Immortality (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) the Las Vegas Crime Lab, noting that, should Sara reject the promotion she is going to be offered, Catherine will accept it in lieu of her former colleague. The series ends with the newly promoted Sara, upon hearing a recording of Grissom confessing his love for her, sailing from the Port of San Diego with Grissom. Off-screen, Sara resigns, and Catherine is hired as lab director. Scenes were filmed to explicitly depict the transition, though they were cut from the aired episode. A second deleted scene, featuring Catherine and her daughter, was also deleted. Catherine informs Lindsey that she should
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation recruitment and training programs have seen a massive increase in applicants, with a far wider range of people now interested in something previously regarded as a scientific backwater. The ""CSI" effect" is a reference to the alleged phenomenon of "CSI" raising crime victims' and jury members' real-world expectations of forensic science, especially crime-scene investigation and DNA testing. This is said to have changed the way many trials are presented today, in that prosecutors are pressured to deliver more forensic evidence in court. Victims and their families are coming to expect instant answers from showcased techniques such as DNA analysis and