The third season of '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' premiered on

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...

on September 26, 2002, and ended May 15, 2003. The series stars

William Petersen William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Gil Grissom in the CBS drama thriller series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2000–2015), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award an ...

and

Marg Helgenberger Mary Margaret Helgenberger (born November 16, 1958) is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s and first came to attention for playing the role of Siobhan Ryan on the daytime soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' from 1982 to 1986. Sh ...

Plot

Grissom begins to suffer from hearing loss ("Inside the Box"), as Catherine faces the possibility of losing her daughter ("Lady Heather's Box") during the third season of ''CSI''. Alongside their team, including Sara Sidle, Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes, and Jim Brass, Willows and Grissom investigate the death of a poker player ("Revenge is Best Served Cold"), the evisceration of a cheerleader ("Let the Seller Beware"), a death at a little persons convention ("A Little Murder"), the overdose of a rock-star ("Abra-Cadaver"), a jewelry heist ("Fight Night"), a mob murder ("Blood Lust"), the discovery of a body covered in fire-ants ("Snuff"), and a drive-by shooting ("Random Acts of Violence"). Meanwhile, the team are faced with their own past when they testify in court ("The Accused is Entitled"), Sara struggles to cope with the psychological trauma that she is suffering from being caught up in the explosion ("Play with Fire"), and one of Doc Robbins' autopsies goes awry when the victim wakes up ("Got Murder?").

Cast

Changes

Eric Szmanda and Robert David Hall, who joined the recurring cast in season one, become main cast members this season.

Main cast

as CSI Level 3 Night Shift Supervisor

Gil Grissom Gilbert Arthur Grissom (born August 17, 1956), Ph.D. is a fictional character portrayed by William Petersen on the CBS crime drama '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and its sequel, '' CSI: Vegas''. Grissom is a forensic entomologist and for t ...

as CSI Level 3 Assistant Night Shift Supervisor

Catherine Willows Catherine Willows is a fictional character, portrayed by Marg Helgenberger, from the CBS crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and its sequel, ''CSI: Vegas''. Helgenberger made her franchise debut in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (s ...

Gary Dourdan Gary Dourdan (born Gary Robert Durdin: December 11, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Warrick Brown on the television series '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,'' Shazza Zulu on the television series ''A Different World'' an ...

as CSI Level 3

Warrick Brown '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, William Petersen, Cynthia Chvatal, Naren Shankar, and Don Mc ...

George Eads George Coleman Eads III (born March 1, 1967) is an American actor, known for his role as Nick Stokes on the CBS police drama '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. He later starred as Jack Dalton on the CBS action-adventure series ''MacGyver'' fo ...

as CSI Level 3

Nick Stokes Nicholas "Nick" Stokes is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', portrayed by George Eads. He made his first screen appearance in the show's pilot, broadcast on October 6, 2000, and departed the seri ...

Jorja Fox Jorja Fox (born July 7, 1968) is an American actress. She first came to prominence with a recurring role in the NBC medical drama '' ER'' as Dr. Maggie Doyle from 1996 to 1999. This was followed by another critical success in the recurring rol ...

as CSI Level 3

Sara Sidle '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, William Petersen, Cynthia Chvatal, Naren Shankar, and Don Mc ...

Eric Szmanda Eric Kyle Szmanda (; born July 24, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for having played Greg Sanders in the CBS police drama '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', a role he held from the show's beginning in 2000 until it ended in 2015. ...

as DNA Technician

Greg Sanders '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, William Petersen, Cynthia Chvatal, Naren Shankar, and Don Mc ...

Robert David Hall Robert David Hall is an American actor, best known for his role as coroner Dr. Albert Robbins, M.D. on the television show '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. Early life Hall attended Tustin High School in California and went on to gradu ...

Clark County Coroner's Office The Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner (CCOCME) investigates all deaths caused by any criminal means, violence or suicide, and any unattended death, whatever the cause. The CCOCME provides identification, performs autopsies or m ...

Chief Medical Examiner Dr.

Al Robbins '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, William Petersen, Cynthia Chvatal, Naren Shankar, and Don Mc ...

