Riley Adams
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Riley Adams is a fictional character in the CBS
crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
, portrayed by Lauren Lee Smith
. She appeared in 22 episodes during the ninth season, starting with "Art Imitates Life" and ending with "All In".
a few weeks after the death of Warrick Brown
, a fellow crime scene investigator who was killed in the line of duty.
Adams is described as a non-conformist who joined law enforcement to rebel against her parents, who are psychiatrists. Riley is a former St. Louis
police officer who became a crime scene investigator. She comes in as a second-level CSI to the understaffed Las Vegas unit, which is still shaken by the shooting of one of its own.
Her first episode is the third episode of the ninth season, "Art Imitates Life" in which she meets most of the team. She seems to share a friendly, flirting relationship with colleague Greg Sanders
. She shares office space with him and Nick Stokes
after Nick accepted an offer to have Gil Grissom
's old office after his retirement.
Riley has shown a personal interest in a case in the episode "Miscarriage of Justice
" when she was talking to a woman whose husband had killed himself. It was not clear what happened in Riley's past but she has a connection with the widow.
In the episode "No Way Out" Riley is taken hostage alongside Raymond Langston
by a 14-year-old kid with a gun and a collegiate cousin, who has a glass shard embedded in his shoulder, in a PCP lab hidden in their basement. Riley alerts fellow colleague Greg Sanders by trading names with him, indicating there was trouble. After gaining and losing the armed 14-year-old's trust multiple times, she and Langston finally convince the kid to let her get her first aid kit. She can not talk once she is outside, however, because he has a surveillance camera. Once outside, she uses subtle finger signals to communicate with Nick Stokes. Riley successfully disarms the suspect, which allows all of them to walk away unharmed.
In the ninth-season episode "If I Had A Hammer" Riley states that she burned her high school yearbooks, an action that she describes as "cathartic".
In her first episode, "Art Imitates Life", she is shown to have a strange, quirky sense of humor. For example, while at a victim's house, Riley comes across a bag of marijuana and sniffs it. Catherine Willows
sees her and says, "You do know about the mandatory drug tests, right?" to which Riley replies, "Yeah. I keep some clean urine in my locker just in case."
Season 10 opens with Riley Adams having departed the Las Vegas crime lab because Lauren Lee Smith left the show. Executive producer Naren Shankar said the decision to let Smith and her character go was "an issue of how we were feeling the ensemble was working."
In the Season 10 opener, Catherine finds a report from Riley Adams, written before her departure, criticizing Catherine's leadership skills. That same report states that Adams accepted "a law enforcement position in the Midwest that offered more opportunities for advancement". This report stirs a fight between Catherine and Ecklie. It also prompts Catherine to question her own leadership skills.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
crime drama 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...
, portrayed by Lauren Lee Smith
Lauren Lee Smith
-Early life:Lauren attended Henry James Cambie Secondary School. Smith was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The stepdaughter of a documentary filmmaker, Lauren travelled around the world with her family. When she was 14, her family moved to Los Angeles, California...
. She appeared in 22 episodes during the ninth season, starting with "Art Imitates Life" and ending with "All In".
Biography
Riley Adams first came to the Las Vegas Police DepartmentLas Vegas Police Department
Las Vegas Police Department has been used in several places including:*Former Las Vegas Police Department - Merged with the Clark County Sheriffs Department creating the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in 1973....
a few weeks after the death of 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...
, a fellow crime scene investigator who was killed in the line of duty.
Adams is described as a non-conformist who joined law enforcement to rebel against her parents, who are psychiatrists. Riley is a former St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
police officer who became a crime scene investigator. She comes in as a second-level CSI to the understaffed Las Vegas unit, which is still shaken by the shooting of one of its own.
Her first episode is the third episode of the ninth season, "Art Imitates Life" in which she meets most of the team. She seems to share a friendly, flirting relationship with colleague Greg Sanders
Greg Sanders
Gregory Hojem-Sanders, is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Eric Szmanda. Greg appeared in every episode, with exception of "Blood Drops", "Fahrenheit 932", "Crate N' Burial" and "Too Tough To Die" from season one, "Cross Jurisdictions" from...
. She shares office space with him and Nick Stokes
Nick Stokes
Nicholas "Nick" Stokes is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by George Eads. Nick has appeared in every episode except for "Blood Lust" from season three, "Jackpot" and "Butterflied" from season four, "Committed" from season five, and "Spellbound"...
after Nick accepted an offer to have Gil Grissom
Gil Grissom
Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom, is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by William Petersen. Grissom was a forensic entomologist and the night-shift supervisor of the Clark County, Nevada CSI team, investigating crimes in and around the city of Las Vegas...
's old office after his retirement.
Riley has shown a personal interest in a case in the episode "Miscarriage of Justice
Miscarriage of justice
A miscarriage of justice primarily is the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit. The term can also apply to errors in the other direction—"errors of impunity", and to civil cases. Most criminal justice systems have some means to overturn, or "quash", a wrongful...
" when she was talking to a woman whose husband had killed himself. It was not clear what happened in Riley's past but she has a connection with the widow.
In the episode "No Way Out" Riley is taken hostage alongside Raymond 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...
by a 14-year-old kid with a gun and a collegiate cousin, who has a glass shard embedded in his shoulder, in a PCP lab hidden in their basement. Riley alerts fellow colleague Greg Sanders by trading names with him, indicating there was trouble. After gaining and losing the armed 14-year-old's trust multiple times, she and Langston finally convince the kid to let her get her first aid kit. She can not talk once she is outside, however, because he has a surveillance camera. Once outside, she uses subtle finger signals to communicate with Nick Stokes. Riley successfully disarms the suspect, which allows all of them to walk away unharmed.
In the ninth-season episode "If I Had A Hammer" Riley states that she burned her high school yearbooks, an action that she describes as "cathartic".
In her first episode, "Art Imitates Life", she is shown to have a strange, quirky sense of humor. For example, while at a victim's house, Riley comes across a bag of marijuana and sniffs it. 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...
sees her and says, "You do know about the mandatory drug tests, right?" to which Riley replies, "Yeah. I keep some clean urine in my locker just in case."
Season 10 opens with Riley Adams having departed the Las Vegas crime lab because Lauren Lee Smith left the show. Executive producer Naren Shankar said the decision to let Smith and her character go was "an issue of how we were feeling the ensemble was working."
In the Season 10 opener, Catherine finds a report from Riley Adams, written before her departure, criticizing Catherine's leadership skills. That same report states that Adams accepted "a law enforcement position in the Midwest that offered more opportunities for advancement". This report stirs a fight between Catherine and Ecklie. It also prompts Catherine to question her own leadership skills.
External links
- Amatangelo, Amy. "‘Crime’ recruit: Newest ‘CSI’ investigator takes center stage" Boston HeraldBoston HeraldThe Boston Herald is a daily newspaper that serves Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and its surrounding area. It was started in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States...
, March 12, 2009.