{"id":24811,"date":"2012-05-09T15:55:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T22:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=24811"},"modified":"2024-06-25T13:44:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T20:44:48","slug":"homecoming-near-death-official-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2012\/05\/homecoming-near-death-official-details\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Homecoming&#8217; &#038; &#8216;Near Death&#8217; Official Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<\/i> and <I>CSI: New York<\/i> air their season finales this week, featuring the return of an old nemesis and a leading man in limbo. Official plot details and cast lists can be found after the jump.<\/p>\n<p>\n<!--more--><i>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<\/i> rounds out season twelve with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/csi\/season12\/homecoming.shtml\">&#8220;Homecoming&#8221;<\/a> on Wednesday at 10:00pm ET\/PT:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The CSI team investigates three dead bodies just blocks away from a campaign dinner, they think they know who the killer is before making a shocking discovery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nDirector and Producer <b>Alec Smight<\/b> has 27 previous credits for the series, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/csi\/season12\/malice_in_wonderland.shtml\">&#8220;Malice in Wonderland&#8221;<\/a> earlier this year. The teleplay for &#8220;Homecoming&#8221; was written by Executive Story Editor <b>Christopher Barbour<\/b> and Executive Producer <b>Don McGill<\/b>, based on a story by Barbour and actor\/Set Technical Consultant <b>Larry M Mitchell<\/b> (Officer Mitchell). This is the tenth credit for Barbour (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/csi\/season12\/seeing_red.shtml\">&#8220;Seeing Red&#8221;<\/a>), McGill penned four previous episodes (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/csi\/season12\/willows_in_the_wind.shtml\">&#8220;Willows in the Wind&#8221;<\/a>), and Mitchell has one writing credit for the series (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/csi\/season11\/tell_tale_hearts.shtml\">&#8220;Tell-Tale Hearts&#8221;<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\nThe following guest stars will appear in the episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Marc Vann <\/b> as Conrad Ecklie\n<li><b>Peri Gilpin <\/b> as Barbara Russell\n<li><b>Brooke Nevin <\/b> as Maya\n<li><b>Mia Hayes <\/b> as Kaitlyn\n<li><b>Craig Sheffer <\/b> as Jack Gilmore\n<li><b>Enrique Murciano <\/b> as Detective Carlos Moreno\n<li><b>Jeremy Glazer <\/b> as David Winnock\n<li><b>Barbara Eve Harris <\/b> as Sheriff Sherry Liston\n<li><b>Billy Magnussen <\/b> as Detective Michael Crenshaw\n<li><b>Conor O&#8217;Farrell <\/b> as Undersheriff McKeen\n<li><b>Mike Starr <\/b> as Dominic Bruno\n<li><b>Jaclyn Smith <\/b> as Olivia Hodges\n<li><b>Peter Onorati <\/b> as Detective Luke Kimball\n<\/ul>\n<p><P><br \/>\nMarc Vann and Barbara Eve Harris are reprising established recurring roles. Jaclyn Smith was first introduced as David Hodges&#8217; (<b>Wallace Langham<\/b>) mother Olivia in &#8220;Malice in Wonderland&#8221;. Conor O&#8217;Farrell returns as former Undersheriff Jeffrey McKeen, who was last seen in the season nine premiere, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/csi\/season9\/for_warrick.shtml\">&#8220;For Warrick&#8221;<\/a>. Enrique Murciano was in last month&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/csi\/season12\/altered_stakes.shtml\">&#8220;Altered Stakes&#8221;<\/a>, where he reprised his role as Detective Carlos Moreno. Peri Gilpin is making her first appearance in a planned recurring role as DB Russell&#8217;s (<b>Ted Danson<\/b>) wife Barbara, and Brooke Nevin and Mia Hayes are playing his daughter and granddaughter, respectively. Jeremy Glazer was in the <I>CSI: New York<\/i> episode <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/newyork\/season7\/do_or_die.shtml\">&#8220;Do or Die&#8221;<\/a> during the show&#8217;s seventh season, Mike Starr guest-starred in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/newyork\/season1\/the_dove_commission.shtml\">&#8220;The Dove Commission&#8221;<\/a> during season one, and Peter Onorati appeared in season two&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/newyork\/season2\/zoo_york.shtml\">&#8220;Zoo York&#8221;<\/a>. The other actors are new to the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>\nOn Friday, the eighth season of <I>CSI: New York<\/i> comes to an end