Wendy Simms (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)

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Template:CSI character Wendy Simmsis afictional characteron theCBSdrama,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.She is portrayed byLiz Vassey.

Fictional character biography

Simms is a DNA Technician and worked inSan Francisco, Californiafor a time before moving to Las Vegas to take the DNA tech position ("Secrets And Flies"). In theseventh seasonepisode "Lab Rats"she helpsDavid Hodgesinvestigate the case ofThe Miniature Killer.The two characters have an ongoing rivalry. Hodges complains that Simms tries to take over everything and thinks she's "too cool" for the lab. Simms insults Hodges by calling him "freakboy" and "loser" but praises his investigation methods. Wendy is apparently something of a klutz and has a reputation for being clumsy around work. In the episode "The Theory of Everything"it's revealed that she is a hugeastro questfan.

Later, she is disappointed when she learns Hodges lied to her about Grissom asking the lab techs to investigate the Miniature Killer. In an interview withTV Guide,Vassey comments that her character must have been a nerd during her high school days. In the article, actorWallace Langham,who plays Hodges, noted that his character has a crush on Simms. In the episode "Lab Rats" there is an unfinished sentence by Wendy where she says "I can't believe that for half a second I actually thought I might-!" and gets defensive when Hodges asks what she meant. A later episode,"You Kill Me,",sees friction created between Hodges and Simms when she discovers that Hodges has been working on a CSI-basedboard gamethat included a caricature of Simms as "Mindy Bimms, the clumsy yet buxom DNA Tech". (The "buxom" reference ties into the eighth season episode"The Chick Chop Flick Shop",in which Wendy reveals that she was once paid $600 for a cameo role in a horror movie after she left college; a later viewing of the film in the episode leads to a discussion about Simms' breast size.)

The 2009 episode "A Space Oddity"reveals that Simms and Hodges share a liking for the 1960s science-fiction TV seriesAstro Quest,with Wendy attending a fan convention wearing a costume based upon a uniform from the series. This causes Hodges to have various fantasies with them being characters in the show, something that affects his work, which he blames on Wendy. During the subsequent investigation of a murder at the convention, the two appear to make a connection, with Simms at one point inviting Hodges to her house to watch someAstro Questepisodes. Hodges calls a halt to the flirting afterCatherine Willowssuggests a relationship between the two would result in one having to change shifts. Also, his fantasies affect his work. They argue, with her stating "It's good you're having fantasies because it means you're not as oblivious as everyone around here seems to think!". This reveals that many other CSIs have noticed the tension (one even advising Hodges to make the first move). The episode ends with Wendy realizing Hodges returns her feelings for her, but will not date her as it interferes with his work, after decoding a something that he said to her in one of the fictional languages of "Astro Quest" which reads "We were made for each other". (The episode introduces a minor continuity error by having Simms declare the fictionalAstro Questto be "the greatest sci-fi show of all time", despite having proclaimed her liking ofStar Trekearlier in the series. Although Astro Quest is a thinly disguised facsimile, used to a larger effect in the episode than the previous Star Trek references.)

In the episode"You Kill Me",Wendy emphatically tells Hodges that she turned "35 in October," putting her birth in 1972.

In Season 10, Wendy Simms first appears in the opening credits as a main character.