Official Details For This Week's Episodes

See Also: 'Grand Prix' Episode Guide

CBS recently released information for this week's instalments of CSI: Miami and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Synopses, creative staff and guest cast listings for CSI: Miami's "Grand Prix" and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's "Invisible Evidence" are available courtesy of TV Guide and Yahoo! TV.

Airdate: October 13, 2003
Written by: Steven Maeda & Michael Ostrowski
Directed by: David Grossman

Writer-producer Steven Maeda is a CSI: Miami veteran, having penned the very first regular episode, "Golden Parachute". Michael Ostrowski has written for the Washington D.C. police drama, The District.

David Grossman has directed for both CSI and CSI: Miami, with his episodes including "Dispo Day" and "Death Grip".

The official synopsis for the episode is available from TV Guide:

Horatio suspects foul play when a pit-crew fuel man at a qualifying race in Miami is burned to death after being engulfed by invisible flames shortly after refueling his team's race car. The investigation leads the CSIs into the ultra-competitive, high-stakes world of open-wheel racing, where they discover teams will do anything to get ahead.

The guest cast for "Grand Prix" includes the following actors (previous credits are included in brackets):

• Sofia Milos as Detective Yelina Salas
• Jason Lewis (Sex and the City)
• Wings Hauser (Kingpin, The Insider)
• Lauren Holly (Dumb and Dumber, Picket Fences)
• Michael John Galvin
• James Morrison (Space: Above and Beyond, Freedom)
• Scott Hampton (As The World Turns)
• Ethan Smith

Advance plot spoilers for this episode can be found here.

Airdate: October 16, 2003
Written by: Josh Berman & Kathleen Butler
Directed by: Danny Cannon

Josh Berman has been with CSI since season one, rising up the ranks to become supervising producer this year. Co-writer Kathleen Butler is a newcomer to the series. Danny Cannon serves as executive producer of CSI and has directed numerous episodes, including the "Pilot".

The official synopsis for "Invisible Evidence" can be found below:

Warrick is blindsided in court when a bloody knife he recovered from a suspected killer's car is determined to be inadmissible, leaving the CSIs only 24 hours to find new evidence before the accused murderer is set free.

The episode features the following guest actors:

• Xander Berkeley as Sheriff Atwater (24, Air Force One)
• Christian Camargo as Fife (K-19: The Widowmaker)
• Kayren Butler as Rita (Undressed)
• James Marshall as Quinn (Growing Pains)
• Erik Jensen as Sinclair (Third Watch)
• Palmer Davis as Margaret Finn ("Boom" et al.)
• Wallace Langham as Hodges ("Recipe For Murder" et al.)
• Romy Rosemont as Jacqui Franco ("The Execution Catherine Willows" et al.)
• David Berman as Coroner's Assistant David Phillips
• Lochlyn Munro (Charmed)
• Autumn Reeser (Grounded For Life)
• James Patrick Stuart (Gods & Generals, All My Children)
• Larry Sullivan (The Young and the Restless)

Advance plot spoilers for this episode can be found in this news item.

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