CSI Las Vegas - Season 8 - Rumours and Spoilers [Archive]

Chloe O'brien

13-07-2007, 12:53

Rumors about Jorja's contract do continue to fly online, however. This week, Michael Ausiello at TV Guide (http://www.tvguide.com/) had this to say in his column, Ask Auesiello (http://www.tvguide.com/ask-ausiello):

Question: I heard that Jorja Fox only signed for the first five episodes of CSI. Is this true?— Alice
Ausiello: That's a new one. Hopefully, I'll get to the bottom of JF's contract sitch at press tour next week.

Little bit more about Jorja and Criminal Minds.

My Name Is Inigo Montoya - Prepare To Pay Me More:

Rumors are flying that "Criminal Minds" star Mandy Patinkin failed to show up for the seasons first table read and now speculation has started to what exactly his future on the show might be. Somewhere between leaving the show and being written out of the season premiere lies his fate with "Criminal Minds".

It's all very reminiscent of Jorja Fox's holdouts with "CSI"and twice now she has played chicken with CBS and won. While Jorja is on the hit series "CSI" she is nowhere near as important to the shows success as Mandy is to the ratings monster "Criminal Minds". One has to think if it's money it won't be more than a few days before CBS is singing... And I need you today, oh Mandy.

Chloe O'brien

16-07-2007, 22:09

I found a spoiler for 8x1 Hard Evidence:

dont know how accurate this is, nor where she got her info. but here's what she says: I guess I can say it: She's back. This episode begins where we left off. Natalie is seeing the police psychiatrist. Hodges & Sofia are there. Natalie is referred to as having 'empty eyes' HMMM The whole thing is going to be "The Quest for Sara Sidle" Everyone is scurring around doing their best to find her, which happens mid-way-to late in the ep. [early draft] so if this is correct our girl is not dead.. and YIPEE, lets hope this is true. I'm thrilled to pieces, I knew Jorja was coming back, too many clues and I've always kept the faith

Also, it's been said Greg finds Sara while searching in a helicopter, Natalie has scratches to her scalp, fight with Sara, Grissom?

SPOILERS 801

In the first, Catherine and Greg approach the Security Guy at the garage
where Sara was abducted and he looks at a photo of Natalie with lust, then recognizes Sara from the photo Catherine shows him, but she reminds him of his ex-wife, and you get that condescending attitude.

Anyway, Catherine shows him a picture of Natalie, he doesn't recognize her, then Sara he does recognize (Greg shows him the picture of Sara--not Catherine) but with none of the condescending remarks. He saw her at 7:30.

Also, Catherine comes across as much more emotional and there's a sense of urgency in her tone.

tammyy2j

17-07-2007, 16:28

Is Sara leaving during Season 8 or is she in Season 8 at all? I seen rumours that she dies? Anyone know more?

Luna

17-07-2007, 16:36

Is Sara leaving during Season 8 or is she in Season 8 at all? I seen rumours that she dies? Anyone know more?

its not been confirmed yet if shes coming back or not

but there are rumours that she has only signed up to do 5 episodes??????

Jojo

18-07-2007, 22:44

The eighth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation picks up right where the previous season left off, and fans will finally learn Sara's fate.

The seventh season of CSI ended with a cliffhanger. The team finally captured the elusive miniature killer, Natalie, and discovered that one of their own was missing. Natalie's final miniature revealed that Sara had been kidnapped and was trapped somewhere in the desert, alive but clearly in danger. Grissom questioned Natalie but was unable to determine Sara's location, and so "Living Doll" ended with Sara's life hanging in the balance.

The first episode of season eight begins where "Living Doll" ended: the team is searching for Sara. Catherine and Greg go to the parking structure where Sara was abducted and speak to the security guard. Catherine has no patience as she questions him, clearly worried about Sara and knowing that their time is running out. He is able to give them a time frame for when Sara had been in the structure, and Greg tells Catherine that he will check the surveillance video for clues.

Meanwhile, Sofia is with a wounded Natalie. They are in an interrogation room, but Sofia won't be getting any information out of the woman. A police psychiatrist explains that Natalie has had a psychotic break. Sofia has Hodges swab the wound on Natalie's scalp and scrape under her fingernails to gather evidence. She is adamant that nothing prevent Natalie from going to jail for what she's done.

Every minute that passes lessens their chances of finding Sara in time. The team races against the clock to ensure that their friend and colleague makes it home alive. Things take a turn in a positive direction when they get a lead from the auto salvage yard where Natalie acquired the red Mustang.

Chloe O'brien

18-07-2007, 23:57

Season 8 is rumoured to begin in the US on 27 September. :thumbsup:

Chloe O'brien

21-07-2007, 23:43

CBS will be capitalising on Without A Trace's return to the post-CSI timeslot next season by airing crossover episodes of the two shows.
Nina Tassler, CBS's entertainment president, made the announcement at the annual summer convention of the Television Critics Association, where the television press gathers to learn more about the coming season. She said the crossover episodes will air on the same night, with Without a Trace star Anthony LaPaglia first appearing on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and then an hour later William Petersen (Gil Grissom) guest-starring on Without a Trace to finish the story.
Without a Trace was originally launched in the post-CSI timeslot five years ago, and quickly became one of CBS's biggest hits. Last season, the network moved the show away to Sunday nights alongside Cold Case, and tried to launch the legal drama Shark in the Thursday 10pm timeslot. The failure of that show meant that CBS is now moving Trace back to Thursdays.
At the TCA press tour, Tassler said little else about the original CSI, but did reveal that CSI: New York will feature an episode next season that will delve into the popular online world of Second Life to solve a mystery. In addition, she confirmed that on CSI: Miami, Horatio Caine will find about a family member he never knew he had -- his own biological son. For more information on the circumstances surrounding that discovery, check out our recent spoiler report (http://www.csifiles.com/news/020707_01.shtml) of the CSI: Miami premiere. Much of Tassler's time at the press conference was spent discussing recent controversies involving the cast members of several CBS shows. The most prominent of these was the unexpected walkout of Mandy Patinkin from Criminal Minds, but she was also asked about an incident whereby CSI star Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown) was filmed as he attacked a cameraman. As the incident had only occurred shortly before that, Tassler refused to comment, saying she first had to get more information.

OOOHHH Jack Malone and Gil Grissom on screen at the same time swoon :wub: :wub:

Chloe O'brien

23-07-2007, 23:08

It is currently being reported online at seat42f.blockspot.com (http://seat42f.blogspot.com/2007/07/fans-of-grissom-sara-romance-look-away.html), csi.blogdadmedia.com (http://csi.blogdadmedia.com/2007/07/23/the-romance-is-over), and Hal Boedeker - The TV Guy (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2007/07/cbs-party-offer.html) at the Orlando Sentinel (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/) that the Grissom and Sara Romance will be ending early this season:

"The Sara-Grissom storyline is going to conclude," Jonathan Littman, an executive producer for Jerry Bruckheimer's production house, tells the Orlando Sentinel. "Don't take it in that definitive term. It's very smartly done. We have a big storyline finish at the start of the season," he says. "It will play out for a few episodes. ... The ambition of their [the writers'] stories is once again extremely high and extremely quirky. That arc worked so well with Grissom and Sara, that we are going to let these characters breathe this year. Everyone has their moments. The characters are going to have their journeys."

Again, we don't know anything at all about the people who post on these blogs, so we can't say how reliable this info is. However, it does sound pretty legitimate considering they are quoting Jonathan Littman who has been associated with CSI from the very beginning. If this is true it certainly sounds like bad news for GSR 'shippers, but it could just as well mean a possible 'Happy Ending'...

OH GOD NO. Please don't kill her off :crying:

CrazyLea

23-07-2007, 23:28

:( I will cry if they kill her off :p. Don't really want GSR to end either, it's only subtle so you can't really notice it too much, let them be happy ;-)

Chloe O'brien

23-07-2007, 23:32

Here's more:

Eric Szmanda gave some details about the new season at the 2007 CBS TCA All Star Party, on Thursday July 19, 2007
Eric Szmanda says, he's about to meet with producers in hopes of finally getting a love interest for his character. "I do need a love interest or something," he said. "People need to see how Greg lives outside of work. We've gotten to see that from every other one of the CSIs." The first episode of the new season he describes as "probably the most suspenseful and violent episode we've ever had."
I hope he does not get a love interest, But I would like to see how Greg is outside of CSI. Also if the wait wasn't bad enough to see what happens now he tells us it's going to be the most suspenseful & violent episode ever!! That's not cool!

Jojo

24-07-2007, 22:19

Ahhh the best news I've seen since the beginning of Season 7 - GSR to be over! Back to the real stories - the crime and the investigation :cheer:

CrazyLea

24-07-2007, 22:21

Hmm true, but to be fair, there has always been some kind of GSR element in CSI, maybe not as obvious, but I think it always has. Even if/when it does end, I dare say TPTB will create a new love - fun fun :rolleyes:

Jojo

24-07-2007, 22:27

I think it was more on Saras side though - I'll always remember my confusion when Sara came on to Grissom massively and he immediately turned her down and said it would never happen etc - then suddenly they're together :confused: And were supposed to be together for a long time too (according the TPTB who were saying about how comfortable they were supposed to appear together in Grissoms place etc).

Give me the gritty storylines and the cunning forensic work etc - thats what I watch for.

CrazyLea

24-07-2007, 22:31

Haha true. I admit I got confused in that episode where he said something like "I don't know what to do about this" and she said something like "I do, and by the time you work it out it will be too late" or something like that.. but I do think he always had some sort of soft spot for her, which grew over series.. but maybe that's just what the GSR fans want to believe :lol:.

I do agree though, take Miami for instance, the episodes that I've watched haven't really had any of the CSI's interested in the others, just friends like. The cases are what make the CSI shows.

Yes I'm rambling about nothing I know :lol:.

tammyy2j

25-07-2007, 10:17

Although CSI hasn't even pronounced Sara dead yet, it sounds suspiciously like the powers-that-be are already planning to breathe new life into the show by introducing a replacement for Jorja Fox's hot cop.

Executive producer Carol Mendolsohn has told me exclusively that a new female character will turn up in this season's third episode. "[She] may be a CSI or lab tech," the boss said. And, according to my casting spies, the junior detective will be in her mid-twenties, fresh out of college and lacking the capacity for self-censorship.

Of course, this isn't conclusive proof that Sara won't emerge unscathed from her, um, car wreck. But it certainly seems plausible, even likely, considering what else we've learned this week. In an interview with the Orlando Sentinel, CSI exec producer Jonathan Littman said the "Sara-Grissom story line is going to conclude." And you don't get much more definitive closure than death, now do ya?

In any case, at least this much is certain: Fox will appear in the premiere. Says Mendolsohn: "We're certainly going to be seeing her under the car in the premiere." Whether that will require her to act or just to lie very, very still remains to be seen.

Source TV Guide

Chloe O'brien

26-07-2007, 13:55

I think the bosses at CSI are just trying to play mindgames with us (And they're winning) Vegas is now in its 8th year if the bosses didn't want to have on screen romance with Grissom and Sara or anyone else they wouldn't have written it in the series, no matter how many fans want it. They are the ones who are holding the cards. As for rumours replacing Jorja. Again, if the writers wanted to write her character out of the programe they would do regardless of her asking for more money or not. My opinion is that Sara will return next series the conclusion of her and grissom's relationship will be how long they have been together possible that they may even be married and that will be that.

If there is a new actress joining the show I think she will be a new lab rat or cop as is Louise Lombard (Sofia) not in another show at the moment so they could be covering the episodes she is not in.

I watch CSI mainly for the science and the crimes but I love a wee bit of romance. So let's us keeep our subtle looks across the morgue table.

Jojo

30-07-2007, 10:11

"À La Cart" follows the case of a man murdered in a restaurant where the lights are turned off. Restaurant owner Pippa Sanchez explains that when the patrons are deprived of sight, their other senses are heightened, creating a sensual eating experience. The very thing that makes the restaurant unique makes the murder investigation more difficult. Despite the room being full of people, nobody actually saw the murder take place.

Warrick, Catherine and Brass try to piece together what happened to the victim, Hampton Huxley. Huxley was stabbed in the temple at his table. The three young women who were dining with him had no idea that he was dead until they were getting ready to leave the restaurant. April Kissimee, who has blood on her shirt, explains that she thought Huxley, an older man, had just fallen asleep after their meal.

Pink angora fibers from April's dress lead the CSIs to Frankie Vannucci, who was dining in the restaurant with his brothers at the same time as Huxley's group. When Brass questions him about the fibers, Vannucci admits that he used the darkness as a chance to get close to Huxley's table and play a perverse joke on one of the "kitties" who were dining with the older man. The waiter, a blind man named Michael Bowie, tells Brass that he escorted Vannucci back to his table.

Bowie explains that he has an advantage working in the restaurant since other people rely on their eyes and need help getting around. Brass asks whether Bowie heard anything unusual, but he says that he didn't know that anything had gone wrong until April couldn't wake Huxley up and called for help. In the restaurant, Warrick and Catherine examine the rest of the room and find evidence of a struggle at a different table.

Meanwhile, Nick and Greg investigate the decapitation of Peter Bastille. They visit a go-cart track where the young man had been racing the day before. When they get a list of the race results, they discover that Peter had consistently beat 19-year-old Rodney "Hot Rod" Anderson. Nick goes to talk to Rodney and notices that he is wearing an Army Ranger belt--a belt that belonged to Peter Bastille.

"À La Cart" is expected to air October 4, 2007.

Seems like they have changed the episode name from the original "Aftermath"

wizardthecat

30-07-2007, 13:10

hmm... no mention of Sara in episode two. interesting...

Jojo

09-08-2007, 08:00

Question: Do you have any CSI spoilers?

Ausiello: Although there won’t be a miniature-type serial killer plot this season, exec producer Carol Mendelsohn reveals that Grissom will immerse himself in a season-long project. "Grissom will begin to study colonization in Episode 3," she reveals. "We're going to do this very dark, scary episode set in a haunted house. While there, Grissom is going to find a live beehive, and he is going to take this beehive back to [the lab] and he is going to study it all season. He's trying to figure out why these honey bees are dying around the world. It's really about Grissom looking outside the lab… to see the problems of the world. It's Grissom's science experiment for the year."

Jojo

10-08-2007, 22:21

In "Go to Hell", a couple is found dead in a hotel room, and the team finds fingerprints that belong to a pedophile at the scene--bad news for the couple's missing daughter.

The episode opens with footage of the seedier side of Las Vegas. Desperate souls--hookers, drunkards, homeless people--line the street on a sweltering hot day. One homeless man staggers, making his way into an alley, but he can't go any farther. He falls to the ground. Meanwhile, Reverend Johnnie Rhodes gives a sermon. His voice is strong as he speaks of judgment. Hell will not come when we die, he says, because Hell is already here--in Las Vegas. Sex, drinking, gambling--mankind imbibes but does not even realize that judgment isn't waiting for death. The human race, he says, is already damned.

That night, Warrick and Catherine are on their way to a crime scene. They must park two blocks from the hotel where the murders took place because of Sanitation work. As they walk by an alley on their way to where they really need to be, Warrick notices something strange. When he goes to investigate, he finds the body of the homeless man. Confirming that the man is dead--the body count is forever rising--Catherine calls it in and leaves a uniformed officer to wait with the body.

A hotel is the site of a double murder. A man and his wife, the Macalinos, are dead, and Brass questions the desk clerk. They paid in advance for a week, he says. He hands over a register with the license plate number of the car, but Brass is unable to read the handwriting--and so is the clerk. He can decipher only enough of his own writing to see an "N" and a "V", which he is sure must mean "Nevada". This isn't terribly helpful.

The team discovers that couple's youngest daughter, Elizabeth, has been killed in their home, shot in the head. Their other daughter, however, is missing. This is no longer just about murder--now they have the kidnapping of Amy Macalino to deal with. As if the news could get any worse, the fingerprints they lifted from the hotel room come back to a convicted pedophile: Reverend Johnnie Rhodes.

Catherine works the case of the dead homeless man, Eddie Kaye, with her new swing-shift partner Vivian Lee. A 20-something CSI level one, Vivian is extremely curious and talkative--to the point that Catherine announces that she is limiting the other woman to 20 questions per case. Together, they have to discover what happened to the old man. He has clean socks, the cellophane wrapper to a sandwich, and a bundle of papers wrapped in rubber bands. Although the license that they find in Eddie's pocket is his own, the man in the picture seems worlds away from the man they see laying in front of them. They hope that fingerprints found on the license will lead them to their killer, but instead the prints come back to a police officer.

This was originally billed to be name Epiphany, but the title is now Go to Hell

Jojo

15-08-2007, 20:48

Question: Have you found out anything definitive about Jorja Fox staying or going on CSI?

Ausiello: Yes, I have.

