as ," ▁" L ady ▁He ather ' s ▁Box ," ▁" P ir ates ▁of ▁the ▁Third ▁Reich ," ▁and ▁" The ▁Good , ▁the ▁Bad , ▁and ▁the ▁Domin at rix "). ▁ ▁Rel ations hips ▁with ▁other ▁characters ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁sixth - season ▁episode ▁" B ang - B ang ," ▁Gr iss om ▁tells ▁Doc ▁Rob b ins , ▁concerning ▁a ▁woman ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁mouth , ▁" This ▁was ▁someone ▁who ▁was ▁em otion ally ▁close ▁to ▁her ." ▁ ▁Doc ▁Rob b ins ▁asks ▁him ▁if ▁he ▁has ▁ever ▁even ▁been ▁close ▁to ▁getting ▁married . ▁Gr iss om ▁tells ▁him ▁about ▁" N icole ▁D ale y ," ▁who , ▁like ▁him , ▁was ▁interested ▁in ▁bugs . ▁He ▁goes ▁on ▁a ▁bit ▁about ▁her , ▁then ▁says , ▁" Second ▁grade ." ▁ ▁Gr iss om ▁may ▁not ▁ask ▁to ▁take ▁on ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁ment or , ▁but ▁it ▁seems ▁to ▁happen ▁naturally , ▁going ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁back ▁to ▁S ara ▁Sid le ▁when ▁they ▁first ▁met ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁then ▁Nick ▁Sto kes ▁and ▁Greg ▁Sand ers ▁in ▁Veg as . ▁Although ▁he ▁can ▁be ▁anno yed ▁with ▁his ▁prot ég és ▁at ▁times , ▁he ▁is ▁vis ibly ▁proud ▁when ▁they ▁succeed , ▁as ▁Greg ▁did ▁by ▁passing ▁his ▁field ▁test ▁and ▁becoming ▁a ▁C SI . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁protect ive ▁of ▁his ▁staff ▁and ▁def ends ▁them ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁he ▁can , ▁as ▁seen ▁in ▁episode