| Main Character: Miami | |
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| Name | Eric Delektorsky |
| Gender | Male |
| Birth Date | December 19, 1976 |
| Family | Carmen Delko (mother) Pavel Delko (step-father) Alexander Sharova (biological father) Two unnamed sisters Unnamed niece Marisol Delko (half-sister; deceased) Horatio Caine (brother-in-law) Kyle Harmon (nephew) Calleigh Duquesne (wife) Austin North (adopted son) Patty North (adopted daughter) Kenwall Duquesne (father-in-law) |
| City | Miami |
| Job | Crime Scene Investigator |
| Rank | CSI Level 3 |
| Specialty | Tire tracks Fingerprints Drug ID Diving/Water Recovery and Rescue |
| Status | Alive |
| Portrayed By | Adam Rodríguez |
| First Appearance | Cross Jurisdictions (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) |
Eric "Delko" Delektorsky is a Crime Scene Investigator working for the Miami-Dade Crime Lab. He is a Level 3 CSI, specializing in fingerprint and drug identification. Eric is also the team's underwater recovery expert. While trying to rescue a woman kidnapped by escapee Clavo Cruz, Delko was critically wounded by one of Cruz's henchmen. He survived and rejoined the team.
Delko left the team temporarily in Season Eight but returned to the series temporarily in Delko for the Defense, when he consulted a defense lawyer in a murder case.
Personality[]
He is described as kind and caring. He takes things personally, especially cases which he feels strongly about. He is also shown to be very protective of women, despite being a bit of a 'player', especially if they are being abused or in an abusive relationship ("Throwing Heat").
Eric seems to have some personal issues, as is shown by him occasionally seeing therapists. While the exact nature of these issues is not entirely shown (though Speed’s Death seems to be a contributing factor), it appears that self-control may have something to do with it. He also will occasionally get angry, but still maintains his caring nature when a situation calls for it.
Skills and Abilities[]
Eric Delko is the fingerprint, tires and drug identification expert of the Miami-Dade Crime Lab, as well as their underwater recovery expert. Delko has a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Miami, where he played right field for the baseball team (and is a former college classmate of wildlife conservationist Jeff Corwin). He is fluent in Spanish, and at least proficient in Russian.
Delko often acts as a diver for the CSI team, likely due to his muscular physical shape, and has tried to get Ryan Wolfe to train as a diver on several occasions.
Eric also seems to have a knack for being charming, as is evidenced by him having many experiences with ladies, thus him being a "ladies man."
Early Life[]
Eric's biological father, Alexander Sharova, was a Russian national who had been assigned to Havana during the 1960s by the CIA, however, Eric's stepfather, Pavel Delektorsky, married a Cuban woman, with whom he had three daughters. When his mother was pregnant with Eric, his father decided that he wanted a better life for his family, so he moved the clan to Miami not long after, and shortened the family name to Delko.
It has been recently revealed that Eric was born in Cuba before his mother and step father arrived in the USA before receiving fake birth documents for him. Delko pressed his mother for the truth after he revealed that he knew his American birth certificate was a forgery, and had acquired his real birth certificate from Cuba. He told her he became suspicious after realizing several key facts in the story of their arrival in the US changing each time she told it. Also she told him that his biological father was a terrible man, and wanted to shield Eric from him by hiding his identity with the forged papers. It was Delko's biological father, in fact, who had ordered the hit on him.
In the season 8 opener, it was revealed in a flashback that Eric discovered a BMW that was dumped in the Everglades with a body in the rear, and called Detective Caine. Eric was a tow truck driver at the time and was on a quest to find sunglasses for Caine. As he knew the area quite well, he helped Caine recover the murder weapon which Caine used to prevent an innocent man from going to jail. In this same episode, Eric meets Calleigh and hits on her by saying, "Are you going to give me your number now or later?" Calleigh's response is that she doesn't date people she's even remotely involved with at work, and Eric replies "Ok, for now." Caine, impressed by Eric's eye for the minute details, convinces him to go to the police academy, get his badge and work for the new CSI team later.
