CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American police procedural series created by Anthony E. Zuiker for CBS. It ran from October 6, 2000 to September 27, 2015 for fifteen seasons. It has three spin-off series: CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, and CSI: Cyber.
Series summary[]
A team of crime scene investigators working for the Las Vegas Police Department get to the bottom of complex, strange and gruesome murder cases by using state-of-the-art forensic techniques.
Spin-offs[]
- "Cross Jurisdictions" was the backdoor pilot to CSI: Miami and introduced the CSI: Miami cast and began a storyline that was concluded in the first episode of CSI: Miami.
- CSI: Miami "MIA/NYC NonStop" was the backdoor pilot CSI: NY.
- CSI: Immortality was the finale film of the series.
- "Kitty" was the backdoor pilot to CSI: Cyber.
- CSI: Vegas is a sequel reboot with Sarah Sidle, Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows, Jim Brass, and David Hodges returning.
Westphall connections with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation[]
"Who and What" concluded in Without a Trace "Where and Why".
Westphall connections in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation[]
- The Tangiers Hotel from Casino is seen in "The Lost Girls".
- In "Working Stiffs" a character in an office mentions having filed the TPS Reports. TPS Reports are fictional report and running gag in the film Office Space.
- In "Bang Bang" Nick Stokes poses (over the phone) as Dirk Diggler, a character from Boogie Nights.
Brand links[]
- Red box Morley cigarettes, first appearing in Beverly Hills, 90210 and smoked by the Cigarette Smoking Man in The X-Files, are also smoked by CSI's Warwick Brown as well as characters in several other shows: Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lois in Malcolm in the Middle, and Madeline Westen in Burn Notice.
- Finder-Spyder appeared in "Time of Your Death”
- Heisler appeared in “A Night at the Movies” and “Sounds of Silence”
- The Tyrell Corporation from Blade Runner is listed as being the manufacturer of a gun in "Strip Maul".
- Penn Pavel's Beer appears in “Brain Doe” and “Zippered”
Westphall disconnection[]
In the episode "Two and a Half Deaths", Jon Cryer, Charlie Sheen, and Angus Jones from Two and a Half Men appeared as themselves.
Non-Westphall connection[]
In the episode "The Theory of Everything", the Mythbusters appear as a cameo.