Approximately one week after
CSI debuts its ninth season CBS,
CSI's eighth season will be available on DVD with a reported October 14 release. Part of the added bonus include the crossover episode “Without a Trace” plus the 17 CSI episodes during the strike-shortened season. There will also be two audio commentaries for “Cockroaches” and “You Kill Me.” Of course, the deleted scenes will also be available on the DVDs.
The nicely titled featureettes in the season eight DVD include “So Long, Sara Sidle,” in reference to
Jorja Fox's leaving the crime lab midway through the season, “William Friedkin: A Different Take,” the director behind
The Exorcist and
To Live and Die in LA, starring
CSI's
William Petersen. Friedkin directed “Cockroaches,” but it's still unsure if he provided the audio commentary for this episode. The other vaguely titled features include “While the Cast's Away, the Rats Will Play,” “What Happened in Vegas…,” “Shot in the Dark,” and “TOD: A Bug's Life.”
Produced by the renowned Jerry Bruckheimer and CBS Productions,
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation chronicles the investigations of a team of forensic scientists as they try to uncover the idiosyncrasies and, ultimately, perpetrators of particularly interesting and odd cases, mostly murders. First criticized for supposed false depictions of police proceedings, in 2002, CSI became one of the most-watched shows in the US and eventually the world.
On the franchise's eight season, 11 episodes were filmed before the WGA strike of 2007, with the additional 6 made after, making this season the shortest in terms of number of episodes.
CSI stars William Petersen as Gil Grissom,
Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows,
Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown,
George Eads as Nick Stokes, and Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle. Petersen was confirmed to be leaving the show midway through the next season to be replaced by the
Matrix movies actor Laurence Fishburne.
-Glenn L. Diaz, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: CSI Files
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