CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 13) Las Vegas ("In Vino Veritas"), Phillips heads to a high school reunion ("Dead of the Class"), and an investigation into a series of Dante's Inferno killings bring the CSIs face-to-face Black Sabbath ("Skin in the Game"), before jeopardizing the life of one investigator. In episode thirteen of the season, "CSI" staged a two-part crossover with its spin-off show "" in which Gary Sinise marked his first appearance in "CSI" and as his "CSI: NY" character Mac Taylor; cast member Ted Danson subsequently appeared in the "CSI: NY" portion of the story. Former cast member William Petersen also returned as Gil
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation auction ended October 7, with the prop being sold for $15,600; CBS donated the proceeds to the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association. Real-life crime scene investigators and forensic scientists warn that popular television shows like "CSI" (often specifically citing "CSI") do not give a realistic picture of the work, wildly distorting the nature of crime-scene investigators' work, and exaggerating the ease, speed, effectiveness, drama, glamour, influence, scope, and comfort level of their jobs, which they describe as far more mundane, tedious, limited, and boring, and very commonly failing to solve a crime. Another criticism of the show is the