The first season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000, and ended on May 17, 2001. The series stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger.
Plot
It's all change at the Las Vegas Crime Lab following the shooting death of Holly Gribbs ("Pilot"), yet the team still find themselves tasked with solving the bizarre, the brutal, and the impossible. Under the supervision of new Supervisor Gil Grissom, and his second-in-command Catherine Willows, the team investigate the suicide of a casino jackpot winner ("Cool Change"), the abduction and burial of a young woman ("Crate 'n Burial"), the discovery of a severed leg ("Pledging Mr. Johnson"), the murder of a Catholic school dean ("Friends & Lovers"), the discovery of a skeleton under the house ("Who are You?"), a murder on an airliner ("Unfriendly Skies"), the stabbing deaths of an entire family ("Blood Drops"), and a series of staged suicides ("Anonymous"). Meanwhile, Brown struggles with a gambling addiction, Sidle adjusts to life in Las Vegas, and Brass reacquaints himself with the Homicide squad.
Cast
Changes
Jorja Fox joins the main cast in the second episode.
Main cast
William Petersen as CSI Level 3 Night Shift Supervisor Dr. Gil Grissom
Marg Helgenberger as CSI Level 3 Assistant Night Shift Supervisor Catherine Willows Gary Dourdan as CSI Level 3 Warrick Brown George Eads as CSI Level 3 Nick Stokes Jorja Fox as CSI Level 3 Sara Sidle (episodes 2–23) Paul Guilfoyle as LVPD Homicide Unit Captain Jim Brass
Recurring cast
Eric Szmanda as DNA Technician Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall as Clark County Coroner's Office Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Al Robbins Skip O'Brien as LVPD Homicide Detective Sergeant Ray O'Riley David Berman as Clark County Coroner's Office Assistant Medical Examiner Dr. David Phillips Glenn Morshower as Clark County Sheriff Brian Mobley Judith Scott as Clark County Coroner's Office Medical Examiner Dr. Jenna Williams Madison McReynolds as Lindsey Willows Pamela Gidley as Consultant Forensic Anthropologist Specialist Teri Miller Joseph Patrick Kelly as LVPD Officer Joe Metcalf Gerald McCullouch as Ballistics Expert Bobby Dawson Marc Vann as CSI Day Shift Supervisor Conrad Ecklie
Krista Allen as Kristy Hopkins
Timothy Carhart as Eddie Willows
Matt O'Toole as Paul Millander
Sheeri Rappaport as Fingerprint Technician Mandy Webster
Eric Stonestreet as Questionable Documents Technician Ronnie Litre
Chandra West as CSI Level 1 Holly Gribbs
Tony Amendola as Forensic Document Examiner Professor Rambar
Brigid Brannagh as Tammy Felton
Susan Gibney as Charlotte Meridian
Aldis Hodge as Tony Thorpe, a.k.a. The Parking Garage Rapist. Geoffrey Rivas as LVPD Homicide Detective Sam Vega
Episodes
Format
This is the only season of the CSI franchise that was broadcast in the 4:3 aspect ratio. It was, however, filmed in 16:9, and the widescreen versions of the episodes are present on the Blu-ray release.
