Alexx Woods
| Alexx Woods | |
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| First appearance | "Cross Jurisdictions" (CSI) |
| Last appearance | "Bad Seed" |
| Portrayed by | Khandi Alexander |
| City | Miami |
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| Occupation | Doctor |
| Position | Dade County Coroner ER Physician |
| Rank | Medical Examiner Attending Physician |
| Duration | 2002-2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Seasons | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Other Appearances | CSI (2) |
Alexx Woods is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by actress Khandi Alexander.
Alexx Woods, originally from Los Angeles, California, is a medical examiner who worked for the Miami-Dade Police department for six seasons on the show. She is married with two children and is always upbeat and has a good bedside manner with her patients, despite being a coroner. Alexx has a tendency, displayed in many episodes, to talk to the corpses she is examining. She often addresses the corpses as "sweetie", "honey", or "baby boy/girl" in a maternal way, and she often comments that the victims were too young to die. It is nearly her mantra. She is also like a maternal figure to her colleagues, especially to Ryan and Eric when they were injured.
She has two children, a son Bryan and a daughter Jamie. She's also married, her husband's name is Henry.
As mentioned above, Alexx addresses the corpses in a maternal way. She is also seen addressing her own children in a very natural maternal way when talking about "bad people" to them after a case involving a child (episode 106, "Broken").
At the beginning of Episode 214, "Slow Burn", Alexx has a near death encounter when she is collecting a body from a crime scene when a seemingly controlled fire in the Everglades becomes out of hand and nearly burns her to death. CSI Delko pulls out a fire blanket in the nick of time, covering and protecting both himself and Alexx from the fire. They are next seen being taken care of by rescue. Alexx is shaken up and talks with Horatio about not wanting to end up like the bodies on her table.
Alexx also hosts groups from alcohol treatment programs, showing them the consequences (i.e., dead bodies) of drunk driving. One of the participants, a young former Navy corpsman, asks her for a job, and Alexx agrees to a one-week trial. When a flask belonging to one of the corpses disappears, she suspects the young man stole it. However, Alexx later discovers that it was in fact one of her fellow medical examiners, Dr. Glen Monroe, who purloined it, saying that the dead man wouldn't miss it. Alexx informs Dr. Monroe that if he does not report himself to the chief medical examiner, she would. Not long after, Dr. Monroe in a drunken stupor kills himself and a teenager when he gets in a car accident, and Alexx shows his body to the next group of alcohol treatment members, bitterly reminding them not only of the cost of their behavior to others but to themselves, as well (episode 311, "Addiction").
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