Here’s the newest cast member for CSI: Miami. It’s Megalyn Echikunwoke who plays the new coroner, Dr. Tara Price. I have to hand it to the casting folks for the show. They replaced a beautiful actress with an equally beautiful and talented one. I’m a fan of Khandi even now that she’s left the show, but have to admit that Megalyn is a wonderful replacement. I’ve begun to be her fan as well.

Here are some photos taken of her at the recent Historic Health Summit kick-off luncheon. She looks terrific!

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Here’s a new interview where Megalyn Echikunwoke talked to the folks at TV Water Cooler about how she researched to play CSI: Miami’s new coroner. I thought it was a bit disturbing to find out that the LA County coroner’s office has a gift shop…EEWWW! But the interview is good. She tells us that she’s disappointed that she won’t have any scenes with Diddy when he guest stars on the show later this season, but she does a fantastic impression of David Caruso:

I ran across this photo of CSI: Miami’s new coroner, Megalyn Echikunwoke with House’s Olivia Wilde at Sundance Film Festival last January. They both look like they’re having fun, even though it was probably freezing outside.

[Photo: Bauer-Griffin]

Here’s another terrific photo of CSI: Miami’s Megalyn Echikunwoke at the Countdown For Barack Obama Leaders of Diverse Communities Unite held at a Private Residence in Beverly Hills on October 17. I know she’s happy with the outcome of the election.

[Photo: courtesy of newscom.com]

CSI: Miami now has yet another beautiful cast member…it’s an embarrassment of riches, so to speak! The actress who plays the new coroner, Megalyn Echikunwoke is simply amazing looking in this photo taken of her at the 18th Annual Environmental Media Awards on November 13. I absolutely love the skirt!

[Photo: courtesy of newscom.com]

Matt Mitovich from TV Guide did this video interview with the newest CSI: Miami cast member, Megalyn Echikunwoke. She says that her character may be a romantic foil for Delko and Calleigh’s relationship.

Episode 7.10 - The DeLuca Motel
Air Date: December 8, 2008

NOTE: This was origally called “No-Tell Motel”

This episode delves into Delko’s past. Now I can’t wait to find out what they disocover about him that they didn’t know before…

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Episode 7.04 - Raging Cannibal
Air Date: October 13, 2008

A couple “exploring” in the Everglades are interrupted by what sounds like a panther. Suddenly, a man, bleeding fron his mouth, comes out of the brush. The woman calls 911.

As the man, lies dead, Horatio and Frank question the man who discovered the victim. The man says he is authorized to be in that restricted area, but his lady friend is not, “technically.” He appears to have brought her to the ‘Glades to “get technical.”

They identify the victim as Vincent Koslov. Price and Ryan inspect the Koslov’s bloodied abdomen. Price tells him that he must have been stabbed through to the stomach, leading to his spitting up blood. In autopsy, though, she finds his stomach and lungs were not pierced. A tattooed piece of flesh in the his stomach indicates he had another man’s blood on his face…he ate another man’s flesh. Horatio recognizes the stag design as a Russian mob tattoo, one that indicates he was “marked for death.” Who was the other victim, though.
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CSI: Miami - Episode 7.03 - And How Does That Make You Kill?
Air Date: October 06, 2008

A man is talking to his psychiatrist, Dr. Marsh, telling her about his recurring dream. His words turn into a fantasy of sneaking into the doctor’s office, and killing her.

Horatio shows up at the scene where Dr. Marsh’s daughter Chelsea lies dead on the floor of Marsh’s office.

Horatio Opening Smart Aleck Comeback:

Dr. Marsh: You have to understand, Lieutenant. People tell me secrets all day. They have to know that I will keep them. I took an oath.
Horatio: So did I.

Delko struggles a bit upon entering the Marsh house, telling Calleigh that he saw Marsh professionally. He began seeing her…the department has a contract with her…after discovering that the staff psychiatrist office had been bugged.

Dr. Tara (the new M.E.) determines that she died of a single puncture wound, and had hit her head on the desk in the struggle. Liver temp indicates time of death between 1 AM and 4 AM. Delko finds blood on Marsh’s office sofa, nowhere near the body. Signs of a struggle include a broken decorative clock.
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CSI: Miami - Episode 7.02 Won’t Get Fueled Again
Original Air Date: September 29, 2008

The episode’s primary crime takes off at a beach party, where the well-dressed scene is disrupted by a screaming man in flames. No one helps, but all manage to clear out of the flaming man’s way. [Wouldn't want to get cinders on those white linen jackets. Plus, it's 2008! Sure the man is freaking out, but no one else has heard "stop, drop, and roll" millions of times in any given week?!?]

The man was not a guest at the party, and no one recognizes the man. Dr. Tara Price, the new Medical Examiner, works on the poor man, as Horatio comes over to introduce himself. She explains the man’s status. Besides being badly burned, he is covered with an accelerant.

Cue, pointless one-liner setup…

Horatio: What does the position tell you?
Tara: Pugilistic pose… body contorts to after being badly burnt. From the Latin pugil, meaning “fights with fists”.
Horatio: A fight… to the death.

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