Grrr - why can't he just say she is or she isn't then....

Chloe O'brien

15-08-2007, 21:56

Jojo

15-08-2007, 22:09

I think they are keeping quiet to win the ratings in the US. Last year CSI Vegas was aired the same time as Grey's Anatomy and GA had more viewers. If they keep everything underwraps in may attract more viewers for the premier and beat GA.

Totally agree with you Kath - she's alive, they're just "attempting" to keep it under wraps to get the viewers in

Chloe O'brien

20-08-2007, 22:14

When the producers of CSI started to look for an actress to join the cast, many thought that the character would be a replacement for Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox), whose fate was unknown at the end of last season's cliffhanger finale. It has been confirmed that this is not the case. Instead, Lucas has been chosen as an addition to the cast rather than a substitute.
Lucas will be playing a young CSI named Veronica Lake (originally reported to be Vivian Lee). "Ronnie", as she is also called, is smart and vivacious. Although she was offered several jobs, Veronica chose Las Vegas because of the rising crime rate. The 21-year-old actress has been in a number of previous movie and television roles including The Covenant, She's the Man and the ABC series Life as We Know It. Veronica Lake will first make her appearance during the third episode of CSI's eighth season, titled "Go to Hell" (http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season8/go_to_hell.shtml).

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20-08-2007, 23:30

hmm... no mention of Sara in episode two. interesting...

Also no mention of Grissom! i guess that might give too much away!

i personaly think Sara will be coming back, there's been so much hype about it, it makes people want to come back and watch it and if Jorja Fox had been fired or whatever i think it would have been leaked!

The conclusion to the GSR story doesn't necessarily mean a conclusion of the romance, so i'm still holding out for them, i like the romance!

Ronnie sounds like an interesting character, someone who talks more than Catherine - that will be interesting!! also she seems like she's going to be a funny character since Gregs gotten much more serious recently.

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21-08-2007, 00:53

i just found this article

Looks like CSI’s newest cast member isn’t a permanent cast member. She’ll only appear in four episodes. Here is the official press release from CBS.

JESSICA LUCAS TO GUEST STAR ON “CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION”

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 - Jessica Lucas (”The Covenant,” “She’s the Man”) will guest star on four episodes of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, beginning Thursday, Oct. 11 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Lucas plays Veronica Lake, aka “Ronnie,” a young, vivacious, curious and smart new CSI in training who chose to go to Vegas because of the increase in crime rates there.

Lucas’s credits include the feature films “Split Decision,” “The Covenant” and “She’s the Man.” She has appeared on the television series “Secrets of a Small Town,” “Life As We Know It” and “The L Word.”

i guess this confirms shes not a replacement for sara

also there is a promo out now for season eight, no new footage though.

Jojo

23-08-2007, 18:59

Question: Don't play coy, TV gossip god! What's the word on Jorja Fox staying/going on CSI?

Sorry, but I've been sworn to secrecy. What I can say is that the answer is complicated.

:confused::confused:

The latest rumor on the CSI forums is that Marg Helgenberger isn't planning to renew her contract at the end of the season. Do you have any info on that?

No, but I do believe this is the last season on her current contract (ditto William Petersen), so her moving on is entirely possible. Speaking of Helgenberger, there's a big episode early in the season that will dig deeper into her family drama — specifically Sam's legacy to her. We'll also see her venture outside the lab in an episode that features the return of her real-life husband, Alan Rosenberg. "One of the things he's going to offer Catherine is sort of an opportunity to be on a dream-team-type defense on a high-profile case," explains executive producer Carol Mendelsohn. "And she gets a little touch of the high life doing that. You get paid well, you get to stay in nice hotels, you get to have nice meals.... It's going to be a little tantalizing for her." I guess we'll find out how tantalizing when Marg's contract comes up for renewal next May!

Question: Any scoop about the possibility of Lady Heather returning to tangle with Grissom on CSI?

No plans that I know of at the moment, but some of CSI's other semi-regulars will be getting a little more airtime this season, per Carol Mendelsohn. "We're going to see more of the lab rats this year," she says. "We love our lab rats. We're going to play up our friendship and their rivalry." She adds, "This is a year in which Nick is going to step forward. The question has always been, 'Grissom is the supervisor, but who's the supervisor in waiting?'" I guess we'll find out when Billy's contract comes up for renewal next May!

Chloe O'brien

23-08-2007, 21:54

Carol Mendelsohn, executive producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, dishes on the upcoming season.
While Sara Sidle's (Jorja Fox) fate is being kept secret, Mendelsohn was more open about what will happen with other characters in season eight. Fans will once again see Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) interact with Adam Novak (Helgenberger's real-life husband, Alan Rosenberg). She will be outside of the lab for this storyline. "One of the things he's going to offer Catherine is sort of an opportunity to be on a dream-team-type defense on a high-profile case," Mendelsohn said. "And she gets a little touch of the high life doing that. You get paid well, you get to stay in nice hotels, you get to have nice meals.... It's going to be a little tantalizing for her."
In other Catherine-related news, Ask Ausiello (http://www.tvguide.com/Ask-Ausiello) revealed that the show will delve into more of her family issues, specifically the legacy left to her by Sam Braun (Scott Wilson). Helgenberger's contract will run out at the end of season eight, as will William Petersen's (Gil Grissom), but there is no information at this point about whether Catherine (or Grissom) will be leaving the show. As for the other characters, Mendelsohn revealed that some of the semi-regular cast members would be getting a bit more focus this season. "We're going to see more of the lab rats this year," she said. "We love our lab rats. We're going to play up our friendship and their rivalry." And it's not just the semi-regulars that will be pushed to the forefront. Nick Stokes (George Eads) will also be in the spotlight in season eight. "This is a year in which Nick is going to step forward," Mendelsohn said. "The question has always been, 'Grissom is the supervisor, but who's the supervisor in waiting?'"

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24-08-2007, 16:40

Found some pictures from Dead Doll:

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Jojo

25-08-2007, 09:58

The seventh season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ended with Sara's life hanging in the balance. While she was trapped beneath a car somewhere in the desert as rain poured down, the rest of the team had only a miniature of the scene for guidance--and the knowledge that Sara would die if they did not find her in time. The cliffhanger ending will be resolved in the eighth season premiere, "Dead Doll".

The people involved with the show are keeping tight-lipped about whether Sara will live or die. Fox's contract was up for re-negotiation at the end of season seven, and there is still no word on whether or not she'll be sticking around. The first step toward knowing whether Fox will remain on the show is finding out Sara's fate. Executive producer Naren Shankar isn't giving any clues. "Let's just say fans will be very satisfied with how it turns out," he said. "No loose ends will be left dangling at the end of the first episode." The TV Guide reported that there would be a new character on the show starting in episode three, "Go to Hell". Executive producer Carol Mendelsohn said that this woman "may be a CSI or a lab tech," but she would not reveal anything about Sara or whether this character is meant to take her place.

Filming for the premiere involved building a replica of the miniature scene in the show's soundstage. The set includes a car on hydraulics and 28,000 gallons of water. During filming, Shankar admitted that he was nervous about Fox's safety. Since Sara was pinned beneath the car, shooting the scenes required the actress to be surrounded by water. "Jorja was a total trouper and everything was designed for 100 percent safety," he explained, "but when you're watching, you get a little knot in your stomach." Even though the other actors were not involved in those scenes, they still showed up at the soundstage to watch the filming. "The actors were as impressed as anybody by what we built," Shankar said. "They came back from their time off and went, 'Holy crap!' Everybody was pretty knocked out by this." Fans will see the resolution to this cliffhanger on September 27, when season eight of CSI premieres.

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28-08-2007, 22:46

A second promo has now aired featuring a new scene with Sara from Dead Doll, it can be found online!

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28-08-2007, 23:03

This interview has just been posted on csifiles, i'm not sure when it's from though!

William Petersen (Gil Grissom) and Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle) talk about their characters and the show they create each week.

For Petersen, playing Grissom has allowed him to explore science--something that he was never very good at himself. "I was terrible in school at science," he told WOWOW. One of the things that attracted him to the character in the first place "was that he was so different than me, and so it was interesting for me to be able to try and do something that I was not familiar with. Since then, I've become very attracted to science, so it was a good thing for me." Petersen also admitted to picking up another trait from the scientist. "I don't kill insects anymore," he said. "I used to swat flies and my wife used to make me chase the spiders. I have a whole backyard full of spiders now, webs everywhere. They're just crawling around the house. She won't even go outside in the back. She only goes out the front door because I won't kill spiders."

