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Question: Is CSI ever going to get involved with the characters’ personal lives? I love the show (no show can compare, in my opinion), but many people, including myself, are dying for some romance. Are they holding out on us, or are Catherine and Grissom just never going to open their eyes and see that they want one another? - Janine

Matt: I think the show is wise to make this sort of thing subtext, not put on the front burner. CSI is a procedural crime drama, first and foremost, and the worst thing that could happen is for it to become a workplace romantic drama (like NYPD Blue, which has lost much of its oomph and edge as its detectives keep partnering off with each other). Prediction: I wouldn’t count on Catherine and Grissom ever making more than significant eye contact together. But CSI hasn’t entirely been without a personal story here and there. Not long ago, Sara (Jorja Fox) learned her paramedic beau had a serious girlfriend after both were involved in an accident. I think this show is happiest when its main characters are at their loneliest. They live for their work, and that’s why we watch.

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