So, I'm on the csi_files feed, and they posted this article which makes me happy:

Emmanuelle Vaugier played Detective Jessica Angell on CSI: New York for three seasons before her character died in the season five finale, “Pay Up”. The actress has now signed on to play an FBI agent named Emma Barnes in multiple episodes of the upcoming Fox series Human Target. Based on a DC Comic series, Target centers around Christopher Chance (Mark Valley), a private detective turned elite bodyguard who goes undercover to protect his clients. Target will premiere on Fox in January. There has been no word on when Vaugier’s episodes will begin.

Also, do you all want me to repost links to csi_files articles involving CSI: NY? I'd include them in "News Article" posts for the most part.

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He's the only one from the show here, and he's doing awesome!

From Blogcritics.org:

TV Review: CSI: NY - "Second Chances"

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- Samples and link HERE.

- Contains spoilers.

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Picspam and Running Random Commentary on 6x10

So, obvious spoilers. Let me know what you think (and maybe get a laugh at my random thoughts on the episode...;))!

'CSI: NY' Preview Featuring Train's 'Calling All Angels' (spoilers in article)

Blogcritics.org - TV Review: CSI: NY - "Death House"

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- Samples and link HERE.

- Contains spoilers.

I'm sorry it's taken so long, but I finally got the answers for the question that was picked for the first weekly contest. I was also allowed to ask a question, so I'm gonna include both questions/answers here. Enjoy!

Here are the answers from David Rambo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rambo

1. Comparing what I read in the news about our local crime scene lab techs with what's shown on CSI, it seems like there is one area that's nowhere near reality on your show: workload. Have you ever thought about adding large backlogs and turnaround times to your plots in order to reflect how overworked many real life CSIs are?

That's a great suggestion. Everyone can relate to having too much work on their plate. We have depicted some heavy workload shifts, especially in autopsy, where it's kind of fun to see bodies stacked on gurneys stretching down the halls of the coroner's office. You'll often hear our team say they're "working a double" or even "a triple." But they usually don't show the stress of that. I've seen real-life Vegas CSIs come off a double shift looking as if they just got to work. If there's a new challenge, a new way to look at a situation, they're stimulated and on the job.

2. How far in advance do you plan out the various storylines (both major and the little sub-plots) of CSI and is it difficult to keep track of all the storylines/events that took place in CSI and make sure there aren't any contradictions?

During the first week or so that the writers assemble to start work on the new season, we discuss big character arcs and any season-long stories, such as this season's "Dr. Jekyll" storyline. Once we start on individual episodes, we'll come up with ideas about a month to three weeks before filming starts. Every episode idea is thoroughly discussed with the executive producers, Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar. Usually, several writers will help "break" the story -- come up with an outline of the major events and twists in the plot. Then, a writer or writers will go off for about a week to actually write a script.

We have a "show bible" that lists the plots, characters, settings and forensics of every single CSI episode. Any time the question "have we done this before?" comes up, we check the bible. Also, we often watch prior episodes, sometimes just to get inspired to keep doing our best and not repeat ourselves. We also have an in-house system to coordinate story ideas so that we don't overlap with CSI: Miami or CSI: New York.

One of the contests was the chance to hae your question answered by a CSI writer. jab0otyful's question was the winner, and I got to ask one as well. Well, I was contacted with the answers to those questions, so here they are:

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Also, I wanted to let you guys know that the winning header is now up on the community. Go take a look!

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Not sure how much sense this will make. I'll blame the cold that has placed my brain in a mind-numbing vice... I can no longer speak but I am rather verbose when it comes to typing.

1600 words of rambling review and 16 screencaps.

I'd love to hear your thoughts, particularly about the ending of the episode.