored in chemistry at Boston...

 
Jonathan Togo
Jonathan Togo
Jonathan Togo is an American actor best known for his role in CSI: Miami as Ryan Wolfe.-Childhood:Jonathan Frederick Togo was born in Rockland, Massachusetts, the son of Sheila, unemployed and Michael Togo, a graphic designer...

 
CSI Level 3 Main
Sgt. Frank Tripp
Frank Tripp
Detective Sergeant Francis "Frank" Tripp is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Rex Linn.-Background:Frank Tripp is a fictional Detective Sergeant in the Homicide division of the Miami-Dade Police Department in CSI: Miami...

 
Rex Linn
Rex Linn
Rex Maynard Linn is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Frank Tripp in the television series CSI: Miami.-Early life:...

 
MDPD Robbery/Homicide Detective Sgt. Recurring Main
Natalia Boa Vista
Natalia Boa Vista
Natalia Boa Vista is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Eva LaRue.- Background :Little is known about Natalia's background prior to her association with the FBI and MDPD. In the Season 5 episode "Darkroom", it is revealed that she has at least two younger...

 
Eva LaRue
Eva LaRue
Eva Maria LaRue is an American model and actress. She is best known as Doctor Maria Santos on All My Children, and is now a cast regular on CSI: Miami, portraying Detective Natalia Boa Vista of the Miami-Dade Police Department.-Early life:LaRue was born Eva Maria LaRuy in Long Beach, California to...

 
CSI Level 2 Recurring Main
Walter Simmons
Walter Simmons
Walter Simmons is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actor Omar Benson Miller.- Background :Simmons, a Louisiana native and fluent French speaker, is a CSI from the night shift who transfers to Horatio Caine's day shirt team in season 8...

 
Omar Benson Miller
Omar Benson Miller
Omar Benson Miller is an American actor.-Early life:Miller was raised in Long Beach and Anaheim, California, and graduated from San Jose State University.-Career:...

 
CSI Level 1 Main
Det. Yelina Salas
Yelina Salas
Yelina Salas is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Sofia Milos. She is a recurring character in seasons 1 and 2, a regular in season 3, does not appear at all in season four, and returns to recurring status in seasons 5 to 7...

 
Sofia Milos
Sofia Milos
Sofia Milos is an Italian/Greek actress. She is best known for her role as Yelina Salas on CSI: Miami.Milos was born in Zurich, Switzerland, to an Italian father and a Greek mother. In her teens she entered a local beauty pageant, and after winning first prize went on to win the provincial,...

 
Private Investigator, Former MDPD Robbery/Homicide Detective Recurring Main Guest
Lt. Megan Donner
Megan Donner
Lt. Megan Donner is a fictional character that appeared in the first eleven episodes of the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami. She was portrayed by Kim Delaney. Megan was the former day shift supervisor of the Miami Dade police crime lab. Her husband, Sean, was killed in the line of duty...

 
Kim Delaney
Kim Delaney
Kim Delaney is an American actress best known for her starring role as Detective Diane Russell on the ABC drama television series, NYPD Blue. Early in her career, she played the role of Jenny Gardner in the hugely popular ABC daytime television drama, All My Children...

 
CSI Day-Shift Asst. Supervisor Main
Det. Timothy (Tim) Speedle (Speed)
Tim Speedle
Timothy "Speed" Speedle is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, who was portrayed by Rory Cochrane until the character's death in the third season opening episode "Lost Son".- Characterization :...

 
Rory Cochrane
Rory Cochrane
Rory Cochrane is an American actor. He is known for playing Ron Slater in Dazed and Confused, Lucas in Empire Records, and Tim Speedle in CSI: Miami.-Early life:...

 
CSI Level 3 Main Guest
Dr. Alexx Woods
Alexx Woods
Alexx Woods is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Khandi Alexander.- Character's background :...

 
Khandi Alexander
Khandi Alexander
Khandi Alexander is an American dancer, choreographer, and film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for the roles of Dr. Alexx Woods on CSI: Miami and as Catherine Duke on NewsRadio. She also had a major recurring role on ER as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton...

 
Medical Examiner Main Guest
Dr. Tara Price
Tara Price
Dr. Tara Price is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Megalyn Echikunwoke.-Character's background:...

 
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke is an American actress and model.-Early life:Echikunwoke was born on May 28, 1983, in Spokane, Washington, but she was raised on a Navajo Native American Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. She is the daughter of a Nigerian-Igbo father and a German/Scots-Irish American mother...

 
Medical Examiner Main
Jesse Cardoza
Jesse Cardoza
Jesse Cardoza is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Eddie Cibrian until the character's death in the ninth season opening episode "Fallen".-Background:...

 
Eddie Cibrian
Eddie Cibrian
Edward Carl "Eddie" Cibrian is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Cole Deschanel on Sunset Beach, Jesse Cardoza in CSI: Miami, Jimmy Doherty on Third Watch and Russell Varon in Invasion.-Early life and career:...

 
CSI Level 2 Main Guest

Main characters

  • CSI Level 3 Day Shift Supervisor: Lieutenant Horatio (H) Caine
    Horatio Caine
    Horatio Caine is a fictional character and the protagonist in the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by David Caruso. He is currently head of the crime lab, under the rank of Lieutenant of the MDPD.-Fictional character biography:...

     (David Caruso
    David Caruso
    David Stephen Caruso is an American film and television actor and producer, best known for his role of Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami. The role that gained him initial significant recognition was the role of Det...

    ) is the head of the Miami-Dade crime lab, a former NYPD homicide
    Homicide
    Homicide refers to the act of a human killing another human. Murder, for example, is a type of homicide. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English...

     detective, a forensic analyst, and former bomb squad officer. Horatio is known to be very protective of his team, often going out of his way to assist them when needed. He is an outstanding marksman, and does not hesitate to use deadly force. He also very often goes to extraordinary lengths to save evidence or a potential victim. His demeanor is serious, direct, and to the point. Horatio appears to have a good sense for how to communicate with children who have just experienced traumatic ordeals. Horatio uses the "stay-calm" approach while comforting victims, killers, etc. Horatio is usually seen wearing a pair of sunglasses. Horatio was briefly married to Marisol Delko Caine (Alana de la Garza
    Alana de la Garza
    Alana de la Garza is an American actress. She is most famous for her role as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa on the television series Law & Order and its short-lived spin-off, Law & Order: LA.-Biography:...