at 9:00pm ET\/PT when the crime drama airs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/newyork\/season8\/near_death.shtml\">&#8220;Near Death&#8221;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When Mac is shot, he finds himself in limbo between life and death and, as he fights for his life, it&#8217;s up to his team to bring the shooter to justice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<b>Alex Zakrzewski<\/b> has directed eight previous episodes of <I>CSI: NY<\/i>, most recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/newyork\/season8\/keep_it_real.shtml\">&#8220;Keep It Real&#8221;<\/a> from the beginning of the season. &#8220;Near Death&#8221; was co-written by Executive Producers <b>Zachary Reiter<\/b> and <b>Pam Veasey<\/b>. Reiter has 25 credits, including this season&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/newyork\/season8\/means_to_an_end.shtml\">&#8220;Means to an End&#8221;<\/a>; Veasey has 35 credits, most recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/newyork\/season8\/flash_pop.shtml\">&#8220;Flash Pop&#8221;<\/a> from earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe episode will feature the following actors and actresses in guest-starring roles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Megan Dodds <\/b> as Christine Whitney\n<li><b>Jaime Ray Newman <\/b> as Claire Taylor\n<li><b>Francis Xavier McCarthy <\/b> as Hank Shelton\n<li><b>Will Rothhaar <\/b> as Luke Shelton\n<li><b>Brad Carter <\/b> as Darius Cole\n<li><b>Kelly Shea <\/b> as Nurse\n<li><b>Brendan Ford <\/b> as Doctor #1\n<li><b>Ray Bengston <\/b> as Doctor #2\n<li><b>Patti Pelton <\/b> as O.R. Nurse\n<li><b>Tatum Shank <\/b> as Pharmacist\n<li><b>Arthur Roberts <\/b> as Felix Henderson\n<li><b>Julie Arebalo <\/b> as E.R. Doctor #1\n<li><b>Walker Haynes <\/b> as E.R. Doctor #2\n<li><b>Kirsty Lee Allan <\/b> as Teena Milford\n<\/ul>\n<p><P><br \/>\nMegan Dodds is back as Mac Taylor&#8217;s (<b>Gary Sinise<\/b>) girlfriend Christine Whitney, who was last seen in the previous episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/newyork\/season8\/unwrapped.shtml\">&#8220;Unwrapped&#8221;<\/a>. Jaime Ray Newman is reprising her role as Mac&#8217;s late wife Claire, whom fans first saw in the season premiere, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/newyork\/season8\/indelible.shtml\">&#8220;Indelible&#8221;<\/a>. Will Rothhaar has appeared on <I>CSI<\/i> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/csi\/season10\/worlds_end.shtml\">&#8220;World&#8217;s End&#8221;<\/a>) as well as <I>CSI: Miami<\/i> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/miami\/season10\/countermeasures.shtml\">&#8220;Countermeasures&#8221;<\/a>). Brad Carter guest-starred in the <I>CSI<\/i> episodes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/csi\/season9\/19_down.shtml\">&#8220;19 Down&#8221;<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/csi\/season9\/one_to_go.shtml\">&#8220;One to Go&#8221;<\/a> during season nine. Brendan Ford was in the season six episode of <I>Miami<\/i> titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/miami\/season6\/to_kill_a_predator.shtml\">&#8220;To Kill A Predator&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<i>CSI: Miami<\/i> is still not on the schedule. Instead, CBS will air the <I>Survivor: One World Reunion<\/i> special live on Sunday at 10:00pm ET.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Homecoming&#8221; and &#8220;Near Death&#8221; begin airing May 9 on CBS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: New York air their season finales this week, featuring&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2906,2907,2908],"tags":[2990,2960],"class_list":["post-24811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csi-lv","category-csi-m","category-csi-ny","tag-guest-stars","tag-official-details"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Rachel","author_link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/author\/rachel\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/categories\/csi-lv\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/categories\/csi-m\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSI: Miami<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/categories\/csi-ny\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSI: New York<\/a>","tag_info":"CSI: New York","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24811"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67091,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24811\/revisions\/67091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}