Trivia / CSI: Miami

• Acting for Two:
  • In "Show Stopper," Lucy Hale plays a pop star and her Body Double, who's killed in the opening.
  • In "Triple Threat," Colin Ferguson plays the supposed victim and the man he'd paid to become his body double. In the same episode, Leslie Bibb plays triplets who are conning Colin's character into thinking they're his singular wife.
• California Doubling: Except for the season opening episodes, the show was not filmed in Miami (which may explain the random mountains out of nowhere). Considering Space Mountain is the third-highest point in the entire state of Florida, anything with a higher elevation than an anthill is out of place in Miami.
  • "Miami-Dade PD Headquarters" is actually the main office of a federal credit union near LAX.
• Career Resurrection: For David Caruso, bringing him out of eight years of mediocrity following his ill-advised decision to leave NYPD Blue to focus on his film career after its first season.
• Creator Backlash: Rob Zombie wasn't very happy with his director effort for "L.A.", calling it the worst two weeks of his life, citing a lack of creative freedom and not getting along with David Caruso.
• Fake Nationality: Colombian American Yelina Salas is played by Swiss American (of Italian-Greek descent) actress Sofia Milos.
• Hostility on the Set: If Rob Zombie is to be believed, Malcolm McDowell bullied David Caruso during the filming of "L.A.". If this was Mc Dowell's way of taking Zombie's side is as of yet unspecified.
• Life Imitates Art: An image of Natalie Morales, who plays Natalia Boa Vista's sister Anya, was found among the many, many photographs of Serial Killer/The Dating Game contestant Rodney Alcala. Fortunately she wasn't a victim and the story was later Ripped from the Headlines into the episode "Darkroom", with Eva La Rue's sister Nikka in a cameo (also not as a victim).
• Playing Their Own Twin:
  • Grant Gustin plays twins in "Terminal Velocity."
  • Kicked up a notch by Leslie Bibb playing a set of Same-Sex Triplets in "Triple Threat."
• Playing Against Type: One episode had Ben Browder play an unhinged wannabe firefighter-turned arsonist.
• Real Song Theme Tune: "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who, beginning right at the YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
  • Played as the grand finale of The Who's 2010 Super Bowl halftime show in Miami along with "Baba O'Riley" and "Who Are You?"
• Real-Life Relative: Eva La Rue's sister Nikka plays a reporter in "Darkroom".
• Reality Subtext: Upon being served papers in New York City in the CSI: NY crossover episode "Manhattan Manhunt," Horatio says, "I have a number of memories up here and not all are good. So I apologize." This is a reference to David Caruso's time in NYPD Blue, in which he had a very public spat with series creator Steven Bochco and left after the fourth episode of season 2 on acrimonious terms.
• West Coast Team: Inverted (along w/ CSI: NY of course) by spinning off to the east from Vegas.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Don Johnson and Jimmy Smits were considered for Horatio Crane. Interestingly, Smits' romantic partner Wanda De Jesus would recur in the show's first season as Adelle Sevilla.
  • Had the show been renewed for season 11, then Natalia would've likely either been Put on a Bus or had a recurring role as her actress Eva LaRue announced that she would depart after the tenth season.

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