Season One[]
During a night of clubbing with friend and colleague Tim Speedle, Delko is seen kissing Connie Wilkes, a woman he barely knew. Delko is caught in a devastating nightclub fire set by the bouncer. Delko feels guilty that he couldn't save more victims, even though his efforts are heroic as he shepherds terrified clubgoers to an emergency exit. Despite the trauma of the incident, he insists on working the scene with the rest of his team. Later on the Connie, dies and visits her in the morgue to pay his respects. He later donates blood in her memory. ("Tinder Box").
Season 2[]
The Season 2 premiere, ("Blood Brothers"), Eric arrives on scene alongside Calleigh, where they meet up with Speed, who is already at the scene, assessing the area. From the start, Eric is actively involved in processing evidence and piecing together details about the vehicle involved. After receiving the autopsy protocol, Eric collaborates with lab technician, Ty, to analyze trace evidence from the crime scene. Initially, Ty is considering using the grill database to identify the suspect vehicle, Eric tells him "don't bother", as he quickly deduces they don't need it because there's only one possible match. He thanks Tyler, and heads off to reconvene with Speedle, confidently sharing his findings and identifying the car involved in the crime. When Eric and Speed discuss expediting vehicle information from the DMV, Speedle teases Eric about his casual connection with a DMV employee, Gina; Speedle tells him, "Eric, you gotta take them out to eat once in a while. You gotta cultivate things. You're better than that. I'm gonna dial it for you.", and this playful moment highlights Eric and Speed's banter and camaraderie, showcasing their strong partnership. Later, Eric meets with Tyler again to calculate the vehicle's speed and analyze airbag deployment marks. His conclusion about the airbags proves vital and he reports the findings directly to Horatio, demonstrating his expertise in reconstructing vehicular evidence. Eric, Calleigh, and Speed stakeout, monitoring Clavo Cruz's movements. Through their patience and keen observation, the team successfully detains Clavo on a DWI/DUI. While examining Clavo's high end car alongside Calleigh and Speed, Eric jokes, "This car costs more than my condo". During their inspection, Eric finds a fabric fragment hanging from the vehicle, using legal protocol, he carefully loosens the fabric a little more, making it fall becoming public property and admissible evidence. The fabric, matching the victim's dress and containing blood traces, helps the team confirm that Clavo's car is the murder vehicle. Later, Eric and Speed deduce that relevant evidence, including the airbags, has likely been discarded and shipped on a barge bound for Haiti. Acting quickly, they board the barge to sift through piles of trash. During the search, Eric jokingly asks Speed, "How did that [rat] get from your apartment to here, is what I wanna know?" This scene blends Eric's sharp observational skills with his sense of humor. Ultimately, they locate the missing airbag and give it to Calleigh for testing.
Eric is called to a crime scene but does not show up, instead calling Calleigh to cover for him, in "Hard Time". Later, at the lab, Eric thanks Calleigh for taking that evening call out of that condo. I really appreciate it." and asks if everything went okay. Calleigh recounts the unusual circumstances of the case, including the discovery that the presumed dead victim, Peg Donovan, was actually still alive. Eric, taken aback and guilt ridden, walks away visibly distraught after learning the victim survived and is at Grace Memorial Hospital. After attending court, and finishing due to a continuance, Eric joins Speedle, who is drying out Peg Donovan's clothes, while Eric reveals that he looked up Peg's brutal rape case from nine years ago and shares the horrific details of what Shaw did to her. He also confesses to Speed that he "flaked out" on the crime scene, expressing guilt over his absence. Speed reassures him that Calleigh covered for him but grows frustrated with Eric's self-doubt, remarking, "Every day, it's like a surprise party with you." They both conclude that Calleigh is likely upset with Eric over the situation. Eric, Calleigh, and Speed meet in the lab to discuss the evidence and try to solidify their case against Shaw. During the discussion, Eric suddenly interrupts Calleigh and their discussion, pointing out that "the emergency room is not the medical examiner". Speed stares at him, confused, and jokingly asks if Eric has Tourette's, to which Eric excitedly explains his thought process: unlike the ME, the ER is focused on saving lives, not preserving evidence. Calleigh finishes his thought, then Eric continues, excitedly stating "Exactly. And the ER doctors must have been all over Peg.", this deduction leads Eric and Calleigh to re-examine Peg's belongings, realizing the ER staff may have overlooked critical evidence. While examining Peg's belongings, Eric finds her phone hidden in her shoe, where an ER nurse had placed it for safekeeping. Checking the call history, they discover a 911 call was made, providing a new lead in the case. Eric and Calleigh work on the 911 call analysis, working with Tyler to review the 911 call recording. Eric deduces that an electronic device must have interfered with Peg's cell phone during the call, interfering with the signal. Tyler confirms he can match the sound distortion to the specific device model, providing the team with a new lead in the case, and moving the investigation forward. Eric calls and reports his findings to Horatio, explaining the interference and Tyler's ability to track it. Horatio instructs Eric to have Tyler grab his gear and join him in Georgia to follow up and through with their lead, immediately.