Petersen also explained that Grissom is "very in touch with his childhood." This child-like spirit allows him to remain distanced from the reality of what he does for a living. "[H]is imagination and his creativity led him into science, so for him science is like playing childhood games and I think that that's always a big part of how he views his work. For him, it's all just wonder, you know, and he doesn't allow himself to become too adult about it." If he approached the job that way, "it would be too difficult for him to do it because it's all tragedy, and there's so much violence and inequity." When the city of Las Vegas was made more family-friendly, Petersen thought that it was interesting to see a "casino, which was basically a gambling house, you know, and then there'd be this roller coaster with kids riding around the outside of it." Petersen said that he thought Grissom would be "interested in being able to release things by going back to a child-like state and letting the roller coaster just clear his brain."

"I actually have a hard time remembering the episodes because we do so many," Petersen admitted. "I sort of only just can think of the episode I'm working on, the case that I'm working on." He said that the first season was special because "it was all fresh and new and we didn't really know what we were doing, we were just making it up as we went along." As a result, he felt that the first season "was very creative." Petersen said that one of the great things about CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is that the fans don't know where it's going or what's going to happen when they're watching it. Instead, the viewers "have to try and figure it out themselves," he said.

Fox said that she feels very lucky to play a character like Sara. She and Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) are "strong women, and they're professional," she said. "They're completely intellectual and at the same time they feel very real. They feel like real people to me. It feels like a person that somebody could actually be." Fox also said that Sara is "so much smarter than I am, number one, which is really fun. You never get tired of doing that." When it comes to fan mail, Fox said that she gets "a lot of letters from teenagers, which is really nice." However, that wasn't what she anticipated when the show first began. Back then, she "thought we were going to get a lot of mail from jail, from prisoners...I don't know, I thought the mail would be more eccentric than it's been. It's been really nice, supportive, very sane fan mail, which I would have never expected."

Fox had nothing but good things to say about Petersen. "He's incredibly charming and wonderful," she said. "He's an amazing listener. Creatively, I think he's absolutely brilliant." She explained that Petersen's background in the theater led to an environment of collaboration on CSI. "[T]he only way that he really knows how to work is collectively and communally and where people develop ideas together," she said. She added that "[h]e listens to everyone and everyone's got an opinion that he values." For Fox, "[i]t's been really exciting to take this journey, not only with everyone, but specifically with him. And I think that he and I both feel very, very invested in our characters and wishing that our characters at some point way down the road have a happy ending someway, whatever that looks like."

The original video interviews are from WOWOW Online.

So i'm hoping this means that Sara is alive!

Jojo

29-08-2007, 14:47

An unusual young man's death leads the CSIs to investigate more than just a possible homicide in the fourth episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

"The Case of the Cross Dressing Carp" finds Grissom and his team examining the circumstances surrounding the death of Brandon Towne. The young man is found hanging from a tree next to a reservoir. There are lacerations across his chest. On further inspection, it is discovered that Brandon has breasts that look as though they belong on a woman. Was this some sort hate crime?

In the autopsy room, Doc Robbins tells Grissom that there are scratches around the ligature furrow in Brandon's neck, indicating that he struggled to free himself from the noose. He also examines the lacerations on Brandon's chest and determines that they were not deep enough to kill him. Grissom looks at the young man's wallet. The eighteen-year-old lived in The Greens, a community that surrounds the reservoir where his body was found.

Brandon shows no physical signs of Klinefelter syndrome. Men with Klinefelter syndrome are born with an extra X chromosome and sometimes exhibit gynecomastia, a condition in which a man develops more breast tissue than normal. Since Klinefelter syndrome does not explain Brandon's enlarged mammary glands, the team will have to do more investigating to discover what caused the abnormality--and whether this contributed to his death in any way.

Brandon worked at a water treatment plant, and as they start to put the pieces of the puzzle together, the team learns that this might be more than a hate crime. There was a hydrologist poking around the reservoir and the nearby water treatment plant--the same plant that Brandon worked for. The hydrologist had been in contact with Brandon and claimed that the young man was helping him work on a project. From the messages that were exchanged between them, Brass suggests that Brandon himself might have been the project.

Meanwhile, Catherine takes part in an investigation at what remains of the Rampart Hotel (which was destroyed in "Built to Kill, Part One"). A human skeleton has been found beneath the rubble. Sofia notices a bracelet on the arm of the skeleton. Veronica says that she bought a necklace at the Indian Market in Santa Fe which looks like it could belong to a matching set. Have they unearthed a Native American burial site, or is this another secret that Sam Braun tried to cover up?

"The Case of the Cross Dressing Carp" is expected to air October 18, 2007.

tammyy2j

30-08-2007, 13:53

Thursday, August 30, 2007
Will Sara Survive CSI's Season-opener?
by Craig Tomashoff

William Petersen, CSI
Instead of using "Who Are You" as its theme song this season, CSI producers might want to consider the Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go."
In last spring's season finale, Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) was left trapped under a car in the Nevada desert by a serial killer — with pouring rain threatening to drown her — while Gil Grissom (William Petersen), her boyfriend and boss, and the rest of the CSIs frantically tried to find her. Sara's life hung in the balance because of the car — and the fact that Fox's contract with the CBS hit was up for renewal. So will she be sticking around?

Executive producer Naren Shankar's not telling. "Let's just say fans will be very satisfied with how it turns out," he says. "No loose ends will be left dangling at the end of the first episode."

Rumors have run rampant all summer about Sara's fate, and TV Guide reported that the show will add a new female character come Episode 3 who "may be a CSI or a lab tech," according to exec producer Carol Mendelsohn. She, too, won't say if Sara lives.

Shankar, though, is happy to talk about filming the scene in the Sept. 27 season-opener in which viewers will discover the truth. In the finale the killer had left a miniature version of the crime scene for Grissom. For the first episode of Season 8, set designers built a full-scale replica on the show's Hollywood soundstage, including everything from a car mounted on hydraulics to 28,000 gallons of water.

Shankar says there were moments when he wasn't sure Fox would make it through the filming. For a good portion of it, she was stuck under the car, surrounded by recirculated water, and Shankar says he got "a little nervous. Jorja was a total trouper and everything was designed for 100 percent safety, but when you're watching, you get a little knot in your stomach."

It may be nerve-racking, but even the CSI cast members who aren't in those scenes showed up to watch. "The actors were as impressed as anybody by what we built," Shankar says. "They came back from their time off and went, ‘Holy crap!' Everybody was pretty knocked out by this." It sounds like we will be, too.

*_*Smile*_*

30-08-2007, 19:31

Here is a transcript of the season 8 Promo with Sara and Natalie in :#

[During the night]
[Close-up of Sara Sidle's bloody face]
[The wrecked car is being lowered down on top of her]
Sara: What are you doing?
[Natalie Davis stands by, hair blowing as she watches the car being lowered]
[The car is presses down on Sara's arm]
[Sara's arm makes a crunching noise and she groans with pain]
Sara: Don't do this.
[Natalie turns and walks away]
Sara: Natalie.
[Natalie continues to walk away from the spot where Sara is trapped]
Sara: Natalie!
[Natalie drives away in a car that was waiting nearby]
[Text over: 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Season premiere, Thursday, September 27, 9/8 c']

Chloe O'brien

30-08-2007, 22:14

Only four more weeks to we find out what has happened to Sara.

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31-08-2007, 13:38

There is another promo out, it shows Sara under the car with a Coyote sniffing around!

Jojo

31-08-2007, 14:25

Fourth promo released (view it here: YouTube - CSI SEASON 8 PROMO 4 )

I actually quite welled up, even though I'm not a GSR lover!!!

Roll on 27th Sept!

*_*Smile*_*

31-08-2007, 17:25

I've just watched this promo about 4 times and omg!! As y'all probably know i am a GSR fan and this is such a good trailer, pretty sad though! The music fits perfectly and it's nice to see most of the team!

Chloe O'brien

01-09-2007, 00:31

I see that they have used a Kate Bush song for the trailer, rumour has it that CSI are planning to change the theme tune from The Who's "who are you" to the Clash "should I stay or should I go". Its an emotional trailer and what ever happens to Sara this will be a ratings winner.

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03-09-2007, 23:45

While waiting for some more news i have watched the latest promo so many times i've lost count!!
I've come up with a theory though... the rain water somehow lifts up the car or creates some way that Sara manages to get out from under the car which is why Catherine says 'she's a survivor' when they are standing in the desert after ( i think) they've found the car!! :searchme:

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07-09-2007, 18:30

There's now a fifth promo out, it's very similar to the first? promo but with some extended bits!
here's the url: YouTube - CSI SEASON 8 PROMO 5

Chloe O'brien

07-09-2007, 19:19

There's only 20 more days before we find out. YAHOOO!!!

