Editing CSI: Miami (section)

== Premise ==
''CSI: Miami'' follows a group of detectives assigned to the [[Miami-Dade Police Department]] (MDPD for short)'s Crime Scene Investigations (CSI for short) Unit, an elite unit operating out of the (fictional) "Miami Dade police headquarters, with its eerie blue light and flickering screens".<ref name="nysun.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/south-beach-riot/48049/ |title=South Beach Riot – The New York Sun |website=Nysun.com |date=2007-02-06 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref>

The team is led by Lieutenant Horatio Caine ([[David Caruso]]), who, through his history as a bomb-disposal expert, has gained specialized knowledge in explosive forensics. Horatio believes that "evil ''is''" and lives "between the perpetrators of this evil and the people who try and come between that evil and the citizen".<ref name="miaminewtimes.com">{{cite news|last=Alman |first=Matthew |url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/is-david-caruso-too-good-to-be-true-6366702 |title=Is David Caruso Too Good to be True? |newspaper=[[Miami New Times]] |date=2002-12-19 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> In his pursuit of justice, he has proven that "he can handle himself on the street and he's not a person to be messed with".<ref name="miaminewtimes.com"/>

''[[The New York Sun]]'' has described Caine as an amalgam of "the spirits of all the laconic American law men who preceded him",<ref name="nysun.com"/> while the ''[[New York Post]]'' describes Caine's partner Detective Calleigh Duquesne ([[Emily Procter]]) as "a bilingual Southern beauty with a specialty in ballistics".<ref>{{cite news|last=Weinstein |first=Farrah |url=https://nypost.com/2002/09/22/style-substance-emily-procter/ |title=Style & Substance: Emily Procter |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |date=2002-09-22 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref><ref name="cbsnews1">{{cite web|last=Dakss |first=Brian |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/csi-miami-on-location/ |title='CSI: Miami,' On Location |work=[[CBS News]] |date=2006-05-15 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref>

Together, Caine and Duquesne head a team of forensic investigators that includes Lieutenant Megan Donner ([[Kim Delaney]]), conceived as "a strong woman [who could] duplicate the chemistry that Caruso displayed with Marg Helgenberger" during "[[Cross Jurisdictions]]",<ref name="articles.orlandosentinel.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2002/11/09/csbye-delaney-leavesmiami-as-role-fades/ |title='Csbye': Delaney Leaves 'Miami' As Role Fades |website=Orlando Sentinel |date=2002-11-09 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> Detective Eric Delko ([[Adam Rodriguez]]), an underwater recovery expert,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-cbs-csimiami-about-story.html |title=CSI: Miami |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> Walter Simmons ([[Omar Benson Miller|Omar Miller]]), a detective who forces the "CSIs to do more science and research instead of relying on databases",<ref name="tvguide1">{{cite web|last=Bryant |first=Adam |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/csi-miami-preview-1009871/ |title=Is It the End of the Road for CSI: Miami's Eric and Calleigh? – Today's News: Our Take |website=TV Guide |date=2009-09-20 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> Los Angeles Police transfer Jesse Cardoza ([[Eddie Cibrian]]),<ref name="tvguide1"/> former [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI agent]] Natalia Boa Vista ([[Eva LaRue]]), and Ryan Wolfe ([[Jonathan Togo]]), a master of genetics<ref>{{cite web|last=Bryant |first=Adam |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/csimiami-finale-barry-obrien-1045754/ |title=CSI: Miami Finale: Will Horatio Lose One of His Own? – Today's News: Our Take |website=TV Guide |date=2012-04-07 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> recruited following the death of Detective Timothy Speedle ([[Rory Cochrane]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csifiles.com/news/190804_01.shtml |title=Togo To Replace Cochrane |publisher=CSI Files |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> The team are assisted by Medical Examiner Alexx Woods ([[Khandi Alexander]]), who began her career as a medical Examiner in New York,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/csi-miami/khandi-alexander-quits-csi-mia-18745.aspx |title=Khandi Alexander Quits 'CSI: Miami' |publisher=Buddytv.com |date=2008-04-21 |access-date=2016-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615082854/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/csi-miami/khandi-alexander-quits-csi-mia-18745.aspx |archive-date=2016-06-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and her replacement Tara Price ([[Megalyn Echikunwoke]]),<ref name="tvguide2">{{cite web|last=Mitovich |first=Matt |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/echikunwoke-csi-miami-1006729/ |title=CSI: Miami Doctor Is Out... and Hitting the Bar? – Today's News: Our Take |website=TV Guide |date=2009-06-09 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> Miami Dade Police Sergeant Frank Tripp ([[Rex Linn]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zap2it.com/2010/12/csi-miami-david-caruso-still-wants-to-be-there-after-200-episodes/ |title='CSI: Miami': David Caruso still wants to be there after 200 episodes  |publisher=Zap2it |date=2010-12-04 |access-date=2016-07-23}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and Horatio's sister-in-law, Detective Yelina Salas ([[Sofia Milos]]).<ref name="csifiles1">{{cite web|url=http://www.csifiles.com/news/130705_05.shtml |title=Sofia Milos To Leave 'CSI: Miami' |publisher=CSI Files |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref>

During their investigations, the team cooperate with both allies and nemeses, including Internal Affairs Lieutenant Rick Stetler ([[David Lee Smith]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/csi-miami/csi-miami-spoilers-for-next-we-12759.aspx |title='CSI: Miami' Spoilers for Episode 6.7 "Chain Reaction" |publisher=Buddytv.com |date=2007-10-22 |access-date=2016-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013055433/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/csi-miami/csi-miami-spoilers-for-next-we-12759.aspx |archive-date=2016-10-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> States Attorney Rebecca Nevins ([[Christina Chang]]),<ref>{{cite web|last=Bryant |first=Adam |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/csi-miami-delko-1018517/ |title=Delko's Investigation Kicks Into Overdrive on CSI: Miami – Today's News: Our Take |website=TV Guide |date=2010-05-16 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> Medical Examiner Tom Loman ([[Christian Clemenson]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-22/meet-the-cast-and-characters-of-the-people-v-oj-simpson |title=Who's who in American Crime Story: From Cuba Gooding Jnr to John Travolta, meet the cast and characters of The People vs OJ Simpson |publisher=Radiotimes.com |date=2016-02-22 |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> and newly minted detective Sam Owens ([[Taylor Cole]]).<ref>{{cite web|last=Rackham |first=Jane |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/s2vkt/csi-miami--s10-e19-habeas-corpse |title=CSI: Miami – what time is it on TV? Episode 19 Series 10 cast list and preview |publisher=Radiotimes.com |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref>