I, too, have been very disappointed that David Lee Smith hasn't been in CSI Miami this season. I really got addicted to watching him last season, and in the reruns, and I looked forward to his episodes. And then this season starts up and nothing. And I was so hoping he was finally going to be in the episode coming up on Feb. 9 because one of the characters is supposed to get put on administrative leave by IAB in that ep. But, unfortunately, I found out from the CBS press site a little while ago that he's not in the cast list for that episode. For me, this is the other shoe dropping, and I won't be watching Miami anymore because of this unexplained absence of DLS. Even though the episode last night was good, the magic is gone without him being in the show.