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Backstory:
Calleigh Duquesne was born in rural Louisiana in a "shotgun" shack not long after her parents' shotgun wedding. Her mother came from a proud family with a wealthy name that lost the wealth generations ago. Her father was a dashing young public defender. Unfortunately, it was not a match made in heaven.
Duquesne grew up watching her parents drown their disappointments. Her mother retreated into fantasies of her family's faded affluence. What they lacked in wealth, her mother made up with an alcohol-fueled imagination, while her father drank away what money they did have, fueling not his imagination but his rage. To avoid their daddy's belt, Calleigh and her brothers learned to survive many nights away from home.
But when her father was sober, Calleigh was the center of his world. What wisdom he did have he shared with her, and she was eager for his attention. She learned to master a gun, that a woman can do everything a man can, and that protecting justice was the highest call of all. Like most children of alcoholics she saw only his better angels. She wanted to grow up to be just like him.
With the help of a teacher, Duquesne enrolled at Tulane University with a full scholarship, the first of her family to go to college. Reinventing herself, she took her mother's name -- Duquesne -- and used her charm to enter the lifestyle her mother had always dreamed about, choosing a degree in the sciences far from her narrow-minded past. But after graduation, she couldn't escape everything her father had taught her. Protecting justice became the call of her life.
While walking a beat for the New Orleans Police department, her knowledge of firearms gained her the reputation as the "bullet girl," and she was soon asked to join their crime lab. Not long after that, her boss received a call from an old friend in Miami, Horatio Caine. Miami-Dade was looking for a ballistics expert. Patrol Lateral from Jacksonville, FL, with a stop at Florida State Institute. |
Her work style:
While walking a beat for the New Orleans Police department, Calleigh earned herself the nick-name "bullet girl," because of her outstanding knowledge of firearms. Word traveled to Miami, and Horatio Caine hired her on as a ballistics expert. A Patrol Lateral from Jacksonville, Florida. Calleigh's Gun:
Calleigh once carried a "Lady Smith" 3913 semi-auto. It is a 9mm but I spoke with Corey Miller, who said she now uses a Kimber compact .45 caliber semi automatic. So it's different than the one Wolfe said he used in the episode. There are standard issue weapons, but people may also choose different weapons that are best suited to them. How cool is that! The actors get to use their choice of weapon. Personal demons:
Calleigh grew up with an alcoholic father and numb mother. She has risen above her family issues but her past still informs her professional and personal life. She's constantly watching over her father as he makes innumerable attempts to stay sober. She wants desperately for him to succeed, but knows the odds aren't good. Her man troubles stem from her early experiences with her dad, a failed relationship with Jake in college, and who knows what else. She's good at keeping her private life private, except when it comes to dear old daddy.
Defining Cases (or Episodes):
Season 1 ~ "
Kill Zone"
Season 2 ~ "
The Best Defense"
Season 3 ~ "
Under the Influence" She and Ryan help her father who thinks he might have killed someone.
"10-7", John Hagen kills himself in Ballistics in front of Calleigh. This is the reason that she left firearms for a while. This experience taught her that not all uses of firearms are constructive. She learned also that some men will attempt to manipulate you into a relationship because they think they can. She shows great dedication to service when she later resumes her duties in the ballistics lab because the new recruit doesn't understand the meaning of the words "rush" and "priority".
Season 4 ~ "
Urban Hellraisers" and "
Under Suspicion"
Season 5 ~ "
Going Under" and "
Going, Going, Gone..."
Season 6 ~ "
Stand Your Ground"
Relationships:
- John Hagen (later killed himself in the episode "10-7" [3.24] in front of her)
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- Special Agent Peter Elliott (He flirts briefly with her, and tries to go out with her. Things are looking up until Calleigh finds out he has a fiancee and severs the relationship. He also earns her disdain for shoddy investigation during a robbery investigation when he releases a female suspect without doing a more thorough investigation.)
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- Jake Berkeley (ex-flame and star of their academy class. It's been hinted that their demise was because of his undercover work. Also because the two were too similar in nature and character for a relationship to work.)
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- Eric Delko- There is something there hopefully soon we can officially add his name here instead of just a hopeful! It needs to be done with taste and discretion. Remember, everyone, after the party's over these two will still have to work in the same office.
