CSI: Crime Scene Investigation physical evidence to solve murders. The team is originally led by Gil Grissom (Petersen), a socially awkward forensic entomologist and career criminalist who is promoted to CSI supervisor following the death of a trainee investigator. Grissom's second-in-command, Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger), is a single mother with a cop's instinct. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Catherine was a stripper before being recruited into law enforcement and training as a blood-spatter specialist. Following Grissom's departure during the ninth season of the series, Catherine is promoted to supervisor. After overseeing the training of new investigator Raymond Langston (Fishburne), Willows is replaced by
CSI: Crime City discover that Monica was receiving unwanted attention from both the hotel waiter, Blake who also moonlights in the hotel spa and Pierre, another hotel guest who had shared drinks and made an unwanted play for Monica on the night of her murder. Upon further investigation CSI discover that Blake seemed to be following Monica around even swapping shifts with a colleague at the spa so that he could 'give it his best shot' with Monica and Pierre who had checked out of the hotel in a hurry leaving behind his expensive but smashed watch at the scene of the crime.