In "Death Grip", Eric's character depth becomes more evident, upon the team discovering the crocodile they were tracking, the moment showcasing his empathy , frustration, and social awareness. When a teen tennis phenom is abducted from her bedroom, the investigation leads to the waterways when a girl's arm is recovered in the belly of an alligator. Eric calls in an expert, his old college buddy and fraternity brother, who's now an alligator expert, Jeff Corwin to assist. After the team recovers Consuela's remains from the crocodile's stomach, Eric expresses his anger and disillusionment with the stark differences in how the cases of the two missing girls are treated. "Blonde girl's missing and the National Guard turns out to help. Hispanic girl, no one gives a damn.", He points out the disparity in both media attention and law enforcement response, contrasting Consuela's case with that of Lana Walker, who received widespread coverage. Eric continues: "It's the same song, you know? You want any real attention in this world you gotta have blonde hair and blue eyes." Eric's frustration with systemic bias and the unequal value placed on victims based on race, status, and appearance, with his reaction revealing his deep sense of justice and his personal investment in the cases he works on. But his anger isn't only directed at they system, but it's also internalized, as he laments: "I'm just mad we couldn't save her". This vulnerability shows Eric doesn't view victims as stationsices or evidence, he feels their loss on a more personal level. Eric's candidness in voicing his frustrations to Calleigh Duquesne demonstrates the trust and mutual understanding between them. While Eric vents his anger, disappointment, and sadness, Calleigh just listens, without judgement and gently grounds him, redirecting his focus, by telling Eric "Let's go get this guy.", their exchange highlights the growing emotional connection between them. Calleigh provides balance to Eric's impulsiveness, and Eric trusts her enough to be vulnerable in that moment in a way he rarely is with others.
2x12 "Witness to Murder", TBA.
("MIA/NYC - Nonstop"), Eric arrives at the crime scene alongside Calleigh Duquesne, stopping in the doorway as they discuss a small but critical piece of evidence: spit left behind by the suspect. Both immediately recognize its potential value for DNA and trace analysis, showing their shared investigative instincts.
Later, back in the lab, Eric joins Calleigh as she's analyzing the spit evidence. When she explains what she's found, Eric jokes, "Huh, what'd he do? Hock up his address?", to which Calleigh unamused replies, "Yeah."; this moment highlights Eric's tendency to use humor to lighten situations at times, as well as Calleigh's steady, no-nonsense focus on the evidence. This trace element discovery is big, as they review the analysis, Eric helps break down the trace components discovered in the spit sample, which include: mercury, asbestos, lead, kerosene, distilled petroleum, and jet fuel. Eric deduces that these specific elements are strongly linked to Ground Zero following the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. His insight proves vital in shaping the team's investigative direction.
Eric further suggest that, since Miami is often referred to as "the sixth borough" due to its strong ties with New York City, the suspect could easily be a local resident by now. Calleigh agrees and decides to run the DNA profile against local Miami databases, advancing the case and moving the investigation forward.
2x24 "Innocent", TBA.