Trivia:
She has a tattoo, mentioned in 1.14, forced entry (Mentioned by Tim Speedle) ( Mentioned to Haratio Caine)

Quotes:
{On mixing a 6ft bloke and shotgun.} "Hot flashes but that's just me!" You can see that from the picture up above
(after being asked about her relationship with Peter) John Hagen: You sleeping with him? Calleigh: This conversation is over. John: (grabbing her arm) What if I dont want it to be over? Calleigh: Then you better remember what I do for a living. "There are two ways this goes down, either way you're dropping the gun." You can see this from the picture below"You may be a lawyer but I'm a C.S.I., a damn good one"
Calleigh Duquesne: That smells good.
Eric Delko: What, Cafe Cubano? Put some hair on your chest.
Calleigh Duquesne: Don't you just say the sweetest things.
Calleigh Duquesne: Why fill in the number? Why not just sand it all the way down?
Tim Speedle: I don't know. Maybe it's a guy thing.
Calleigh Duquesne: What? They'll add on or cover up, but they won't mess with the chassis?
Tim Speedle: You know what, you're scaring me.
Calleigh Duquesne: [
walks into gun vault, smiles and sighs] Be still my heart.
Eric Delko: What's your plan "B"?
Calleigh Duquesne: Gun Vault.
[
enters gun vault, smiles, and sighs]
Calleigh Duquesne: Be still my heart.
Calleigh: I feel like a humming-bird on 6 cups of coffee
Horatio: describe that to me
Calleigh: Uh...I feel confused...angry...confused
(IAB:"you told us your name was Calleigh Duquesne, is that correct?")
Calleigh:*cheerfully* Yes thats correct....oh!! Or lamb-chop! But only my dad seems to call me that now"
(to Erika Sikes after she claims she's a journalist to serve the public)
'If that where true sweetpea then you would be writing for a newspaper not plastering your face over the evening news'
(During the autopsy of a shark)
Alexx: Eugh, i am never eating seafood....
again!! These things really are garbage disposals
(
emptying the sharks stomach)Calleigh: Cardboard, Vegetables,...mmmmmm... looks Delicious!!
Eric: Calleigh, I wanted to thank you. For taking care of that girl today.
Calleigh: It's no problem. You would have done the same thing for me.
Eric: Yeah. It's just that, uh... you've helped me out a lot this year.
Calleigh: Well, I appreciate you for appreciating me.
(Calleigh kisses Eric on the cheek)
(Calleigh gets a piece of glass stuck in her finger at the crime scene.)Calleigh: Ow! Damn it.
Eric: What happened?
Calleigh: It's a piece of glass.
Eric: Hang on a second, let me see. Ooh.
Calleigh: That'll teach me to leap before I look.
Eric: Got it.
Calleigh: Eric…
(he smiles)
Calleigh: ...And no midnight tip toe.
Calleigh: Hi guys. Bye guys.
Eric: Hey Calleigh, I heard you busted the stereo man.
Calleigh: Hey I heard you found out who the car crash victim really is.
Speed: Yep he was a bad guy.
Calleigh: You know may be not all bad.
Speed: I think the mob would disagree about 1.5 million times.
Calleigh: But you know what I was thinking, if he hadn’t stolen from the mob then he wouldn’t have become a beach bum in Florida, then he wouldn’t have gotten picked up by the hurricane and if he hadn’t have gotten picked up by the hurricane then he would never hit Burton's car if it wasn’t for hitting Burton’s car Burton would have gotten away with murder.
Eric: Leave it to you Calleigh to find something good to come out of a hurricane.
Calleigh: They do alleviate global worming.
Speed: She’s ah, way to cheerful.
John Hagen: "You and Kerner have a history??"
Calleigh: "We've been through two hung trials, its not like we're picking out china."
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season 2 Body CountCamera guy: "Hey you're hot, flash me."
Calleigh: (opens her jacket showing her gun and shield) "Is this hot enough for you or do you want to see my weapons permit?"
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season 1 Spring BreakFBI Agent Peter Elliot: (in reference to money seized in a robbery) "Well if you don't, you'll be hearing from my boss."
Calleigh: "Oh, I got goosebumps"
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season 2 Money For Nothing"You tell anyone I did this, I'll kill you."- Calleigh to Eric
(while recreating a scene)
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season 6 You May Now Kill the BrideKelly Chapman: "Is there anything else you need from me?"
Calleigh: "No. If we do, we'll be in touch."
Kelly Chapman: "Touching's extra"
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