Lab Rat: David Hodges

David Hodges is a lab technician who was transferred to the Las Vegas crime lab from the Los Angeles crime lab, where his superiors felt he had an attitude problem. While Grissom was on sabbatical, Hodges signed up for an online class that Grissom was teaching. Hodges plays an important role in the miniature killer case when he, with the help of his fellow lab technicians, whom he recruited, links bleach as a common factor in the killings. He is currently working on a board game called "Lab Rats" similar to that of "Clue" in which players try to use evidence to find out how a murder is committed. His quirky sense of humor ofter leads to awkward moments among his coworkers.