A Sequel Series to CSI that follows Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome) as she leads her team of forensic scientists as they work to solve crimes.
The show also features Matt Lauria, Mandeep Dhillon, Mel Rodriguez, Jay Lee, Marg Helgenberger with Jorja Fox and William Petersen.
It airs on CBS.
Tropes for the series:
- Alliterative Name: Tawny Tyler in "Shell Game".
- Blind People Wear Sunglasses: Jim Brass is left almost blind after the premiere and he's wearing sunglasses because light can bother him.
- He's Back!: Greg Sanders returns in the second season, especially in the second half, as Max needs an extra hand to help out at the lab.
- Start to Corpse: A dead clown is found at a rundown circus-themed motel in the opening of "Funhouse".
- One-Word Title:
- Legacy.
- Funhouse.
- Koala.
- Burned.
- Eyeballs.
- Trinket.
- Boned.
- Fractured.
- Pulled from Your Day Off: n "When the Dust Settles", Max calls in Catherine on her day off when new evidence turns up in a cold case that had occurred during Catherine's tenure of the Las Vegas crime lab. Unable to find a sitter, Catherine brings her granddaughter along with her.
- Time-Shifted Actor: Caden Dragomer plays a young Josh Folsom in "Dying Words".
- Twofer Token Minority: Det. Maxine "Max" Roby, a black female, is the Day-Shift Supervisor of the team.
- Wax Museum Morgue: In "The Painted Man", the CSIs investigate a popular haunted house when a mannequin prop turns out to be a real dead body covered in a thick layer of plastic.