Jojo

11-09-2007, 10:39

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation looks into the death of a woman who died for a living.

"The Chick Chop Flick Shop" begins with a beautiful woman tied up and scared. She pleads for her life, but she cuts off with a scream as blood sprays in her face. It becomes obvious that this is not what it seems to be as she begins to cough, choking on the 'blood', and the director yells to end the scene. They are in a movie studio, filming a horror flick, and the director, Zack Putrid, gives bawdy instructions to the man squirting the fake blood so that they can do the take correctly.

As the crew prepares to re-film the scene, Brass and Nick arrive. They are being escorted by Stanley Vespucci, the Head of Physical Production. Vespucci explains to them that the studio's lead actress, Weatherly Adams, is missing. She didn't show up for filming that day, and she wasn't answering her phone. Nick and Brass look around her dressing room, which shows no sign that there was a struggle. At first they are skeptical--she didn't show up, but there's nothing to suggest that she isn't fine. However, Vespucci points out that Weatherly's purse is still there, with her keys and wallet inside. Her car is still parked in the parking lot. There is definitely something going on.

Brass and Nick look at a vase of white roses with a note of congratulations. When Brass asks who sent the flowers, Vespucci admits that he doesn't know for sure. However, he suspects that it is one of the creeps or stalkers that followed Weatherly sometimes. He even gives Brass a file with rap sheets in it. Brass says that he is going to send a patrol car to her house, just in case. In the meantime, Vespucci takes them to where the studio had a break-in.

Vespucci leads them to a large corridor where props are stored. Corpse mannequins are piled around, and Vespucci goes through a list of the ways that Weatherly "died" in their movies. Nick adds one to the list, acknowledging that he had watched Weatherly's movies. They arrive at a broken window and speculate that someone broke the pane of glass and then reached in to unlock the window. As Nick goes to collect the broken glass, he hears flies and sees a bloody mannequin nearby with an axe sticking out of its back--except that this time, it isn't a mannequin. It's the real thing, the real Weatherly, dead face-down on the floor.

Catherine and Nick process the scene. The large pools of 'blood' surrounding the body turn out to be fake blood with much smaller amounts of real blood thrown in. As Nick sprays phenolphthalein to look for the real traces of blood, Catherine tries to get prints off of the axe handle and fails. Eventually, they must break the news to everyone that Weatherly is gone. They also have to take fingerprints and statements from everyone to get their version of events. Tommy Lafoon, who owns the studio with his brother, demands that they arrest Albert Zarco-- a former co-worker who had been obsessed with Weatherly, even after a disfiguring injury cost him his job at the studio.

Chloe O'brien

11-09-2007, 12:37

I think this may be the episode where there is a cross-over with CSI and Without a Trace.

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11-09-2007, 16:58

CBS has aired 2 minutes of continuos action from Dead Doll, although most of it has been shown in the promos already, but here's the link anyway
YouTube - 8x01 Sneak Peek
it's pretty chilling!

*_*Smile*_*

12-09-2007, 15:29

Some stills from 8x2 A La Cart, Catherine Warrick adn Grissom go-carting :lol: http://www.watchingcsi.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/csi8x22.jpg
http://www.watchingcsi.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/csi8x2.jpg
http://www.watchingcsi.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/csi8x23.jpg

*_*Smile*_*

12-09-2007, 15:32

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

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

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

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

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

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

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16-09-2007, 19:09

Here’s our first glimpse of Jessica Lucas in a promo still from the third episode of the season(Go To Hell 8×3). Jessica is set to guest star as a CSI named Veronica Lake for four episodes.

Jessica Lucas (born September 24, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her appearance as Sue Miller in Life As We Know It, acting alongside Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum in She’s the Man, and acting alongside Steven Strait and Laura Ramsey in The Covenant.

http://www.watchingcsi.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/8x03_still_01.jpg

*_*Smile*_*

18-09-2007, 15:51

Another promo YouTube - CSI CTV Season 8 Promo

*_*Smile*_*

25-09-2007, 19:51

promos from 8x3 'Go to Hell'
http://www.watchingcsi.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/normal_csi-lv-803_03.jpg
http://www.watchingcsi.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/normal_csi-lv-803_05.jpg

Chloe O'brien

27-09-2007, 21:04

Without A Trace star Anthony LaPaglia (Jack Malone) heads to Las Vegas.

According to CSI Files sources, "Who and What" (http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season8/who_and_what.shtml) begins in the living room of a house downtown. It is night, and Kim Davis is playing Yahtzee with a ten-year-old boy. The boy seems slightly out-of-place, as if he does not belong here. He is not excited when he wins the game, and Kim gives up, handing him the television remote and leaving him to do whatever he wants.
Kim goes into the bathroom and draws a bath. She lights some candles and then lights a joint, inhaling the smoke from the marijuana before she gets into the bathtub. She relaxes in the water as the room begins to shake around her and a high-pitched whistle can be heard in the background. Train tracks run behind the house, and Kim is able to tune out a train as it roars by--she is clearly used to the noise. As the train continues to pass by, the shaking rattles the bathroom door. The latch comes open. Kim thinks that the boy might have opened the door, but he doesn't enter. It must have opened on its own.
Kim is buzzing from the marijuana, and she somehow finds the situation funny as she stares at the door, sitting partially open as the train barrels down the tracks behind the house. Then a hand appears through the crack in the door. It isn't the boy. It's a man's hand, pushing the door open farther. When the hand pulls back, it leaves a bloody handprint behind on the door. Kim does not even have the chance to scream before the man rushes into the room and drags her out of the tub. The room continues to shake from the train as he beats her viciously with an object in his hand.
Grissom's team must solve the double murder in the house, and things become more complicated when Jack Malone shows up at the lab. Malone heads the Missing Persons Squad of the FBI in New York City. He has come from New York to Las Vegas in pursuit of a missing boy. The dead child in Grissom's case is not the one he is looking for, but Malone is sure that the cases are connected. Not only that, but there is more to the story: the suspect in their cases, it turns out, is a serial killer. Please note that the above plot details have not been confirmed by CBS, Alliance Atlantis or Bruckheimer Films, and until such time you should treat this information as you would any other rumour. The above information comes from early script drafts and the details of the episodes are liable to change before the episodes are shown.

wizardthecat

28-09-2007, 15:11

Grissom and the team are in a desperate search to find Sara, who was recently kidnapped by the miniature killer: Natalie Kimble. Their only clue to Sara’s whereabouts is a mysterious miniature that shows Sara trapped beneath a flipped red Mustang somewhere in the vast desert surrounding Las Vegas. Every member of the team serves an integral purpose in the hunt, with Catherine surveying the initial kidnapping scene, Greg scanning the desert in a helicopter and Nick and Warrick tackling Natalie's bizarre and terrifying apartment. Nick gets the luckiest break when he finds the location of the auto yard where Natalie purchased the Mustang. That clue and the digital maps Natalie had stored on her computer provide the team a radius with which to narrow their search.

But a storm is raging in the Las Vegas desert, and floodwaters begin to rise on Sara as she struggles to escape from beneath the car. She survived a treacherous ride out into nowhere with Natalie, and finally, she manages to free herself from the Mustang just in time. When morning breaks, the weather is hot, and Sara has nothing to eat or drink. She's mobile, but with a broken arm and the other injuries Natalie inflicted upon her, it's rough going. She walks continuously, doing anything she can to stay awake and survive.

All the CSIs fan out across the desert, and as the hours pass, Grissom becomes more and more frantic. Meanwhile, although she's in bad shape, Sara has her wits about her. She carries the rearview mirror of the Mustang along with her, and when she finally collapses in exhaustion, it remains visible. Soon, Nick spots the glint of the sun's reflection on the mirror, and he sprints to her side. A medevac helicopter is called to the scene, and with Grissom next to her, Sara is carried away to safety.

(knew she wouldnt die)

willow

30-09-2007, 10:03

i have just watched episode 1, it is a really great episode!!!!!

*_*Smile*_*

01-10-2007, 11:52

Yay i'm so happy Sara survuved!!
there are two promos out for 8x02:
YouTube - CSI Promo 8x02 A la cart
YouTube - Promo 8x02 A La cart

*_*Smile*_*

01-10-2007, 14:51

i have just watched episode 1, it is a really great episode!!!!!

where did you find it, the website i usually use is being really slow!

