Groshan Fabiola asked:


Aside from actors William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads, Jorja Fox, Eric Szmanda and Paul Guilfoyle, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has another star in every episode. The forensic crime lab plays an integral part in every case the Las Vegas team handles. The lab is at the very hub of the CSI team’s weekly activities. Each fragment of evidence they collect makes its way there for analysis and processing.



While the layout, equipment and interiors of the crime lab may seem like an accurate rendition of real crime laboratories, it is interesting to find out that there are actually several differences.

According to Bob Pino, former Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab administrator, “With CSI on television, everything has to be done within that one hour time frame, but in real case work, there’s also the actual taking in of evidence, the chain of custody matters that have to be done, then the actual evidence has to be examined by separate examiners.”

“The stains have to be identified and once they’re identified they have to be typed up, and each one of these processes can take either days or weeks, depending on which type of testing you’re doing,” Pino revealed to The Boston Channel.

Pino further explained that unlike in the series, “Everything goes into different compartments; different laboratories do different types of the examination. So you’d have one part that does finger prints, one part that does any kind of trace identification, one that does the state identification, and then there’d be DNA done afterwards.”

Aside from the procedural differences, Pino also admitted that most real labs are not as aesthetically refined as what audiences see on the show. They also often lack sufficient staffing and manpower, resulting in overworked personnel.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation recently concluded its seventh season.

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Joshua

Groshan Fabiola asked:


CSI creator William Petersen finally comes clean about what exactly is happening between the show’s two principal characters, Gil Grissom (played by William Petersen) and Sara Sidle (played by Jorja Fox). However, if you are one of the millions who have tuned in every week since the show began airing, the fact that Grissom and Sara are engaged in a romantic relationship certainly does not come as a big surprise.

Following the current storyline of the show, the other major characters have absolutely no idea about Grissom and Sara, and Petersen intends on keeping it that way for the meantime, as not only does it intensify the obstacles the lovers must overcome, but also spares the other characters from being sidetracked from their lab work. Of course, the audience is fortunate enough to be spared from the shock, and clues pointing to the true status of the relationship have continued to surface throughout the course of the show.

The relationship is another classic example of forbidden love. Grissom is, as all the fans know, the head honcho of the night shift crew at the Las Vegas crime lab. Sara is a materials and element analyst who previously worked at the San Francisco crime lab. Professionally, they make a great couple, but romantically, it’s a disaster waiting to happen, if only because of the boundaries they have crossed. Moreover, even if everyone else was to find out about them and gives them the thumbs up, Grissom and Sara would have to confront another social stigma. To state the obvious, there is a significant age difference between the two characters, and although they do seem to be on the same maturity level, one can only imagine the implications of the situation on their work and emotional well-being.

Petersen has certainly been able to heighten the complexity of the show by creating the budding romance, and has kept viewers glued to their television sets in sweet anticipation for the upcoming episodes of CSI.

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Elizabeth