Pilot (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)

"**Pilot**"
"Pilot"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 1
Directed by	Danny Cannon
Written by	Anthony E. Zuiker
Production code	100
Original air date	October 6, 2000
Guest appearances
	Matt O'Toole as Paul Millander; Madison McReynolds as Lindsey Willows; Harrison Young as Judge Cohen; Chandra West as Holly Gribbs; Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders; Garland Whitt as Jerrod Cooper; Krista Allen as Kristi Hopkins; John Pyper-Ferguson as Husband; Allan Rich as Dr. Gary Klausbach; Susan Gibney as Charlotte Meridian; Royce D. Applegate as Mr. Laferty; Barbara Tarbuck as Paige Harmon; Nancy Fish as Lesley Stahl; Cedric Terrell as Boe Wilson; Skip O'Brien as Srgt. Ray O'Riley; Aasif Mandvi as Dr. Leever; John Henry Whitaker as Jimmy; Greg Collins as Officer Arvington; Ashley Holloway as Laura Scott; Jeff Snyder as Officer Smith; Jane Leigh Connelly as Wife;
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"Pilot" is the pilot episode and the first episode of the first season of the American crime drama television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Written by series creator Anthony E. Zuiker and directed by Danny Cannon, it first aired on October 6, 2000, on the CBS network in the United States. The premise of the show revolves around the crime scene investigators working for the Las Vegas Police Department, in what was known in this episode as the "criminalistics" division. The pilot introduces the main characters of Gil Grissom (William Petersen), Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger), Nick Stokes (George Eads), Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan) and Jim Brass (Paul Guilfoyle); and then-recurring character Greg Sanders (Eric Szmanda). The pilot was written by series creator Anthony E. Zuiker and directed by Danny Cannon.