Season 3[]
In the premiere of Season 3, "Lost Son", Eric and Speedle arrive at the scene together, having cut their vacation short upon Horatio personally asking for them. After receiving a quick rundown of the situation, Eric tells Horatio, "All right, we'll grab our stuff", then they get to work. While processing the scene, Eric finds a bag he believes held the ransom money. Inside the bag, he discovers a fish and tells Speed, "Might've just given ourselves a secondary crime scene right here." When Speed asks for clarification, Eric laughs and says, "I'll explain once I get back to the lab", before leaving though, Eric teases Speed, telling him "In the meantime, you missed a spot over there", laughing as he's leaves Speed to finish processing the scene. Back at the lab, Eric and Speed examine the evidence, when Calleigh enters the room, chastising Speedle. Eric humorously leans toward Speed and says, "Sounds like she's mad at you". Afterwards, when Calleigh leaves, Eric analyzes the fish and confirms his initial suspicion, "Triploid grass carp ... specifically engineered to control aquatic vegetation in the canals. The county dumps them. They eat five times their weight in vegetation." Eric explains to Speed that by tracking the carp's size and dump location, they can narrow the suspect's location before the ransom handoff. Their work leads them to Canal #3329, opening up a critical new crime scene. At the canal site, Horatio calls Eric over to a set of tire tracks. Eric examines the tire tracks, and confirms they match the treads of a Grand Prix. Horatio instructs Eric to dive underwater to examine the the submerged vehicle and look for evidence. Eric dives but resurfaces, reporting, "Nothing. No sign of the boy inside the car and too much pressure to pop the trunk." After that they pull the car from the water, Eric helps Horatio in examining the trunk, where they find fingernail marks and long blond hair, confirming the boy had been inside, and alive. Eric points out "That's good. If they were going to kill Joey, they would've left him in here." When the boat involved in the case is about to be towed, Horatio sends Eric back over to the original and first crime scene to the bridge to assert control over the crime scene. Eric arrives on scene where the DOI is preparing to tow the yacht, Eric steps in to assert CSI's authority over the scene, confronting a DOI official, "Yeah, well, you've got your problems and I've got mine. We haven't released the crime scene yet," when the DOI official is seemingly reaching the end of their fuse, while visually re-examining the boat's exterior, Eric notices that something was jarred loose during towing, realizing this is critical evidence dislodged during towing and it potential importance, he informs the DOI official "You see that? Must've been jarred loose when the boat was towed. I'm going to have to search the exterior of this vessel." Back in his wetsuit, Eric dives beneath the yacht to recover possible evidence. After carefully searching the waters, he resurfaces with a major discovery, "Got what looks like over $3 million in jewelry. I'm gonna need two more officers." After recovering the jewelry, Eric brings the recovered diamonds to Speed back at the lab, who confirms they are fake. Horatio moments later verifies Speed's conclusion, then Speed and he leave to follow up with the victim's wife, leaving Eric to continue processing evidence. Following Speedle's tragic death, Eric is visibly shaken. While running a palm print found on the car trunk, Eric grows frustrated and restless, he says, "Searching for a palm print for hours.", Horatio reassures him, but Eric's frustrations reveals his desperation to save the kidnapped boy, saying, "That little kid is out there depending on this box. I hate it, I want to do something." Moments later, Eric finally get a hit in the system, he informs Horatio that it's to a Pete Keller, Horatio, who tells him, "Eric, if you want to do something, let's get this guy Keller. He's got the kid." Eric and Horatio arrive on the scene just as SWAT is taking Pete Keller into custody. While Keller is on his knees, Eric immediately observes and notices Keller's chipped tooth, "Got a chipped tooth there, Champ", Eric chastises. Keller denies any involvement in the kidnapping or ransom exchange, but Eric and Horatio play off each other strategically alternating between calm questioning and sharp observation comments meant to rattle Keller. Their combined pressure forces Keller to drop a critical clue, information implicating Mrs. Williams, Joey's stepmother and the victim's wife, and redirecting the investigation toward her potential role in the crime. Moving on the next found crime scene, Horatio and Eric go back to the karate dojo, examine the crime scene they come to a conclusion, after finding trace evidence as well, Horatio says he's going to be on his cell as he's separating to go search for Joey, while Eric says he's going back to the lab to rush evidence over to trace. While in the lab with Sam, reviewing the trace evidence, Eric's