    ); the marriage ended when she was murdered by a Mala Noche sniper in "Rampage". In "Dangerous Son", Horatio discovered that he has a sixteen-year-old son named Kyle Harmon
    Kyle Harmon
    Kyle Harmon is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Evan Ellingson and has appeared in 18 episodes.Kyle is the son of the show's protagonist, Lieutenant Horatio Caine...

     (Evan Ellingson
    Evan Ellingson
    Evan Taylor Ellingson is an American actor.Ellingson grew up in La Verne, California with his three older brothers.He guest-starred on MAD TV, and then had a regular role on the Fox sitcom Titus. In 2004, Evan was chosen to play Kyle Savage on the Mel Gibson-produced short-lived sitcom Complete...

    ). "John Walden" is a cover name he used sixteen years earlier doing undercover special task force work in Pensacola, FL where Horatio met Julia (Kyle's mother). The episode "In The Wind" revealed that Kyle
    Kyle Harmon
    Kyle Harmon is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Evan Ellingson and has appeared in 18 episodes.Kyle is the son of the show's protagonist, Lieutenant Horatio Caine...

     is in Afghanistan
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

    . In "Going Ballistic", Caine is apparently shot, but it is later revealed in the episode, "Resurrection", that he faked his death in order to stop a sale of illegal bullets. His formation of the team in 1997 is depicted in flashbacks in the episode "Out of Time", shortly after he became the head of the new investigative unit swiftly renamed CSI.
  • CSI Level 3 Day Shift Assistant Supervisor: Detective Calleigh Duquesne
    Calleigh Duquesne
    Detective Calleigh Duquesne is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Emily Procter.- Background :Calleigh is a ballistics specialist originally from Louisiana. She is fluent in Spanish and has a bachelor's degree in physics from Tulane University...

     (Emily Procter
    Emily Procter
    -External links:...

    ) is a ballistics specialist. Calleigh's slight build, blonde good looks, and southern belle accent often lead others to underestimate her, but she is a brilliant and a dedicated scientist. Her father is an alcoholic attorney
    Lawyer
    A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...

     who has tried to rehabilitate himself several times. She follows the letter of the rules at all times. In "Ambush", a website seems to be stalking her and it is later discovered that the person behind it is Dan Cooper whom she was involved in catching for stealing deceased CSI Tim Speedle
    Tim Speedle
    Timothy "Speed" Speedle is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, who was portrayed by Rory Cochrane until the character's death in the third season opening episode "Lost Son".- Characterization :...

    's credit card. In "All In
    CSI: Miami (season 6)
    The sixth season of CSI: Miami premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007 and ended May 19, 2008. Khandi Alexander only appeared in 19 episodes and departed the cast as a series regular. Only 13 episodes had been completed before the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike...

    ", she is kidnapped and forced to help cover up a crime scene, but is later saved by her fellow CSIs. In "Smoke Gets in Your CSI's", Calleigh was rushed to the hospital for smoke inhalation when she and Ryan Wolfe escaped from a burning house with a dead body. In "Seeing Red", Calleigh shot Eric Delko, and in "Out of Time", Eric is in critical condition and a flashback occurs back to 1997 and Calleigh's first day on the job. As of seasons 7 and 8, she is in a romantic relationship with Eric Delko
    Eric Delko
    Detective Eric Delko is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Adam Rodríguez.- Background :...

    .
  • CSI Level 3: Detective Ryan Wolfe
    Ryan Wolfe
    Detective Ryan Wolfe is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Jonathan Togo.-Background:Ryan Wolfe, a former patrol officer, is hired after veteran CSI Tim Speedle is killed on the job. He has a strong background in science, having majored in chemistry at Boston...

      (Jonathan Togo
    Jonathan Togo
    Jonathan Togo is an American actor best known for his role in CSI: Miami as Ryan Wolfe.-Childhood:Jonathan Frederick Togo was born in Rockland, Massachusetts, the son of Sheila, unemployed and Michael Togo, a graphic designer...

    ) was working as a police officer at the time he was hired for the lab virtually on the spot by Horatio Caine
    Horatio Caine
    Horatio Caine is a fictional character and the protagonist in the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by David Caruso. He is currently head of the crime lab, under the rank of Lieutenant of the MDPD.-Fictional character biography:...

    , who noted Ryan's immaculate care of his gun with approval, likely due to Wolfe having OCD
    Obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Obsessive–compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness, apprehension, fear, or worry, by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing the associated anxiety, or by a combination of such obsessions and compulsions...

    . He first appeared in "Under the Influence" but did not become a regular cast member until "Hell Night". Ryan was replacing fallen CSI Tim Speedle
    Tim Speedle
    Timothy "Speed" Speedle is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, who was portrayed by Rory Cochrane until the character's death in the third season opening episode "Lost Son".- Characterization :...

    , who died in the line of duty as a direct result of his poor gun maintenance. Ryan was impaled in the eye with a nail gun in "Nailed". At the end of the episode "Burned", Ryan was fired for being directly linked to a murder suspect and not disclosing it to the department. Seeking jobs as both a crime-scene expert, an expert witness for the defense, a firearms range technician, and applying to work as an ME Investigator while applying for reinstatement, he was later reinstated. In "Going Ballistic", Ryan receives a text message saying, "It is done," right after Horatio is shot and presumed dead. It is revealed in the seventh season premiere that he was asked by Horatio to assist in setting up Horatio's own execution, so he could go undercover. At the end of "Target Specific" and throughout the episode "Wolfe In Sheep's Clothing", Ryan was kidnapped and was forced by the Russian mob to cover up a crime.
  • MDPD Homicide Detective: Sergeant Frank Tripp
    Frank Tripp
    Detective Sergeant Francis "Frank" Tripp is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Rex Linn.-Background:Frank Tripp is a fictional Detective Sergeant in the Homicide division of the Miami-Dade Police Department in CSI: Miami...