Chloe O'brien

01-10-2007, 18:56

I watch it on Sunday night. Aw shucks how cool was it.

Jojo

01-10-2007, 19:37

She's alive but she aint sticking around - shame that....... *whistles*

Chloe O'brien

01-10-2007, 20:07

She's alive but she aint sticking around - shame that....... *whistles*

:eek: That is so cruel. :D How very dare you. I aint believing it until I see for myself. I don't get how she would just come back for a few episodes then leave. It doesnt make sense to me

*_*Smile*_*

02-10-2007, 00:07

It is not confirmed that JF will be leaving it is a rumour that has mainly been started by Ausiello.
Fox can't confirm or deny as she's still under contract.
Ausiello has been wrong before, for example there will be no GSR in season 6 finale :hmm:
for those Sara fans out there there is a save sara campaign though!
personally i think if she was going to leave dead doll would have been the perfect opportunity i don't see why you'd stay for a few episodes :searchme:

Luna

02-10-2007, 14:26

i read an interview actually with JF and she confirmed that she was leaving in november

I wasnt that impressed with the first episode, although i dont really like sara so a whole episode dedecated to her isnt really my thing

*_*Smile*_*

04-10-2007, 16:42

more promo pics from 8x02 A La Cart:
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/322/alacart004gw4.th.jpg (http://img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alacart004gw4.jpg)
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2737/csilv802004kg8.th.jpg (http://img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=csilv802004kg8.jpg)

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04-10-2007, 16:45

......Sorry about the size of these pics, they don't start that size but when i post they get bigger :searchme:

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04-10-2007, 16:56

For the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation team, it's business as usual even as they say goodbye to a long-time friend.

As Ausiello recently reported, "Goodbye and Hello" is rumoured to be Jorja Fox's (Sara Sidle) last episode with CSI. According to CSI Files sources, "Goodbye and Hello" begins at night on the campus of W.L.V.U. In the dorms, students are engaging in some very different activities. On the first floor, a party is in full swing involving a couple of freshman fraternity pledges and a beer keg. One of the young men is upside down on a table, guzzling beer and stomping his foot against the ceiling.

In the room above the fraternity pledges, several students are doing biology homework. The pounding from the fraternity pledges below isn't the only sound coming through the walls. One of the students stands on his desk to press a stethoscope to the ceiling. In the room above their own, a young woman wears sexy lingerie in a room dimly lit by candles. She and her lover have just had sex, and as she tries to get him to go for round two, a shape speeds past outside of the window.

The body of a young woman hurtles downward, obeying gravity. After falling past all three dormitory windows, she hits the ground with a sickening crunch. She is face down, her limbs bent at unnatural angles with blood on the ground around her head. The young woman is eighteen and brunette, her face shattered by the fall. The crowd begins to swarm.

When the CSIs arrive, Catherine takes pictures of the young woman as David Phillips examines the body. He cannot find any identification, but they think they might know who she is when a young woman hurries out of the crowd, screaming for her best friend Lanie. Catherine starts to let the girl come closer, but it turns out to be a false alarm. Lanie is in the crowd, and the two young women share a tearful hug. David tells Catherine that this is the third person on campus to jump this year. Catherine does not offer her opinion on this as she takes pictures of some bloody teeth near the body.

Nick and Greg are also on the case. When the young woman is positively identified as Kira Dellinger, they go through her dorm room and find a tube of sexual lubricant with a fingerprint on it. Later, in another part of town, Catherine and Ronnie Lake are on-scene when a woman returns to her home after a domestic incident. She says that she and her husband got into an argument and she went for a walk. Ronnie notices blood dripping onto the floor and walks around the woman to find that she has a knife sticking out of her back.

Please note that the above plot details have not been confirmed by CBS, Alliance Atlantis or Bruckheimer Films, and until such time you should treat this information as you would any other rumour. The above information comes from early script drafts and the details of the episodes are liable to change before the episodes are shown.

"Goodbye and Hello" is expected to air November 8.

wizardthecat

04-10-2007, 16:59

oh dear.... what is with that hat??!! :hmm: he looks so old in it :thumbsdow :thumbsdow

Jojo

04-10-2007, 21:27

......Sorry about the size of these pics, they don't start that size but when i post they get bigger :searchme:

Generally its better to save the images to your own pc and then upload them to a free host, such as imageshack, which will then reduce the size etc (and you can then delete them from your pc) I have done this already with the pics you've posted :)

Chloe O'brien

05-10-2007, 22:43

"mmmm ooh Betty the cat done a whoopsy in the corridor" Sorry I just had a sudden urge to do a Frank Spencer impersonation when I seen that hat. :rotfl: Moving on:

The CSI team investigates the suspicious death of a go-cart racer who took his hobby to the highway, when a severed head rolls through tonight's episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," airing at 9 p.m. on CBS.
Then the murder rate doubles when the team gets a second case -- the murder of a HUGH HEFNER-like publisher at a hip new restaurant where customers dine in the dark.
Dining in the dark isn't something that series star MARG HELGENBERGER, who plays Catherine Willows, is interested in. "I want to see what I am putting in my mouth," she tells ET's JANN CARL, who is on location with the hit CBS series at a go-cart rink.
"The best part about it is we are all here on one day," says GARY DOURDAN (Warrick Brown), who was competing with GEORGE EADS (Nick Stokes) to see who could bump each other harder. "That is pretty rare. Those are nice days."
The best part of the episode for many fans may be the return of Sara Sidle (JORJA FOX) to action, following her near-death experience in last week's season premiere.
"Coming into episode two, Grissom (WILLIAM PETERSEN) or Sara have been invited not to be on the night shift anymore," Jorja reveals. "Sara has decided it should be her who should leave and go to the swing shift ... For Sara, the idea of not working with Grissom anymore is devastating. The only friends she has are on this shift, so after the most devastating thing [that happened] in her life, she is going off alone."
In real life, the hardest part for Jorja was having to keep the secret of whether or not she survived her attack by the miniature killer.
"I lied to my own family," she admits. "[I said,] 'I don't know anything.' It was hard, but what was great about it, too, was there were people that actually wanted to know."

tammyy2j

18-10-2007, 10:10

Exclusive: CSI Boss Vows Jorja Fox is "Coming Back"

Jorja Fox by Michael Caulfield/WireImage.comNow that Jorja Fox has officially confirmed the worst kept secret in the TV biz — she's ditching CSI next month after seven years in the forensics lab — we can start to focus on more important things in life. Like, you know, her return to the show! In her only interview, CSI's top gun, Carol Mendelsohn, weighs in on the circumstances surrounding Fox's exit, responds to published reports that she considered killing her off, previews tonight's big marriage proposal, and utters the words grieving fans have been dying to hear: Sara Sidle will be back.

Are you bummed that something couldn't be worked out to keep Jorja around?
Carol Mendelsohn: I am very bummed. You know, it's been something we've been facing for a while now [so] I've given it a lot of thought. When Jorja expressed her desire to move on — even though I would have loved nothing more than to have had her here for Season 8 and Season 9 and on — you [react] as you would in any family: You love the person and respect them and want them to be happy and fulfilled. If this was the very end for Sara Sidle on CSI, I don't think I could have handled the last few months. But it's not. Jorja was always No. 6 on our call sheet. We're retiring No. 6, so it's there for Jorja when she comes back.

She's definitely returning?
Mendelsohn: Yes. You can count on it.

This season?
Mendelsohn: That I can't say. But the fans will not have seen the last of Sara Sidle. Nor will Grissom.

Would you describe her departure as a mutual decision?
Mendelsohn: No. It was, in the end, Jorja's decision. And we accept it. I think sometimes the fans don't really understand that the writers are fans of the show, too. And we love Sara Sidle. We love writing for Sara Sidle. And, as an actor, it doesn't get better than Jorja. She's phenomenal. So, yeah, it's heartbreaking [for me], as well as for the cast and the crew. I'm almost tearing up now because it's very hard to say goodbye, even if it's [just] goodbye for now.

Did you know she was leaving before you shot the season finale last April?
Mendelsohn: Yes. I didn't have a definitive date, but yes.

There were reports that the original plan was to kill her off in the finale, but Jorja refused to show up to work and shoot her death scene. Is that true?
Mendelsohn: No… I don't, as a fan or a writer, embrace killing off characters — especially when you see this outpouring that we have gotten from the fans in support of keeping Jorja and Sara on the show; it has just been mind-boggling. [We] owe the fans so much and I don't think killing off Sara Sidle would have ever been a way to pay a satisfactory ending for Sara.

So what kind of send-off are you giving her?
Mendelsohn: I’m not telling you. [Laughs]

C'mon.
Mendelsohn: As the season unfolds through November, there is a character arc threaded through the episodes for Sara Sidle. And it is something that will build and build and build until the episode in which she departs, sometime in November.

Can you shed any light on the final scene, like who's in it with her?
Mendelsohn: Jorja is in it with Jorja.

She's by herself?
Mendelsohn: Yes.

What do you make of the intensity of the fan reaction to Jorja's exit?
Mendelsohn: It has been astounding. It's incredible how creative our fans are. We got two cases of chocolate covered insects with the message "CSI without Sara bugs us." We got a bouquet of red, pink and white balloons with Hershey kisses and the message was, "Don't break our hearts, keep Jorja Fox on CSI." We got two large cases of Lifesavers with the message, "You were Sara's lifesaver, now be ours, keep Jorja Fox on CSI." They've been sending money in from all over the world [as part of the] Dollars for Sense campaign. One woman named Kim West from Northern Ireland, she and her friends sent in 60 pound notes, and she wrote a four page letter. It's just been overwhelming how many people love Jorja.

Did you go back to her and beg her to reconsider?
Mendelsohn: I had done everything that I could. But in the end, I respect Jorja. This is something that she wanted to do, and I would never stand in her way. She's coming back at some point anyway.

How long before Grissom is ready to move on?
Mendelsohn: Oh my God. I don't think that Gil Grissom is the kind of guy that moves on quickly. I was thinking about how Gil Grissom thinks about time, and there's an Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore, who said, "The butterfly counts not months, but moments." I think Grissom thinks about time that way. I wouldn't count on Gil Grissom moving on.

What about a little fling here and there?
Mendelsohn: Well, you know, gosh, I don't think of Grissom as a flingy kind of guy. Of course, there is Lady Heather... Grissom's family is the team, and moving forward, you know, that's what Grissom will focus on. His team. His family.

Speaking of Lady Heather, will she be back this season?
Mendelsohn: You know what? We haven't really talked about it. [But the door is] always open. We love Melinda Clarke.

What can you tell me about tonight's episode — specifically the marriage proposal?
Mendelsohn: It's very CSI-style. David Rambo wrote the scene and he and Jackie Hoyt wrote the episode. We have been talking for months about how to do this. And, originally at the beginning of the season, we had a plan to take Grissom and Sara back to San Francisco, because, as we all know, that's where they first met. And then last week, Grissom found this beehive and it just occurred to us what the scene should be, and I love it. I love it. And again, there are many, many more scenes between them in the last few episodes and they're all terrific.

Trinity

18-10-2007, 10:15

When is this on???

What day, what channel, what time ??????

Chloe O'brien

18-10-2007, 12:00

Season 8 is being aired in the USA at the moment Trin and Jorja departure happens around November. It won't reach our screens until the end of January early February, crap I know. One consolation is that its rumoured that she and Grissom marry next week in New York when they are doing a crossover with Without a trace so maybe she will return for the end of the series.

By the time the series hits the UK my senses and feelings will be numbed by the new season of 24 so the pain won't be so hard to suffer.

Trinity

18-10-2007, 14:16

Thanks Kath.

I was worried that it was on and I was missing it!

Is it just miami that is on at the mo - on 5?

Chloe O'brien

18-10-2007, 15:05

Thanks Kath.

I was worried that it was on and I was missing it!

Is it just miami that is on at the mo - on 5?

Yeah Trin the vegas and New York series that are on at the moment are repeats from the last series.

tammyy2j

19-10-2007, 10:59

Exclusive: More CSI Exits Looming?

In Part 1 of my interview with CSI boss lady Carol Mendelsohn, she swore that Grissom "will not have seen the last of Sara Sidle" after Jorja Fox departs next month. But what that statement doesn't address is the fact that by the time Sara returns, Grissom may already be gone. With contracts for the rest of the show's primary cast — William Petersen included — set to expire at the end of this season, he and other CSIers could follow Fox out the door. What does Mendelsohn have to say about that? Find out — and get the lowdown on who'll replace Grissom and Sara as the show's next super-couple — in this, the second part of our Q&A.

So, who'll fill the couple void left from Grissom-Sara?
Mendelsohn: The new couple may be [one who] sort of started last season that you may not suspect. We have someone who works in the lab and has an interest in another lab tech.

Ahhh… Hodges and Wendy. Interesting. There's been speculation about a possible Catherine-Warrick romance.
Mendelsohn: Clearly, among the team there's a lot of love. But it's kind of familial love. I think Grissom and Sara was a very, very special case.

So nothing's going to develop between Warrick and Catherine?
Mendelsohn: I'm not saying it's not. But that is a friendship that we developed from the beginning of the series. We don't sit in the writers' room and say, "What relationship are we gonna have now?" We were totally invested, all of us, in Grissom and Sara.

It's no secret that the contracts of the rest of your main cast will be expiring soon. Is it possible we may be losing more CSIs in the near future?
Mendelsohn: I suppose anything is possible, but I hope that doesn't happen. I think one of the strengths of CSI and one of the pleasures of doing this job is that we have all been together from the beginning. I would love for us to all continue to be together.

Do you know where things stand? I imagine talks have already begun.
Mendelsohn: As show-runners, we're responsible for the creative direction of the show; we are not responsible for contract negotiations.

Fair enough. Do you see CSI as the type of show that can weather major cast changes, as ER and Law & Order have?
Mendelsohn: Yes. I felt from day one of CSI that the show itself was a living, breathing entity, separate and apart from any of us.... The show is so strong that it could get along without any one of us. That means me or [fellow executive producer] Naren [Shankar] or any producer or writer or cast member. But Gil Grissom is the soul of the show. Gil Grissom is an incredible character. And, you know, it's hard…. I have difficulty thinking about CSI without Grissom and Catherine and Warrick and Nick. But I do believe that people love the show, too, and it could go on. But that doesn't mean it should or we want it to. It's weird. When a show goes on this long, some people start getting itchy feet and want to move on. And I think all of us realized that creatively — and this is separate and apart from anyone's personal decisions about wanting to try other things — we couldn't be more excited or more inspired to be working on this show. We're very lucky that way. Creatively, it's a good place. And I hope that means we'll all stay together.

Will Bill be taking another little mini-hiatus this season?
Mendelsohn: I anticipate as the series goes on, yes, he will want to do that, and we'll figure out a creative way for that to happen.

Any plans to extend Jessica Lucas' stay?
Mendelsohn: We haven't made that decision yet. I absolutely love Jessica, and I love the character of Ronnie Lake. We've got some great episodes with Ronnie coming up. I would say it's a pretty good bet there'll be a Ronnie in our future.

wizardthecat

19-10-2007, 16:13

When a young man is found hanging from a tree strangled to death, the CSIs move in to find the killer. It appears that the man, Brian, was taking hormone injections in preparation for a sex reassignment surgery. But as usual, there's more to the story. Brian lived near a local water treatment reservoir where children often swam and fished. The recycled reservoir water was considered "grey," meaning purified, though it was not meant to be drunk.

A former hydrologist, Paul Cyden, had enlisted Brian's help to find out the truth about the reservoir. The water had been contaminated with pharmaceuticals, which had leaked into ground water in the town as well. After Paul is murdered in his home, Brian's mother is identified as Paul's shooter. She had misunderstood Paul and Brian's connection, and believed he had murdered her son. But Brian had killed himself, unable to deal with the humiliation of his misshapen body. To make matters worse, Brian's mother, ill with cancer, ultimately discovers that her cancer is also due to the water's contamination.

Sara continues to work alongside Ronnie Lake on swing shift, and they handle the case of a body found at a construction site. With Greg's help, they deduce that the man had been a reporter covering the opening of a casino (built by Catherine's father, Sam). He died with a film canister in his hands. When Greg develops the film, he discovers evidence that the gaming commissioner at the time was on the take. Sam's bodyguard, Benny Dunbar, killed the reporter to keep the news quiet. Lily, Catherine's mother, helps out on the case, and Greg takes her out to get more information from her for the book he's writing on Vegas.

Meanwhile, as Grissom continues his study of bees, he makes a proposal of marriage to Sara. She accepts.

