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The team investigates mysterious, unusual, and sometimes gruesome deaths to determine the circumstances of the murder. They also investigate other serious crimes, but death by foul play is a staple of the series.

The main characters include:

• Gil Arthur Grissom (played by William Petersen), the head of CSI, a forensic entomologist (nicknamed "The Bug Man") who knows sign language and has inherited a disease which was causing him to slowly go deaf but was countered with surgery. He has two men and two women on his team.
• Catherine Willows ( Marg Helgenberger), a blood spatter analyst from Bozeman, Montana who used to be a stripper in Las Vegas clubs to pay her way through college at UNLV where she studied medical technology. She has a young daughter. Tragically, after her ex-husband was murdered, she was unable to find evidence convicting his killer.
• Sara Sidle ( Jorja FoxJorja-An Fox (b. July 7, 1968 in New York, New York) is an American actress. She currently plays Sara Sidle on the popular American television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Fox, Jorja Fox, Jorja Fox, Jorja External Link http://www.), a materials and element analyst who grew up a child of ex- hippieHippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native American parents who ran a bed and breakfastA bed and breakfast often referred to as a B&B is a lodging typically operated out of a large single family residence where guests can be accommodated at night in private bedrooms (which may or may not be equipped with private baths) and where breakfast, on Tomales BayTomales Bay is a long narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean in Marin County in northern California in the United States. It is approximately 15 mi (25 km) long and 0. 5 mi (1 km) wide, effectively separating the Point Reyes Peninsula form the mainland of Mari, CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U. California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", wh. A physics major at Harvard UniversityHarvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. It was founded on September 8, 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, making it the oldest post-secondary s, Sidle previously worked for the San Francisco, CaliforniaFor other meanings, see San Francisco (disambiguation). Bay Bridge. In the distance is fog covering the western third of the city. Click for additional information The City and County of San Francisco (population 776,773), the fourth-largest city in the s coroner and crime lab . She was recruited by Grissom, a man she sees as more than just a boss. Sidle sometimes takes her assignments a bit too personally, especially if the victim is a woman.
• Warrick Brown ( Gary Dourdan), a Las Vegas native, an audio/visual analyst and recovering gambling addict.
• Nick Stokes ( George Eads), an easygoing and friendly ex-fraternity brother, a hair and fiber analyst from Dallas, Texas.

Other cast members include Jim Brass ( Paul Guilfoyle ), a homicide detective; Greg Sanders ( Eric Szmanda ), a young lab technician who idolizes Grissom and is training to be a CSI investigator; and the coroner, Al Robbins M.D. ( Robert David Hall ), who performs the autopsies.

The series is known for its unusual camera angles, high-tech gadgets, detailed technical discussion, and graphic portrayal of bullet trajectories, blood spray patterns, organ damage, methods of evidence recovery (e.g. fingerprints from the inside of latex gloves), and crime reconstruction s.

Although real-life criminal science investigators hardly leave the lab other than to conduct field tests and rarely if ever interview criminal subjects, CSI does an excellent job of portraying a little known aspect of police procedures. Without the embellishments of the responsibilities of the investigators, the show would probably not equal its success.

The show's characteristic gadgetry and occasional use of yet-to-be-invented technology has moved the show nominally into the genre of science fiction and garnered it with a 2004 Saturn Award nomination for best science fiction, fantasy, or horror television series.

A spinoff series, , began in 2002; this stars David Caruso. A second spinoff, , starring Gary Sinise, premiered in fall 2004. Meanwhile, a similar show, Navy NCIS (now called NCIS, eliminating redundancy) began in 2003, also on CBS.

As of the 2003–2004 season, the series was the #1 popular show in the United States according to the Nielsen Ratings. It has also been credited for large increase in applications in forensic science studies. It has been speculated that part of the reason of the show's popularity, especially after the September 11, 2001 attacks, is that it conveys the notion that there are skilled experts working to expose the mysterious threats in the world and helping to bring them to justice, no matter how these threats elude pursuit.

In July 2004, George Eads and Jorja Fox were briefly fired by CBS, allegedly over contract disputes. Eads had been hours late for work on the first day of filming for the fifth season, and Fox had allegedly not submitted a letter demanded by CBS confirming that she would be on-time for shooting. The disputes were resolved in just over one week, and the two were rehired by CBS.

Although the show is set in Las Vegas, the production is actually based in Santa Clarita, California, and most scenes are filmed in or around Santa Clarita. The cast and crew do occasionally travel to Las Vegas to film on location.