     (Rex Linn
    Rex Linn
    Rex Maynard Linn is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Frank Tripp in the television series CSI: Miami.-Early life:...

    ) is a Texas-born homicide
    Homicide
    Homicide refers to the act of a human killing another human. Murder, for example, is a type of homicide. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English...

     detective who accompanies the team to the crime scenes. He is known for interrogating suspects in his typical sarcastic manner and has a good working relationship with all the CSIs. He is divorced with three kids, revealed in "Dispo Day". After passing the Sergeant's Exam in the beginning of "Dangerous Son", Tripp was required to spend some time in uniform on a patrol rotation, but soon returned to the homicide unit and plainclothes in "Guerillas in the Mist". He often accompanies the CSIs to the crime scene to lend a hand and provide extra cover.
  • CSI Level 2: Officer Natalia Boa Vista
    Natalia Boa Vista
    Natalia Boa Vista is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Eva LaRue.- Background :Little is known about Natalia's background prior to her association with the FBI and MDPD. In the Season 5 episode "Darkroom", it is revealed that she has at least two younger...

     (Eva LaRue
    Eva LaRue
    Eva Maria LaRue is an American model and actress. She is best known as Doctor Maria Santos on All My Children, and is now a cast regular on CSI: Miami, portraying Detective Natalia Boa Vista of the Miami-Dade Police Department.-Early life:LaRue was born Eva Maria LaRuy in Long Beach, California to...

    ) is a DNA analyst who upon first arriving, was only allowed to work on cold or unsolved cases due to the restrictions of her federal grant. She escaped an abusive marriage
    Domestic violence
    Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...

     before joining the department, when her association with a society for battered women was key to helping the team solve the murder of a woman. At the end of season four, it is revealed that Natalia is an FBI informant in the lab, assigned to help build a case against Horatio Caine
    Horatio Caine
    Horatio Caine is a fictional character and the protagonist in the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by David Caruso. He is currently head of the crime lab, under the rank of Lieutenant of the MDPD.-Fictional character biography:...

     and his team. Natalia was revealed to be the mole in the lab. In season 5, much to her distress, she discovered her abusive ex-husband Nick Townsend
    Minor characters in CSI: Miami
    The following are minor and recurring characters from the television show CSI: Miami.-Recurring characters:* AV Tech Dave Benton , season 7–present): The current Audio/Visual tech who is a rock-star type of guy....

     (Rob Estes
    Rob Estes
    Robert Estes is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Harry Wilson on the Teen drama 90210, as Sgt. Chris Lorenzo on the Crime drama Silk Stalkings, and as Kyle McBride on the Primetime Soap opera Melrose Place.-Career:Estes first became interested in an acting career while training...

    ) was out of prison when he served her with a restraining order and he was working for a private company that cleans up crime scenes. The two shared a tense relationship until Nick's murder, a crime for which Natalia was briefly considered the prime suspect. In "Darkroom", Ryan Wolfe
    Ryan Wolfe
    Detective Ryan Wolfe is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Jonathan Togo.-Background:Ryan Wolfe, a former patrol officer, is hired after veteran CSI Tim Speedle is killed on the job. He has a strong background in science, having majored in chemistry at Boston...

     finds a stash of photographed girls and Natalia discovers that one of the pictures is her sister Anya and DNA from a crime scene reveals that Anya is indeed one of the women that the CSIs are looking for. In "Tunnel Vision", Natalia was finally certified to carry a firearm, and she shot a suspect in self-defense for the first time. In "Count Me Out", Natalia is involved in a meth lab explosion, which causes hearing loss.
  • CSI Level 1: Officer Walter Simmons
    Walter Simmons
    Walter Simmons is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actor Omar Benson Miller.- Background :Simmons, a Louisiana native and fluent French speaker, is a CSI from the night shift who transfers to Horatio Caine's day shirt team in season 8...

     (Omar Benson Miller
    Omar Benson Miller
    Omar Benson Miller is an American actor.-Early life:Miller was raised in Long Beach and Anaheim, California, and graduated from San Jose State University.-Career:...

    ) a Louisiana native and art theft
    Art theft
    Art theft is usually for the purpose of resale or for ransom . Stolen art is sometimes used by criminals to secure loans.. One must realize that only a small percentage of stolen art is recovered. Estimates range from 5 to 10%. This means that little is known about the scope and characteristics of...

     specialist who transfers over from the night shift to join Horatio's team. His first appearance was in episode, "Bolt Action". He became part of the main cast in episode, "Dude, Where's My Groom?"
  • CSI Level 3: Detective Eric Delko
    Eric Delko
    Detective Eric Delko is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Adam Rodríguez.- Background :...

     (Adam Rodríguez
    Adam Rodriguez
    Adam Michael Rodríguez is an American actor and director. He is best known for his long running role as Eric Delko on CSI: Miami.-Life and career:...

    ) is the fingerprint and drug identification expert of Cuban
    Cubans
    Cubans or Cuban people are the inhabitants or citizens of Cuba. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...

     and Russian
    Russians
    The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

     descent. He is also the team's underwater recovery expert. In "Shattered", Delko's job is endangered when he is arrested for drug possession, but it is discovered that the marijuana was for his sister, Marisol Delko Caine (Alana de la Garza
    Alana de la Garza
    Alana de la Garza is an American actress. She is most famous for her role as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa on the television series Law & Order and its short-lived spin-off, Law & Order: LA.-Biography:...

    ), to ease the pain of her leukemia
    Leukemia
    Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...

     treatments, who was murdered by a Mala Noche sniper after she married Horatio Caine
    Horatio Caine
    Horatio Caine is a fictional character and the protagonist in the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by David Caruso. He is currently head of the crime lab, under the rank of Lieutenant of the MDPD.-Fictional character biography:...

    . In "Man Down", while trying to rescue a woman kidnapped by escapee Clavo Cruz
    Minor characters in CSI: Miami
    The following are minor and recurring characters from the television show CSI: Miami.-Recurring characters:* AV Tech Dave Benton , season 7–present): The current Audio/Visual tech who is a rock-star type of guy....