emotional state begins to surface. Still processing Speedle's death, Eric appears distraught and tense. Sam, trying to cope with his own grief, mutters, "I keep thinking Speed's gonna walk in". Eric, visibly shaken by this comment and struggling to process the loss, coldly comments, "He's not. Just get me the sample." This moment reveals Eric's grief masked by frustration, over both Speed's death and the still missing little boy, showing how deeply Speed's death affects him but also how he channels that pain into the case. While running the evidence through the mass spec, Sam informs Eric that the mass spec has results, Eric quickly shits his focus back to the case. The results point to Hell's Bay, a dangerous area filled with sharks and alligators. Eric realizes instantly what this means, and comments, "Hell's Bay. Sharks and gators...this guy is slick." When Sam confused by Eric's comment, asks why that makes the suspect slick, Eric immediately calls Horatio, saying, "H. Yeah. He's got him in Hell's Bay." Both Eric and Horatio have come to the deduction that Keller's partner, unwilling to kill Joey directly, planned to leave him in the dangerous water to let sharks and alligators finish the job. Horatio confirms Eric's theory and orders him to meet him at Hell's Bay immediately, explaining there's only one way in. Arriving at Hell's Bay with backup units and patrol cars, Eric quickly coordinates the perimeter, but in the distance, he spots Horatio swimming toward the shore, Joey safely in his arms. Horatio has Eric radio in that they've got the kid, confirming the boy's safety, and declaring the scene, Code 4. In the final scene, Eric attends Speedle's funeral, standing alongside Horatio and Calleigh. Visibly distraught and grief stricken, Eric begins to mourn the loss of his close friend and colleague, marking a somber and emotional end to the episode.
3x07 "Crime Wave", TBA
3x15 "Identity", TBA
3x16 "Nothing to Lose", TBA
3x22 "Vengeance", TBA
3x24 "10-7", TBA
Season Four[]
In "Shattered", Delko's job is endangered when he is arrested for drug possession, but it is discovered that the marijuana was for his sister Marisol to ease the pain of her leukemia treatments.
Eric is taken hostage with others at a bank when a group of armed teenagers show up to rob it ("Urban Hellraisers"). When a 19-year-old gunman moves to rape a teenage girl, Delko opens fire, killing him. Two other bank robbers see him and start shooting with automatic Tec9's before fleeing.
Marisol was murdered by a Mala Noche sniper after she married Delko's boss, Horatio Caine.
Season Five[]
Eric finds himself being sued for $250,000 in personal injury after intervening in a heated and physical argument between a man and his wife in a bar ( "Throwing Heat"). Despite the fact that they are later determined to be scam artists (and the husband's subsequent murder), Eric settles with the wife rather than take it to court, so as to prevent more scrutiny of the lab, particularly in the case of Delko and Horatio's less-than-official trip to Brazil earlier in the season. At the end of the episode, Eric signs papers authorizing his wages to be garnished, and starts arrangements to work extra shifts to cover the garnishment.
In the final minutes of "No Man's Land", Eric is shot in the leg and then the head during a shootout with men hired by escaped murderer Clavo Cruz. In the second episode of the story line, he is rushed to the hospital, where he flat-lines. After every other attempt at revival fails, an adrenaline injection to the heart brings him back. Following a tense surgery, he remains in critical condition in the hospital. It is revealed that most of the bullet is still lodged in his temporal lobe, and that he may suffer permanent damage to motor skills, speech and memory due to the hematoma. This is evident as he consistently asks to see his sister Marisol despite the fact she has been dead for months, and he also has no memory of being shot by Cruz's men. Coroner Alexx Woods explains to the rest of the team that while Eric is alive, he may not be the same Eric they knew.
Indeed, Eric's return to work several weeks later is difficult ("Broken Home"), and he is frustrated with the slow steps he must take, relearning basics and making rookie mistakes. He almost lets a killer escape when he makes a simple but crucial error on a blood-presence test, mistaking H2O and H2O2 in order of application, which yields a false negative as a result. However, Eric later provides the insight to find the murder weapon, and thus a perpetrator.
Eric experiences such difficulties as double vision, which interferes with his performance. When Ryan gently points out doubled evidence markers, Eric snaps at him in frustration, but Wolfe is not offended, as he remembers his own vision problems after being shot with a nail gun the previous season. Eric's memory lapses apparently cover only the six months or so prior to his injury, and as such he no longer recognizes the woman who sued him. This is used by a lawyer in an attempt to prove his incompetence.
