David Phillips (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)

Phillips, who goes by the nickname "Super Dave," works as the assistant coroner under the supervision of Chief Medical Examiner Al "Doc" Robbins. He earned his moniker after saving the life of a victim during an autopsy. In the ninth season episode, "The Gone Dead Train," he is promoted to Assistant Medical Examiner and conducts his first independent autopsy. Given the nature of his job, Phillips is not easily unsettled. However, some characters, including new CSIs, have been put off by his and Doc Robbins's dark sense of humor, known as gallows humor.

Although the main characters tease him about his supposed lack of social experience earlier in the series, David marries at some point early in the seventh season. (He mentions meeting with the wedding planner in 703 "Toe Tags," and makes similar comments in other episodes.) In the seventh season episode "Leapin' Lizards", he comments to Warrick Brown that his wife enjoys talking with him about the gruesome details of his work. In Season 13 his wife gives birth to their son Joshua Adams.[1]

It is mentioned in the season eight episode "A La Cart" that David's family is Jewish, and in the season two episode "Felonious Monk" that his father is an Air Force colonel stationed at Nellis Air Force Base. In the 2002 episode "Cats in the Cradle," it is mentioned that David is allergic to cats.

Phillips attended Sagebrush High School and graduated in 1998. While preparing to attend his high school reunion he commented to his wife that his high school years "made Lord of the Flies look like Fantasy Island." It is implied that he was a "brain" and somewhat socially awkward as a teen. His classmates called him "Phillip Davis," a play on his name.[1]

• List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation characters
• Super Dave (TV series)

• CSI official website at CBS