     (Gonzalo Menendez), Delko was shot in the head by one of his henchmen and critically wounded. He survived and went back on the team, but suffered some memory loss. In "And How Does That Make You Kill?", Eric told his psychiatrist of his affection for CSI Calleigh Duquesne
    Calleigh Duquesne
    Detective Calleigh Duquesne is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Emily Procter.- Background :Calleigh is a ballistics specialist originally from Louisiana. She is fluent in Spanish and has a bachelor's degree in physics from Tulane University...

    . In "The DeLuca Motel", it is discovered that he has been staying in a motel because someone is following him. They found out that his real father is from Cuba and is trying to kill him. In "Seeing Red", Eric was trying to help his father and is seen escaping a gun silo, only to be shot at by friend Calleigh. He survives and is shown waking up in a hospital room in "Out of Time". Actor Adam Rodríguez did not return full time for the eighth season and was replaced by former CSI Jesse Cardoza
    Jesse Cardoza
    Jesse Cardoza is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Eddie Cibrian until the character's death in the ninth season opening episode "Fallen".-Background:...

     (Eddie Cibrian
    Eddie Cibrian
    Edward Carl "Eddie" Cibrian is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Cole Deschanel on Sunset Beach, Jesse Cardoza in CSI: Miami, Jimmy Doherty on Third Watch and Russell Varon in Invasion.-Early life and career:...

    ). Delko shows that he is leaving by telling Calleigh that he is going to leave the CSI team because life is too short. On February 19, 2010, Adam Rodríguez announced on his Twitter page that he will be returning to the show as a regular. As of season 7 and season 8, he is in a romantic relationship with Calleigh Duquesne
    Calleigh Duquesne
    Detective Calleigh Duquesne is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Emily Procter.- Background :Calleigh is a ballistics specialist originally from Louisiana. She is fluent in Spanish and has a bachelor's degree in physics from Tulane University...

    .


  • CSI Level 3 Day Shift Assistant Supervisor: Lieutenant Megan Donner
    Megan Donner
    Lt. Megan Donner is a fictional character that appeared in the first eleven episodes of the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami. She was portrayed by Kim Delaney. Megan was the former day shift supervisor of the Miami Dade police crime lab. Her husband, Sean, was killed in the line of duty...

     (Kim Delaney
    Kim Delaney
    Kim Delaney is an American actress best known for her starring role as Detective Diane Russell on the ABC drama television series, NYPD Blue. Early in her career, she played the role of Jenny Gardner in the hugely popular ABC daytime television drama, All My Children...

    ) was Horatio's predecessor who went on indefinite leave from her job following the death of her husband. She briefly returned to work alongside Horatio, who had since been promoted to head investigator of the CSI unit, but later resigned, finding the pressure of the job to now be more than she could handle. Some of this information appeared to be retconned early in the show's eighth season in an episode that featured flashbacks to the case that prompted the creation of the CSI squad; in the newly-established canon, Donner (who was mentioned but not seen in the episode) still worked at the lab, but the squad was headed by Horatio from its inception. Actress Kim Delaney's character was reportedly written out due to the lack of chemistry between her and Caruso.
  • CSI Level 3: Detective Timothy (Tim) Speedle (Speed)
    Tim Speedle
    Timothy "Speed" Speedle is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, who was portrayed by Rory Cochrane until the character's death in the third season opening episode "Lost Son".- Characterization :...

     (Rory Cochrane
    Rory Cochrane
    Rory Cochrane is an American actor. He is known for playing Ron Slater in Dazed and Confused, Lucas in Empire Records, and Tim Speedle in CSI: Miami.-Early life:...

    ) was a trace evidence and impressions expert; originally from Syracuse
    Syracuse, New York
    Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...

    , New York, who worked for the St. Petersburg PD
    St. Petersburg Police Department (Florida)
    The St Petersburg Police Department provides crime prevention and public safety services for the city of St Petersburg, Florida. The St. Petersburg Police Department has an authorized strength of 540 sworn officers and 234 civilian support staff....

     in 1997, and had a degree in biology
    Biology
    Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...

     from Columbia University
    Columbia University
    Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

    . Speed was killed in the line of duty in, "Lost Son;" he had not maintained his firearm diligently and was shot by a suspect when it misfired during a shoot-out. The character was written out at the request of actor Rory Cochrane, who wanted to pursue a career in film and reportedly disliked the long, arduous shooting schedules for CSI: Miami. The actor later reprised his role as a hallucination of Eric Delko in "Bang, Bang, Your Debt". It was revealed in "Out of Time", that Jesse Cardoza
    Jesse Cardoza
    Jesse Cardoza is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Eddie Cibrian until the character's death in the ninth season opening episode "Fallen".-Background:...

     knew Tim Speedle, who was working for the St. Petersburg PD
    St. Petersburg Police Department (Florida)
    The St Petersburg Police Department provides crime prevention and public safety services for the city of St Petersburg, Florida. The St. Petersburg Police Department has an authorized strength of 540 sworn officers and 234 civilian support staff....

     in 1997, and Cardoza asked Horatio if he wanted him to be part of his new team.
  • MDPD Homicide Detective: Detective Yelina Salas
    Yelina Salas
    Yelina Salas is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Sofia Milos. She is a recurring character in seasons 1 and 2, a regular in season 3, does not appear at all in season four, and returns to recurring status in seasons 5 to 7...

     (Sofia Milos
    Sofia Milos
    Sofia Milos is an Italian/Greek actress. She is best known for her role as Yelina Salas on CSI: Miami.Milos was born in Zurich, Switzerland, to an Italian father and a Greek mother. In her teens she entered a local beauty pageant, and after winning first prize went on to win the provincial,...

    ) was a Colombian homicide detective frequently attached to CSI investigations, and the widow of Horatio's brother Raymond Caine
    Raymond Caine
    Raymond Caine is a fictional character on the TV series CSI: Miami. He is portrayed by Dean Winters in season 3 episode 24 and Christopher Stapleton in Season 5 episode 1 .-Background:...

    . She later starts a relationship with IAB
    Internal affairs (law enforcement)
    The internal affairs division of a law enforcement agency investigates incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force...

