Nick Stokes
October 6, 2000
(1x01, "Pilot")
February 15, 2015
(15x18, "The End Game")
Crime Scene Investigator
CSI Level II
CSI Level III
CSI Level III Assistant Supervisor
Director of the San Diego Crime Lab
Hair and Fiber Specialist
2000–2015
August 18, 1971
Character background[edit]
Nicholas Stokes was born in Austin, Texas, to Judge Bill Stokes and lawyer Jillian Stokes as the youngest of seven children, with at least one brother.[2] As a child, he showed athletic and academic potential and played football.[3] Overall, he had a happy childhood and a close relationship with his parents. Nick's father calls him "Pancho" and Nick, in turn, calls his father "Cisco", both characters from the television show, The Cisco Kid.[4] During the conclusion of one episode, Gil Grissom uses the name to calm Nick while rescuing him from a coffin that was rigged with explosives.
Nick's early life was not without pain, however; he was molested at age nine by a female babysitter.[5] As a result, he often has difficulty investigating crimes committed against children.
Nick attended Texas A&M University, where he pledged at a fraternity.[6] After leaving college, he joined the Dallas Police Department and took a job with the crime lab, where he specialized in hair and fiber analysis. Because of a feeling that he would not be able to match his parents' considerable achievements, Nick decided to leave Texas for Las Vegas. There, he found he could "be his own man", and joined its successful CSI team under the leadership of Grissom in 1997.
Departure[edit]
Eads' departure from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was announced in November 2014, and Nick made his exit at the end of the 15th and final season.[16]