Season Six[]
Even after three full years after Tim Speedle's death, Delko, still feeling the effects of a head injury he had suffered earlier in the series, suffers from vivid hallucinations of his deceased friend ("Bang, Bang, Your Debt").
Early in season six, Eric Delko has flashbacks about his near-death experiences and panics during a shooting due to his fear and anxiety ("Guerillas in the Mist").
Season Seven[]
In the Season 7 opener, Delko and Duquesne are especially confused and angered by Caine's shooting, and Wolfe's handling of the situation immediately after their arrival on-scene. Delko later found out, however, that this was all staged by Caine, Wolfe, and the ATF to allow Caine to go undercover and apprehend a major ammunition distributor in Miami. Eric was still somewhat hurt that Caine would choose Wolfe over him, but Horatio told him in person that the decision to include Wolfe over him was due in no small part to Caine's desire to protect Delko and his career at the Lab should the undercover operation prove unsuccessful.
In the season 7 finale he attempts to help his Cuban father escape from the grips of the Russian Mob. However, the CSI's arrive on the scene and Calleigh shoots at the car he is helping his father escape in before she realizes that Delko is in fact the driver. When they reach it after it crashes, it is covered in blood, which his father claims is Eric's. In the next episode it is revealed he is alive and is wandering in the Everglades.
Season Eight[]
Eric left the CSI team for personal reasons ("Bad Seed"). Horatio left a note on his windshield saying, "I'll always be here. H."
A few episodes later, Delko returns as a special guest star, to become an expert witness for defense against his former team ("Delko for the Defense"). In the beginning of the episode, it was revealed that he was in Puerto Rico. He then tells Calleigh that he missed living in Miami and decided to come back. In the middle of the episode, Calleigh tells him that the district attorney is looking for a forensics expert and Delko tells her that he will think about whether or not he wants to get his job back. In the end of the episode, Delko discusses things with the D.A. and may be asking to return to the CSI team (music prevents the viewers from hearing the conversation).
Eric and Calleigh embrace in a passionate kiss in bed, before being interrupted by a phone call from the D.A. to whom Eric says he hasn't spoken to for a week ("In the Wind"). He works with the CSI team on a fifteen-year-old double homicide case. Around the end of the episode, as Eric is getting ready to go to the gym, Calleigh talks with him about what they did that night together.
He and Horatio go to Los Angeles, California to help defend CSI Jesse Cardoza from a murder case that was actually committed by a porn producer (episode 816, "L.A.").
After hearing the news that Calleigh was in the hospital, he rushes there along with Natalia and Ryan. While Calleigh was fighting for life, Eric was beside her and gets the evidence of the case from her ("Backfire").
Eric witnesses the murder of State Attorney Rebecca Nevins while arguing with Calleigh ("Time Bomb"). Calleigh then sees Eric driving past after telling her he's busy. Calleigh follows him. Eric's honesty is later questioned when Calleigh, Walter, and Natalia confront him and ask him about his involvement with Nevins. Calleigh questions whether Eric was wearing a wire when they were "at home, together", implying they live together. Eric and Calleigh follow the GPS tracking device recovered from Rebecca's body, which Eric reactivates, to Ryan's home. A fed up Ryan loudly confronts Eric and mocks Eric's investigation of Walter hitting "a dead end" (from a previous episode). Eric finds stolen diamonds and Ryan gets escorted back to the police station, where he is questioned by Stetler, and shortly hauled off to jail. But Eric finds new evidence that places Stetler as a suspect, giving Ryan the pleasure of arresting Stetler, and thanking Eric for having his back.
In the Season 8 finale, Eric announces to Horatio that he has been reinstated by the Miami-Dade Police Department, and received his detective shield to validate his return. He is once again a CSI. In the end of the episode, though he is concerned for all of his colleagues, it's Calleigh who is his priority as he enters the crime lab from the elevator and sees everyone down. The screen goes black after Eric goes down while calling for help from the hallway with Calleigh in his arms.
