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I don't know - that would be a great twist though wouldn't it!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chloe O'brien
I think he'll be gone though, although I won't firmly believe anything for a long while and until the end of next series even though its not even properly scripted yet lol
"Art Imitates Life" opens on a Las Vegas sunrise. We're in a park that's more lush and green than would be expected in the desert. The park is in the middle of an affluent neighborhood. A track circles a small reservoir, and a group of cyclists are training. They fly around the track, making laps at high speed.
Joggers are on the track as well, staying close to the inside to avoid being run over by the cyclists. There's also a woman with a stroller. Nearby, another woman is leaning against a light pole with her back facing the track, her cell phone pressed to her ear. One young jogger is listening to his iPod and doesn't realize he's veering into the cyclists' path.
The lead cyclist blows a whistle, and the jogger lurches out of the way before they hit him. He stops for a rest and notices something in the bushes: a man's feet. One foot has a shoe but the other only has a sock. The jogger is nervous about looking closer--this guy looks dead, and he isn't sure he wants to see that. He leans closer and looks down at the body on the ground.
The jogger is startled when the person sits up. He's not dead after all. The homeless man staggers to his feet and runs away, heading toward the oncoming traffic of people on the track. He's high, he's got a hangover, and he's just feeling like crap. As he runs forward, he sees the woman pushing the stroller and, as he passes by, he grabs her purse.
The woman screams, and the jogger takes off after the homeless man. He yells for the man to stop, but he's not giving up the purse that easily. The cyclists have to part to move around the two men so they can avoid a collision. Just when the jogger is gaining on the homeless man, he twists his ankle and hits the track. The homeless man is able to get away.
The jogger stands up, angry and in pain. He hobbles back to the woman whose purse was stolen and tells her to call 9-1-1. Unfortunately, her phone was in her purse. He heads over to the woman leaning against the light pole and asks her to use her cell phone to call the police. She doesn't respond, and he gets a bit frustrated. When he moves around to look at her and repeat his request, he sees that she can't help him--she's dead.
The dead woman is one of three bodies that turn up in a similar situation. It's as if they're frozen in time, dead bodies mimicking living people. They question an artist named Jerzy Skaggs, a man who makes a lot of money painting pictures of models posing as dead bodies. Could the posed corpses be some new form of art for him? Meanwhile, Riley Adams (Lauren Lee Smith, originally Bryce Adams) joins the team, and a Peer Counselor named Patricia Martin comes to the lab to help Warrick's former colleagues deal with his death.
Actress Jorja Fox is heading back to top TV drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation just months after quitting the show.
The star, who plays Sara Sidle on the hit series, walked away from the show last autumn - but she is now set to return for the third episode of the upcoming series.
Confirming the news to America's TV Guide magazine, Fox says, "The kindest thing that the writers did for Sara Sidle was to walk her out (of the show) in one piece.
"I had an amazing, beautiful, honourable, dignified exit."
And she's thrilled she'll be back among her castmates: "I miss the people. When I left in October, it was so decisive - everybody got me a good-bye cake.
"(But) it's a surprise for me to be back, especially this soon."
According to TV Guide, the ninth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation could be very different than any season that has come before. Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle) will be returning for a brief stint (reported by TV Guide to be one episode) on the show following her exit during season eight. Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown) is saying goodbye to the crime drama in the fall.
With another CSI leaving, the show is going to expand the roles of several existing characters. Liz Vassey (Wendy Simms) will betting more screentime. David Berman (David Phillips), who has appeared in more than 130 episodes of CSI since the show began, will become a series regular in season nine.
For the first time, viewers of CSI will have a brand new full-time investigator on the show. Lauren Lee Smith will be joining the show as Sara Sidle's replacement. Her character, Bryce Adams (referred to in different spoilers as Riley Adams), will have plenty to do in the Las Vegas crime lab.
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If Warrick is leaving in the Autumn, does that mean that he does survive or are they meaning in the whole funeral etc part....:confused: But he's leaving, so :crying:
I read on one of the american sites a few weeks ago that the new series of CSI wasn't being aired until October instead of September when it's usually shown so maybe that's the reason.
What I was meaning though, was that he hasn't already left from what that said, so it would seem (although could be in flashback etc) that he may make an appearance in the new series if you see what I mean.
Theres another dispute going on at the moment apparently which is what is causing the new series to be pushed back from what I've read.
Sorry I'm with you now. If they are to have him in flash-backs maaybe they could use him to find clues to capture the under-sheriff for murder.
the fourth episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will be called "Scales". The episode opens inside of a Gas 'N Sip store. The cashier hands an older man his change, but the man complains that it isn't correct. The cashier gave him change for a ten, and he's sure he paid with a twenty.
The cashier is adamant that the man only paid with a ten. The old man, however, is making a scene. He gestures to the cop standing impatiently behind him, threatening to bring him into the situation. Meanwhile, a teenager is lurking in the back of the store. He checks on the gun under his coat and watches the scene unfold at the counter. If the cop would just leave…
Outside, Nick and Riley Adams are walking on the sidewalk in their CSI vests. Nick hangs up his cell phone and tells Riley they've got a scene to process after they grab a cup of coffee. In the distance, a man with a tomahawk stuck in his back is lurching toward them--is this a victim? As Nick and Riley get closer, the man with the tomahawk is revealed to be wearing a cowboy costume. It's Halloween, and there are decorations in the window of the Gas 'N Sip.