     Sergeant Rick Stetler, Horatio's personal nemesis. After her husband Raymond was revealed to still be alive, she left with him and their son for Brazil, where they planned to keep a low profile for Ray's safety. She reappears in the fifth season premiere, "Rio". Horatio and Eric fly to Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

     to hunt down Antonio Riaz, who murdered Horatio's wife and Delko's sister Marisol. While in Rio, Riaz kills Raymond Caine and is enlisting Ray Jr. into drug running in the shantytowns of the area. Yelina and Ray Jr. wind up back in Miami, and Yelina goes into business as a private investigator
    Private investigator
    A private investigator , private detective or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private detectives/investigators often work for attorneys in civil cases. Many work for insurance companies to investigate suspicious claims...

     revealed in "Burned". In "Dangerous Son", Yelina investigates a suspect for Horatio, and she locates a birth certificate that reveals that the parolee is in fact Horatio's biological son. Yelina also returns for the seventh season premiere, going undercover to help Horatio capture enemy Ron Saris. She was kidnapped in the episode "Seeing Red", but was rescued by Horatio.
  • Medical Examiner: Dr. Alexx Woods
    Alexx Woods
    Alexx Woods is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Khandi Alexander.- Character's background :...

     (Khandi Alexander
    Khandi Alexander
    Khandi Alexander is an American dancer, choreographer, and film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for the roles of Dr. Alexx Woods on CSI: Miami and as Catherine Duke on NewsRadio. She also had a major recurring role on ER as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton...

    ) was a Miami-Dade medical examiner
    Medical examiner
    A medical examiner is a medically qualified government officer whose duty is to investigate deaths and injuries that occur under unusual or suspicious circumstances, to perform post-mortem examinations, and in some jurisdictions to initiate inquests....

    . Alexx began her medical career in New York as a physician and became a medical examiner with the CSI team after moving to Miami for personal reasons. She is a very emotional person, and is more of a "mother" figure for the CSI team, showing great concern for them. She also often talks to the dead bodies in a comforting and caring tone as she examines them. She is married with a son and daughter. In "Rock and A Hard Place", her son is named the prime suspect in a murder; this causes Alexx to rethink her job in the M.E.'s Office (and her place on the team as well as her friendship with the other CSI's), and she quits, saying to Horatio, "I need to spend more of my time taking care of the living." Horatio responds by saying that should she wish to return, her post would be open for her. Alexx returned in "Smoke Gets in Your CSI's" as a part time ER doctor at Dade General.
  • Medical Examiner: Dr. Tara Price
    Tara Price
    Dr. Tara Price is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Megalyn Echikunwoke.-Character's background:...

     (Megalyn Echikunwoke
    Megalyn Echikunwoke
    Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke is an American actress and model.-Early life:Echikunwoke was born on May 28, 1983, in Spokane, Washington, but she was raised on a Navajo Native American Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. She is the daughter of a Nigerian-Igbo father and a German/Scots-Irish American mother...

    ) was the day-shift medical examiner
    Medical examiner
    A medical examiner is a medically qualified government officer whose duty is to investigate deaths and injuries that occur under unusual or suspicious circumstances, to perform post-mortem examinations, and in some jurisdictions to initiate inquests....

     who replaced Dr. Alexx Woods
    Alexx Woods
    Alexx Woods is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Khandi Alexander.- Character's background :...

     (Khandi Alexander
    Khandi Alexander
    Khandi Alexander is an American dancer, choreographer, and film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for the roles of Dr. Alexx Woods on CSI: Miami and as Catherine Duke on NewsRadio. She also had a major recurring role on ER as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton...

    ) in the seventh season. She made her debut in "Won't Get Fueled Again" and became part of the main cast credits in "Bombshell". In "Cheating Death", CSIs Eric Delko
    Eric Delko
    Detective Eric Delko is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Adam Rodríguez.- Background :...

     and Ryan Wolfe
    Ryan Wolfe
    Detective Ryan Wolfe is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Jonathan Togo.-Background:Ryan Wolfe, a former patrol officer, is hired after veteran CSI Tim Speedle is killed on the job. He has a strong background in science, having majored in chemistry at Boston...

     play a joke on her which almost results in the entire case being compromised. In the end of "Divorce Party", Tara is shown to steal a bottle of Oxycodone
    Oxycodone
    Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic medication synthesized from opium-derived thebaine. It was developed in 1916 in Germany, as one of several new semi-synthetic opioids in an attempt to improve on the existing opioids: morphine, diacetylmorphine , and codeine.Oxycodone oral medications are generally...

     (an opioid analgesic medication) from a victim in the morgue and blames it on Julia Winston. Also, Horatio Caine
    Horatio Caine
    Horatio Caine is a fictional character and the protagonist in the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by David Caruso. He is currently head of the crime lab, under the rank of Lieutenant of the MDPD.-Fictional character biography:...

     has his son Kyle working as an intern for her after he gets into trouble. In "Dissolved", Ryan Wolfe confronts Tara about the stolen pills in her locker. When Julia takes the autopsy hostage because of what she did, Tara is arrested. Actress Megalyn Echikunwoke's image was removed from the main cast credits after "Dissolved".

  • Medical Examiner: Dr. Tom Loman (Christian Clemenson
    Christian Clemenson
    Christian Clemenson is an American film and television actor. He is well known for his portrayal of Jerry "Hands" Espenson in the television series Boston Legal, for which he won the 2006 Emmy Award for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series.-Early life:Clemenson spent his childhood in Humboldt,...

    ) The current MDPD medical examiner and replacement for the departed Tara Price. Despite the macabre nature of his work, he is genuinely excited by it, even taking an opportunity in the episode "Kill Clause" to lecture medical students on the fly by performing an autopsy on a cadaver donated to science that turned out to be one of the victims of several murders the CSIs were investigating. In the season 9 premiere, "Fallen", during Jesse Cardoza's autopsy (Jesse had been injured in the fall and as a result did not survive the halon gas attack), he comments that had Horatio not shot the window and allowed the halon gas to escape, the autopsy room would be full.

  • CSI Level 2: Officer Jesse Cardoza
    Jesse Cardoza
    Jesse Cardoza is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Eddie Cibrian until the character's death in the ninth season opening episode "Fallen".-Background:...

