Official 'Wasted' & 'Daddy's Little Girl' Details

By Christian
January 14, 2006 - 7:19 PM

For the first time in over a month, next week CBS will be airing more than one fresh CSI episode. The network recently issued official press releases for both new episodes it will be showing.

Even though CSI: New York and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will be showing originals this week, Monday's CSI: Miami will be a repeat of the mid-October episode "Under Suspicion." In this episode, the CSIs must race against time when all evidence in a murder case points to Horatio. When a murdered woman is discovered, Horatio admits that he was seeing her and that he was the last person to see her alive. Although the evidence logically points to Horatio as the killer, our CSIs must now dig deeper to find the real killer and learn who would have the motive and the method to frame him.

On Wednesday at 10:00pm, CBS will be showing the new CSI: New York episode Wasted." Here's how the network described the episode:

Mac, Danny and Dr. Hawkes are puzzled by the death of a model coated only in body paint who collapses on a runway while displaying a designer's spring swimsuit during a fashion show. Mac, Danny and Dr. Hawkes investigate if her death was caused by the product that coated her -- but their case becomes even more complex when a second model is found dead in a cargo area staged outside of the fashion show. Meanwhile, a terminally ill patient walks into the precinct and confesses to the murder of his doctor. Stella, Det. Flack and Lindsay question the suspect's confession when they realize the doctor was moonlighting as an alternative healer.

"Wasted" was directed by Jeff Thomas, who's a newcomer to the CSI franchise, and seemingly to TV directing in general, as his only other credit in the IMDB is for an episode of Without A Trace. The episode was co-written by Bill Haynes, who previously provided the story of "The Fall," and Pam Veasey, who this season also already worked on "Summer in the City" and "City of the Dolls."

The following actors will be making a guest appearance on "Wasted:"

Robert Joy as Dr. Sid Hammerback
A.J. Buckley as Adam Ross
Sam Littlefield as Paul Richmont
Kelly Overton as Lynette Richmont
Lee Burns as Gavin Ruvelle
Will McCormack as Todd Miller
Mark Steines as Himself
Kristin Proctor as Tracy Colton
Claudia Mason as Serena Portinova
Gayle Brown as Nadia Roque
Katie A. Keane as Dr. Rachel Jeffries
Andrew Patrick Rolston as Peter Rector
Lisa Gleave as Jennifer Fazotti

Besides recurring actors Robert Joy and A.J. Buckley, only Lee Burns has made a previous appearance on any of the CSI shows. Last season, he played Kelvin Russel in the fifth-season original CSI episode "Big Middle." An interesting guest star is Mark Steines, who's one of the hosts of Entertainment Tonight, and who will be playing himself, who is on hand to cover the spring fashion show.

On Thursday at 9:00pm, CBS is planning to air "Daddy's Little Girl," a new episode of the original CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. This is what you can expect from the episode:

The CSIs investigate the murder of a young man found dead in his girlfriend's garage after a night of taking drugs and partying. At first, Grissom and his team suspect that the man was murdered by his girlfriend after she discovered him cheating. However, the case takes a surprising twist when the identity of the other woman with whom the young man had been having an affair is revealed.

This episode was directed by Terrence O'Hara, this season also already responsible for "Secrets & Flies." The episode's story was co-written by Sarah Goldfinger ("Gum Drops") and Naren Shankar ("Bodies in Motion," while for the teleplay Goldfinger teamed up with Henry Alonso Myers ("Room Service").

Here's a list of "Daddy's Little Girl" guest stars:

David Berman as David Phillips
Louise Lombard as Sophia Curtis
Wallace Langham as Hodges
Archie Kao as Archie Johnson
Gerald McCullouch as Bobby Dawson
Liz Vassey as Wendy Simms
Sheeri Rappaport as Mandy Webster
Aimee Graham as Kelly Gordon
Rebecca Staab as Chelsea
Taylor Cole as Bianca
Jason-Shane Scott as Ahren
David Goldman as Alex David
Timothy Lee DePriest as Justin Roth
Joe Manganiello as Tom Parker
Mitch Pileggi as Happy Harry Desmond
Nancy Youngblut as Nurse

David Berman, Louise Lombard, Wallace Langham, Archie Kao, Gerald McCullouch, Liz Vassey, Sheeri Rappaport and Aimee Graham will all be playing previously established characters. Only one other person from the list above has a previous CSI connection: Rebecca Staab, who appeared as Jessica Freemont in "Zoo York."

Besides these three regularly scheduled episodes, CBS will be airing two extra CSI repeats the coming week. First up on Tuesday at 9:00pm is the fifth-season episode "Spark of Life," in which Grissom discovers a connection between the fiery suicide of a woman in the Vegas wilderness and the slaughter of an entire family in a suburban home. The evidence exposes a couple's infidelity, as well as the unthinkable results of one woman's desperate attempt to get pregnant.

Finally, on Thursday at 8:00pm, an hour before "Daddy's Little Girl," the network will be repeating "Gum Drops," in which the CSI team suspects an entire family has been murdered, but cannot prove it until they find the victims' bodies. When the blood evidence suggests only three people were killed, Nick is the only one on the CSI team that believes the fourth family member, the young daughter, is still alive. Now, it's a race against time to find the perpetrators who may lead the CSIs to a possible survivor.

For the original press releases on all these episodes, head over to the Futon Critic.

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