Nick and Riley pass another costumed person on the sidewalk: a woman dressed as a mermaid. The woman compliments the CSIs for their 'costumes'--that's what she dressed up as last year. Nick and Riley share a laugh. The cowboy with the fake tomahawk wound gets closer as the doors to the Gas 'N Sip suddenly burst open. The cop comes running out with a bag in his hand, gun drawn. The cashier screams from inside that he was just robbed. It seems this guy isn't a real cop at all--he's wearing a costume too.
The robber knocks Nick, Riley, the cowboy and the mermaid down, and the two CSIs scramble to their feet and give chase. They pursue the man down the street and into an alley. They're cautious, moving carefully to stay covered in case the robber decides to start shooting. Nick and Riley stay safe, but the robber isn't so lucky.
Meanwhile, the body of a young woman is found in a dumpster full of glass. She turns out to be the daughter of a major drug lord wanted by the FBI, the CIA and the DEA. Surveillance footage reveals that two bouncers forcibly removed her from a club, so Catherine and Riley head there to speak to the owner. Much to Catherine's surprise, she finds Lindsey on the dance floor. She got inside with a fake ID, and when Catherine goes up against the owner of the club, she's more determined than ever to prove he's done something wrong.
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.
"Scales" is expected to air October 30 on CBS.
Jul 15, 2008, 02:42 AM | by Michael Ausiello
All together now, CSI fans: Breathe. Executive producer Carol Mendelsohn assures me that her team was anything but blindsided by the upcoming departure of William Petersen. "We do have a plan," she says. And that plan includes not only Grissom's sure-to-be-stellar swan song, but also the arrival of some new blood (one with funky DNA), the return of some old blood (welcome back, Jorja Fox!) and an episode that's been nearly nine years in the making. Here, Mendelsohn and fellow EP Naren Shankar offer an exclusive preview of what will go down when this sure-to-be-controversial season starts up.
* Jorja Fox will be back for "multiple" episodes, beginning with September's season premiere -- an hour that will also feature an appearance by Gary Dourdan's Warrick, who was seemingly shot to death in last May's finale. "We're not saying whether or not Warrick lives or dies," hedges Mendelsohn, "but we will say that the premiere may be the last time our loyal fans see the entire original CSI cast together."
* Previously-announced addition Lauren Lee Smith (The L Word) joins the cast in the third episode as new CSI Riley Adams. "She will come in to ostensibly replace Sara Sidle," says Mendelsohn. "She has a very distinct personality... a very wry sense of humor. She doesn't take herself too seriously." Adds Shankar: "This is a person who, unlike the rest of our gang, has not had Grissom as a mentor. So there's a very different relationship between Riley and Grissom."
* Another new CSI, this time a male, will be brought in later this fall, but "he will not appear on the landscape as a CSI to begin with," teases Mendelsohn. "He's a professor with background in pathology. He will appear when Grissom is investigating what will be a two-part case. He will help Grissom and the team bring the perpetrator to justice, and then this character will stay around and ultimately become a CSI." And although Mendelsohn says the new guy (who will possess a very rare genetic abnormality) will "not necessarily [replace Grissom as] supervisor," he'll inevitably be branded Petersen's replacement -- if for no other reason than the caliber of actor being sought for the role: Kurt Russell, Laurence Fishburne and John Malkovich are said to be at the top of CBS' wish list. Of the three, Mendelsohn would only confirm that Malkovich was approached, adding that "scheduling conflicts" had quickly taken him out of the running.
* Current cast members Liz Vassey (lab rat Wendy) and David Berman (coroner David) have been upped to full-fledged series regulars. Wallace Langham's Hodges, meanwhile, will become more prominent.
* Arguably the drama's most infamous serial menace to date, the Miniature Killer, "will come back for an episode," Mendelsohn reveals. "Grissom will cross paths with her."
* Finally, the show will celebrate its landmark 200th episode this spring with a blockbuster installment helmed once again by Petersen's good friend (and To Live and Die in L.A. director) William Friedkin. Is it fair to assume that this could be the episode in which Petersen debuts as a very special CSI guest star? "Billy will definitely be on the set for Mr. Friedkin's episode -- whether it's behind the camera or in front of the camera is TBD," Mendelsohn teases. "I don't think you'll be able to keep him away once he's back in L.A."
According to Ausiello, when Lady Heather (Melinda Clarke) returns to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in season nine, she and Gil Grissom (William Petersen) will be very close. "This will be the most intimate that we have seen them," said executive producer Naren Shankar. Shankar's fellow executive producer Carol Mendelsohn elaborated. "Grissom will go to bed at Lady Heather's," she explained. "Whether he will go to bed with Lady Heather remains to be seen. But Grissom will spend most of that episode at Lady Heather's."
TV Guide's Matt Roush got a sneak peek at the upcoming premiere for CSI's ninth season. While Roush didn't give details about the premiere, he did give his opinion on the episode and the show's lead actor. "I was more than satisfied and even more impressed than usual by Petersen's performance and by the way the script and the show deals with the fallout of what happens to Warrick [Brown (Gary Dourdan)]," Roush said.
"It's pretty intense," Roush continued, "and the return of Sara [Sidle (Jorja Fox)] adds even more emotional weight to the episode." Roush also commented on the premiere regarding the upcoming reduction of Petersen's role on the show. "[I] can't say how far they'll continue to explore Grissom's psyche in his remaining episodes as a series regular, but they're off to a promising start," he said.