     (Eddie Cibrian
    Eddie Cibrian
    Edward Carl "Eddie" Cibrian is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Cole Deschanel on Sunset Beach, Jesse Cardoza in CSI: Miami, Jimmy Doherty on Third Watch and Russell Varon in Invasion.-Early life and career:...

    ) was a former LAPD
    Los Angeles Police Department
    The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...

     officer, who transferred back to the MDPD
    Miami-Dade Police Department
    The Miami-Dade Police Department , formerly known as the Metro-Dade County Police Department , Dade County Public Safety Department and the Dade County Sheriff's Office is a Limited Service County Police Department serving Miami-Dade County, Florida's unincorporated areas, although they have...

    . In "Out of Time", a flashback occurs back to 1997, depicting Cardoza's departure from the Miami crime lab and transfer to Los Angeles, following in the conclusion of a case which led to Horatio Caine becoming head of the new investigative unit that became CSI. He returns in "Hostile Takeover", as a member of the team, taking Eric Delko
    Eric Delko
    Detective Eric Delko is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Adam Rodríguez.- Background :...

    's place. When he returns, the lab is attacked and he is taken hostage along with three other people, but he was rescued by Horatio. After that, in the episode "Show Stopper", there was a discrepancy in the department's Hummer mileage log; Jesse did not explain it at first, but later on, in the lockerroom, he explained to Calleigh that he was following a woman and who was in danger from a man he'd dealt with in California, and that he'd transferred back to Miami because the man in question had also killed Cardoza's wife. In June 2010 it was announced that Cibrian was not picked up as a regular for the ninth season and his character would be leaving. It was revealed in the ninth season premiere that he died after being poisoned by halon gas in the eighth season finale, having suffered head trauma in the fall.

Recurring characters

CSI: Miami has utilized an extensive cast of recurring characters on the show. Recurring characters can be found as technicians in the crime lab, as homicide detectives, as family members of main characters, and as villains, among others.

Crossovers

CSI: Miami was spun off from an episode of the original CSI titled "Cross Jurisdictions
Cross Jurisdictions
"Cross Jurisdictions" is episode twenty-two of the second season of the American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which is set in Las Vegas, Nevada. It also served as a pilot episode of the spin-off series, CSI: Miami, set in Miami....

." In this episode, Catherine Willows
Catherine Willows
Catherine Willows is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Marg Helgenberger, who has received two Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations for the role...

 and Warrick Brown
Warrick Brown
Warrick Brown is a fictional character in the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Gary Dourdan. Warrick appeared in every episode until his death in season nine, with the exceptions of "After the Show" from season four, "Crow's Feet" and "Committed" from season five, and...

 of the original
CSI travel to Miami while investigating the murder of Las Vegas' ex-chief of detectives.

In addition,
CSI: Miami has crossed over with CSI: NY
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...

. Characters from CSI: NY were originally featured in the second season of CSI: Miami in the episode, "MIA/NYC NonStop
MIA/NYC NonStop
"MIA/NYC NonStop" is the twenty-third episode in Season 2 of the American crime drama CSI: Miami and the pilot of the CBS drama CSI: NY. The episode aired on May 17, 2004.-Plot:...

" that aired May 17, 2004.
Miami crossed over a second time in the fourth season episode, "Felony Flight," that aired November 7, 2005 in which Mac Taylor
Mac Taylor
Mckenna "Mac" Boyd Taylor II is a fictional character and the protagonist on the CBS crime drama CSI: NY, portrayed by Gary Sinise. Andy García was originally offered the lead role, a character who would have been named Detective Rick Calucci...

 flies from New York and comes to Miami to assist Horatio in tracking down a common nemesis named Henry Darius. The story was continued on
CSI: NY in its second season episode called, "Manhattan Manhunt," that aired November 9, 2005, when Henry Darius escapes to New York and Horatio goes along with Mac to continue the investigation.

In the eighth season,
CSI: Miami crossed over with CSI
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

and CSI: NY
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...

in "Bone Voyage", the first part of the CSI: Trilogy
CSI: Trilogy
The CSI: Trilogy linked all three CSI television shows for the very first time in a three part story. The seventh episodes of the 2009–2010 season had continuing stories with Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Raymond Langston in all three...

 starring Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne III is an American film and stage actor, playwright, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy, as Cowboy Curtis on the 1980's television show Pee-wee's Playhouse, and as singer-musician Ike Turner...

 as Dr. Ray Langston
Raymond Langston
Raymond "Ray" Langston, M.D. is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Laurence Fishburne. He joined the show in the ninth season, after the departure of Gil Grissom, played by William Petersen...

.

Reception

CSI: Miami has been named the World's Most Popular TV Show following rating studies of 20 countries worldwide, after NCIS. The 2006 survey, which was conducted by Informa Telecoms and Media, showed that CSI: Miami was featured in more top ten viewing charts than any other show. Also, in the same survey, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was shown to have high popularity, coming in at sixth place.

Franchise

Like
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

, CSI: Miami has spawned a series of comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

s, novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

s, and video games based on the show. In addition, the show
CSI: NY
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...

spun off from a second-season episode of CSI: Miami.

U.S. television ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of
CSI: Miami on CBS.
Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

Season Episodes Timeslot (EST
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

)
Original Airing Rank Viewers
(in millions)
Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season
1st 24 Monday 10:00pm/9c September 23, 2002 May 19, 2003 2002–03 #12 16.45
2nd 24 Monday 10:00pm/9c September 22, 2003 May 24, 2004 2003–04 #9 18.06
3rd 24 Monday 10:00pm/9c September 20, 2004 May 23, 2005 2004–05 #7 19.00
4th 25 Monday 10:00pm/9c September 19, 2005 May 22, 2006 2005–06 #9 18.12
5th 24 Monday 10:00pm/9c September 18, 2006 May 14, 2007 2006–07 #12 16.98
6th 21 Monday 10:00pm/9c September 24, 2007 May 19, 2008 2007–08 #16 13.91
7th 25 Monday 10:00pm/9c September 22, 2008 May 18, 2009 2008–09 #13 14.26
8th 24 Monday 10:00pm/9c September 21, 2009 May 24, 2010 2009–10
2009–2010 United States network television schedule
The following is the 2009–2010 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2009 through May 2010. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new...

