‘The Two Mrs Grissoms’ & ‘Party Down’ Official Details

Two members of the franchise air new episodes this week featuring a visit from Grissom’s mother and waterlogged party guests. Official plot details and cast lists after the jump.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation makes it a family affair in “The Two Mrs Grissoms” on Thursday at 9:00pm ET/PT:

A night full of celebration ends with a bang when the director of a scholarship foundation for the deaf is killed by a deadly car bomb, prompting Sara to interrogate the students and faculty of the college where her mother-in-law works.

This is the first time Steven Felder has directed an episode of CSI. Treena Hancock and Melissa R Byer wrote “The Two Mrs Grissoms” based on a story by Christopher Barbour. Hancock and Byer have two previous writing credits, most recently for “Wild Life” earlier this season. Barbour has penned three episodes of the series, including this season’s “House of Hoarders”.

The episode will feature the following guest stars:

Archie Kao as Archie Johnson
Marlee Matlin as Julia Holden
Phyllis Frelich as Mrs. Betty Grissom
Matthew Jaeger as Dennis Palmer
Sean McGowan as Sean Wyatt
Anthony Natale as Dr. Lambert
Bill Pugin as Male Police Interpreter
Tyrone Giordano as Michael Bowman
Adrienne Sherwood as Female Police Interpreter

Archie Kao is reprising an established recurring role. Marlee Matlin appeared in the CSI: New York episode “Silent Night” during the show’s third season. The other actors are new to the franchise.

On Friday, CSI: New York will air “Party Down” an hour later, at 10:00pm ET/PT:

When a tractor-trailer carrying exclusive party guests mysteriously ends up at the bottom of the Hudson River, the CSIs must solve the mystery from the soggy remains.

Skip Sudduth directed two previous episodes of CSI: NY, including “Shop Till You Drop” from earlier this season. Writer Adam Targum also has two credits, most recently for “Shop Till You Drop”.

The following actors and actresses will appear in guest-starring roles:

Michael McMillian as Neal Cooper
Marla Sokoloff as Abigail West
Carter MacIntyre as Chris Boyle
Deja Howell as Victoria Enzo
Alexa Havins as Jessica Thompson
Toni Wynne as Tina Martin
Leo J. Clark as Mark Hanson
Shannon Wada as Samantha King
Paul Ben-Victor as Carmen Enzo
Haviland Stillwell as Akiko Haruka
Brian Collins as John Everett
Carl Ciarfalio as Carlo
Henry Kingi, Jr. as Gene

Deja Howell previously appeared in “All in the Family” during New York’s fourth season. Alexa Havins guest-starred in the CSI: Miami episode “Dude, Where’s My Groom?” during season eight. Toni Wynne appeared in three episodes of CSI (most recently “Working Stiffs”) and one episode of Miami (“Down to the Wire”). Paul Ben-Victor was in “Killer” during season six of CSI, and Carl Ciarfalio was in the season seven episode “Leapin’ Lizards”.

CSI: Miami will air a repeat of “Sleepless in Miami” on Sunday at 9:00pm ET/PT, followed by a repeat of Hawaii Five-0 in the series’ usual 10:00pm ET/PT timeslot. In “Sleepless in Miami”, Natalia went undercover to discover the truth after a man claimed that he dreamed about a murder before it happened.

“The Two Mrs Grissoms”, “Party Down” and the repeat of “Sleepless in Miami” begin airing February 3 on CBS.