Paul Guilfoyle Paul Vincent Guilfoyle () (born April 28, 1949) is an American character actor. He was a regular cast member of the CBS crime drama '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', on which he played Captain Jim Brass from 2000 to 2014. He returned for ...

as LVPD Homicide Unit Captain Jim Brass

Recurring cast

* David Berman as Dr. David Phillips *

Archie Kao Archie Kao ( Chinese: 高聖遠) is an American actor and producer. He is best known to American audiences for series regulars roles on '' Chicago P.D.'', '' Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'' as well as long-running hit '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigat ...

Archie Johnson '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, William Petersen, Cynthia Chvatal, Naren Shankar, and Don Mc ...

Gerald McCullouch Gerald McCullouch (born March 30, 1967) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for playing List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation characters#Regular staff#Bobby Dawson, Bobby Dawson on ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. Biography ...

as Bobby Dawson *

Romy Rosemont Romy Rosemont (born October 28, 1964) is an American actress, who has appeared in multiple television series, including ''Shark'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Prison Break'', and '' Private Practice''. She got her br ...

as Jacqui Franco *

Jeffrey D. Sams Jeffrey D. Sams is an actor. Career Sams has been a main cast member of several television series, few of which have made it past their first season. These include ''Medicine Ball'', '' Sleepwalkers'', Rob Thomas's ''Cupid'', '' Wasteland'', a ...

as Det. Cyrus Lockwood *

Wallace Langham James Wallace Langham II (born March 11, 1965) is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Phil the Head Writer on ''The Larry Sanders Show''. He has also played the roles of David Hodges on the crime drama television series '' CSI: ...

David Hodges David Hodges (born December 5, 1978) is an American songwriter and record producer from Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a studio contributor to the rock band Evanescence from 2000 to 2002, and has co-written and co-produced for pop, pop rock a ...

Christopher Wiehl Christopher Wiehl (born October 29, 1970) is an American actor. Life and career Wiehl was born in Yakima, Washington and is of Danish and German descent. His father, Dick Wiehl, was an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He ...

as Hank Peddigrew * Joseph Patrick Kelly as Officer Joe Metcalf *

Skip O'Brien Bernard Francis "Skip" O'Brien (August 20, 1950 – April 6, 2011) was an American actor. Although he appeared in such films as 1997's '' Liar Liar'' and 2007's '' The Hitcher'', he is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Detective R ...

as Sgt. Ray O'Riley * Geoffrey Rivas as Det. Sam Vega

Guest cast

* Scott Wilson as Sam Braun *

Timothy Carhart Timothy Carhart (born December 24, 1953) is an American actor. He starred in the CBS drama '' Island Son'' (1989–90) and has had recurring roles in '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2000–03) and '' 24'' (2002). He also starred in the 19 ...

as Eddie Willows *

Melinda Clarke Melinda Patrice Clarke (born April 24, 1969) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Faith Taylor on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' (1989–1990), Julie Cooper on Fox's teen drama series '' The O.C.'' (2003–2007), Lady Heath ...

as Lady Heather *

Pamela Gidley Pamela Catherine Gidley (June 11, 1965 – April 16, 2018) was an American actress and model. She began her career as an actress in 1986, debuting in the film ''Thrashin' (film), Thrashin, before appearing in a number of films, including ''Dud ...

as Teri Miller *

Eric Stonestreet Eric Allen Stonestreet (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Cameron Tucker in the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which he received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Com ...

as Ronnie Litre *

Jules Sylvester Jules Sylvester (born Julian Richard Sylvester; 13 November 1950) is a British animal training, wild animal trainer, actor, television presenter and snake wrangler who works in films as well as television. Early life He was born in Devon, Engla ...

as Jake *

Carmine Giovinazzo Carmine Dominick Giovinazzo ( , born August 24, 1973), is an American actor, writer, painter and musician, known for his role as Detective Danny Messer in '' CSI: NY''. Early life Giovinazzo was born and raised in the Port Richmond neighborho ...

as Thumpy G.Giovinazzo later joins the main cast of ''CSI: NY'' as NYPD Detective Third Grade

Danny Messer ''CSI: NY'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: New York'', stylized as ''CSI: NY/Crime Scene Investigation'') is an American police procedural television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for nine seasons and 1 ...

Episodes

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