#24 12.65
9th 22 Sunday 10:00pm/9c October 3, 2010 May 8, 2011 2010–11
2010–2011 United States network television schedule
The following is the 2010–2011 network television schedule for the five major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 2010 through May 2011. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new...

#27 11.75
10th TBA Sunday 10:00pm/9c September 25, 2011 Spring 2012 2011–12 TBA

Awards

ASCAP Award:
  • Top TV Series – 2006
  • Top TV Series – 2005


ASC Award
American Society of Cinematographers
The American Society of Cinematographers is an educational, cultural, and professional organization. It is not a labor union, and it is not a guild. Membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film...

:
  • Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series'/Pilot for Network or Basic Broadcast TV, for episode "Cross Jurisdiction" (pilot episode) – 2003


Emmy:
  • Outstanding Stunt Coordination – 2007
  • Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-camera Series – 2003


BMI Film & TV Awards:
  • BMI TV Music Award – 2008
  • BMI TV Music Award – 2005

04
  • BMI TV Music Award – 2003


California on Location Awards:
  • Assistant Location Manager of the Year – Television (Teamsters Local 399) – 2007


Image Awards:
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Khandi Alexander
    Khandi Alexander
    Khandi Alexander is an American dancer, choreographer, and film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for the roles of Dr. Alexx Woods on CSI: Miami and as Catherine Duke on NewsRadio. She also had a major recurring role on ER as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton...

    ) – 2005


Motion Picture Sound Editors
Motion Picture Sound Editors
Founded in 1953, Motion Picture Sound Editors is an honorary society of motion picture sound editors. The society's goals are to educate others about and increase the recognition of the sound editors, show the artistic merit of the soundtracks, and improve the professional relationship of its...

:
  • Best Sound Editing in Music for Television – Short Form, for episode "Rio" – 2007
  • Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form – Sound Effects & Foley, for episode "Crimewave" – 2005


People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards
The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is voted on by the general public. The People's Choice Awards air on CBS and are produced by Procter & Gamble and Survivor magnate Mark Burnett...

:
  • Favorite Television New Dramatic Series – 2003

Nominations

ACS Awards
American Society of Cinematographers
The American Society of Cinematographers is an educational, cultural, and professional organization. It is not a labor union, and it is not a guild. Membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film...

:
  • Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episodic TV Series for episode "Inside Out" – 2008
  • Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episodic TV Series for episode "Darkroom" – 2007


ALMA Awards:
  • Outstanding Actor in a Drama Television Series (Adam Rodríguez
    Adam Rodriguez
    Adam Michael Rodríguez is an American actor and director. He is best known for his long running role as Eric Delko on CSI: Miami.-Life and career:...

    ) – 2008


Emmy:
  • Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series – 2007
  • Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series – 2003


Image Awards:
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Khandi Alexander
    Khandi Alexander
    Khandi Alexander is an American dancer, choreographer, and film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for the roles of Dr. Alexx Woods on CSI: Miami and as Catherine Duke on NewsRadio. She also had a major recurring role on ER as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton...

    ) – 2007
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Khandi Alexander
    Khandi Alexander
    Khandi Alexander is an American dancer, choreographer, and film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for the roles of Dr. Alexx Woods on CSI: Miami and as Catherine Duke on NewsRadio. She also had a major recurring role on ER as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton...

    ) – 2006
  • Outstanding Drama Series – 2006


Imagen Foundation Awards:
  • Best Supporting Actress – Television (Eva LaRue
    Eva LaRue
    Eva Maria LaRue is an American model and actress. She is best known as Doctor Maria Santos on All My Children, and is now a cast regular on CSI: Miami, portraying Detective Natalia Boa Vista of the Miami-Dade Police Department.-Early life:LaRue was born Eva Maria LaRuy in Long Beach, California to...

    ) – 2007
  • Best Supporting Actress – Television (Eva LaRue
    Eva LaRue
    Eva Maria LaRue is an American model and actress. She is best known as Doctor Maria Santos on All My Children, and is now a cast regular on CSI: Miami, portraying Detective Natalia Boa Vista of the Miami-Dade Police Department.-Early life:LaRue was born Eva Maria LaRuy in Long Beach, California to...

    ) – 2006
  • Best Supporting Actor – Television (Adam Rodríguez
    Adam Rodriguez
    Adam Michael Rodríguez is an American actor and director. He is best known for his long running role as Eric Delko on CSI: Miami.-Life and career:...

    ) – 2005


Motion Picture Sound Editors
Motion Picture Sound Editors
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:
  • Best Sound Editing in Sound Effects and Foley for Television – Short Form, for episode "Come As You Are" – 2007
  • Best Sound Editing in Television Short Form – Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement, for episode "Three-Way" – 2006
  • Best Sound Editing in Television Short Form – Sound Effects & Foley, for episode "Urban Hellraisers" – 2006
  • Best Sound Editing in Television Short Form – Sound Effects & Foley, for episode "Lost Son" – 2005
  • Best Sound Editing in Television Episodic – Sound Effects & Foley, for episode "Grand Prix" – 2004


Young Artist Awards:
  • Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor (Cole Petersen) for episode "Stand Your Ground" – 2008
  • Best Performance in a Television Series – Guest Starring Young Actor (Alex Black
    Alex Black
    Alexander Anthony ″Alex″ Black is an American television and motion picture actor. Black was born in Redwood City, California. He has appeared in several popular movies, as well as minor role on Charmed. He mostly recently portrayed Seth Powers in Nickelodeon's hit series, Ned's Declassified...

    ) – 2005
  • Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress (Sara Paxton
    Sara Paxton
    Sara Paxton is an American actress, model and singer. She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004, after playing the title role in the series Darcy's Wild Life and Sarah Borden...

    ) – 2004
  • Best Performance in a TV Drama Series – Guest Starring Young Actor (Seth Adkins
    Seth Adkins
    Seth Elijah Adkins is an American actor. He made his debut in the mid-1990s as achild artiste in the TV shows Small Talk and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch in 1996 and the films ...First Do No Harm and Titanic in 1997. He later made a successful transition to an adult performer...