Season Nine[]
In the Season 9 premiere, he is shown trying to carry Calleigh out of the crime lab, but he starts to pass out as he gets near the elevator. Seconds later, Horatio walks in the crime lab and Eric tells him to shoot the window for oxygen. After Horatio does so, everyone wakes up, except for Jesse, who dies from head trauma falling down.
In "Manhunt" Eric and Horatio chase down Memmo Fierro, the hitman who shot Marisol and then blocked the ambulance. In a hostage situation, Eric has a clear shot at Memmo, but does not wish to shoot him in front of his young daughter and lets him go.
Season 10[]
TBA.
- 10x01 "Countermeasures", TBA.
- 10x04 "Look Who’s Taunting", TBA.
10x08 "Dead Ringer❞***, TBA.
- 10x16 "Rest in Pieces", TBA.
- 10x18 "Law & Disorder", TBA.
- 10x19 "Habeas Corpse", TBA.
Relationships[]
Eric has been involved with a number of women ("Tinder Box"; "Killer Date"; "Payback"), including co-worker Natalia Boa Vista (who at one point thought she might be pregnant with their child ("Skeletons"). Despite Natalia's apparent duplicity (he told an FBI agent that she slept with him to get information regarding the lab), he remains protective of her when her ex-husband harasses her at crime scenes under the pretext of performing his duties as crime scene cleanup ("Throwing Heat").
He has a close relationship with colleague Calleigh Duquesne; they care very greatly for each other—Calleigh is the one by his side when Eric is in the hospital, gravely injured ("Man Down")—Calleigh and Eric are now in a relationship. Despite any appearance of womanizing on his part, Eric Delko is actually protective of women in general, standing up for them against abusive men.
Delko also maintained a friendship with fellow CSI Tim Speedle, who is killed in a shootout when his firearm jams because of poor maintenance ("Lost Son"). It had been Speedle that 'welcomed' a rookie Delko to the lab with a friendly hazing ("Speed Kills"). Eric clearly remembers his late colleague as a thorough and by-the-book CSI, as he finds multiple key evidences remembering him and his words of wisdom in his hallucinations ("Bang, Bang, Your Debt").
Eric is at first deeply resentful of Speedle's replacement, Ryan Wolfe, especially when some of Speedle's previous cases comes under review ("Hell Night"; "Whacked"). For some time, there is a measure of verbal sniping between the two. At one time, Ryan is called in to a crime scene on his day off when Delko does not come and is injured when a suspect shoots him in the eye with a nail gun. Unsurprisingly, Ryan is upset with Eric, but in the end they work out their differences ("Nailed"). Eventually, Delko comes to accept Ryan's presence, and they become strong coworkers and friends.
Delko became Horatio Caine's brother-in-law when his sister Marisol married Horatio, but their family bond was tragically severed when Marisol succumbed to the gunshot wound she suffered at the hands of a Mala Noche sniper. They uncover the member who ordered the hit, Antonio Riaz, and pursued him all the way to Brazil. Riaz was killed with his own knife after refusing to surrender.
Appearances[]
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| Season 2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 24 |
| Season 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 24 |
| Season 4 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 25 |
| Season 5 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 24 |
| Season 6 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 21 | |||
| Season 7 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 25 |
| Season 8 | X | - | X | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | X | - | X | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 11 |
| Season 9 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 22 | ||
| Season 10 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 19 | |||||
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Trivia[]
- Eric drinks Cafe Cubano, at a strength Tim Speedle considered to be "rot[ting] [one's] stomach" (Losing Face), and causing OCD-ridden Ryan Wolfe to be twitchy for hours.
- Eric's unit number as MDPD police officer is (at least at the time of "Nailed") 529.
- His weapon was a H&K USP then he switched to a SIG Sauer P226.
- In "Kill Switch", it is shown that Eric is a fan of boats and speedboats, to the point of not only being a fan but demonstrating knowledge about everything that involves boats and speedboats.
- In the episode "Curse of the Coffin", it is revealed that Delko is a devout and practicing Catholic.
- In the crossover episode, “MIA/NYC – Nonstop”, Eric's ability to connect trace evidence to environmental context demonstrates his technical expertise, establishing him as a sharp, detail oriented investigator.