New cast members add a fresh dynamic to storytelling, and that is what is happening with two of CBS and JERRY BRUCKHEIMER's hot procedural dramas "CSI: NY" and "Without a Trace" this week, when they each add one new woman to their existing casts.
Over at "CSI: NY," the firing of Aiden Burn (VANESSA FERLITO) for violating the integrity of the CSI lab by breaking a seal on an evidence bag made an opening on the crime scene team that will be filled by new-to-the-big-city Lindsay Monroe (ANNA BELKNAP). Lindsay first appears in the "Zoo York" episode, airing Wednesday night at 10 p.m., in which a man is ripped apart by a tiger at a New York animal conservatory, and the CSIs are charged with investigating the death. Lindsay hails from Montana, where she worked as a CSI for three years, before making the move to the Big Apple, where Mac (GARY SINISE) appreciates her Midwestern work ethic, but realizes she still has a lot to learn. What he doesn't know is that Lindsay has a dark secret that led her to becoming a CSI in the first place.
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