Jorja Fox is leaving CBS’ “CSI: Vegas” ahead of the second season of the “CSI” revival spinoff series, Variety has confirmed.
“Hey all you #CSI fans! After much deliberating, I have decided not to ‘Sidle up’ for CSI Vegas. For me CSI has always been a love story. The story that people can find love in the darkest of places and times,” Fox, who plays Sara Sidle, tweeted in a thread Tuesday.
She continued: “And the story that love, even in the darkest of places and times, can expand and grow roots and endure. I personally just can’t split Sara and Grissom up again. So goes Grissom…..So goes Sara. Wherever they go, they belong together.”
Fox concluded: “Thanks for watching everyone!!!!! Keep tuning in! I know I will. CSI VEGAS has an incredible team and it should be an amazing show!”
Fox is referring to her co-star William Petersen only signing on for the first 10-episode season of the show, reprising his original “CSI” role as Gil Grissom, the husband of her “CSI” character, Sara Sidle.
When “CSI: Vegas” was renewed for Season 2 in December not long after its Oct. 6 premiere, CBS revealed Petersen would not return.
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Set as the sequel series to CBS’ hit “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “CSI: Vegas” opens a brand-new chapter in Las Vegas. The show focuses on an existential threat that could bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas, and a brilliant new team of investigators led by Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome) must enlist the help of old friends, Gil Grissom (Petersen), Sara Sidle (Fox) and David Hodges (Wallace Langham).
See Fox’s thread about exiting the series below.
Hey all you #CSI fans! After much deliberating, I have decided not to ‘Sidle up’ for CSI Vegas. For me CSI has always been a love story. The story that people can find love in the darkest of places and times. (1)
— Le Fox (@JorjaFoxofficia) January 25, 2022
