CSI Level 1 Holly Gribbs (Chandra West, Season 1)
- Originally intended to be a series regular, Holly was not well received by test audiences; as such, she was shot in the pilot episode. Despite efforts to save her, she did not survive her shooting, and as a result, Sara Sidle was introduced instead. Holly's mother, Jane, was a lieutenant in traffic who put the squeeze on the then-crime lab director Jim Brass to get Holly a job. Holly graduated with honors in criminal justice. Holly revealed being a CSI was her mother's dream, not hers, but was convinced to stay by Catherine Willows. When Warrick Brown left her alone at a crime scene in the pilot episode to go place a bet, she was shot when the suspect, Jerrod Cooper, returned to the scene. Despite efforts to save her, Holly eventually succumbed, dying during surgery at a hospital. She was mentioned in Season 1 episodes "Cool Change" and "The Strip Strangler", Season 3 episode "A Little Murder", and the Season 8 episode "For Gedda". Her conversation with Catherine Willows in the pilot episode was referenced in the Season 12 episode "Willows in the Wind" even though she wasn't directly mentioned by name.
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