    ) – 2003
  • Best Performance in a TV Drama Series – Guest Starring Young Actor (Raja Fenske
    Raja Fenske
    Raja Jean Fenske is an American actor, probably best known for his role as Jake Behari in Nickelodeon's Unfabulous alongside Emma Roberts and Malese Jow. He is sometimes credited as RJ Fenske.- Biography :...

    ) – 2003

DVD releases

DVD name Ep # Release dates
Region 1
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Region 2
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Region 4
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Full season Full season Full season
The Complete First Season 24 June 29, 2004 March 1, 2010** November 10, 2006*
The Complete Second Season 24 December 31, 2004 March 1, 2010** February 7, 2007*
The Complete Third Season 24 November 22, 2005 March 1, 2010** October 16, 2007
The Complete Fourth Season 25 October 31, 2006 March 1, 2010** July 9, 2008
The Fifth Season 24 October 30, 2007 March 1, 2010** March 4, 2009
The Sixth Season 21 September 9, 2008 March 1, 2010** March 10, 2010
The Seventh Season 25 September 15, 2009 June 7, 2010 March 16, 2011
The Eighth Season 24 October 12, 2010 July 25, 2011 TBD
The Ninth Season 22 September 27, 2011 TBD TBD

  • ** = Dates for re-released slim line full season packaging; all half-seasons have been discontinued.


The CSI: Miami Region 2 DVD releases are released in two parts, the first part is released with 11, 12 or 13 episodes and then the second part is released containing the rest of the episodes and special features are split up between the two parts and on the same day that the second part is released they are available for purchase as a full season. All Seasons have now been re-released in Full.

* The Region 4 releases of the first two seasons were initially divided up into two parts of 11 or 12 episodes before being released in full season DVD "fat packs", with large cases compared to the slimline cases DVD distributors opt for now. The release dates detailed here are for the re-released seasons in slimline cases. The two-part releases as well as the "fat pack" full season releases of the first two seasons were released much earlier than these re-releases. The subsequent seasons were first released in the slimline cases.

Other releases

CSI has also been released as a series of mobile games. In fall 2007, CBS teamed up with game developer Gameloft
Gameloft
Gameloft SA is a major French computer and video game developer and publisher headquartered in Paris, France. The company also has subsidiaries in 31 countries around the world....

 to bring CSI to mobile phones. The first of the series to be published was CSI: Miami. The game features actual cast members such as Horatio Caine
Horatio Caine
Horatio Caine is a fictional character and the protagonist in the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by David Caruso. He is currently head of the crime lab, under the rank of Lieutenant of the MDPD.-Fictional character biography:...

, Alexx Woods
Alexx Woods
Alexx Woods is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Khandi Alexander.- Character's background :...

 and Calleigh Duquesne
Calleigh Duquesne
Detective Calleigh Duquesne is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Emily Procter.- Background :Calleigh is a ballistics specialist originally from Louisiana. She is fluent in Spanish and has a bachelor's degree in physics from Tulane University...

 who are trying to solve a murder in South Beach with the player's assistance. The game is also available for download on various iPod devices.

In spring 2008, Gameloft
Gameloft
Gameloft SA is a major French computer and video game developer and publisher headquartered in Paris, France. The company also has subsidiaries in 31 countries around the world....

 and CBS released CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – The Mobile Game which is based on the original series in Las Vegas, NV. This game introduces the unique ability to receive calls during the game to provide tips and clues about crime scenes and evidence. As for the storyline, the game developers collaborated with Anthony E. Zuiker
Anthony E. Zuiker
Anthony E. Zuiker is the creator and executive producer of the American television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He produces all three editions of the CSI franchise: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY...

 (the series creator) to ensure that the plot and dialogue were aligned with the show's style.

Online sales

Country Store Available Season
 United States United States
United States
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iTunes Store
ITunes Store
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1-9 (after episode airs on TV)
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Demand Five
Demand Five
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4, 5, 6 and 7 (episode available 1 week before it airs on TV)
 Germany Germany
Germany
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RTLnow 7 (one week before airing and seven days after the broadcast free of charge)

Irish broadcast history

  • First run: Broadcast on RTE 2 at 9pm on Thursdays (RTÉ normally broadcasts the show around 10 weeks before the UK channel Five does)
  • First run: Living TV, 9pm on Friday nights, normally after the end of the season on RTÉ 2
  • Repeats: Repeats are shown on RTÉ, 3e
    3E
    3E or 3-E may refer to:*3e, general entertainment channel operated in Ireland*3rd meridian east*Third edition in the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons*NY 3E, alternate name for New York State Route 104*OK-3E, abbreviation for Oklahoma State Highway 3...

     and Living TV
  • Viewers in Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

     may view CSI: Miami on Five, RTÉ, 3e and Living as all three channels are available

United Kingdom broadcast history

  • First Run: Broadcast on Five currently at 9pm on Tuesdays
  • First Run: Living TV, 9pm on Friday Nights, normally after the end of the season on Five
  • Repeats: Repeats are shown on Five, Five USA and Living TV
  • Viewers in Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

     may view CSI: Miami on Five, RTÉ and Living as all three channels are available
  • Channel Five broadcasts CSI: Miami during the summer, and once it ends, CSI: NY and CSI begin. Channel Five does not split up the seasons with breaks for Christmas, etc., instead running the season continuously.

United States broadcast history

  • First Run: September 23, 2002–present, Mondays 10:00pm/9:00pm Central(September 23, 2002-May 24, 2010) and Sundays 10:00pm/9:00pm Central (October 3, 2010 – present)
  • Repeats: CBS repeats "CSI: Miami" sometimes on weekends during the Crimetime Saturday slot.
  • Repeats: CSI: Miami has return on A&E Network
    A&E Network
    The A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched...

     in 2005. Both A&E and Spike TV share the return rights to the crossover episodes (with CSI: NY
    CSI: NY
    CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...

    ), Felony Flight and Manhattan Manhunt.

External links

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  • CSI on the CSI Wiki
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