CrazyLea

14-12-2007, 22:49

Awwww. I been watching some CSI stuff tonight (old and new), and decided to go on a GSR website :p So watched lots of GSR clips, then watched a clip of Sara's final eppy :( It's sad I reckon (for us GSR fans anyway :lol:). Poor Gwissy. If Will does leave as has been rumoured, then maybe he'll decide taht he can be without Sara no more :D.

tammyy2j

13-02-2008, 10:55

Question: What's the latest on William Petersen's expiring CSI contract?— Jason
Ausiello: My CSI spy tells me that showrunner Carol Mendelsohn's recent decision to re-sign for four more years should go a long way in getting Petersen to stick around. "She's been with the show from the start," says my mole, "and that continuity and stability is important to him."

Chloe O'brien

13-02-2008, 11:29

Black day for all Grissom and Sara fans. Next Tuesday is Jorja Fox last episode as Sara Sidle. (Stop cheering Jojo):lol:

Jojo

13-02-2008, 12:42

Black day for all Grissom and Sara fans. Next Tuesday is Jorja Fox last episode as Sara Sidle. (Stop cheering Jojo):lol:

You can hear me from there then Kath!! Sorry - didn't think I was cheering "that" loudly - yeh right haha :rotfl:

:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

:D

Chloe O'brien

16-02-2008, 00:07

CrazyLea

16-02-2008, 02:29

This isn't realy for here. but im not sober.
but was this weeks good?
i havent seen it yet. its on tape.
i wasnt lookikng forwasdd to it cos it rolls on to without a trace.. but think i will watch it.

tbh.. i havent really been botehred by this series :o. i watched the first one.. half the seond onel.. and none after that yet :S. :o. Think i;m going off vegas..

Jojo

16-02-2008, 12:23

Oh you cruel woman you. Tut, Tut. :lol: Apart for Sara departure did you see Tuesday's episode got to be on of the best yet. Especially with Jack Malone from Without a Trace in it. I was so glad that Five US showed the concluding part after CSI as I was wondering if I would have to wait a year to see it as WAT is a series ahead in the US. That's 3 episodes of Jack Malone I've had this week :wub: ~(Secret request to CBS. Can we have Don Flack in CSI or WAT)

Moi - cruel - neverrrrr :lol:

When they said at the beginning of this weeks that they'd done the deal with C4 so we could see the concluding part, I was very pleased, although it wasn't all I thought it would be cracked up to be if I'm honest,

My secret request to CBS - could Don Flack pay me a home visit please? :D :wub:

This isn't realy for here. but im not sober.
but was this weeks good?
i havent seen it yet. its on tape.
i wasnt lookikng forwasdd to it cos it rolls on to without a trace.. but think i will watch it.

tbh.. i havent really been botehred by this series :o. i watched the first one.. half the seond onel.. and none after that yet :S. :o. Think i;m going off vegas..

It was pretty good, but I've also seen better if you see what I mean.

Hows the head? :lol:

wizardthecat

05-03-2008, 09:24

Question: I would love some CSI spoilers (and, before you ask, no, I will not settle for info on wannabes NY or Miami).

Ausiello: Well, Gary Sinise isn't the only CSI star with a new lady friend in his future. I hear that CSI: Original Flavor is looking for a female DA who will help Grissom get over a serious illness so he can help her make an important indictment stick. And no, that's not a double entendre. At least I don't think it is.

Chloe O'brien

01-04-2008, 19:32

William Petersen has agreed to return for a ninth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

The star pulled out during the last run to take an on-stage role and he wants to return to the play this year.

However, The Hollywood Reporter said that after "lengthy negotiations" he would appear in a reduced number of episodes.

Petersen has been a fixture since the show began and is also an executive producer.

P.S. There will only be 17 episodes of season 8 instead of the usual 24, This is due to the strike, don't know about Miami or New York yet. Vegas returns to the US screens on Thursday 3 April so hopefully we won't have to wait too long before it's back on our screens.

tammyy2j

15-04-2008, 10:26

Gary Dourdan (Warrick) Leaving CSI

With all the attention focused on William Petersen's successful contract negotiations, this ginormous scoopbit nearly slipped right by: Sources confirm to me exclusively that original CSIer Gary Dourdan — whose contract is also set to expire next month — is leaving the show. Although a precise timeframe is not known, CSI's May 15 season finale could serve as Warrick's swan song.

Regarding Dourdan's exit, a CBS spokesperson says, "We can't confirm or deny this information."

This is the second major departure to rock CSI this season. As anyone with a pulse and/or access to TVGuide.com knows, Jorja Fox made her final appearance as Sara in November. The good news: Marg Helgenberger and George Eads are expected to follow Petersen's lead and re-up with the show.

Meanwhile, CSI execs aren't wasting any time searching for Dourdan's replacement. I'm told producers have put out a casting call for a new male series regular in his late twenties to early thirties to play Ray Santoro, a "handsome, smart and athletic" CSI who transfers from Henderson to join the graveyard shift at the Las Vegas crime lab.

OK, CSI fans: Are you sad to see Dourdan/Warrick go? And in terms of the potential impact to the show, is this less than, equal to or greater than Fox's exit last fall? Too shocked to process it all? Splash some cold Snapple on your face and start discussing!

Jojo

15-04-2008, 10:59

:eek: :eek: NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! :crying::crying:

If they won't confirm or deny, sounds like its true, and kind of makes you wonder if it will be to do with the mob or something, but nooooooo!!!!!

Chloe O'brien

15-04-2008, 11:41

Don't go Warrick. Vegas needs you :eek:

I agree with you Jojo maybe the Mod story will play a major part in Warrick's exit. I hope they don't kill him off.

Jojo

15-04-2008, 12:18

Don't go Warrick. Vegas needs you :eek:

I agree with you Jojo maybe the Mod story will play a major part in Warrick's exit. I hope they don't kill him off.

I'm thinking they might though - Vegas is still the only CSI not to have killed off a major character. Yes they killed Holly, but that was in the pilot and second episodes - makes it seem more likely, but I sooo hope not.

CrazyLea

15-04-2008, 22:43

What's with all the leavage?? :eek:. First Sara. Now Warrick (maybe). Then Grissom? Who next :(. I'm starting to get worried about the future of CSI Vegasssss :p :(.

lizann

02-05-2008, 21:10

Sources confirm to me exclusively that Battlestar Galactica's ass-kicking Katee Sackhoff was thisclose to becoming Jorja Fox's pseudo-replacement next season on CSI. In fact, she was considered to be such a lock for the new series-regular role of Bryce Adams that exec producers Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar, both huge fans of the actress, were practically rolling a red carpet all the way to her trailer.

Source TV Guide Ausiello

Chloe O'brien

03-05-2008, 00:25

Several days ago, it was announced that Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown) had been arrested (http://www.csifiles.com/news/290408_02.shtml) for suspected drug possession in Palm Springs, California. "We have been worried about Gary for some time," a member of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's production team told the Chicago Sun-Times (http://www.suntimes.com/index.html). "It's just a shame that he wasn't able to get the help he needs before this happened."
Dourdan's friends on the CSI set have been worried about his health and safety for a while. There was even talk of an intervention, but that never came about. "After this, I think there will be a concerted effort to convince Gary to get help -- before he kills himself," said one concerned CSI staff member. CBS has not officially announced that Dourdan will be leaving CSI, but it has been verified by reliable sources. However, the actor will not be gone forever. Prior to negotiations, the original intention was to have Warrick leave the show permanently. The word now is that the character will return to the show several times next season. Although nothing has been confirmed, the ninth season of CSI is expected by some to be the show's last.

lizann

13-05-2008, 12:03

CSI’s battle for Katee Sackhoff

By Denette Wilford

2008-05-06

‘Battlestar’ tough girl heading to Vegas?
When Jorja Fox left CSI earlier this season, I thought execs were going to quickly fill her spot with the lovely Liz Vassey, who currently plays lab geek Wendy on the show.

Well, it’s five months later and Fox's character Catherine is still the only forensic chick. Until now … or so we thought.

Sources confirmed to TV Guide that Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff, who plays Starbuck and was the only good thing about the now-defunct Bionic Woman, was supposed to become the newest member of the Las Vegas forensic team.

More than a front-runner, she was considered a lock for the new series-regular role of Bryce Adams by executive producers Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar, who are huge fans of the actress.

But apparently being the showrunners of the network’s No. 1 show wasn’t enough of an endorsement for Sackhoff, because after seeing the actress read for the part of Adams, executives at both CBS and Jerry Bruckheimer Television didn’t think she was the best fit for the role. And their opinion won out in the end.

So the role is once again available. Who do you think would be perfect as Fox’s pseudo-replacement?

So who now????