Kate Vernon ("Battlestar Galactica") Guest Stars As Dr. Penelope Russell

            "A Space Oddity" - When Hodges and Wendy run into each other at a science fiction convention for one of their favorite classic television shows, they end up investigating the murder of one of their beloved actors, on a rebroadcast of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Thursday, Aug. 20 (9:00-10:01 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Kate Vernon ("Battlestar Galactica") guest stars as Dr. Penelope Russell.  (Originally broadcast 4/16/09)

SERIES REGULARS:

Dr. Raymond Langston...... Laurence Fishburne

Catherine Willows.............. Marg Helgenberger

Nick Stokes................................ George Eads

Captain Jim Brass....................... Paul Guilfoyle

Greg Sanders.............................. Eric Szmanda

Dr. Robbins......................... Robert David Hall

David Phillips............................. David Berman

Hodges................................ Wallace Langham

Wendy Simms................................. Liz Vassey

Riley Adams......................... Lauren Lee Smith

RECURRING CAST:

Archie Johnson.............................. Archie Kao

Henry Andrews............................. Jon Wellner

Mandy Webster.................... Sheeri Rappaport

GUEST CAST:

Dr. Penelope Russell.................... Kate Vernon

Melinda Carver................. Jaime Ray Newman

Risa Varness..................................... Liza Weil

Steuben Lorenz......................... Michael Welch

Lionel Rose.............................. Patrick Bristow

Jonathan Danson............................ Reg Rogers

Commander Artemis Bishop............ Josh Coxx

Mrs. Rose............................... Judy Jean Berns

Ronald D. Moore................. Ronald D. Moore

Yeoman Malloy..................... Michelle Belegrin

William...................................... Karl Herlinger

Ensign Garth............................ Bradford Tatum

Collectibles Dealer...................... Randy Lowell

Yeoman Sally

  Malloy (1960)............ Christine Scott Bennett

Gorth (1960)............................ Matthew Willig

TELEPLAY BY: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson, formerly staff writers on "Battlestar Galactica"

STORY BY:    Naren Shankar, one of the series' executive producers

DIRECTED BY:  Michael Nankin

GENRE:  CRIME DRAMA, MYSTERY, SUSPENSE

RATING:  TV14-DLSV

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