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is drugged and abducted. Again, during breakfast with the team at a diner, Nick eyes a pretty waitress and stays behind to get her number, while
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crime lab. Nick reveals to Sara that he has gotten an offer that is too good to refuse, but it will mean walking away from the friendships he has cultivated in Las Vegas. Sara says that she will only be a car ride away and reminds him what
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that whenever Nick is with a woman, misfortune befalls someone else. For example, he has a one-night stand with Kristi, and she is murdered later that night, resulting in him being a suspect. Also, Nick and
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Jillian Stokes as the youngest of seven children, with at least one brother. As a child, he showed athletic and academic potential and played football. Overall, he had a happy childhood and a close relationship with his
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are apprehended by the LAPD for going beyond their jurisdiction, when Nick used his gun in attempt to apprehend
Haskell. Haskell kills Tina, but Ray is implicated in her death. Nick returns from a work-related trip to find that he has lost his office to new CSI supervisor
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460:"The Ultimate Nick Stokes Episode of CSI"
417:Nick is an affable man, friendly even to
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717:TVshows.com
582:"Stalker".
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280:Gil Grissom
253:George Eads
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1127:Categories
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368:Sara Sidle
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429:Departure
118:2000–2015
80:San Diego
76:Las Vegas
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1111:Unsolved
929:Episodes
751:TV Guide
711:Archived
599:"Boom".
462:. Looper
287:molested
115:Duration
837:Seasons
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315:Spanish
306:empathy
123:Seasons
919:Sequel
361:Hodges
300:Career
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