As the season 10 opens, Natalia Boa Vista (Eva La Rue) is drowning in the back of a trunk. Alana De La Garza, whose character seemed to meet a certain death in Season 4, returns. A powerful crime boss (24’s Carlos Bernard) is about to begin his cat-and-mouse game with Horatio Caine (David Caruso). Then there’s the biggest mystery of all: The ambiguous relationship between Eric Delko (Adam Rodriguez) and Calleigh Duquesne (Emily Procter). We crack the case.

In the premiere, Delko and Calleigh get snippy with each other. What just happened?
Procter: That was a lovers’ spat.

Are they together then?
Procter: I think they’re together. At the end of the episode, Calleigh is addressing her thoughts on family and where this is going.

How’d you like to see it play out?
Rodriguez: At this point, if we’re going to go down that road, let’s go down it. Let’s see the good and the bad of having the kind of job where your life can be in danger, and (have) the pressure of trying to protect somebody you care about. Or having to work with somebody you may be having problems at home, and you have to put that aside to do a job. Let’s really explore it!

So we’re moving ahead at full speed?
Procter: They did want me to kiss him on the cheek, and I said.”I think that’s a little too fast!” It’s fine that it’s slow, because we’re fighting crime. This is a mystery show.

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Adam Rodriguez (Eric Delko) challenged himself by writing and directing “Hunting Ground” during this past season of CSI: Miami.

Rodriguez has been on Miami since the show began in 2002, and “Hunting Ground” gave him the chance to add writer and director to his resume. However, he limited his screentime in the episode so he wouldn’t be overwhelmed. “I knew that I was taking on this new challenge, and there are a tremendous number of responsibilities that go along with directing,” the actor told CBS Watch. “The director has to be on top of every detail of everything that goes on, every minute of the day. I didn’t want to bite off more than I could chew, so I just sprinkled myself in the episode.”

Leading man David Caruso (Horatio Caine) was a great resource for Rodriguez during the whole process. “He had some great ideas and would make suggestions, and then we would build on them together,” Rodriguez explained. “I was happy to take all of his years of film experience and put them to work. And watching [Caruso] from behind the camera gave me an even greater appreciation for what he does.”

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There’s some crazy stuff going down on the March 13 episode of CSI: Miami, and it all stems from the mind of cast member Adam Rodriguez. The man who plays Detective Eric Delko wrote and directed the episode, his first, titled “Hunting Ground.” TV Guide Magazine sat down with Rodriguez between takes to get the scoop on his latest endeavor.

TV Guide Magazine: Which idea came first, you writing or directing an episode?
Rodriguez: They came hand-in-hand. I knew that if I was going to write a story, I wanted to be able to tell that story the whole way through if it was something they were going to allow me to do. Luckily, it worked out that way.

TV Guide Magazine: What is the episode about?
Rodriguez: My story came from a book that I read as a kid, a short story called The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell. It’s about a man who lives on a remote island where ships wreck, and he invites these people into his house. They think they’re going to live in the lap of luxury while they’re shipwrecked, and it turns out he lets them loose on the island and hunts them down. I always thought that premise was something cool and would make a good idea.

TV Guide Magazine: Who is being hunted on CSI: Miami?
Rodriguez: We made the episode about a [man] who’s bringing in people from Cuba and Haiti and he’s selling them to a guy who beefs them up with steroids, makes them more dangerous prey, and sets them loose in the Everglades. People will pay him to hunt them. It’s totally sick.

TV Guide Magazine: Normally the writers’ room is in session while you’re shooting. How did it work schedule-wise?
Rodriguez: They were really accommodating. I would work early in the day and then go up to the writers’ room. We developed an outline from those sessions and then I had to take the outline and go construct a script.

TV Guide Magazine: What surprised you about directing?
Rodriguez: What’s surprising is how much fun it was, and how the hours fly by. Right before we started I thought, “What did I do? I have to be there every hour of every day. I’ve got to be there early, I have to stay late! Acting is where it’s at — you do your thing, you go home!” [But] as soon as you jump in and get started, you’re having more fun than you realized, and time ends up flying by because you’re busy doing something all day long. I really feel like we have some magic moments in this episode.

TV Guide Magazine: Like what?
Rodriguez: We’ve got great performances out of everybody involved. I think our cast took things to another level. Everyone was engaged in a different way. It wasn’t an outsider coming in to do anything, it was someone you work with all the time, so they came in with a different game face on. And it showed on camera. I’m really excited.

TV Guide Magazine: Did you direct yourself?
Rodriquez: I did! That was probably the biggest disaster of the whole week. It was definitely the most awkward part. There’s so much going on. You’re worried about setting up the shot, and you want to take care of the actors in the scene and make sure the crew has what they need, and then you’ve got to learn your lines and actually deliver a performance. Of course my first scene was with two guys who were delivering tremendous performances, and I’m just trying to keep my head above water. But I think we’ll be ok. Luckily, I have the power of editing, and I can make myself look as good as possible!

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Today Adam was on with Miss Wendy…How you doin? Talking about ‘Ugly Betty’ and possibly trying to set Adam up??? Hmmm….

Added to the gallery are some screencaps from the above clip…

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Also added to the gallery are a few pictures of Adam outside of the ‘Wendy Williams Show’…

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Adam did an exclusive interview with TV Guide Magazine talking about leaving CSI and coming back for the next episode that is set to air tomorrow on CBS. This was posted a little before the site was opened. It is interesting read, check it out…

When Adam Rodriguez announced that his role on CSI: Miami would be limited this season, Calleigh Duquesne’s wasn’t the only heart breaking. So when we visited Rodriguez on set for his December 14 return to the show, we couldn’t help but ask if he’d even consider being reinstated as a full-time CSI. Here’s what Rodriguez said about leaving Miami, his current 10-episode stint and his future on the show.

It must feel great to be coming home?

Yeah, it feels great to be back. I hadn’t seen the crew and the cast in about two months. Gosh, they made me feel like a million bucks. Everybody clapped, they were just happy to see me. I was excited to see everybody. It was really nice.

Did you expect that?

No, I didn’t expect that. I mean, I was excited to see everybody, but to get that kind of welcome back, it was a great feeling.

Under what kinds of circumstances did you leave?

Totally amicable. We just got to a point where my contract was up. The network made some decisions that put me in a position where I had to make some decisions on my own. And my choice was to move on and see what else was out there. What was important to me was to make sure that I was able to come back and finish the character arc in a way that was satisfying for the fans. I had some lengthy discussions with [executive producer] Ann Donahue, and she was totally on board with that. I mean, really, she made it happen, because initially we were going to part ways the way that the season had ended, last year, which left everything incomplete. We made it a 10-episode arc, and Delko gets to come back and have this slow exit, that may leave room to continue to come back in the future.

You keep using words like exit and closure, and I think everyone is still hoping that there’s a chance that you might come back for good?

It’s hard to let go. So if there’s a way to work it out for everybody, it’s something that I’m certainly open to.

Did absence make the heart grow fonder?

I missed everybody for sure. I missed being here. Creatively, it’s been very satisfying to get a chance to step out side of the CSI world and go and do something [different]. Especially something as completely opposite as Ugly Betty. This is very morbid and dark and dealing with death in every episode, and trying to bring justice to something. And Ugly Betty is completely about love and comedy. It’s whimsical. So for me it’s been a great gift to get the chance to go and do that kind of thing. It certainly reawakened a desire to explore other avenues as an artist. That is going to be hard to give up now that I’ve had a taste of that after so many years. I’m open to finding a way to do it all. And hopefully we can do that.