40 Facts About Gil Grissom

Gil Grissom returned in the sequel series, CSI: Vegas, in 2021.

Zuiker was "fascinated" by Holstein, who, like Gil Grissom, kept maggots and pig's blood in his refrigerator.

Petersen and Zuiker decided to rename the character "Gil Grissom," after astronaut Gus Gil Grissom, of whom Petersen was a great admirer.

The name Gil Grissom came from one of the actor's hobbies, fishing.

Gil Grissom first appears in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the pilot episode.

Gil Grissom was brought in to assist in the apprehension.

Gil Grissom was born as an only child to a middle-class family in Santa Monica, California.

Gil Grissom's father taught botany at a local college and passed his enthusiasm for natural sciences onto his son.

Gil Grissom's father died when Grissom was nine years old.

When he was in college, Gil Grissom financed his first body farm with his winnings from a high-stakes poker game.

Gil Grissom became a crime scene investigator around 1985.

Gil Grissom once mentioned losing a body while in Minneapolis, implying he spent time there before taking a job in Las Vegas.

Gil Grissom became the night shift team supervisor for the Las Vegas CSI unit on the second episode of the series, after Jim Brass was demoted following the death of co-worker Holly Gribbs.

In season seven, Gil Grissom took a sabbatical to teach a class at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, for four weeks.

Rather than leave in the middle of a case, Gil Grissom stayed on to help solve it, and ultimately proved instrumental in saving the life of a woman who would have been the killer's latest victim.

Gil Grissom and Sidle both returned in the sequel series CSI: Vegas.

Early episodes revealed Gil Grissom to be a witty, enthusiastic, and quirky scientist who had some sense of humor.

Gil Grissom flirted regularly and seemed to be constantly in a hyperactive state.

However, when he began to lose his hearing, Gil Grissom retreated into himself and became easily irritated and unapproachable.

Gil Grissom is often regarded as well-educated but unusual in his approach toward his work and social life.

Gil Grissom once insinuated that Grissom was a misanthrope when he quoted her Thoreau's Walden.

Gil Grissom has expressed distaste for carrying a firearm when in the field, a tendency that has brought several scoldings from coworker Jim Brass.

Gil Grissom often offers quotes from a variety of literary sources, including Shakespeare and Keats.

In "Two and a Half Deaths", Jim Brass was talking about a TV program that he thought had already "jumped the shark," but Gil Grissom did not know the term.

Gil Grissom keeps a variety of specimens in his office, including a radiated fetal pig, a tarantula, and a two-headed scorpion.

Gil Grissom has a more than passing similarity to Sherlock Holmes.

Gil Grissom possesses a Moriarty-like nemesis, Paul Millander, whom he pursues in several episodes.

Gil Grissom tells him about "Nicole Daley", who, like him, was interested in bugs.

Gil Grissom is protective of his staff and defends them as much as he can, as seen in episode 521 for example.

Gil Grissom has been shown to be something of an inadvertent mentor figure to David Hodges, who looks up to him and often seeks his advice or approval, despite not always receiving it.

Gil Grissom found Warrick after he was shot by McKeen and held Warrick as he died in his arms.

Catherine has many times encouraged Gil Grissom to be more open and less self-absorbed, and to pursue something with Sara Sidle.

Since the first season, there were hints that both Sara Sidle and Gil Grissom were interested in each other romantically.

In season four, Sara apparently develops a drinking problem, which Gil Grissom acknowledges on the season finale; after this, they would hardly see each other.

Gil Grissom refuses to fire her and has her working in every case of the next two seasons with him.

Once they see each other, they embrace in a passionate kiss, and Sara's return to CSI in the first episode of season ten reveals that she and Gil Grissom are now married.

In "Forget Me Not", Sara reveals "he's not my husband anymore" as she and Gil Grissom had split up.

On September 27,2007, after CSI's season eight premiered, a miniature model of Gil Grissom's office was put up for auction on eBay.

Gil Grissom has received positive responses from critics, ranking number 82 on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters list, along with Catherine Willows.

Gil Grissom was ranked at number 9 on Sleuth Channel's poll of America's Top Sleuths.