Last week, as I enjoyed the opening Sunday of the NFL season, I used the facilities during a station break. As I did so, I thought I heard snippets from The Who song that served as the theme from the original CSI blaring from the TV.

I didn’t give the matter much thought. Indeed, I went on with my life and continued enjoying football.

Later, when I wandered into the kitchen during a station break, I again heard the familiar tune. I made it back to the living room to catch sight of the words, CSI: Vegas, flashing on the TV.

“Hmm,” I said to self, “isn’t CSI already on a streaming service? So why would they be playing ads for the show nowadays?”

The Vegas aspect most puzzled me. The original show was known only as CSI. It was never marketed along with the city in which it was set. I consulted my niece, Sierra, who was equally puzzled. If only there existed a way for us to research the matter. Thankfully, I remembered the existence of the Internet and typed in CSI: Vegas. This is what I read on the Wikipedia:

“CSI: Vegas is an upcoming American crime television limited series that is set to debut on CBS on October 6, 2021. It is a sequel epilogue of the long-running series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and will be the fifth series in the CSI franchise. The series is set to star William Petersen…”

Oh! My! God!

William Petersen is returning to my life as Gil Grissom!

Dear readers, that is all we CSI fans need to know. We can go ahead and set those VCRs to record CSI: Vegas.

For those of you who have never watched CSI, Grissom was the graveyard shift supervisor for the show’s first nine seasons. My sister, Pam, and her family were also intense CSI fans. We still discuss favorite and/or emotional episodes. We mourned Grissom’s departure. I stayed with the show until a certain late-season character chased me away, but it hadn’t been the same since Grissom bid the lab farewell. His rational attitude grounded the other characters, who could be judgmental jerks, and the storylines, which could be a tad unbelievable.

Anyway, whilst watching an episode of 48 Hours mid-week, I accidentally stopped fast-forwarding during commercials. That’s the bad news. The good news is that I finally got to see a CSI: Vegas commercial. It features Jim Brass – yes, that Jim Brass! – and Sara Sidle – yes, that Sara Sidle! During the commercial, Sara says that every crime the lab investigated is now under review. (Why? I guess we’ll have to tune in to find out.) A forlorn-looking Sara also wonders what they could do to solve this mystery.

The commercial ends with Grissom delivering his signature line.

They’ll follow the evidence.

This post originally appeared in the Appalachian News-Express.

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