| Minor Character: Las Vegas | |
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| Name | Archie Johnson |
| Gender | Male |
| City | Las Vegas |
| Status | Alive |
| Portrayed By | Archie Kao |
| First Appearance | Chaos Theory |
Archie Johnson is a lab tech on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He is portrayed by Archie Kao.
Character's background
Archie is the Audio/Visual surveillance specialist.
In the 7th season episode Lab Rats , he assists Hodges, along with the other lab techs, in trying to figure out who the The Miniature Killer is. Archie is a fan of science fiction, and he surfs when he can get away from the lab (season 7, "Lab Rats"). At the beginning of season 8 he has also taken over the role of handwriting analysis. He says it is to expand his horizons, and his paycheck.
In the episode Feel The Heat, while assisting Warrick Brown in a case involving an apparent death by heat stroke, he remarks that he would prefer to die in his sleep by an aneurysm. In season 3 episode, Random Acts of Violence, he assists in investigating a murder at a computer-based business and is shown to enjoy working out in the field for a change, much to Greg Sanders' dismay. He's also suggested to be a Star Trek expert and a fan of internet-based role-playing games.
At the beginning of season 8, he has taken over the role handwriting analysis along with his A/V lab to expand his horizens and paycheck,
In season 9, Archie is seen to have bought one of Raymond Langston's books. In the episode "Deep fried and minty fresh" Archie notes that Ray knows Mandarin Chinese, explaining that Archie is of Chinese decent.
In the season 10 episode, "The Panty Sniffer", Archie is sent to go undercover along with Greg, Catherine Willows and Detective Vartann. When Archie and Greg successfully install the camera's needed for the stakeout except for one bathroom, he and Greg seperate. While Archie is walking down the stairs, he trips and falls, coming face to face with a dead body. Archie is shown to be visibily shaken at his discovery.
Notes:
- In Primum Non Nocere, Greg Sanders borrowed one of Archie's contact lenses which might mean Archie is nearsighted.
- He is a fan of surfing and surfing movies.
- Archie is one of the two CSI: Crime Scene Investigation recurring characters to have the same first name as the actor portraying him. The other is David Berman, who plays assistant coroner David Phillips.
Archie Johnson Appearances:
Season 2 : Recurring Cast Season 2-
1st: Episode 7 Caged
2nd: Episode 9 And Then There Were None
3rd: Episode 13 Identity Crisis Opening Changed
4th: Episode 19 Stalker:
Season Three:
1st: Episode 3 Let the Seller Beware
2nd: Episode 4 A Little Murder
3rd: Episode 5 Abra Cadaver
4th:Episode 8 Snuff
5th: Episode 13 Random Acts of Violence Cahterine and Sara Absent
6th: Episode 15 Lady Heather's Box
7th: Episode 19 A Night at the Movies
8th: Episode 22 Play With Fire
Season Four:
1st: Episode 1 Assume Nothing (Part 1 of 2 )
2nd: Episode 2 All For Our Country (Part 2 of 2)
3rd: Episode 4 Feeling the Heat
4th: Episode 8 After the Show
5th: Episode 10 Coming of Rage
6th: Episode 17 XX
7th: Episode 18 Bad to the Bone
Season 5:
1st: Episode Viva Las Vegas
2nd: Episode 3 Harvest
3rd: Episode 8 Ch-Ch-Changes
4th: Episode 11 Who Shot Sherlock
5th: Episode 23 Iced First Appearance of Henry Andrews
6th: Episode 24 Grave Danger (Part 1 of 2 Season Finale)
7th: Episode 25 Grave Danger (Part 2 of 2 Season Finale)
Season 6:
1st:Episode 1 Bodies in Motion
2nd: Episode 2 Room Service
3rd: Episode 3 Bite Me
4th:Episode 5 Gum Drops
5th: Episode 6 Secrets & Flies First appearance of Wendy
6th:Episode 10 Still Life
7th:Episode 11 Werwolves
8th:Episode Daddy's Little Girl
9th:Episode 13 Kiss Kiss, Bye Bye
10th:Episode 14 Killer
11th:Episode 17 I Like to Watch
12th:Episode 19 Spellbound
13th:Episode 21 Rashomama
14th:Episode 22 Time of Your Death
Season Seven
1st:Episode 3 Toe Tags
2nd:Episode 7 Post Mortem
3rd:Episode 8 Happenstance
4th:Episode 9 Living Legend
5th:Episode 15 Law of Gravity Last appearance of Mike Keppler who died
6th:Episode 16 Monster in the Box
7th:Episode17 Fallen Idols
8th:Episode 18 Empty Eyes
9th:Episode 20 Lab Rats
10th:Episode 22 Leapin' Lizards
11th:Episode 23 The Good, the Bad and the Dominatrix
Season Eight:
1st:Episode 3 Go to Hell
2nd:Episode 4 The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp
3rd:Episode 5 The Chick Chop Flick Shop
4th:Episode 6 Who and What(Part1)
5th:Episode7 Goodbye and Good Luck Last appearance of Sara this series
6th:Episode 8 You Kill Me
7th:Episode 9 Cockroahces
8th:Episode 11 Bull
9th:Episode 12 Grissom's Divine Comedy
10th:Episode 13 A Thousand Days on Earth
11th:Episode 14 Drops Out
12th:Episode 15 The Theory of Everything
13th:Episode 17 Season Finale For Gedda (Part 1 of 2) Continues beginning of season 9
Season Nine:
1st: For Warrick (Part 2 of2) Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle Guest Appearance
2nd:Episode 2The Happy Place 2nd guest appearance of Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle
3rd: Episode 5 Leave Out All the Rest Last guest star appearance of Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle
4th: Episode 6 Say Uncle
5th:Episode 7 Woulda,Coulda,Shoulda
6th:Episode 8 Young Man with a Horn