The Look of Love (Part 1)
Gilbert (Gil) Grissom has just been promoted to supervisor, not a position he really wants but one he will accept 'for the good of the lab.'
His crew consists of Nick Stokes, an eager to learn polite young man from Texas.
Warrick (Rick) Brown, an African American who feels he owes everything he has to his grandmother, who taught him right from wrong and to be the best at what he ever decides to do.
Catherine (Cath) Willows, a single mom, a big flirt and someone who loves being in love and thinks everyone should have someone.
The Head of the CSI unit is Conrad Ecklie, a stuffy by the book kind of person that not many people like.
The rest of the lab rats are Greg Sanders in DNA (but he is in training to be a CSI), David Hodges in trace, Bobby Dawson in firearms and Archie Johnson in AV.
Grissom looks on these people as his family, he is a little older than they are so he feels it is his job to teach them.
The crew gets along well and often see each other off the job.
Gil, on the other hand, is a very private person. He spends most of his time alone and appears to like it that way.
His first day as supervisor he informs the crew that they are one short and he is looking for suggestions.
Catherine suddenly smiles, she has the perfect person in mind.
Last year Catherine was sent to San Francisco as part of a continuing training course. While she was there she was roomed with Sara Sidle.
She and Sara became fast friends and have e-mailed each other.
Sara is a head strong, independent, private kind of girl who would be perfect for Grissom, so Catherine thinks.
Opposites attract, these two just need each other (Catherine being the eternal romantic is always trying to find matches for her friends).
Catherine knows that Sara is not happy where she is, most of the men do not treat her as an equal, more like a 'Girl Friday'.
In her frequent e-mails Sara has said she would love a change, a place where she can do the job she was trained for, not just fetch coffee and do secretarial work.
Not that there is anything wrong with secretarial work but that was not why she became a CSI.
After shift Cath approaches Gil, she tells him about her friend. Gil promises to check into it.
The next day he is on the phone with Miss Sidle's supervisor. He tells Gil that she is a good CSI but has a tendency to buck authority, is a bit of a loner, he also thinks she has a skeleton hidden someplace in her past.
Grissom thinks she sounds intriguing, her file is faxed to him and two days later she is in Vegas.
Her first day on the job she comes in with Cath, she introduces Sara to everyone.
"It is time to meet Grumpy," Cath says referring to Ecklie. That meeting goes over like a lead balloon.
Cath takes her into Gil's office. "Gil, this is Sara Sidle, Sara, Gil Grissom."
Gil looks up from his pile of paperwork, his heart melts. He has never seen a more beautiful pair of brown eyes, and that smile, how can words describe it.
Sara is entranced with his eyes, blue as the ocean.
Gil stands, "Nice to meet you Miss Sidle." He takes her hand and shakes it.
"Sara," she replies taking his hand. She can't get over how strong, yet gentle, his touch is.
The look in his eyes gives Catherine the results she wants, she can see THE LOOK OF LOVE.