Official Details For This Week's 'CSI' Episodes

By Caillan
May 3, 2003 - 4:41 AM

See Also: 'Play With Fire' Episode Guide

CBS recently published official information on next week's episodes of CSI: Miami and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Synopses, creative staff and guest cast listings for CSI: Miami's "Tinder Box" and CSI's "Play With Fire" are available courtesy of TV Guide and Yahoo! TV.

"Tinder Box"

Airdate: May 5, 2003
Tagline: "The team learns that a night club fire that killed 16 and wounded 58 others was not an accident."
Directed by: Charlie Correll
Written by: Corey Miller

A former cinematographer, Charlie Correll's directorial work includes "Ellie" and "You've Got Male" on CSI and "Breathless" and "Bunk" for CSI: Miami. He has also helmed episodes of Law & Order, Stargate SG-1, Seven Days and Beverly Hills, 90210.

Corey Miller previously wrote CSI's "One Hit Wonder" and "You've Got Male".

The official synopsis for the episode is as follows:

Speedle and Delko are present when a trendy nightclub catches fire, apparently from a deejay's pyrotechnics display, killing 16 people and injuring dozens of others. But the ensuing investigation reveals it may have been arson to cover up a murder. Also: Horatio probes the death of a prostitute who is found dead in a judge's bathroom in his home.

"Tinder Box's" guest cast includes the follows actors, with their previous credits listed in brackets:

Rex Linn as Detective Tripp
Michael Whaley as Detective Bernstein
William Lee Scott as D.J. (Pearl Harbour, October Sky)
Ben Browder as Danny (Farscape, Party of Five)
Richard Edson as Haid (Platoon, Good Morning, Vietnam)
Lisa Gerber as Veronica (The Wonder Years)
Jaclyn Guiterrez as Connie (Undressed)
John F. O'Donohue as Jameson (NYPD Blue, Carl Mercer in "Organ Grinder")
Robert Beltran as Ojeda (Star Trek: Voyager)
Richard Romero (Santa Barbara)
Natalia Cigliuti (Beverly Hills, 90210)
Heather Salmon (Providence)
Craig Kvinsland (JAG)
Bill Doyle

The promo for the episode can be found at this page.

"Play With Fire"

Airdate: May 8, 2003
Tagline: "Grissom and Nick investigate the murder of a woman strangled in a high-school press box; an explosion rocks the CSI lab."
Directed by: Kenneth Fink
Written by: Naren Shankar & Andrew Lipsitz

Kenneth Fink, who also serves as a producer, has directed numerous episodes of CSI. His instalments this season include "The Accused Is Entitled", "The Execution of Catherine Willows" and "Snuff".

Consulting producer Naren Shankar's work includes "A Little Murder" and "Random Acts of Violence" while producer Andrew Lipsitz has penned "Sounds of Silence" and "Let The Seller Beware", among others.

The official synopsis for the episode is as follows:

A woman's body is discovered in a small press box at a high-school football field, apparently the victim of strangulation. The evidence leads investigators to two convicts, one of whom is still in prison. At the crime lab, an explosion destroys key evidence and leaves Greg and Sara injured.

"Play With Fire's" guest cast includes: